Spatial planning has become contested ground in Dutch politics. After decades of a broadly shared belief in strategic spatial planning by central government and comprehensive planning by local and regional authorities, the balance of political thought has changed in recent years. The ministry of housing …

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly diagnosed peripheral neuropathy due to entrapment. This syndrome is currently being diagnosed clinically, often confirmed through the use of neural conductivity studies (NCS). Over 25 percent of the cases are still missed using this method, while NCS …

This thesis describes the process of making an existing forum for Android, BlackBerry and the internet available on Nokia smartphones by adapting the internet version and dynamically changing the website lay out to fit use on smartphones using launcher applications that are spreadable via smartphone …

Agile software development has evolved into an increasingly mature software development approach and has been applied successfully in many software vendors’ development departments. In this position paper, we address the broader agile service development. Based on method engineering principles we define …

This dissertation aims to answer the question: Can human rights monitoring contribute to foreseeing and preventing genocide? Genocide prevention has become an important issue, both in the scientific world as well as in international politics. Models of genocide prediction have been established by several …

In dit (afstudeer) verslag vertel ik (Frank van Smeden) hoe ik ben afgestudeerd aan de academie voor ICT & Media te Zoetermeer door het verder programmeren op een bestaande 3D engine. Ik heb een OpenGL gebouwd en gebruik gemaakt van Scrum om dit tot een goed einde te brengen.

Wikipolicy: the development of institutional policy using social software. In 2008, the University initiated a project entitled “Policy Workshop 2013” to deliver the “2009 - 2013 policy framework”. This new policy should encapsulate the insights, opinions and wishes of students, staff and stakeholders. …

De afstudeeropdracht betrof het implementeren van een tool wat projectmanagers ondersteuning kan bieden bij het kiezen van een software ontwikkelmethode (SOM) voor hun projecten. Binnen de opdracht is de gehele software cyclus doorlopen.

Within the profile Technical Information Technology (ICT Department) the most important specializations are Embedded Software and Industrial Automation. About half of the Technical Information curriculum consists of learning modules, the other half is organized in projects. The whole study lasts four …

This paper reports on CATS (2006-2007), a project initiated by the Research Centre ‘Teaching in Multicultural Schools’, that addresses language related dropout problems of both native and non-native speakers of Dutch in higher education. The project’s main objective is to develop a model for the redesign …