Community forestry is a way to combine forest conservation with economic development of forest depending communities. In the Pacific zone of northern Peru, the rural population heavily relies on the endemic dry forest ecosystem as a source of firewood, timber and as grazing area. Bad management, overuse …

Barges are used in order to transport all types of offshore structures and equipment. Structures which are transported are becoming larger and heavier. Therefore, there is need for barges that can handle these structures. This research will explore the possibilities to increase barge capacity by adding …

The European Commission’s Fitness Check exercise, as part of the Better Regulation agenda is a very hot topic at the moment and has already covered six policy areas since 2010. At the moment, a Fitness Check is being performed on the Birds & Habitats Directives, which can be seen as the most controversial …

In dit afstudeerverslag worden er aanbevelingen gegeven voor het doorvoeren van een aantal beheersingsmaatregelen. Het onderzoek is gericht op de inlenersaansprakelijkheid en ketenaansprakelijkheid. Ruim 90 miljoen boetes en naheffingen zijn opgelegd aan malafide werkgevers. De boetes en naheffingen …

In dit onderzoek wordt gekeken hoe de checklist van Claudia Emck kan worden aangepast aan de doelgroep van de Vliegden. De Vliegden is een dagbehandeling en samenwerkingsverband tussen Zandbergen en Mulock Houwer. Op de Vliegden komen jongeren die zijn uitgevallen in het regulier onderwijs. In het onderzoek …

Social media have become an important element of modern society in a short period of time. Social media are online tools to connect people; it implies the development of publication to conversation and from sending to dialogue (Social Media Update 2010, 2010, p.2). It is important to keep in mind that …

The 6-Minute-Walk-Test (6MWT) is used in clinical practice and clinical trials of lung diseases to measure the functional physical capacity; however, it is not clear whether there are influencing variables. We analyzed the values of 6MWT, Borg dyspnea pre- and post 6MWT, lung function tests and the checklist …

De Nederlandse vertaling van de SDQ wordt vertaald naar het Duits en getest op methodologische kwaliteit.

GrandAlpes is a company founded by International Lodging Services, who is a tour operator specialised in chalets. GrandAlpes is responsible for the management in several chalets villages in France and Vallandry is their biggest chalet park with 50 chalets and a restaurant. About 500 people can stay in …

A study was undertaken on the sunflower value chain in Lira district of Uganda. The objective of the study was twofold: First to catalogue innovations that have been developed or introduced in the value chain over a 10 year trajectory (1998-2007). The second objective was to map the knowledge management …