This bachelor thesis explores the utilisation of environmental cues in video games to convey personality traits of non-playable characters (NPCs). The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of employing set dressing and props within game environments as a means of communicating the …

In the Iranian province Baluchistan local economies can be improved by upturning local produce and handicrafts in a collective effort. A secure place for different generations of women serves as a cultural incubator and marketplace and offers participation in the village life. The project is sited along …

Child and youth welfare have become a prime concern for society today, but the care and health system experience difficulties in finding a coordinated and inviting approach. In this project for a youth health center in Goes, chosen for having statistically the highest need for childcare in the province …

In de Solution Rooms bespreken studenten, docenten, beleidsmakers en onderzoekers uitdagingen en oplossingsrichtingen voor het vervolgonderwijs van de toekomst. Eén van de thema's is 'Duurzaamheid', waar Rolien Blanken een wetenschappelijke reflectie over schreef. Twee problemen zijn geïdentificeerd …

Our planetary footprint has become so incredibly large, precisely because we have been doing less and less ourselves. Our entire culture revolves around outsourcing. First to slaves, then to wage slaves, machines and now also to AI. We let others produce (often industrially) all sorts of things, in clean-looking …

Treatment guidelines difer signifcantly, not only between Europe and North America but also among European coun tries [1–4]. Reasons for these diferences include antimi crobial resistance patterns, accessibility to and reimburse ment policies for medicines, and culturally and historically determined …

Many nature-based solutions are seen as favourable and effective measures to increase urban resilience during more extreme weather events, by for example decrease high temperatures in summer. Since space is often scarce in urban environments, roofs have received increased attention in mitigating the …

Digital educational escape rooms (DEERs) can provide an engaging gamified learning experience for students that is easy to use and sustainable for teachers. Though well-established in the STEM fields, where escape rooms often call for students to apply procedural skills, escape rooms are also used across …

Borstvoeding heeft belangrijke langetermijneffecten op de gezondheid van zowel kinderen als moeders. De Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie adviseert daarom dat kinderen de eerste zes levensmaanden uitsluitend borstvoeding krijgen en dat borstvoeding daarna, naast aanvullende voeding, wordt voortgezet tot kinderen …

Als je in de samenleving om je heen kijkt, zie je dat mensen steeds meer in een eigen bubbel lijken te leven, samen met mensen met dezelfde overtuigingen en dezelfde maatschappelijke positie. Er is weinig contact met mensen uit andere bubbels. Er zijn wel allerlei meningen over elkaar en elkaars bubbel, …