This bachelor’s thesis presents a study that investigates the optimal arm solution for a self-closing tainter gate at Koopvaardersschutsluis in conjunction with the technical issues that the lock is currently facing, as well as the national issue related to the means of renovating old locks throughout …

Nutrition insecurity among urban poor in modernizing Asian metropolises is a critical issue. It is well recognized that in urban Asia the poor are food insecure. Across Asia the food retail environment is transforming rapidly, in which supermarkets increasingly replace traditional food vending, like …

Particularly in urban schools, school–family partnerships can contribute to a student’s academic achievement and reduce educational disadvantage, regardless of the family’s socioeconomic background. Based on the recommendations of a former explorative field study (also published in this issue), conventional …

Professional turnover among novice nurses is a current issue. The reasons for professional turnover vary. Considering the worldwide nursing shortages, it is imperative to understand why novice nurses are leaving the nursing profession. This study therefore explores novice nurses’ motives for leaving …

Hoe communiceer je vanuit een organisatie met de dynamiek van een olietanker? Hoe Koninklijke Shell zoekt naar een antwoord illustreert de volwassenwording van corporate communicatie als vak.

Although history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary school students, there is not much research-based knowledge to support making connections between the past, the present and the future in history teaching. This study examines the effects of teaching analogous …

Sub-scale Flight Testing (SFT) is potentially useful in predicting aircraft flight behaviour, especially in the case of unconventional designs for which legacy information is unavailable and wind tunnel tests are unable to predict aircraft dynamics. A necessary condition for SFT is the design of properly …

Ouderen worden gestimuleerd steeds langer deel uit te maken van de samenleving. Aan de hand van acht gesprekken wordt een eerste duiding gegeven aan hoe de gesprekspartners zin geven aan het leven in hun vierde levensfase.

Ouderen blijven in toenemende mate tot op hoge leeftijd zelfstandig thuis wonen. Om inzicht te krijgen in factoren die hierbij van invloed zijn, onderzochten leden van het Ouderenberaad Zorg en Welzijn Zuid-Holland Noord als co-researchers de mening van 100 ouderen over vitaliteit en langer zelfstandig …