In this paper, a general approach for modeling airport operations is presented. Airport operations have been extensively studied in the last decades ranging from airspace, airside and landside operations. Due to the nature of the system, simulation techniques have emerged as a powerful approach for dealing …

In this study we investigate, through a questionnaire, in-service student-teachers’ needs and preferences in a master program for a course about learning with technology. Results show that about half of the student-teachers would like to have such a course and about one third has doubts about it. The …

While classical melancholy was defined by isolation and introspection, today’s tristesse plays out amidst busy social media interactions. Geert Lovink on ‘technological sadness’ – the default mental state of the online billions.

This paper presents an analytical and intervention model that introduces new vocabulary to explore, describe and build collective futures through shared understanding of complexities facing local and regional developments. This new vocabulary builds on evolutionary and complexity approaches applied to …

De daklozenproblematiek in Nederland is groot. De opvangvoorzieningen zitten vol, mensen zijn te lang dakloos en betaalbare woningen voor uitstroomtrajecten zijn schaars. Dit brengt een grote kostenpost vanuit de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning voor de gemeenten met zich mee. De verwachtingen vanuit …

Bryophytes are small, haploid, non-vascular plants, which can be divided in three distinct phyla; the mosses (Musci), the liverworts (Hepaticae) and the hornworts (Anthocerotae) (Gradstein & Melick, 1996), (Touw, Kruijer, & Stech, 2016). They are valuable indicators of environmental chance, due to the …

Studies among people with dementia demonstrated that the sleep quality and rhythm improves significantly when people are exposed to ambient bright light. Since almost half of the healthy older people also indicate to suffer from chronic sleep disorders, the question arises whether ambient bright light …

Anhand von Leitfadeninterviews werden sechs Schüler der Grundschule zu ihren Wünschen, Meinungen und Partizipationswünschen befragt. Kurzfristige Zielsetzung ist hierbei die Exploration der Meinungen der Kinder zu ihrer Schule und ihrer Verbesserungsvorschläge, um Handlungsempfehlungen daraus abzuleiten, …

Inleiding: Hoogwaardig en professioneel personeel staat hoog in het vaandel van Amphia. Het leveren van kwalitatief goede zorg is één van de pijlers in de missie van Amphia. Daarbij geldt dat verpleegkundigen kunnen werken binnen grenzen van hun autonome positie. In samenwerking met V&VN heeft in …

The following paper presents an innovative approach for dealing with complex capacity problems in aviation. We introduce a sliding window framework composed by an optimization method with a simulation component. By applying this framework in diverse problems that are dependent on time it is possible …