The day comes to an end. Tired of abiding to the rules of productivity you sit back, relax and prepare yourself for some hours of dolce fare niente on your social network of choice – you log into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and are now ready to catch up with your friends, acquaintances, family et al. …

This report is a thesis made during graduation period at ENGIE Services West Industrie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This thesis has been realized over a course of 17 weeks in the department of Industrial Automation. The problem, for which a solution has been created, is related to the process of …

This paper aims to address higher education students’ learning space preferences. The study is based on a survey that involved 697 business management students of a Dutch University of Applied Sciences. The research focuses on preferred learning spaces for individual study activities, which require concentration, …

Stormwater flooding and thermal stresses of citizens are two important phenomena for most of the dense urban area. Due to the climate change, these two phenomena will occur more frequently and cause serious problems. Therefore, the sectors for public health and disaster management should be able to assess …

Het renoveren naar een Nul-op-de-Meter woning is iets wat de laatste jaren in opkomst is en wat een hoop particuliere woningeigenaren een interessante gedachte vinden. Op het moment van dit onderzoek is er echter nog te weinig informatie voor handen over de mogelijkheden die een bewoner heeft bij een …

Het doel van deze bachelorthesis is het opnieuw implementeren van de NRS op de SEH binnen het LZR zodat deze volgens de richtlijn van het NVSHV (2010) wordt toegepast. Aanleiding hiervoor is de huidige situatie waarin het beleid omtrent de NRS bij patiënten met acute pijn niet adequaat wordt nageleefd …

Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain insight in specific elements influencing the use, non-use, satisfaction, and dissatisfaction of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) and the presence of underexposed problems with respect to AFOs. Methods: A questionnaire was composed to obtain information from …

The paper briefly describes the outcome of an approach to inventory of the current situation, inventory user demands and suggestions to improve energy efficiency and thermal comfort in Borgers' church.

In 2004, the first adaptive thermal comfort guideline was introduced in the Netherlands. Recently, a new, upgraded version of this ISSO 74 (ATG) guideline has been developed. The new requirements are hybrid in nature as the 2014 version of the guideline combines elements of traditional non-adaptive comfort …

Inleiding : Tijdens een wedstrijd of trainingen zitten de zeilers van het Nederlands paralympisch zeilteam soms uren achtereen in de zeilboot. De zeilers varen in de Skud 18, een tweemans zeilboot waarbij de zeilers achter elkaar in het midden van de boot zitten. De stuurman/vrouw (achterste zeiler) …