Online recordings of lectures provide students with anytime-anyplace access to lectures. Research shows that students prefer courses accompanied by online recordings and an increasing number of universities provide recorded lectures. This paper presents the results of a study into the use of recorded …

The concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Community Investment are not clearly defined in literature as of yet. However, considering the recent surge of attention these concepts have gotten, they have become points of interest for the general public, governments, commercial organisation, …

A greenhouse with Fresnel lenses in the south facing roof and a receiver for concentrated Photovoltaics with water cooling (CPVT system) will result in electrical and thermal energy output from the solar energy excess entering a greenhouse. The PV system converts about half of the direct radiation into …

Damping constitutes a major source of uncertainty in dynamic analysis and an open issue to experimental and analytical research. After a thorough review of the current views and approaches existing in literature on damping and its appropriate modelling, this paper focuses on the implications of the available …

This paper focuses on the concept climate refugees in the 21st Century and mainly concerns environmentally displaced persons from developing countries. It seeks to answer the following question: 'Should the concept of climate refugees best be approached from a juridical or an environmental point of view?' …

This text is structured as follows. Section 1 concerns the background to this public lecture: the fact that social participation is becoming increasingly important in our society. This is evident, for example, from the way we are evolving from a protective welfare state into an activational, participative …

This report is concerned with the current position of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Creators). Surrounded by a large network of collecting societies and essentially a lobbying organization, CISAC increasingly feels pressures (at least in Europe) to respond to copyright …

Women play critical roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. Yet, despite their contribution to global food security, women farmers are frequently underestimated and overlooked in development strategies. For this reason, women find it more difficult than men to gain access to valuable resources …

During the existence of Hemels Publishers (since 1994), new clients have always come to Hemels Publishers on their own initiative. However, at this point the management feels the acquisition of clients needs to be structured and streamlined within the company and therefore developed a new marketing plan …