This thesis discusses the progress made on the development of superficial hyperthermia treatment planning. For superficial hyperthermia treatment, contact flexible microstrip applicators (CFMA) are used. These applicators are bent along the body curvature of the patient. A software tool, written in …

Self-management is widely seen as a viable contribution to sustainable health care as it allows to promote physical and mental well-being. A promising approach to promoting a healthy lifestyle is the deployment of personalized virtual coaches, especially in combination with the latest developments in …

Aanleiding ‘’Aantal gebroken heupen bij ouderen in vijf jaar met 12 procent gestegen’’, zo luidt de titel van een recent nieuwsartikel van nu.nl. Als gevolg van de vergrijzing kwamen 102 duizend 65-plussers in 2017 op de spoedeisende hulp na een valincident. Het in een sociaal isolement raken door angst …

De 48e editie van de Onderwijs Research Dagen (ORD) werd onder toezicht van de Vereniging voor Onderwijs Research (VOR) afgelopen jaar op 13, 14 en 15 juni in Nijmegen georganiseerd door de Radboud Universiteit, het Radboud UMC en de Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen. Gedurende drie dagen kwamen onderzoekers, …

The goal of this study is to identify the perspectives that development NGOs attribute to organisational social media, and furthermore elaborate on an appropriate categorisation of these perspectives for social media use by development NGOs. How social media is used in the area of development, where …

Rationale: Metastatic pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis. Many patients seek integrative care as an add-on to their conventional cancer treatment. Viscum album extracts (VAE)—widely used as an adjunct to cancer treatment—have cytotoxic, apoptogenic, and immune stimulatory properties. A statistically …

Although usually very predictable, the outcome of (inter) action on both the individual and the group level is in principle not predictable (undetermined, or chaotic). Mathematically, this is called nonlinear dynamics, or non-deterministic systems, or chaos. There are so many forces involved in the "system" …

In 1875 explorer Henry Morton Stanley (UK 1841-1904) produced a photograph of Kabaka (King) Muteesa of Buganda (UG, 1838-1884) and his chiefs. Muteesa’s land was positioned on the northern shore of a body of water that we now call Lake Victo-ria, in a country that would later be named after his kingdom. …

De zomer van 2018 gaat de geschiedenis in als ‘de droogste zomer’ en dit zal vaker voorkomen. (Inter-)nationale overheden, kennisinstituten en adviesbureaus vragen zich af of de klimaatadaptieve regenwatervoorzieningen die de laatste decennia op veel plaatsen zijn aangelegd, de intensievere buien na …

The changing climate has an effect on the quality of life in our cities: heavier rainfall (resulting in floodings), longer periods of drought, reduced air and water quality and increasing temperatures in cities (heat stress). Awareness about these changes among various stakeholders is of great importance. …