Since it is insufficiently clear to urban planners in the Netherlands to what extent design measures can reduce heat stress and which urban spaces are most comfortable, this study evaluates the impact of shading, urban water, and urban green on the thermal comfort of urban spaces during hot summer afternoons. …

Duo-vlog samen met Nanda Rommelse over ADHD en jongensgedrag

Data has been collected since mankind, but in the recent years the technical innovations enable us to collect exponentially growing amounts of data through the use of sensors, smart devices and other sources. In her lecture Nanda will explore the role of Big Data in urban environments. She will give …

Jaarlijks belanden duizenden mensen in Nederland in het ziekenhuis door onjuist medicatiegebruik, vaak gaat het hierbij om 65-plussers die ten gevolge van één of meerdere aandoeningen verschillende soorten medicijnen gebruiken. In 2013 werden 49.000 65-plussers opgenomen in het ziekenhuis door onjuist …

In the past 5 years Electric Car use has grown rapidly, almost doubling each year. To provide adequate charging infrastructure it is necessary to model the demand. In this paper we model the distribution of charging demand in the city of Amsterdam using a Cross-Nested Logit Model with socio-demographic …

Wijkverpleegkundigen in Nederland indiceren sinds 2015 weer zelf. Indiceren houdt in dat zij vaststellen welke zorg nodig is. Alle verpleegkundigen worden geacht om via een brede anamnese te komen tot geobjectiveerde, onderbouwde (verpleegkundige) diagnoses die gekoppeld kunnen worden aan verpleegkundige …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the D-Catch instrument. METHODS: A cross-sectional methodological study. Validity and reliability were estimated with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and internal consistency and inter-rater reliability, respectively. FINDINGS: A sample of 250 nursing …