With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling to player action, however, is not without challenges. Many physiological …

Until recently, no evidence-based criteria were available to determine the work-relatedness of low back pain (LBP) in an individual worker. Incidence figures for LBP that can be qualified as occupational disease (OD) are scarce. We studied the trend in the number of OD notifications due to LBP in the …

Computers create environmental problems. Their production requires electricity, raw materials, chemical materials and large amounts of water, and supplies (often toxic) waste. They poison dumping sites and pollute groundwater. In addition, the energy consumption in IT is growing exponentially, with and …

Information and communications technologies (ICT) can be very important to provide access to urban cultural heritage collections. Urban archives contain a lot of (historical) information about people, places, events, objects, trade and artefacts. Its worthwhile to make this information accessible for …

Het doel van de opdracht is om een nieuwe open source PDF-library te ontwikkelen die het gebruik van iText kan vervangen.

Dit onderzoek geeft een gefundeerd inzicht in de eisen en wensen van de HBO bibliotheken in Nederland met betrekking tot de levering van e-books via Dawsonera. Twee scenario’s worden met elkaar vergeleken op basis waarvan acquisitie van relevante content ten behoeve van de genoemde bibliotheken kan worden …

In the Netherlands, like in many other developed countries, the care sector is facing challenges in a dynamic environment. Regulation is increasing, patients are becoming more critical, budget responsibility will be transferred from country- to municipality level in association with cuts in funding, …

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) was used to study the activation of cerebral motor networks during auditory perception of music in professional keyboard musicians (n=12). The activation paradigm implied that subjects listened to two-part polyphonic music, while either critically appraising …

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Resting energy expenditure (REE) is expected to be higher in athletes because of their relatively high fat free mass (FFM). Therefore, REE predictive equation for recreational athletes may be required. The aim of this study was to validate existing REE predictive equations and …

Mannen, zet je schrap, want het volgende zal met name voor jullie een schok zijn: mensen nemen beslissingen op basis van emoties. Slechts tien procent van ons gedrag en onze beslissingen is rationeel, negentig procent is onbewust en niet rationeel. In dit laatste artikel in de verdiepingsreeks over de …