During the graduation project for the HBO-ICT education, the student has worked on a projectcommissioned by Thales Group. Thales uses Apache Avro to specify the API they use. Basedon this specification, empty methods are generated and filled out by Thales developers.However, they want to specify more …

New technologies or approaches are being widely developed and proposed to be deployed in real energy systems to improve desired objectives; however supporting decision making processes to select best solutions in terms of performance and efficient following cost-benefit analysis require some sort of …

People in western countries spend approximately 90% of their time indoors. This severely affects their health (WHO 2013; Klepeis et al. 2001). The health risks are exacerbated if people travel between indoor spaces by car or public transport. Buildings on streets specifically designed to create a human …

QUOTE “This thesis is going to discuss the historical, cultural and economic conditions that currently Chinese independent designers have to take into account, both when venturing in the Chinese as well as in the international markets – more specifically, those in the West.” ISSUE Due to several disruptions …

There is a growing recognition that research and implementation projects should be carried out “with” or “by” young people with chronic conditions, instead of “about” or “for” them. The current study aimed to explore how young people with chronic conditions experience their involvement in a participatory …

Background: Empowerment is expected to have a beneficial effect on a woman’s well-being during the perinatal period and her readiness to face the challenges of motherhood. In the literature on pregnancy and childbirth, empowerment is used widely in different contexts, with different connotations and …

 In summary we want to discuss:1) Courses and training in the field of nursing (General); elderly care, dementia and physical therapy.2) sending Chinese students to Groningen, Deventer3) training in the use of home automation and application of the technology in care homes, or in residential communities …

As part of the EU project TraCS3 this report is ther product of an analysis of the innovation capacity of the universitry of applied sciences Hanzehogeschool and its effects on sme's in the region Groningen

Background Refugees encounter texts such as course books, pamphlets and exams during mandatory integration in the Netherlands. Texts present explicit or implicit messages to refugees on “successful” integration and citizenship. The What’s the Problem Represented to Be? (WPR) approach from Carol Bacchi, …

Background Transition clinics (TCs) are advocated as best practice to support young people with cystic fibrosis (CF) during transition to adulthood and adult care. We aimed to research the functioning of a TC for young people with CF compared with direct hand‐over care and to evaluate whether those treated …