This research report describes which legal instruments play a role in cases concerning international child abduction with a focus on, the most important legal text, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, hereinafter the Hague Convention or HCCA. The purpose of this …

Kust en Zee (Dutch part of EUCC (Coastal and Marine Union in Europe)) wants to introduce pingers to Chinese fishermen to reduce cetacean bycatch in Chinese fishery. But it is not the best time to introduce pingers to Chinese fishermen at this moment, due to that there is lack of a similar background …

Dit rapport beschrijft een onderzoek naar de mogelijkheden van MPLS Traffic Engineering technieken. Dat zijn technieken waarmee de route die een datapakketje door een MPLS netwerk volgt, beïnvloed kan worden. Zonder deze technieken volgt al het dataverkeer de route die het routing protocol bepaalt, wat …

This paper examines the long anticipated European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the establishment of an actual launch of the process enabling such accession after so many years from the time it was first proposed. Further, it goes on to examine the different mechanisms …

With this report an attempt has been made to answer the following central research question: How can Dutch policy regarding trafficking in human beings be improved to adequately and fully implement a human rights based approach as set in the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking …

The present study investigated the effect of salt (NaCl) intake on urea-N excretion by using milk urea level as an indicator. Sixteen multi-parity Dutch dairy Holsteins (daily milk production 27.74 ± 3.14 kg and body weight 654.9 ± 43.1 kg) were used in a 4x4 crossover design with treatment varying in …

Het voorland is onderdeel van de waterkering, het werkt mee aan de sterkte, maar kan de waterkering ook verzwakken. Om de soorten belastingen op voorlanden te definiëren, wordt inzicht gegeven in de verschillende systemen. De belastingen die als gevolg van hoogwater op het voorland inwerken, kunnen bepaalde …

The potential reduction of risk in LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) road transport due to the adoption of passive fire protectionswas investigated. Experimental data available for small scale vessels fully engulfed by a fire were extended to real scale road and rail tankers through a finite elements model. …

The improvement of passive fire protection of storage vessels is a key factor to enhance safety among the LPG distribution chain. A thermal and mechanical model based on finite elements simulations was developed to assess the behaviour of full size tanks used for LPG storage and transportation in fire …