Floods can be approached at a given location with two different concepts in mind: defending against floods or adapting to floods (Saurí-Pujol et al., 2001) (further, the option of mitigation exists, but this is a rather long-term and large-scale approach). First, resistance-based flood protection is …

Er wordt een extended professional identity theory (theorie over interprofessionele identiteit) voorgesteld om de interprofessionele samenwerking te verbeteren. Het doel van deze studie is om te onderzoeken of vergelijkende feedback over interprofessionele interactie de mate van beroepsmatige dominantie …

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of (new) treatments or analyse prevalence and risk factors of contractures, rating scales are used based on joint range of motion. However, cut-off points for levels of severity vary between scales, and it seems unclear how cut-off points relate to function. The purpose …

A novel type of application for the exploration of enclosed or otherwise difficult to access environments requires large quantities of miniaturized sensor nodes to perform measurements while they traverse the environment in a “go with the flow” approach. Examples of these are the exploration of underground …

The country of Curaçao, a Small Island Developing State, is currently dealing with the challenge of waste mismanagement. Inhabitants generate approximately 2.5 kilograms of waste per day per capita, and the majority of this generated waste is landfilled at the Malpais landfill. The current issue is …

Climate change is an ongoing worldwide event with visible effects in all levels and divisions of society. Large scaled projects to counter climate change are mostly investing in industrial programmes or outsourced projects to foreign (mostly third-world) countries. The world is undergoing an urbanisation …

This study was conducted to investigate dairy farming practices and gross margin at smallholder dairy farmer level to design a business model for scaling up climate-smart dairy in Ziway-Hawassa milk shed. 80 sample dairy farmers from five districts (which then categorised as urban and peri-urban dairy …

Climate change is a major hindrance to global sustainable development. The well being of future generations is facing critical environmental challenges. The effect of globalization in terms of economic, social and technological changes have been rapid and have left human beings behind schedule yet hunger …

A large number of poor women in different communities faced social, economic and political inequalities as they are restricted from involvement in productive activities. In order to address this issue, the government facilitated microfinance saving and credit opportunities as are unable to receive financial …

What lecturers do and think are a prerequisite for educational change. It is therefore important to gain insight into factors that influence their involvement in educational reform. This study considers the effect of leadership and managerial constructs on lecturers’ commitment to the newly implemented …