In the Netherlands, a growing number of vocational education and training institutions have recently implemented new vocational career guidance practices in their competence-based approaches to learning. Vocational career guidance refers to services intended to assist people, of any age and at any point …

This thesis report is a product of a study undertaken to evaluate the benefits of rearing dairy calves using calf milk replacer among the Kenyan smallholder dairy farmers. The scope of the report focused on the main question which was to determine what were the economic benefits accruing from rearing …

We report on a first field test in which miniaturized sensor motes were used to explore and inspect an operational pipeline by performing in situ measurements. The spherical sensor motes with a diameter of 39 mm were equipped with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measuring 3-D acceleration, rotation, …

The overriding purpose of the thesis research is to develop new design concepts for improved and sustainable asphalt mixes. To accomplish this goal, it became necessary to reach some prerequisite goals. Determining what a sustainable asphalt means, and how that ideal is connected with the field of asphalt …

Instagram influencer marketing is the new word of mouth marketing tactic in which influencers are able to directly impact people. These so called opinion leaders are of great value for brands who wish to distribute their products or services to a certain type of audience. Micro-influencers are a specific …

In het kader van het FLEX P2G project zijn prototypes van een 50 KW PEMWE electrolyser en van een SEM reactor ontwikkeld. Met behulp van deze Power to Gas (P2G) technologie kan door middel van elektrolyse eerst waterstof en vervolgens ‐ na een reactie met CO2‐ methaan worden geproduceerd. Dit onderzoek …

Rationale: Sarcopenia is a major problem and is common in community-dwelling elderly. In daily practice, there is need for low cost and easily assessable measurement tools to assess depletion of skeletal muscle (SM) mass, for example as one of the indicators of sarcopenia. Bio-electrical impedance analysis …

The qualities and availability of different video formats offer many opportunities within the context of Higher Education (Hansch et al., 2015; Johnson et al., 2016; van Huystee, 2016). There is a shift within Higher Education to transition from the traditional face to face approach, to a more ‘blended’ …

This report has been established within the Flexiheat project. Flexiheat has focused on increasing flexibility in district heating systems. The intelligent district heating network is a dynamic network: an open network where different waste heat and renewable energy sources are connected, that has multiple …

BACKGROUND: Urinary and (peripheral and central) intravenous catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients. However, up to 56% of the catheters do not have an appropriate indication and some serious complications with the use of these catheters can occur. The main objective of our quality improvement …