With the construction of a hydroelectric dam, especially in a fragile region like the Amazon rainforest, many aspects of the environment are affected. (Santos, Barbosa, & Hernandez, 2009) People living in the Amazon, in the vicinity of these construction site, are often very dependent on natural resources, …

This chapter addresses environmental education as an important subject of anthropological inquiry and demonstrates how ethnographic research can contribute to our understanding of environmental learning both in formal and informal settings. Anthropology of environmental education is rich in ethnographies …

The present research has been conducted to make a first step towards bringing the wildlife research on free roaming horses and the research on domesticated horses closer together. Housing systems for horses should be arranged in a way, so that the animals are least constrained in their natural development …

Due to improved zoo practices, longevity in zoo animals has increased. In comparison to the wild, many species become much older in captivity. Senescence follows a different path in each species and is therefore hard to generalize towards other species. Insights into the process of senescence in animals …

Vanaf 2015 vinden er veranderingen plaats in het gebruik van het persoonsgebonden budget (pgb). Het pgb kan nu nog via de Algemene Wet Bijzonde Ziektekosten aangevraagd worden. Vanaf 2015 loopt dit via de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo). De Wmo wordt uitgevoerd door de gemeenten. Iedere gemeente …

Probiotic bacteria harbor effector molecules that confer health benefits, but also adaptation factors that enable them to persist in the gastrointestinal tract of the consumer. To study these adaptation factors, an antibiotic-resistant derivative of the probiotic model organism Lactobacillus plantarum …

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In welke mate worden (proef)dieren ingezet tijdens biologielessen in het grijze voortgezet onderwijs en wat zijn de beweegredenen en kennis van de docenten met betrekking tot het inzetten van deze dieren? Wat zijn de relaties tussen het (proef)diergebruik, het niveau en de fase, de kennis en de andere …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) such as prednisolone are potent immunosuppressive drugs but suffer from severe adverse effects, including the induction of insulin resistance. Therefore, development of so-called Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulators (SGRM) is highly desirable. Here we describe a non-steroidal …