De huidige machine heeft problemen qua storingen, vuilafvoer en capaciteit. De vraag hierbij is of er met behulp van methodisch ontwerpen een krattenuitvouwmachine ontworpen kan worden, met als hoofdfuncties: verenkelen, uitvouwen, vastklikken en schoonzuigen van vouwkratten, die voldoet aan de machinerichtlijnen …

Blended face-to-face and Web-based treatment is a promising way to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy. Since adherence has been shown to be a measure for treatment’s acceptability and a determinant for treatment’s effectiveness, in this study, we explored adherence to a new blended smoking cessation …

The objective of the study described in this paper is to define safety metrics that are based on the utilisation of resources. The background of this research is a specific need of the aviation industry where small and medium-sized enterprises lack large amounts of safety-related data to measure and …

The objective of the study described in this paper is to define safety metrics that are based on the effectiveness of risk controls. Service providers define and implement such risk controls in order to prevent hazards developing into an accident. The background of this research is a specific need of …

For five decades complex socio-technical systems have been studied in an attempt to understand and prevent the occurrence of accidents. In this paper, the authors define a concept for a System Complexity metric, comprising the total of all direct interactions between the system elements and the tools …

Safety culture has been a topic of discussion in safety literature in the past three decades. Since its first mentioning after the Chernobyl accident much have been written about what fosters a positive safety culture within organizations. The Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences …

This paper introduces the AVAC-SMS maturity metric and its accompanying tool which were developed in the frame of a research project with the aim to suggest new safety metrics, especially for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The metric is based on the ICAO Safety Management Manual, it was designed by …

In de revalidatie is het van belang om de fysieke activiteit van patiënten te kunnen monitoren. Er zijn steeds meer producten die dit betrouwbaar kunnen, maar voor rolstoelgebruikers zijn er nog maar weinig mogelijkheden welke betrouwbaar genoeg zijn. Daarom hebben 2M Engineering en het Erasmus MC de …

Background. Quality of life is an important health outcome for older persons. It predicts the adverse outcomes of institutionalization and premature death. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the influence of both disability in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities …