Due to lack of proper stormwater drainage in the Waymouth Hills, stormwater runoff have often caused undermining of the road infrastructure and disrupting traffic flow in the study area. Sediments are often deposited to the low-lying terrain from the runoff and this reduces the storm drains capacity …

Ondanks jaren van ontwikkeling t.a.v. veiligheidseisen en protocollen, blijft het aantal arbeidsongevallen aan boord van schepen hoog. Met dit onderzoeksrapport wordt ernaar gestreefd een duidelijk beeld te krijgen van de veiligheid aan boord van type D-schepen vallend onder het Navis Shipmanagement …

This paper introduces the AVAC-SMS maturity metric and its accompanying tool which were developed in the frame of a research project with the aim to suggest new safety metrics, especially for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The metric is based on the ICAO Safety Management Manual, it was designed by …

Voor het berekenen van een bodemverdediging van granulair materiaal bestaan verschillende ontwerpformules. Een van deze formules is de formule van Pilarczyk, voor het eerst gepresenteerd in 1993. Doordat deze formule veel gevalideerd en goed toepasbaar is, wordt deze in Nederland veel toegepast voor …

The field of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) is growing at an unprecedented rate. Manual tasks that for thousands of years could only be performed by humans are increasingly being taken over by intelligent machines. But, more importantly, tasks that could never be performed manually …

Women and girls represent only a minority in the penitentiary system and in forensic mental health care. About 6%–10% of both prison and forensic psychiatric populations in Western countries comprise women (see for the most recent offi cial statistics in the UK w ww.gov. uk/government, in Canada w ww.statcan.gc.ca, …

This chapter helps the reader to define the principles of motivational interviewing (MI) and coaching, understand the intervention and tasks associated with the integrated case management process, relate patient engagement and adherence to motivational coaching and to understand patient-centered preference …

This is the ‘Developing a reflection tool’ manual. The manual provides points of reference for the development of a reflection tool for interventions and more general approaches in children’s services. A team can use the fmanual to get to work itself on creating a tool to give each other feedback on …

This is a manual on ‘Selecting, Training and Supporting Supervisors’. This manual provides points of reference for making a considered choice in the selection, training and support of supervisors in organisations for children’s services. We know that the quality of the care provided is directly related …

This is a manual on supervision with video recordings and role-play. The manual provides points of reference for reflecting in a team on the implementation of the work and learning from each other by means of video recordings and role-play. We know that the quality of the care provided is directly related …