This paper addresses the Rolling Stock Balancing Problem (RSBP). This problem arises at a passenger railway operator when the rolling stock has to be re-scheduled due to changing circumstances. These problems arise both in the planning process and during operations. The RSBP has as input a timetable and a rolling stock schedule where the allocation of the rolling stock among the stations does n...

We describe some research in progress performed for Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) to determine a minimum circulation of train-units needed to execute a given timetable with given bounds on demands and capacities. 1. The problem Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) runs an hourly train service on its route Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport-Leyden-The Hague-Rotterdam-Dordrecht-Roosendaal-Mi...

Examination of peripheral circulation is easily done by touching the skin, measuring capillary refill time (CRT) or even by observing the skin mottling pattern. The cutaneous vascular bed plays an important role in thermoregulation of the body, and this process can result in skin circulation alterations that have direct effects on skin temperature and colour, i.e., a cold, clammy, white and mot...

This article is a longitudinal analysis of the relation between gendered labour divisions and new data processing technologies at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Following social-constructivist and evolutionary economic approaches, the authors hold that the relation between technology and work organization is a two-way process. This means that technology does not only affect the r...

From the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (P.W.S., A.T.L.O.); and the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto (M.J.B.K.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Serruys at the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Affiliations: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Erasmus Medical Center, Dept of Epidemiology, CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PRC Laboratory, University François Rabelais/Centre INRA of Tours, Nouzilly, France. Cordeliers Faculty of Medicine, University Paris-Descartes, Paris, France. Cordeliers Research Centre, INSERM-Paris-Descartes-University, Paris, Fra...

Dept.Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. Dept. Epidemiology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Institute of Cytology and Genetics SD RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Dept. Clinical Chemistry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. Dept. Internal Medicine, Leid...

Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.S.E.L., B.C.J.M.F.), Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Hormonology (S.L.), University Hospital Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France; Department of Hormonology and Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics (C.S.), University H...

Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands For correspondence: Dr John P. Hays, Room L-247, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, 3015 CE, Rot...

INTRAVASCULAR YOUNG′S MODULUS RECONSTRUCTION USING A PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL R. A. BALDEWSING*1, C. W. J. OOMENS2, and A. F. W. VAN DER STEEN1,3, 1University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 3Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Corresponding e-mail: r.bald...