Athletes in minority sports often have a second job to earn enough income to support their sports career. This is mainly due to the lack of sponsors involved in these sports. Athletes that want to live from minority sports need to create a strong personal brand to attract sponsors. To find out how, this …

Background: Frailty is considered highly prevalent in older age. Frailty causes a high risk of falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. This eventually might be the turning-point for older patients to shift from independent living to assisted living. Poor nutritional status might be an important …

The use of TriAx geogrids to stabilise the granular base layer of asphalt paved roads, is ever increasing. However, the effect a stabilising geogrid has on the entire pavement structure is still derived from a foundation reduction factor, instead of being calculated directly. Practical experience showed …

Procrastination is a big problem among students. Several studies show that 38% to 95% of the students procrastinate (Ackermann & Gross, 2005; Ellis & Knaus, 1977 in Janssen & Carton, 1999; Özer & Saçkes, 2011; Schouwenburg, 1992; Schraw, Wadkins & Olafson, 2007; Strunk, Cho, Steele & Bridges, 2013). …

The Czech capital Prague boats a long history and numerous well-known tourist sights. As the city tourism is booming and the number of Austrian travellers has risen in the Czech capital, Prague City Tourism and Czech Tourism want to identify the travel motivation of Austrians to visit Prague in the spring …

Consumers who buy organic food, have expectations about its quality and rely on certifying organizations to verify this quality and to provide information about the origin of organic products. However, organic food traceability knows several issues, such as problems with organic labelling, certification …

In light of recent developments of the onboard ballast water treatment, WMR has developed a new protocol for the assessment of ecotoxicological effects and aims to use it as a standardised test. This study looks into the validation of this short-chronic ELS fish toxicity test, by use of the embryonic …

The experimental fishing method of pulse trawling was initially developed to decrease fuel consumption rates of flatfish fisheries in the North Sea targeting common sole (Solea solea). By replacing tickler chains with electrodes, the targeted fish is immobilised until it enters the net by using electrical …

During this research project the influence of selenium enriched growing environment on the phenolic composition on several Allium species is studied. Besides this, the influence on morphological properties is also monitored. Folin-Ciocalteu method is used to determine the total phenolic content and High …

This graduation research thesis is written following the assignment conducted at the Own Greenscompany to write a protocol for the use of increased concentrations of CO2 for the production oftheir crops. As a result of writing that protocol, it was researched what these effects of increased CO2concentrations …