Knowing firefighters’ locations in a burning building would dramatically improve their safety. In this study from the Saxion Research Centre for Design and Technology in the Firebee project, an algorithm was developed and tested to enhance the estimation of a person’s location, based on inertial measurements …

OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) in professional dancers on physical fitness, musculoskeletal complaints and psychological distress. METHODS: Thirty-six professional dancers were recruited and compared with control subjects (mean age 20.1, range 17-27). Height, …

Purpose This paper's aim is to determine whether shopping facilities in a waiting area influence customer behaviour and whether these behaviours positively influence their satisfaction and related sales of the displayed products. Design/methodology/approach The approach used was a field experiment. At …

The characteristics of a hydrogen plasma in an inductively coupled RF plasma setup were studied using a double Langmuir probe and an optical emission spectrometer. At various settings for the gas pressure, gas ow, RF power and probe position, values were obtained for the electron temperature and plasma …

Vraagstelling: Welke therapie is het meest effectief en efficiënt bij Faciitis plantaris op de korte - en lange termijn op de eerste stap/startpijn? Methode: Er werd gebruik gemaakt van twee verschillende databases, namelijk; PubMed en PEDro. De zoekwoorden waarvan gebruik gemaakt is zijn; Plantar Heel …

Objective To use a qualitative approach to examine the perceptions of policy makers, general dental practitioners, dental hygienists, dental students and dental hygiene students in the Netherlands following the introduction of a direct access policy in 2006. Methods Semi-structured interviews and focus …

The observed persistent soft X-ray spectra (0.5 - 10 keV) of anomalous Xray pulsars (AXPs) can be explained by the magnetar model (Woods and Thompson et al., 2002 [3]) where the emission is powered by the decay of an extreme high magnetic eld ( 1014 G). Because these spectra are relatively soft, measurements …

The main aim of our thesis is to give an impression about the physiotherapeutic treatment of children with cerebral palsy in Zambia. Our research focused on one center in Ndola. Our two research questions were: 1. “What kind of physiotherapeutic treatment do children with cerebral palsy receive in Zambia?” 2. …

Probleemstelling Het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu signaleert een toenemend gebruik van fractionele lasers voor cosmetische doeleinden waaronder rimpelreductie. Een onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van de niet- ablatieve fractionele laser voor huidveroudering is van belang omdat binnen …

We need look no further than the use of email communication, mobile phones and cars to understand that technology has wide-ranging social consequences. What is more, designers are plainly not always aware of the social consequences of technology, despite practicing user-centred design. Email, for instance, …