Promoting Healthy Ageing, and specifically an Active & Healthy Lifestyle, is one of the biggest societal and economic challenges the EU is facing. A paradigm shift from health care and cure to prevention is essential since the traditional ways have proven to be insufficient to solve this complex problem. …

Mechanical power output is a key performance-determining variable in many cyclic sports. In rowing, instantaneous power output is commonly determined as the dot product of handle force moment and oar angular velocity. The aim of this study was to show that this commonly used proxy is theoretically flawed …

Research checklist to guide students in checking whether all the steps in the research and design evaluation process are in order and that important points are not overlooked.

The Amsterdam Sensor Lab is part of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and its goal is to develop application specific sensor systems for applied research. In order to (anonymously) measure, for instance, traffic without influencing people’s behaviour, a pressure sensing sub-tile is …

A few years ago the Dutch government set goals for sustainability. These goals include switching to fully sustainable energy production by 2050. Using only conventional sustainable energy production methods like solar panels and wind turbines will not result in achieving the set goals, so alternative …

3.1 Samenvatting Het onderzoek naar de lokale opbrengsten van de inzet van buurtsportcoaches, richt zich in deze deelrapportage op buurtsportcoaches met als doelgroep ‘jongeren in de leeftijd van 12 tot 18 jaar’. De bevindingen in dit deelonderzoek zijn gebaseerd op 46 interviews die zijn afgenomen met …

Exhibition of Work In Progress outcomes of elective course 'Mythbusters, Unfixing Histories, World Press Photo'. The course is part of the project Unfixing Histories, which is related to my PhD research, but takes the gesture of investigating histories in and with photographs as part of artistic practices …

Sportverenigingen staan momenteel voor grote uitdagingen zoals bijvoorbeeld vermeend consumentgedrag van leden (Van der Roest, 2015), steeds meer eisen vanuit de overheid om bij te dragen aan maatschappelijke vraagstukken (Waardenburg, 2016) en teruglopende ledenaantal in krimpregio’s. Enkele honderden …