Dit onderzoek biedt een inzicht in het partydrugsgebruik, specifiek cocaïne, ecstasy (MDMA) en nieuwe psychoactieve stoffen (NPS), onder studenten in Groningen. De motivatie voor dit onderzoek ligt in de recent waargenomen stijging van het partydrugsgebruik. De rol van de sociale context bij partydrugsgebruik …

Academic cheating poses a significant challenge to conducting fair online assessments. One common way is collusion, where students unethically share answers during the assessment. While several researchers proposed solutions, there is lack of clarity regarding the specific types they target among the …

Background: Deceptive movements occur when an actor seeks to fake, hide or delay kinematic information about their true movement outcomes. The purpose of deceptive movements is to impair the perception of opponents (the ‘observer’) to gain an advantage over them. We argue though that a lack of conceptual …

Sanction screening is a crucial banking compliance process that protects financial institutions from inadvertently engaging with internationally sanctioned individuals or organizations. Given the severe consequences, including financial crime risks and potential loss of banking licenses, effective execution …

In this abstract we describe a computational approach for detecting discursive patterns in social media. Newsrooms of municipalities and public organizations such as the police follow public debate on social media to be aware of and prepare for local and global issues and rumors. The onset of these issues …

Vroegtijdige detectie van agitatie bij mensen met dementie kan leiden tot tijdige interventies, waardoor verslechtering van de situatie wordt voorkomen en de kwaliteit van leven wordt verbeterd. De opkomst van multimodale detectie en de vooruitgang in kunstmatige intelligentie maken het haalbaar om technologie …

Anomalies in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems of buildings can lead to performance degradation, energy inefficiencies, and occupant discomfort. Automated anomaly detection is essential to prevent these issues. Machine learning based anomaly detection techniques are effective …

Changes in health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study

In this article, it is argued that In polarization, we fixate on two poles, like true and false, news versus fake news, real versusfalse, or in a social context, rich versus poor, and good versus bad. This is an instance of singular thinking, because a third factor is overlooked, being the area between …

Standard SARS-CoV-2 testing protocols using nasopharyngeal/throat (NP/T) swabs are invasive and require trained medical staff for reliable sampling. In addition, it has been shown that PCR is more sensitive as compared to antigen-based tests. Here we describe the analytical and clinical evaluation of …