Introduction: As obesity continues to escalate to pandemic levels worldwide, innovative approaches for early diagnosis, risk stratification, and disease monitoring are urgently needed. Saliva presents a promising non-invasive method for biomarker-based screening in obesity. Objective: This study aimed …

Around 90–95% of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children are born to hearing parents, most of whom have no prior knowledge of a sign language. This creates a risk of language deprivation, with long-term effects on language, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Research shows that sign language …

Urban areas are increasingly facing climate-related risks that outpace the implementation of adaptation measures, often attributed to a persistent policy-to-implementation gap. Bridging this gap requires a deeper understanding of the underlying governance dynamics. This paper adopts a governance arrangement …

Kennissessie bij het Grote Oogst Jaarevenement.Hoe maken we bedrijventerreinen toekomstbestendig, duurzaam en bestand tegen klimaatverandering? Tijdens de workshop “Het kan wél!” laten we zien dat klimaatadaptatie op bedrijventerreinen niet alleen nodig, maar ook haalbaar én rendabel is. Aan de hand …

De Noord-Nederlandse Bodemdag 2025 stond gepland voor 20 november 2025. Dit jaarlijkse evenement, dat zich richt op het duurzame beheer van de bodem in de regio, trekt doorgaans rond de 200 deelnemers. Locatie: Groningen (georganiseerd door de provincies Groningen en Fryslân) bij Building.Inhoud: Het …

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an inter-governmental organisation and has many disaster-prone countries among its 23 Member States and 12 Dialogue Partners. Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is one of its priority areas and its Action Plan (2022-2027) has specific goals to improve resilience by …

Introduction of MOOC (and CDRI report): train the Trainers in Delhi, 2 day workshop on nature-based solutions