Providing users with a sense of place – related to a specific geographic location in which one is situated, or linked to a faraway place, or even giving place-like qualities to virtual spaces such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games – has been deemed central for several forms of digital …

The cloud has become an essential part of our daily lives. We use it to store our documents (Dropbox), to stream our music and films (Spotify and Netflix) and without giving it any thought, we use it to work on documents in the cloud (Google Docs).

Amsterdam’s Schiphol capacity is limited to 500,000 air traffic movements per year and currently is reaching the limit. For that reason, Schiphol Group decided to divert the non-hub related traffic to the regional airport in Lelystad. This airport will be upgraded to handle commercial traffic, mainly …

Three ideas are central to this booklet. First, the teaching/learning process is seen as a multi-modal form of teaching/learning. A form of learning that is distributed over the entire body: a living process that requires a bodily attentiveness and dynamical attunement of both teacher and pupil. Second, …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) such as prednisolone are potent immunosuppressive drugs but suffer from severe adverse effects, including the induction of insulin resistance. Therefore, development of so-called Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulators (SGRM) is highly desirable. Here we describe a non-steroidal …

Het onderwijsbeleid is erop gericht te bevorderen dat scholen kunnen omgaan met verschillen tussen leerlingen en dat meer leerlingen met gedragsproblemen, opvoedingsmoeilijkheden, ontwikkelingsproblemen en beperkingen kunnen profiteren van goede onderwijsondersteuning in het regulier onderwijs. Scholen, …

Dit rapport omvat de resultaten van het jaarlijkse onderzoek naar de leerlingbegeleiding in het voortgezet onderwijs en de samenwerking tussen de leerlingenzorg van scholen, samenwerkingsverbanden voortgezet onderwijs en instellingen uit het (speciaal) onderwijs, het welzijnswerk, de jeugdzorg, de (geestelijke) …

Het onderwijsbeleid is erop gericht te bevorderen dat scholen kunnen omgaan met verschillen tussen leerlingen en dat meer leerlingen met gedragsproblemen, opvoedingsmoeilijkheden, ontwikkelings-problemen en beperkingen kunnen profiteren van goede onderwijsondersteuning in het regulier onderwijs. Scholen, …

Microencapsulation of cells is a promising approach to prevent rejection in the absence of immunosuppression. Clinical application, however, is hampered by insufficient insight in factors influencing biocompatibility of the capsules in humans. In the present study we exposed alginate-based capsules prepared …