Fossil fuels have greatly affected the world. How we move around in our cars, how we produce and consume our food, how we keep our economy running, generate electricity and spatialize our cities. But whether we like it or not, we are moving towards a future without these fossil fuels ¬– an era in which …

In a design and research studio of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture six students investigated between September and December 2020 the transition to that post-fossil era, we visualized the expression of the post-fossil city of the future, we explored systems and solutions that we cannot yet imagine. …

Dit praktijkgericht onderzoek vond plaats in een Vlaamse secundaire school. De aanleiding voor het onderzoek is de nood aan goed gestructureerde functioneringsgesprekken. Uit de literatuurstudie blijkt dat eigenaarschap en een wederzijdse dialoog, waarin zowel waardering als een kritische kijk een rol …

Swelling is a common phenomenon after total knee arthroplasty, with potential for negative impact on the rehabilitation process and final outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a new compression protocol with a self-adjustable, nonelastic compression wrap for the knee …

The four previous articles in this series addressed the myths and facts surrounding lipoedema. We have shown that there is no scientific evidence at all for the key statements made about lipoedema-which are published time and time again. The main result of this misunderstanding of lipoedema is a therapeutic …

Background: Insufficient amounts of physical activity is a risk factor for (recurrent) stroke. People with a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) have a high risk of recurrent stroke and have lower levels of physical activity than their healthy peers. Though several reviews have looked at the effects …

Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide,1,2 with the burden expected to increase during the next 20 years.1 Almost 40% of the people with stroke have a recurrent stroke within 10 years,3 making secondary prevention vital.3,4 High amounts of …

In dit verslag zullen knelpunten aangepakt en verbeterd worden om er zo voor te zorgen dat de voorraadverschillen afnemen en de voorraadbetrouwbaarheid zal stijgen.

Nederlandse hogescholen experimenteren sinds een paar jaar met nieuwe samenwerkingsvormen. Wat zijn de kenmerken van deze innovatie? Fontys Hogescholen deed een eerste onderzoek. ‘De coördinatoren zeggen expliciet dat docenten een compleet andere rol vervullen'.

With sufficient electrical energy CO2 from the atmosphere, combined with water, can be converted to hydrocarbons. The first step in converting CO2 into a carbon based fuel is the dissociation of CO2 into CO and O. DIFFER explores the possibilities of this process by using a microwave plasma. This project …