The phenomena of urbanization and climate change interact with the growing number of older people living in cities. One of the effects of climate change is an increased riverine flooding hazard, and when floods occur this has a severe impact on human lives and comes with vast economic losses. Flood …

Even though meaning making is an important component of the mental health recovery programme, it turns out to be an underscored dimension in mental health care. This qualitative mixed method research was focused on meaning making in an art studio for psychologically vurnerable people. The main goal of …

The thesis at hand was written for the client “Intercruises Shoreside and Port Services”, more specifically their office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Intercruises is a tour operator specialized in services for the ocean and river cruise industry. The company already established offices over the whole …

The Internet of Things is changing our society. The increasing amount of “smart devices” that are being connected to the Internet is attracting everyone’s attention. However, for the sake of the usability, IoT devices frequently have poor security. With the rapid development of the IoT, comes the need …

This project comes forward out of a personal interest in, and the regular desire for, escaping the hectic pace of everyday life. A full agenda, a full head and the feeling of running after things and always running out of time are not only the characteristics of my current situation but the characteristics …

Blended learning is not a flash in the pan, it’s here to stay. At The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) the implementation of blended learning is not yet in an adult stage, but in a newly introduced educational framework (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2017) blended learning plays …

ISS has a strong need to constantly innovate and to surprise the market with innovations. ISS tries to be innovative through the tactical/strategic level (such as the 'new' Innovation & Strategic Development department). But innovation comes (still) too little from the operational work field. The reasons …

Floods can be approached at a given location with two different concepts in mind: defending against floods or adapting to floods (Saurí-Pujol et al., 2001) (further, the option of mitigation exists, but this is a rather long-term and large-scale approach). First, resistance-based flood protection is …

Background: This follow-up study investigated the year-round effects of a four-week randomized controlled trial using different types of feedback on employees’ physical activity, including a need-supportive coach intervention. Methods: Participants (n=227) were randomly assigned to a Minimal Intervention …

Research has demonstrated that teachers working in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are proficient in offering emotional support to young children, but markedly weaker when it comes to instructional support. We conducted a controlled experimental study in the Netherlands, to investigate the …