Inleiding Blessures zijn een groot probleem voor hardlopers. Zo raakt jaarlijks 64% van de midden-lange afstandslopers, 32% van de lange afstandslopers en 52% van de marathonlopers geblesseerd (1). Blessures veroorzaken niet alleen persoonlijk leed, maar hierdoor kunnen hardlopers ook niet (goed) trainen …

The dairy sector in the Netherlands aims for a 30% increase in efficiency and 30% carbon dioxide emission reduction compared to the reference year of 1990, and a 20% share of renewable energy, all by the year 2020. Anaerobic Digestion (AD) can play a substantial role in achieving these aims. However, …

Objective women in the Netherlands, with a fetus in breech presentation, are thoroughly counseled to make an informed choice for the mode of delivery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of counseling techniques on women's choices for the mode of delivery and subsequently to compare fetal …

Understanding heterogeneity in farm development strategies is important in order to design effective policies and support programs to increase the sustainability of agriculture in relation to its socio-material context. Using a unique case study of 102 dairy farmers in The Netherlands, all operating …

Transparantie van het ondernemingsbestuur is volgens de Nederlandse Corporate governance code een voorwaarde voor goede governance. Op een aantal punten blijft de transparantie van ondernemingen echter achter.

PURPOSE: Limited information is available on the effect of Immediate Dentin Sealing (IDS) on the fracture strength of indirect partial posterior restorations. This study evaluated the effect of IDS on the fracture strength and failure types of two indirect restorative materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

Background: The combination of self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching in automated interventions is a new and promising approach for healthy lifestyle management. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify key components of self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching in automated healthy lifestyle interventions …

Data quality management is a great challenge in today’s world due to increasing proliferation of abundant and heterogeneous datasets. All organizations that realize and maintain data intensive advanced applications should deal with data quality related problems on a daily basis. In these organization …

Op de Dairy Campus wordt onderzoek gedaan naar gras. In de toekomst zullen activiteitenmeters de grasopname van koeien betrouwbaar kunnen vaststellen en hopelijk ook andere aspecten van gras: wat is de grasgroei per perceel, hoe groot is de grasvoorraad, het eiwitgehalte en wat is de voorspelde grasgroei …