INTRODUCTION: Innovations in head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment are often subject to economic evaluation prior to their reimbursement and subsequent access for patients. Mapping functions facilitate economic evaluation of new treatments when the required utility data is absent, but quality of life …

Interconnecting cyber-physical systems in networks leads to the creation of cyber-physical system-of-systems. In a cyber-physical system-of-systems (CPSoS), systems communicate by exchanging and sharing data and information, which this chapter also refers to as interoperability of information. To ensure …

This research thesis was compiled by Andreas Kullmann, a student who is studying International Business and Management Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Zeeland in Vlissingen, Netherlands. The research was conducted under LA ROSSA’s new business unit called LA ROSSA-Technologies, LDA. which …

Verpleegkundig specialisten kunnen een belangrijke bijdrage leveren aan het optimaliseren van zelfmanagement bij patiënten met chronische aandoeningen door hen adequaat te ondersteunen. Effectieve interventies hiervoor zijn echter schaars en verpleegkundig specialisten vinden het lastig om patiënten …

Verpleegkundig specialisten kunnen een belangrijke bijdrage leveren aan het optimaliseren van zelfmanagement bij patiënten met chronische aandoeningen door hen adequaat te ondersteunen. Effectieve interventies hiervoor zijn echter schaars en verpleegkundig specialisten vinden het lastig om patiënten …

BACKGROUND: Improvement of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important goal in preventive cardiology. HRQOL is also related to depressive symptoms, which represent a common co-morbidity and risk factor in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Comprehensive nurse-coordinated prevention …

Sinds de jaren zestig staan milieuproblemen steeds prominenter op de agenda van internationale organisaties zoals de Verenigde Naties. Het rapport The limits to growth: a global challenge (1972) van de Club van Rome wees ruim veertig jaar geleden al op de wereldwijde risico’s die verbonden waren aan …

In the first half of the 20th century, the individual life course was largely determined by ‘standard biographies’ (Du Bois-Reymond, 1998; Meijers & Wesselingh, 1999) whereby identity – the story individuals tell themselves and share with others about the meaning of their lives (Meijers & Lengelle, …

What makes an educational game good? This paper describes three research directions that could provide insight in the underlying principles of effective educational games. These aspects are 1) The importance of distinguishing between types of to-be-learned knowledge, 2) the need to understand the relationship …

Gamers are, like Yamauchi, described as nonconformist, creative, and self-confident persons, who seem unafraid to make mistakes (Beck and Wade 2004). Is it true that games present us with an opportunity to develop a particular identity, or are specific people attracted to games that create these opportunities? …