Eurocept Group (Netherlands)

In the transition towards an energy neutral built environment, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has been proposed as a way to combine energy generation with pleasing aesthetics and material savings. Despite these promising features, the adoption of BIPV has not yet shown the expected growth rate. Building on existing literature on the barriers for BIPV diffusion and based upon 27 qualitative interviews with relevant stakeholders, this research investigates current institutional, product-specific and value chain-specific conditions for a full-fledged and future-proof BIPV value chain in the Netherlands. Using the Theory of Change, practical steps to overcome these barriers were formulated. Per barrier, a prioritization value was given and this value was validated by three experts on the BIPV value chain. It can be concluded that to satisfy the institutional barriers, an interest group for the value chain is needed. Regarding product-specific conditions, the results show a strong need for research on the market demands for product characteristics. Finally, to satisfy the value chain-specific conditions, information and knowledge sharing across the whole value chain are required.

Severe infection of infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of morbidity in the developed world and mortality in the developing world. Prophylaxis using palivizumab in infants at risk for severe RSV disease reduces the rate of hospitalisation in this population of children. To ensure complete prophylaxis, infants must receive monthly doses over the winter season. To improve parental convenience, the Synacare® programme was implemented in Ireland and the Netherlands. Synacare® is now a longstanding programme in which palivizumab is administered in the home setting by skilled nurses. Protocols and procedures described here illustrate the efficiency and acceptability of the home delivery service of RSV disease prophylaxis. Post-administration surveys have indicated a high level of parental satisfaction with the programme. At-home paediatric programmes like Synacare® may serve as an alternative to burdensome monthly hospital visits and may lead to enhanced clinical outcomes.

The Cuyo-Bolsones basin complex is part of a mosaic of basinal features that lie in the eastern Andean foreland. Sedimentary section ranges from Ordovician to Tertiary in age with the main petroleum source and reservoir potential in Carboniferous to Triassic clastics. Thick conglomerate units and widespread unconformities of both Permo-Carboniferous and Triassic age as well as localized volcanics indicate several periods of violent tectonic activity during late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic times. Triassic and older sediments are affected by normal faulting which in basins directly south extends up into the Lower Cretaceous. In the Cuyo-Bolsones basinal area, however this ancient tensional regime is entirely overprinted by relatively recent thrusting. This thrusting is late Tertiary in age, generally from east to west with very substantial relief. These thrust sheets are cut in places by later northeast-southwest strike-slip fault zones producing some localized flower structures. Nearly all the oil discovered in the Cuyo basin is produced from Triassic clastic reservoirs in compressional anticlines related to this thrusting. The major thrusts are well defined seismically, and seismic interpretations fit easily on balanced sections.