The 1983-1984 die-off of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum stands out as a catastrophic marine event because of its detrimental effects on Caribbean coral reefs. Without the grazing activities of this key herbivore, turf and macroalgae became the dominant benthic group, inhibiting coral recruitment …

Children with special educational needs included in Austrian mainstream schools are provided with special educational support, which aim to create learning environments, that meet the children’s needs on an individual level. Little is known about what adjustments children with special educational needs …

Keeping it Local is een onderzoeksproject van het Fashion Research & Technology Lectoraat aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. In dit ‘levend laboratorium’ wordt onderzoek gedaan naar co-creatie, lokale productie in een stedelijke omgeving en duurzaam consumentengedrag. Wij produceren 3D-gebreide truien, …

AIM: To explore concurrent validity, convergent validity, interrater reliability, test-retest reliability, and Rasch model analysis of the School Participation Questionnaire (SPQ), a tool for teachers to assess personal and environmental determinants of school participation. METHOD: Teachers of children …

Op 11 maart 2021 werd een recordbedrag neergeteld voor een digitaal kunstwerk, een NFT gemaakt door grafisch kunstenaar Beeple. ‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’ is de titel van het werk dat voor 60 miljoen euro werd verkocht door veilinghuis Christie’s. Christie’s was daarmee het eerste grote veilinghuis …

The catalytic conversion of glycerol to aromatics (GTA, e.g., benzene, toluene, and xylenes, BTX) over a shaped H-ZSM-5/Al2O3 (60/40 wt%) catalyst was investigated in a continuous fixed-bed reactor to study the addition of the Al2O3 binder in the catalyst formulation on catalyst performance. The experiments …

Objective:  The participation of students from both undergraduate medical education (UGME) and postgraduate medical education (PGME) in independent patient care contributes to the development of knowledge, skills and the professional identity of students. A continuing collaboration between students and …

Glycerol is an attractive bio-based platform chemical that can be converted to a variety of bio-based chemicals. We here report a catalytic co-conversion strategy where glycerol in combination with a second (bio-)feed (fatty acids, alcohols, alkanes) is used for the production of bio-based aromatics …

To gain insight into changes of scholarly journals’ recommendations, we conducted a systematic review of studies that analysed journals’ Instructions to Authors (ItAs). We summarised results of 153 studies, and meta-analysed how often ItAs addressed: 1) authorship, 2) conflicts of interest, 3) data sharing, …

Het aantal seringenkwekers neemt steeds verder af, veelal doordat er geen opvolging is bij gepensioneerde kwekers. Als gevolg hiervan verkleint de markt steeds verder, met als risico dat de wensen van deze telers niet meer overeenkomen met die van de handelaren en exporteurs. Het is erg belangrijk dat …