The potential of emerging bio-based products to reduce environmental impacts

The current debate on the sustainability of bio-based products questions the environmental benefits of replacing fossil- by bio-resources. Here, we systematically analyzed the environmental trade-offs of 86 emerging bio-based materials compared to their fossil counterparts. Although greenhouse gas (GHG) life cycle emissions for emerging bio...

Onderzoek beschermingsfactoren bij adembeschermingsmiddelen gebruikt in de asbestbranche

Deze rapportage beschrijft een gesimuleerd werkplek beschermingsfactor (SWPF) onderzoek waarin de beschermingsfactoren van de 8 meest gebruikte adembeschermingsmiddelen (ABM) in de asbestbranche zijn onderzocht. De nieuwe ABM systemen werden, nadat de testpersoon een fittest had gepasseerd, getest in een testkamer waar voor elk systeem 11 voor...

Analysis cloud: running sensor data analysis programs on a cloud computing infrastructure

Sensors have been used for many years to gather information about their environment. The number of sensors connected to the internet is increasing, which has led to a growing demand of data transport and storage capacity. In addition, evermore emphasis is put on processing the data to detect anomalous situations and to identify trends. This...

Analysis Cloud: Running Sensor Data Analysis Programs on a Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Sensors have been used for many years to gather information about their environment. The number of sensors connected to the internet is increasing, which has led to a growing demand of data transport and storage capacity. In addition, evermore emphasis is put on processing the data to detect anomalous situations and to identify trends. This...

A Cloud Storage Platform in the Defense Context: Mobile Data Management With Unreliable Network Conditions

This paper discusses a cloud storage platform in the defense context. The mobile and dismounted domains of defense organizations typically use devices that are light in storage, processing and communication capabilities. This means that it is difficult to store a lot of information on these devices locally, but also that it is infeasible to rely...

Privacy by Design: An alternative to existing practice in safeguarding privacy

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop/elaborate the concept Privacy by Design (PbD) and to explore the validity of the PbD framework. Design/methodology/approach: Attention for alternative concepts, such as PbD, which might offer surplus value in safeguarding privacy, is growing. Using PbD to design for privacy in ICT systems is still...

Flexigas Simulator Architectuur (versie 1.0)

Doel van dit document is om een (high level) architectuur te beschrijven aan de hand waarvan binnen het project Flexigas een simulator voor een Smart Biogas Grid ontwikkeld kan worden. Het document is primair geschreven voor de ontwikkelaars van de simulator, maar zal ook gebruikt worden in de discussie met de beoogde eindgebruikers. In het...

The SpinJa model checker

SpinJa is a model checker for promela, implemented in Java. SpinJa is designed to behave similarly to Spin, but to be more easily extendible and reusable. Despite the fact that SpinJa uses a layered object-oriented design and is written in Java, SpinJa's performance is reasonable: benchmark experiments have shown that, in exhaustive mode, SpinJa...

Development of autonomic management solutions for the military application domain

The Dutch Ministry of Defence is faced with ICT management problems, due to the increased use of complex ICT systems in the battle field. Solutions in the industry, such as remote assistance, cannot be applied in a domain with unreliable, low-bandwidth connections. In a case study performed at the Dutch Ministry of Defence, autonomic computing...

Combined protection and ergonomics testing of chemical-biological protective equipment