The AI Act, effective from August 1, 2024, introduces EU-wide standards to ensure the ethical and safe use of artificial intelligence (AI). Dutch municipalities must be fully compliant by 2026, navigating complex legal and operational challenges. This study assesses their readiness through survey data …

Little is known about how resilience to disinformation develops and manifests in people’s daily lives. Addressing this gap, our study investigates young adults’ tactics for navigating disinformation and the resources they draw from throughout this process. Based on 29 semi-structured interviews with …

Background: The number of older patients undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing, and a substantial proportion of these patients are frail. Frailty is associated with increased mortality, psychological complications, functional decline, and reduced health-related quality of life, complicating treatment …

This review aimed to describe self-management interventions for burn survivors and assess their effectiveness, while also examining interventions for comparable acute onset chronic conditions - myocardial infarction (MI) and lower extremity trauma (LET) - to gain broader insights. Following PRISMA guidelines, …

In recent decades, after several family tragedies with fatal outcomes in the Netherlands, a critical attitude emerged towards the role of youth care that prompted refinements of procedures and guidelines. These measures partly aim to eliminate moral hesitancy among social workers, defined as hesitation …

Personal development is a defining feature of honors programs, often demanding pedagogical strategies that differ from those in mainstream education. This study explores the role of perspective taking –the ability to emphasize by understanding others’ thoughts, emotions, and motivations –as a key mechanism …

In the past years, professional musicians of participatory music practices in healthcare contexts have increasingly worked as artistic allies for care. The musicians shaping these practices have developed ways of engaging with patients and their families, collaborating with healthcare professionals, …

This inaugural volume, Breaking Barriers: Accelerating Transitions, brings together papers and abstracts presented at the Conference on Energy, Livestock, and Mobility Transitions, part of the New Energy Forum in Groningen. The publication reflects both the rapid development of the energy transition …

While prominently highlighted in the National Plan Energy of the Netherlands government (2022), green hydrogen has been facing obstacles in terms of scaling up in energy markets and thus fulfilling expectations. An important reason is that production of green hydrogen has remained relatively costly, …

At the macro level, the Netherlands has become an agricultural giant thanks to its efficient, intensive farming practices. At the micro level, farmers are under pressure to make ever-larger investments and focus heavily on improving operational efficiency. This has led to a series of business decisions, …