Introduction: Patient education is a relatively new science within the field of health care. In the past it consisted mainly of the transfer of knowledge and mostly biomedically based advice. Research has shown this to not be effective and sometimes counterproductive. As health care has moved away from …

The work we will be discussing here explores how government, industry, the university, and the citizens of a city can arrive through a participatory design approach at an increased and mutual understanding and a shared vision of a desired smart city of the future. Elaborating upon insights from transition …

This study focuses on the mediating role of the HPO framework between knowledge management and organisational performance in an emerging market. A cross-sectional survey was used to obtain data from 186 managers from the insurance industry. With the use of SmartPLS, the results of the study revealed …

This thesis gives an overview about how YCall (a VoIP App) can be positioned in the Dutch market. This positioning helps to minimalize information overload in the mind of consumer, and thereby leaving a clear impression and message about the product and brand. Thus, by designing the most suitable market …

Presented at the 11th International Conference on ICT in Education, Research and Industrial Applications: Integration, Harmonization and Knowledge Transfer Lviv, Ukraine, May 14-16, 2015. Author supplied: Abstract. User requirements and low-cost small quantity production are new challenges for the …

Chapter in *Part 1 Thinking about Museums* of *Volume 1: Museum Theory* in reference work *The International Handbooks of Museum Studies*. Change is sweeping through museums technologically, financially, and ideologically, impacting their sociocultural roles and status. This paper offers a conceptual …

A rail-guided robotic system is currently being designed for the inspection of ballast water tanks in ships. This robotic system will manipulate sensors toward the interior walls of the tank. In this paper, the influence of rail compliance on the end-effector position error due to ship movement is investigated. …

Turbine blade cooling has been a topic of significant interest, as increasing turbine entry temperatures result in higher cooling requirements. The present numerical method divides the blade into a finite number of elements in the span and peripheral directions and solves the heat transfer fundamental …

The energy infrastructure of the 21st century.

The smart biogas grid. Development of the smart biogas grid.