Like in mountaineering, where highs and lows in the face of challenges find release in the experience of the surrounding nature, the final farewell from the deceased knows different stages and emotions which can be sustained and resolved by supportive company and circumstances. Before the subject of …

Introduction Over time, surrogacy has become more broadly available to a variety of people (e.g. male same-sex couples or transgender women). Whether the wider public supports surrogacy, and what contributes to such support remains unclear. This study investigated what demographic and surrogacy arrangement-based …

With age, people often develop multiple health problems, chronic illnesses, and frailty. For geriatric adults with frailty, there is a complex interplay of medical, psychological, cognitive, functional, and social issues. As a result, even a minor medical event can disrupt the delicate balance of their …

Chapter 1: General introduction. A specific group of people with disabilities includes individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). However, individuals with PIMD form a heterogeneous group regarding the origins of their underlying conditions leading to profound disabilities …

Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) have gained prominence in health care, aiding professionals in decision-making and improving patient outcomes. While physicians often use CDSSs for diagnosis and treatment optimization, nurses rely on these systems for tasks such as patient monitoring, prioritization, …

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is emerging as a key solution in enhancing product transparency, sustainability, and traceability. A DPP serves as a digital record containing vital information about a product's lifecycle. As regulations tighten on sustainability and product circularity, the digital …

Digital health measurement offers opportunities to address several primary health care challenges, but health care professionals encounter significant implementation barriers. Therefore, resources need to be developed to facilitate the integration of digital health measurement into daily practice.

The value of the process of formative assessment is greatly diminished if it is not goal-directed and oriented towards students’ long-term development. This implies that teachers need deep pedagogical content knowledge. As a way to scaffold teachers’ use of pedagogical content knowledge when designing …

Working as speech acts that delineate online communities, claims to victimhood tend to evoke contestation. Their inherent political nature spurs user engagement in the shape of clicks, shares, emojis, and so on. TikTok’s multimodality has given rise to new practices of engagement that significantly shape …

Artistic research explores, questions, and redefines art’s role and impact within broader societal contexts. Encounters in Artistic Research invites you to enter an open space where curious minds converge to shape the field in unexpected ways.Whether you want to explore artistic research as a ‘love practice’ …