''Ever increasing population in seismically active urban areas, aging building stock, and expansion of urbanization to previously agricultural lands with soft soil deposits render the protection of human lives against earthquake disasters extremely more difficult by the time. Although much effort is …

This is the report of a research that was conducted on the mammal distribution in CNCH. The research was conducted with the following research question: is there a difference in distribution of endangered and vulnerable mammal species between the slightly disturbed primary forests and the highly disturbed …

The North Sea is one of the busiest seas. Many users are competing with each other for the limited space. It is likely to become even more crowded in the future. However, not much is yet known of the conflicts that play between these users. The objective of this graduation thesis was to explore the potential …

Langs de Waddenzeekust van Noord-Holland, Friesland en Groningen zijn er in de aankomende jaren grote uitdagingen. Door een toename van verzilting in de kustzone vraagt dit om een vorm van zoutadaptatie. Als gevolg van verzilting is het afnemen van het broedsucces van wadvogels aan wal en door het afsluiten …

The current procedure for assessing nervous activity in the spinal cord is needle ElectroSpinography (needle EMG). This is an invasive and painful approach during which a needle is inserted into the subarachnoid space. It is hypothesised that High-Density surface ElectroMyography (HD-sEMG) is a non-invasive …