Recente bevindingen in bossen op hoge zandgronden van de Veluwe wijzen op calciumdeficiëntie bij mezen, veroorzaakt door versnelde bodemverzuring als gevolg van stikstofdepositie. Calciumdeficiëntie kan bij broedvogels leiden tot verminderd broedsucces en afnemende populatietrends. Het doel van dit afstudeeronderzoek …

Begin 2015 werd Yasmeen Dad, een 25-jarige Pakistaanse vrouw die woonde in Rotterdam, om het leven gebracht door haar echtgenoot. Na een vluchtpoging werd Yasmeen vermist en later vermoord gevonden in de bossen bij Drenthe. Yasmeen was een voorbeeld van wat een verborgen vrouw wordt genoemd. Een verborgen …

This study explores which patient-, intervention-, and environment-related factors are determinants of adherence to the online component of e-Exercise, a 12-week blended intervention for patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis.

Blended behavior change interventions combine therapeutic guidance with online care. This new way of delivering health care is supposed to stimulate patients with chronic somatic disorders in taking an active role in their disease management. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of blended behavior …

Blended behavior change interventions combine therapeutic guidance with online care. This new way of delivering health care is supposed to stimulate patients with chronic somatic disorders in taking an active role in their disease management. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of blended behavior …

INTRODUCTION: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Therapeutic exercise is a recommended core treatment for people with knee and hip OA, however, the observed effect sizes for reducing pain and improving physical function are small to moderate. This may be due …

Promotional video about the professorship Management of Forested Landscapes at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

In this research different reforestation techniques are investigated in relation to its effectiveness in restoring the natural forest ecosystem. The location where the research is conducted is the Peruvian region Madre de Dios, which is on the Amazonian foothill of the Andes. There are great deforestation …

This report is part of a collaborated study initiated by the SEnSOR programme to assess each of the compartments of aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in fragmented lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah. The biomass and carbon contents of living trees and coarse woody debris, lianas, fine woody debris (FWD) …