The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Air pollution may promote type 2 diabetes by increasing adipose inflammation and insulin resistance. This study examined the relation between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence among 50- to 75-year-old subjects living in Westfriesland, the Netherlands.
The objective of Agromere, a planning concept for an area situated in the rapidly growing Dutch city of Almere (185,000 inhabitants), was to explore opportunities to re-integrate agriculture into modern Dutch city life, while at the same time inspiring stakeholders to incorporate urban agriculture in the city’s actual development plan. …
Oral vaccines have played huge part in the global battle to wipe out polio. When the WHO endorsed the goal of eradicating polio in 1988, some 350,000 children in 125 countries were being paralysed by the virus that caused the disease. That number has dropped precipitously and there were only …
The top court in the Netherlands on Monday ordered the suspension of the Bergermeer gas storage project, the largest in Europe, citing objections by environmentalists and local residents who fear earth tremors. The storage project, along with the soon-to-be-completed liquefied natural gas terminal in Rotterdam, is an important part of …
Many of the new sustainable buildings popping up around Europe contain technology to make use of solar power and rainwater, and aim to transform surrounding neighborhoods. But these state-of-the-art developments in cities like Madrid and Paris haven't resolved the debate over whether going green pays off for investors. While new …
After a series of blade damages in its wind farms over the past three years, Suzlon Energy is launching new wind turbines. The S 9X machines — an improved version of S-88 machines — will give better power output even at inconsistent wind speeds, John O’Halloran, president-technology and managing director …
With 10 people dead of infection and 400 cases reported, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Sunday that a bacterial outbreak in northern Germany was one of the largest of its kind ever reported worldwide. The infection, from a strain of Escherichia coli, can lead to kidney …
However, membership not automatic; a long road of persuading all the members lies ahead. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the world's premier non-proliferation body, has decided to include India's request for membership as a special agenda item when it holds its annual meeting in the third week of June. This …
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide US$ 47.3 million loan to Bangladesh to reduce poverty and hunger of the people living on chars (newly accreted coastal lands). The loan agreement for the Char Development and Settlement Project IV was signed yesterday (Monday) in Rome by Bangladesh ambassador …
Ultraviolet rays are behind some of the bright yellows in Vincent van Gogh’s paintings turned brown. The finding is a first step to understanding how to stop some of the Dutch master’s paintings from fading. Two chemists, Koen Janssens from Antwerp University and Letizia Monico of Peruga University in Italy, …
The European Union looks set to overhaul the way renewable energy projects and power grids are financed, launching a new type of infrastructure bond and converging the EU's tangle of overlapping subsidies. European leaders will meet in Brussels for a February 4 summit to reconcile an EU goal of getting …
CHRONIC diabetics are at a greater risk of kidney problems. As the kidneys overwork to filter high blood sugar, its filtering system gets damaged, eventually leaking blood proteins into urine. Poor filtration also pushes the blood pressure up. Doctors usually recommend ACE inhibitors, available under trade names of capton and …
Municipal authorities in the Netherlands think citizens can help uncover illegal cannabis growers in Rotterdam and The Hague. They are distributing marijuana-scented scratch cards to about 30,000 households in the cities so that people can recognise smell of cannabis. This would help them report those growing marijuana. The authorities suspect …
CYCLING is a good aerobic fitness exercise. But should one cycle on congested city roads? Yes, suggests a team of Dutch scientists. Even though there are risks of traffic accident and exposure to vehicle exhaust, health benefits of cycling are greater than the hazards associated with it, they say. The …
Prospective cohort studies have shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption is inversely associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Whether food processing affects this association is unknown. Therefore, we quantified the association of fruit and vegetable consumption with 10-year CHD incidence in a population-based study in the Netherlands and the …
President Zillur Rahman on Sunday called for greater diplomatic efforts in seeking cooperation from the Netherlands in managing the country's water sector and also building coastal embankments. The President made the call when newly-appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands M Ali Sarkar called on him at Bangabhaban on Sunday. During …
Holland is famous for its polders, or reclaimed land below sea level. The shaping of the Dutch landscape goes back to the 12th century, when rising water levels threatened agricultural land.
