The goal of this study was to explain various measurements of atmospheric methane on Mars performed by the PFS instrument on-board the European Mars Express mission and from ground based observations. In order to reach this goal a layer of methane was assumed to exist in porous near surface layers of …

This article addresses the resource dependencies of voluntary sports club in two Rhineland welfare states with differences in their organizational arrangements of sports (e.g. the centralization of the Sport for All policy). On the basis of the VOCASPORT typology of sports policy systems and the resource …

Dit onderzoek is gedaan in opdracht van het Lectoraat Levensloopbegeleiding bij Autisme. Het Lectoraat heeft van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Autisme de vraag gekregen om onderzoek te doen naar de woonwensen van mensen met ASS. Deze vraag is ontstaan naar aanleiding van een kennistekort op dit gebied. …

Op de Nederlandse lerarenopleiding voor het basisonderwijs (de pabo) worden leraren opgeleid voor het onderwijs aan kinderen van vier tot twaalf jaar. Opleidingen verschillen wat betreft het tijdstip waarop wordt gekozen voor een leeftijdsspecialisatie. Nogal wat pabos laten studenten al in het eerste …

The increasing commercialisation of the sports sector and changing consumer demands are some of the issues that create challenges for non-profit sports in contemporary society. It is important for managers and marketers of these organisations to innovate because innovation is a way to grow within a competitive …

In the multi-billion dollar game industry, time to market limits the time developers have for improving games. Game designers and software engineers usually live on opposite sides of the fence, and both lose time when adjustments best understood by designers are implemented by engineers. Designers lack …

This study investigated temporal changes in movement strategy and performance during fatiguing short-cycle work. Eighteen participants performed six 7-min work blocks with repetitive reaching movements at 0.5 Hz, each followed by a 5.5-min rest break for a total duration of 1 h. Electromyography (EMG) …

Het aantal Europese Atlantische steuren (Acipenser sturio) is aan het einde van de 19e eeuw dramatisch afgenomen. Waar deze soort zich voorheen over heel Europa had verspreid komen er nu slechts twee populaties voor in de Gironde rivier (Frankrijk) en de Rioni (Georgië). Om deze bijna uitgestorven soort …

Horses are non-ruminant animals and their digestive tract is designed to digest fibrous roughage. In the wild they mostly eat grasses supplemented with herbs and parts of shrubs and trees. Generally, they eat mostly young, nutritious grasses which are short. Topics which will be discussed are obesities, …

QUESTION: In adults who experience nocturnal leg cramps, does stretching of the calf and hamstring muscles each day just before sleep reduce the frequency and severity of the cramps? DESIGN: A randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty adults aged …