Landmines are explosive remnants of war that remain active long after the conflict has ended. Explosion can be triggered easily by human input and its consequences can be devastating. Landmines don't discriminate between soldiers and civilians. Once laid on the ground, they pose immediate threat for …

During the past decade there has been a huge increase in the number of internet users, this has among other things resulted in a high growth of online networks. Many network providers are trying to attract new members, the competition is fierce. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate …

Strategies of intermediairies are explored.

Dementia is often diagnosed after emergency situations have emerged.The social network of elderly was studied in order to find out if persons or institutions could help to discover problems in an earlier phase. It was concluded that family is most important, and that information, rather than detection, …

This book, ‘Outreach work and imminent eviction: RAAK research’, is a report of the results obtained from the examination of these innovations. The first chapter contains a description of the pilot projects, which brought together care workers from the Blankenberg Foundation and Dynamo for early intervention …

Het onderzoeksgebied maakt deel uit van het stroomgebied Chaamse beken en ligt ten zuidoosten van Breda. De bodem is ontstaan in het Pleistoceen en bestaat uit dekzand en oude klei die beide afwisselend aan het oppervlakte liggen. In der loop der eeuwen is de middenloop ontgonnen en zijn er landgoederen …

De gemeente Heerenveen wil in de komende jaren in het deelgebied de Tjonger een droge en natte ecologische verbindingszone (EVZ) aanleggen. Om een doorgang te creëren is het plan om tussen de Tjonger en een zanddepot, annex transportbedrijf, dat in het gebied ligt, een verbindingzone van 50 meter breed …

This thesis was conducted to analyze the structures of European state studs in regards to business structures, resources and developments of European state studs. The goal is to support the work of the European State Studs Association (ESSA) which is building up a network between European state studs …

Motivation - The use of a Home Care Robot combined with a sensor network could possibly improve or replace current home Tele-healthcare systems that monitor elderly people or other people with health problems. Using robot for this is a new and we want to find out what the advantages or disadvantages …

Introduction Innovation is crucial for companies who have to react to constantly changing markets. Several national and European research institutes stress the importance of developing innovation for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). This was a trigger to design a minor on strategic innovation …