Some public organisations struggle to meet the Open Data requirements fully because their data often have sensitive (personal) information, are of low quality, or have interoperability issues in terms of format and semantics. These restrictions quite often hold for justice domain datasets. In order to …

Er is veel (wetenschappelijk) onderzoek gedaan naar factoren die de gezondheid van kalveren in de eerste twee weken beïnvloeden. Echter, er is nauwelijks onderzoek gedaan naar de risicofactoren voor infecties van het kalf onder Nederlandse praktijkomstandigheden. Daarom is de hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek: …

The EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD) requires the member states (MS) to pursue Blue Growth while ensuring good environmental status (GES) of sea areas. An ecosystem-based approach (EBA) should be used for the integration of the aims. However, the MSPD does not specify how the MS should arrange …

Plastic is one of the biggest contributors to pollution of the planet. Due to the low recyclability of oil-based plastics, most plastic is being disposed into the environment. According to plastic oceans, 10 million tons of plastic are dumped into oceans annually. Currently, researchers are developing …

Een grote oorzaak van het afsterven van soorten van kikkers komt door verstedelijking. Echter blijkt het dat de tungarakikkers geen last hebben van dit fenomeen. Door de fysiologische processen van deze kikkers te begrijpen kunnen bedreigde anuranen (kikkers) beschermd en behouden worden. Onderzoekers …

This graduation report describes a research project at the research group metabolomics of the Leiden center of Applied Biosciences (LCAB). The aim of this project was to develop a GC-MS method for the identification of red swamp crayfish pheromones (Procambarus clarkii). Once this method has been developed, …

Today, our environment and the objects therein are equipped with an increasing number of devices such as cameras, sensors, and actuators, which all together produce a huge amount of data. Furthermore, we observe that citizens generate data via social media applications running on their personal devices. …

In this thesis you can find an explaination on how Metahuman characters can be used as digital patients. These characters will have dynamic elements which will mimic medical situations. These patients will be used in a VR operating room simulation. This thesis also contains information about animating …

Werken aan de taalontwikkeling van jonge kinderen, het behoort tot de dagelijkse taken in kinderopvang en onderwijs. Niet alleen zijn hier taalstimulerende vaardigheden van de pedagogisch medewerker of leerkracht voor nodig, ook is het belangrijk de rol van ouders te erkennen. Bij het programma Thuis …

Often collected data sets contain more personal information than needed for a certain purpose. According to privacy laws and regulations the personal data in a data set should be minimized only to the data that are required and allowed for a chosen (legitimate) data usage. Statistical Disclosure Control …