Organizations face many challenges in maintaining the quality of data in their information systems. Often offline methods like surveys are used in existing data quality management solutions. These methods, which are usually used in infrequent time intervals, suffer from high costs, high delays, and low …

Incidental findings on low-dose CT images obtained during hybrid imaging are an increasing phenomenon as CT technology advances. Understanding the diagnostic value of incidental findings along with the technical limitations is important when reporting image results and recommending follow-up, which may …

BACKGROUND: Given the negative consequences of early alcohol use for health and social functioning, it is essential to detect children at risk of early drinking. The aim of this study is to determine predictors of early alcohol use that can easily be detected in Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH). METHODS: …

Het aantonen of corrosie gedetecteerd kan worden in de omtrek richting van pijpleidingen. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van zeer dispersieve akoestische plaatgolven genaamd Lamb waves. Als transducers worden er Elektro-Magnetische Akoestische Transducers gebruikt. Corrosion inside pipelines caused by salt …

Purpose: To determine exercise response during cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children and adolescents with dystrophinopathies. Methods: Exercise response on the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) was compared with a standard care test protocol. Results: Nine boys (aged 10.8 …

Currently, a series of promising new tools are under development that will enable crime scene investigators (CSIs) to analyze traces in situ during the crime scene investigation or enable them to detect blood and provide information on the age of blood. An experiment is conducted with thirty CSIs investigating …

It is important for caregivers and patients to know which wounds are at risk of prolonged wound healing to enable timely communication and treatment. Available prognostic models predict wound healing in chronic ulcers, but not in acute wounds, that is, originating after trauma or surgery. We developed …

This study aimed towards a better insight in the necropsy findings of harbour porpoises that stranded during periods of high stranding frequency. To achieve this aim, the study was divided into two areas of research. The first area of this study focussed on stranding data. Firstly, it was necessary to …

This report is written to conclude the graduation project on the subject of building a vehicle tracking using a computer vision system. This project researches the methods required to build a computer vision system – able to track individual object. The system aims to track objects such as vehicles – …

Interest groups play a big role in the functioning of the democracy of the EU. These players that lobby for different interests can make a positive, but also a negative contribution to EU politics. The influence of the interest groups on the EU institutions can vary, and some will always be more influential …