Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between frailty syndrome and the nutritional status of older patients. Material and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 120 patients hospitalized at the Geriatric Clinic between January 2017 and May 2017. The …

Objective: The effects of sociodemographic factors on quality of life in older people differ strongly, possibly due to the fact that different measurement instruments have been used. The main aim of this cross-sectional study is to compare the associations of sex, age, marital status, education, and …

To better control the growing process of horticulture plants greenhouse growers need an automated way to efficiently and effectively find where diseases are spreading.The HiPerGreen project has done research in using an autonomous quadcopter for this scouting. In order for the quadcopter to be able …

This document entails the activities performed by Daniël Leffelaar during his graduation period at Humanetics Europe GmbH in Delft. The goal of the project was to create a test set-up with which the behavior of measurement instruments under dynamic circumstances could be evaluated. This was done by first …

Bij Adelante Kenniscentrum wordt onderzoek gedaan naar het gebruik van sensorhandschoen bij revalidatie van patiënten met centraal neurologisch hersenletsel. Hiervoor moet worden uitgezocht of de signalen van een sensorhandschoen betrouwbaar zijn. Daarom is eerst een markonderzoek gedaan naar welke handschoenen …

The case study assesses the question ‘how can Scope best utilise the critical success factors of Scope One to gain market share?’, by focusing on identifying and analysing the critical success factors of Scope One. A framework was devised from four project management theories and two agile software development …

This study aimed to validate a Religious Collective Self-Esteem Scale (RCSES) that assesses children’s evaluations and judgments about their belonging to a religious group. The RCSES includes 3 subscales: Private Religious Self-Esteem (PrRSE), Public Religious Self-Esteem (PuRSE), and Importance to Religious …

Introduction: Patients with kinesiophobia (fear of movement) avoid physical activity. Avoidance of physical activity is linked to adverse cardiac events and thus needs to be targeted. However, there is no contemporary measurement tool to assess kinesiophobia in cardiac patients. Therefore data on prevalence …

The need to reduce carbon emissions calls for more use of renewable generation, particularly distributed resources. The intermittency of renewable generation, and concerns about energy security, require us to become more independent of central grid operation by use of local or regional (micro-grid) electricity …

In most primary science classes, students are taught science skills by way of learning by doing. Research shows that explicit instruction may be more effective. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of explicit instruction in an inquiry-based learning setting on the acquisition of science …