In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Lean Production (LP) can be regarded as a design approach in search of a theoretical foundation. In this paper we show that Lowlands’ Sociotechnical Design Theory (STSL) could function as such a foundation. To reach this goal, we first describe STSL as a system theoretical reformulation of Original Sociotechnical …

Het ontwerp van een universeel toepasbaar model voor de geschiktheidsbeoordeling van percelen voor walnootproductie, overeenkomstig bestaande literatuur en de opinie van dekundigen. Vervolgens wordt dit model toegepast op een perceel in Catalonië.

Conflicts between livestock owners and wolves are already present for ages in Europe. In southern Europe, especially in areas with important livestock production, wolves may depend heavily on livestock as prey (Iliopoulos et al., 2009). Predation on livestock is the crucial factor promoting wolf persecution. …

Based on a theoretical discussion the main difference between models of lineair economy and circular economy are elaborated; (1) Elimination of waste is essential the circulation of circular flows and reclamation of (raw) materials; this requires mechanisms for the return of obsolete materials. (2) Design …

: Knee injuries commonly occur in later stages of competition indicating that fatigue may influence dynamic knee stability. Force sense (FS) is a submodality of proprioception influenced by muscle mechanoreceptors, and, if negatively affected by fatigue, may results in less effective neuromuscular control. …

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) process for waste treatment? An integrated approach for a dynamic energy and environmental system analysis of biogas production pathways. Presentation given at Biogas Science conference in Vienna, 27 october 2014 regarding the subject of anaerobic digestion of energy maize compared …

The commitment of the Fab Lab community to participate in processes of commons-based knowledge production thus also includes global knowledge sharing. For sharing back into the global commons, new knowledge needs however to be documented in a way that allows to share it by the means of information and …

The research was done in order to identify the strategies that can link Duhuze cooperative farmers to the high value markets so that they can increase their income and well-being. The study was done due to the fact that the farmers of Duhuze cooperative in mushroom value chain do not have access to the …

There is a high demand for soybean products in Cameroon yet the country is experiencing low soybean production levels and has triggered more importation of the product. This has created an opportunity in the domestic market. AgriDynamic Foundation, a non-profit social entrepreneurial organization has …