Placemaking Week Europe is an annual festival that brings together 700+ placemakers, urbanists, city officials, and community leaders from across Europe and beyond. Placemaking Week Europe is created in the spirit of collaboration and inspiration and it has proven to be a vital platform to share best …

This white paper explores the challenges to integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions into clinical practice, addressing perspectives on a) human factors, b) AI technologies, and c) integration in clinical workflow. Through creating insights into these perspectives, we aim to contribute to the …

The goal of this study was to expand knowledge on the longitudinal relationships between motor skill competence, physical activity, perceived motor competence, health-related fitness, and weight status and its age dependency in children between 6 and 11 years old. Participants were Dutch primary school …

Intubated critically ill patients are susceptible to secretion accumulation because of compromised airway clearance. Various airway clearance interventions are employed to prevent complications arising from mucus retention. This Delphi study aims to collect global opinions in an international expert …

Background: Multidisciplinary transitional care interventions promote care coordination after hospital discharge and address (older) patients' complex care needs related to their physical, nutritional, and/or psychosocial status.  Objective: This review aimed to identify, critically appraise, and synthesize …

This thesis explores how column placement in a semi-sunken parking garage can be optimised to enhance traffic flow, maximise parking capacity, and reliably transfer structural loads from four residential floors above. The project is based on the Sea & City development in Vlissingen, the Netherlands—a …

Silence in education has been increasingly recognized for its positive role, though it can also evoke discomfort and varied interpretations. While research on silence in education is growing, little is known about teachers' conceptions of silence. This study explores 34 Dutch upper secondary teachers' …

This report documents the progress and interim outcomes of Work Package 1.1 within the Cool Cities project under the Interreg North Sea Region programme. WP1.1 focuses on developing Local Context Summary Memos for each partner city, providing a shared evidence base on urban heat risks, vulnerabilities, …

This thesis explores how independent editorial formats—specifically “Ich will nicht nach Berlin”— can be used to challenge dominant perceptions of urban spaces and resist the cultural narratives that often accompany gentrification. Using the Ruhrgebiet in Germany as a case study, the project takes the …

Netcongestie belemmert de energietransitie, waardoor energieopslag belangrijker wordt. Lithium-ion batterijen zijn gangbaar, maar niet duurzaam en mogelijk schaars. Dit onderzoek verkent alternatieven: waterstofbatterijen en watertorens. Door klimaatverandering ontstaan risico’s zoals watertekort en …