Background The world’s population is aging, and with aging population comes an increase of chronic diseases and multimorbidity. At the same time a shortfall of trained health care professionals is anticipated. This raises questions on how to provide the best possible care. The use of Information and …

Due to the growing availability of huge amounts of data of different types and the growing capabilities to analyze these data, the expectations of big data applications are high. In this paper, we argue that the usability of big data in the social domain is far from trivial. If the outcomes of big data …

For further development of technologies but also for the implementation in real life contexts, it is important to understand users' perspectives on the anticipated use of innovative technologies in an early development phase. In addition, it is also important to get a better understanding of the explanation …

From the pubisher's website: This paper aims to chart the (moral) values from a robotic industry's perspective regarding the introduction of robots in education. To our knowledge, no studies thus far have addressed this perspective in considering the moral values within this robotic domain. However, …

Er wordt de laatste jaren steeds vaker gesproken over predictive maintenance, het voorspellen van onderhoud aan apparatuur waarbij die voorspelling is gebaseerd op de staat van dat apparaat. Er wordt continu gemeten en pas ingegrepen als de metingen aangeven dat het fout gaat. Om deze metingen te kunnen …

We report on a first field test in which miniaturized sensor motes were used to explore and inspect an operational pipeline by performing in situ measurements. The spherical sensor motes with a diameter of 39 mm were equipped with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measuring 3-D acceleration, rotation, …

Autonomous driving in public roads requires precise localization within the range of few centimeters. Even the best localization systems based on GNSS cannot always reach this level of precision, especially in an urban environment, where the signal is disturbed by surrounding buildings and artifacts. …

Inleiding: 18% van de Nederlanders leed in 2006 aan chronische pijn. In 2005 waren de totale zorgkosten van patiënten met chronische pijn 20 miljard euro. Een deel hiervan wordt veroorzaakt doordat patiënten met chronische pijn een hoge zorgconsumptie hebben. Zo ziet 87% van de patiënten met chronische …