Decomposition is an ecosystem process, mainly important in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. When looking at what drives decomposition, there are three major drivers. These are plant litter quality, microbes and soil animals (detritivores). A large problem in understanding the decomposition process is …

Inleiding: gedurende het verouderingsproces verandert de lichaamssamenstelling. Afname in spiermassa en spierkracht leiden tot verminderd fysiek functioneren. Meetmethoden als DEXA, CT, MRI en BIA zijn echter in de dagelijkse praktijk niet altijd bruikbaar om deze veranderingen waar te nemen. Daarentegen …

The South China Tigers are the first professional club team in Hong Kong, playing in the new tournament Global Rapid Rugby. The Asia Pacific tournament is contested home and away against six teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The South China Tigers were set up as a subsidiary …

Voor Leiderdorp Instruments, een ingenieurs bedrijf gespecialiseerd in productie van meetinstrumenten voor de bouw, is er een kalibratiesysteem ontwikkeld om het productie proces te versnellen en de werknemers meer mogelijkheden te geven in het testen van de producten. Het te testen apparaat is een druk …

The Exodus of rural settlers to urban centers with greater attractiveness of quality of life, has brought serious consequences to the rural environments all over the world. An example of this phenomenon is Spain, that has around 3,000 abandoned villages, half of them in Galicia. These settlements have …

As up until this point, only little attention was paid to smaller suburbs within the revitalization process of bigger cities in times of the experience economy, awareness needs to be raised towards the need of revitalization of underused places within small suburbs to hinder people from moving away. Thus …

Bachelor Thesis for Case Study Service Quality Gap, Vijaya Hotel Amsterdam.

Germany has a known a growth of organic consumption within the recent years, however its consumption is growing faster than the German wine production which is still relatively low. Therefore, a large amount of wine is imported from other countries, making Germany the largest organic wine importer in …

This study was intended to Analyse the Dairy Value Chain in Nyagatare District with a case study focus on Katabagemu Dairy Farmers Cooperative. It was intended to assess the potential for Milk Collection Centres to procure and process high quality milk. Stakeholder Interviews, Supply Chain Observation …

The Northern Rural Growth Programme introduced butternut squash (BNS） (Cucurbita moschata) to Northern Ghana as a high-value export commodity to promote the inclusion of smallholder farmers in the export value chain. As an export vegetable crop, BNS flourished well in 2013 and 2014. However, the quality …