Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has a business growth objective of gaining more orders in the wind turbine generator installation field. For this purpose the company is interested in finding alternative solutions for their installation methods. The main subject of this report is finding alternative solutions …

Gebaseerd op huidige trends formuleren een aantal experts uit diverse disciplines hun visie op hoe de informatiemaatschappij van 2023 zich zal presenteren. Een gevarieerd overzicht van visies waarin hel en hemel elkaar afwisselen.

Large groups in society lack the necessary skills to be sufficiently self-reliant and are in need of personal assistance. These groups could be supported by information and information technology (ICT), but only if this technology is designed to fit their (cognitive) abilities. Inclusive design theory …

Free newspapers may offer different news contents to different audiences, when compared with traditional, paid-for newspapers, but they, nevertheless, concentrate on news, and thereby provide society with information on current affairs. These papers have seen circulation rise until 2008; after that, …

Muslim women in the Netherlands have obtained several work and education related rights by both the Islam and European law. However, it is notable that the majority of Muslim women in the Netherlands are currently unemployed and have an education degree lower than intermediate vocational education level. …

De versnippering van de internationale samenleving vermindert de kans op een overkoepelend model van global governance. Meer waarschijnlijk is het ontstaan van bepaalde processen van bestuur die zich ontwikkelen als reactie op specifieke mondiale vraagstukken. Dit artikel beschrijft het proces van implementatie …

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique for collecting depth resolved information in human tissue based on an interferometer. With an imaging depth of between 1 and 2 mm, OCT is only used to investigate (near) surfaces. But with an axial (depth) resolution of between 2 and 10 μm, and …

European tourism destinations are confronted with a trend toward increased environmental responsible behaviour. This trend seeks to improve the quality of life within those destinations for residents and tourists equally. Relating this subject to the principle of sustainable development, tourism destination …

In the medical community, X-rays are an important tool in imaging the human body. In principle X-ray images are 2 dimensional images. By measuring such X-ray images at multiple angles, one can construct the 3 dimensional inner structure of the sample. This 3 dimensional structure is created by applying …

Companies are on the verge to think about retention of older workers (workers above 50) in their company. Thus organisations, more specifically small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs), are busy with the development of concepts how to make the time between 50 and retirement age of 65 or 67 for employees …