Vertical and horizontal alignment within organizations are seen as prerequisites for meeting strategic objectives and indications of effective management. In the area of safety management, the concept of vertical alignment has been followed through the introduction of hierarchical structures and bidirectional …

This research aims to obtain more insight in the perception of fabric drape and how fabric drape can be cat-egorized With the current 3D virtual technologies to simulate garments the fashion and clothing industry can speed up work processes, improve accuracy and reduce material consumption in fit, design …

Research about equity through Musical Engagement with People with Dementia

The number of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in cities is growing, which puts increasing pressure on the liveability of cities. Small electric freight vehicles and cargo bikes can offer a solution, as they take less space, can manoeuvre easily and free from polluting emissions. Within the two-year LEVV-LOGIC …

The number of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in cities is growing, which puts increasing pressure on the livability of cities. Freight vehicles are large contributors to polluting air and CO2 emissions and generate problems in terms of safety, noise and loss of public space. Small electric freight vehicles …

Personalization, production on-demand, and flexible manufacture facilities are growing within the European apparel sector, supported by national and regional public policy. These developments seem to embody a much waited “paradigm shift” in the fashion industry; a shift from global to local scale, from …

Gestuwd door een snelle groei en een oplevende conjunctuur bevindt Amsterdam zich vrij plots in een periode van groot optimisme. Bijbouwen is het devies. Tegelijkertijd kenmerkt de stad zich door sociale polarisatie, fragmentatie en hardnekkige maatschappelijke problemen. Kunnen we de fysieke uitdagingen …

Digitaal bewijs gaat revolutionair veranderen. In de afgelopen tien jaar werden ontwikkelingen in digitaal forensisch onderzoek gedomineerd door de opkomst van sociale media, de smartphone en de cloud. Doordat smartphones steeds persoonlijker worden, wordt digitaal bewijs een wezenlijke aanvulling …

Voor de geloofwaardigheid van duurzame initiatieven in de organisatie is goede pr essentieel. Al is dat nog niet zo gemakkelijk, constateren wetenschappers Wim Elving, Betteke van Ruler en Piet Hein Coebergh.