This dissertation's primary objective is to analyze the lack of gender-balanced parliaments within the European Union. Worldwide, women continue to be highly underrepresented in the legislature, and only five countries globally have reached gender parity in parliaments. The European Union offers comprehensive …

This research aims to explore the challenges that people living with dementia (PLWD) face and investigates the effect that music has on their behaviour and quality of life. Several primary and secondary user-centred methods were optimised to gain qualitative and some quantitative data. The research revealed …

This is a summary of a thesis. For this thesis I delved into the internal and external food environment of three secondary schools and one vocational college in Almere. With the results I hope to assist the municipality in creating a city that supports a healthy lifestyle for its inhabitants.

The aim of this research paper is to provide the municipality of Almere information about the current external and internal food environment around four schools in Almere, and corresponding solutions to address the problems. The insights will help the municipality with its goal to develop a healthier …

Adhesive tape is a common piece of evidence that can contain a myriad of traces. Due to its adhesive properties, adhesive tape can potentially collect traces unrelated to the crime or relocate crime-relevant traces. This secondary transfer of traces can have crucial implications for the evaluation at …

Despite major implications for forensic casework, limited research has been done on investigating secondary transfer of latent fingermarks. Adhesive tapes, such as duct tape, can potentially lift latent fingermarks from other surfaces due to their adhesive properties. This study aimed to investigate …

We developed an application which allows learners to construct qualitative representations of dynamic systems to aid them in learning subject content knowledge and system thinking skills simultaneously. Within this application, we implemented a lightweight support function which automatically generates …

The Late Medieval and Early Modern periods in the Netherlands are marked by an upsurge in the production, use and repurposing of casks in cities. This is inextricably linked with the growing marine and riverine trade markets and the increase in artisan production. Casks have been found on shipwrecks, …

This study reports the evaluation of a lesson series, developed in collaboration with teachers and experts, to generate a research-based solution for teaching critical thinking through Socratic dialogue in secondary vocational education. The lesson series has been evaluated for feasibility and tailoring …