Over the past decade, interest in honours programmes has increased in the Netherlands and has developed across the entire Dutch educational system—from primary education to university. These programmes are designed for ambitious students who wish to go beyond the standard curriculum (Ten Berge et al., …

De CSRD is een nieuwe EU-richtlijn die gaat over het rapporteren over duurzaamheid. Vandaag gaan we dieper in op wat de richtlijn inhoudt. Het doel is niet alleen om informatie te geven over het onderwerp maar ook om praktische inzichten te delen hoe de richtlijn toegepast kan worden in de bedrijfsvoering. …

Marginalisation is a multilevel phenomenon in society depriving people from essential rights, resources, and opportunities. Street-outreach services in the Netherlands, like social street work (SSW), support these marginalised people in fostering their participation in society as an answer to their marginalised …

Privacy concerns can potentially make camera-based object classification unsuitable for robot navigation. To address this problem, we propose a novel object classification system using only a 2D-LiDAR sensor on mobile robots. The proposed system enables semantic understanding of the environment by applying …

The increasing interest in Aronia melanocarpa berries for their antioxidant properties sets the necessity to define sustainable strategies to valorize the by-products. This study investigates the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) extraction, with and without ethanol as a co-solvent, for recovering …

Dear Reader, Welcome to Sustainable EU Economy. This book is more than a textbook—it is an invitation to explore how the European Union shapes business, society, and sustainability in today’s interconnected world. My hope is that it will inspire you to think critically, engage actively, and see how Europe’s …

Background Indirect calorimetry (IC) provides an accurate measure of energy expenditure, which informs energy requirements. Achieving energy and protein requirements is fundamental in nutrition care. This study aims to determine if the energy requirements informed by IC and estimated protein requirements …

Introduction The cardiovascular biomarkers troponin T, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, and fibroblast growth factor 23 are elevated in hemodialysis patients and associated with an increased cardiovascular mortality risk. Nocturnal hemodialysis improves the fluid status in hemodialysis patients. …

Exercise-induced muscle fatigue can aject older people's gait and hence their fall risk. However, non-homogeneous gait adaptations have been shown (1), questioning whether these are caused by a direct eject of fatigue or by compensatory strategies to account for (perception of) fatigue. This study aimed …

In absolute aantallen kampen steeds meer jongeren in Nederland met zorgverzekeringsschulden. Wat begint met één gemiste betaling, kan eindigen in een incassotraject of in de regeling betalingsachterstand bij zorgpremie (bronheffing). Deze (herhaalde) zorgverzekeringsschulden veroorzaken niet alleen financiële …