Recently the problem of an excessive tourism became very noticeable in the capital of the Netherlands. Tourists focus only on the few key places that make Dutch culture, ignoring the rest of the country, leaving other cities and villages empty and creating traffic in Amsterdam (Schlagwein, 2019; Boffey, …

Inleiding: Bij het meten van de behendigheid bij sport specifieke trainingen en revalidatie in de fysiotherapie ligt de nadruk voor alsnog op het reageren op voorspelbare visuele stimuli. Het meten van reactieve behendigheid, waarbij de nadruk ligt op cognitieve en reactieve impulsen, is een relevant …

The surge of smart city technology, thinking, publications and consultancy offerings is significant. This implies there is something seriously developing. But to what extent is this a new development? In this paper the case will be made that urban design has always had to include new technologies and …

Veel akkerbouwers en melkveehouders constateren dat de gewasopbrengst lager ligt op plekken waar met de trekker of zware machine wordt gereden. Tijdens een groeiseizoen van gras wordt tot wel 80% van de bodem minimaal één keer overreden door banden van een trekker of landbouwmachine. Door toenemende …

The constant growth of air traffic, especially in Europe, is putting pressure on airports, which, in turn, are suffering congestion problems. The airspace surrounding airport, terminal manoeuvring area (TMA), is particularly congested, since it accommodates all the converging traffic to and from airports. …

Introduction: Sustained high compliance with hand hygiene prior to patient contact in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) could reduce the spread of pathogens and incidence of bloodstream infections of preterm infants. These infections are associated with high mortality, morbidity and additional costs. …

Exhaust emissions from motorized vehicles are not only harmful to the environment but also on human health. At the same time, motorists are not necessarily aware of the adverse health effects resulting from their emissions. In this work, we use the health aspect as a primary motivation factor in the …

When firefighting, the combination of exposition to high temperatures, high physical demands and wearing (heavy and insulated) personal protective equipment lead to increased risk of heat stress and exhaustion in firefighters. Heat stress can easily evolve into a life-threatening heat stroke. Once heat …

The current study presents a methodology for analysing and identifying the limitations in capacity of an airport, the methodology has been implemented in the case of Mexico City Airport which is a congested airport in Mexico. The methodology allows identifying what room is left for absorbing more traffic …

De opdracht wordt verstreken door Nathalie van den Thillart, schrijfster en oprichter van uitgeverij Waterman Creations. In december 2017 werd haar debuutboek ‘Mag ik je Omi noemen?’ uitgegeven. Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van Oma Noortje ‘Omi’ die samen met haar 2 buurkinderen verschillende avonturen …