Gedrag van grote groepen mensen speelt een belangrijke rol in zowel het ontstaan en in stand houden van de problemen op het gebied van gezondheid en energie en milieu, als ook in de oplossing er van. De overheid, bedrijven en organisaties willen burgers, consumenten en werknemers aanzetten tot het maken van …

Based on the theory of embodied cognition we developed NOOT, at tangible tool that allows marking audio-moments during creative sessions. A detailed analysis of using NOOT in practice lead to a reconceptualization of NOOT within processes of external scaffolding. It also spurred a new design project focused …

We present a fully working prototype of NOOT, an interactive tangible system which supports (sharing of) moments of reflection during brainstorms. We discuss the iterative design process, informed by embodied situated cognition theory and by user studies in context using various versions of the prototype. …

In order to design effective Persuasive Technology (PT) interventions, it is essential that designers understand the multitude of factors that lead to behavioral change, rather than guessing at a solution or imitating successful techniques without understanding why. The few available PT design frameworks …

The Co-Design Pressure Cooker was set up to gather knowledge on co-design in product development activities of Small-to-Medium Enterprises(SMEs). This booklet gives an impression of ten projects conducted in the Province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. In these ten projects, a total of 22 companies were …

Te Kiefte bouwbedrijf b.v. is een klein bouwbedrijf in Lemelerveld. Het bedrijf is opgericht in 1864 door Gerrit te Kiefte. Sinds 1996 bestaat de directie uit Gerard Hondeveld en Joop Mensink. In 2008 heeft Te Kiefte bouwbedrijf b.v. een concept ontwikkeld voor halfvrijstaande woningen. Het doel van …

In de afstudeerperiode is er onderzoek gedaan naar de verbetering van de Knowledge Base van Decos Document. De oude Knowledge Base is onderzocht en is door middel van klant/medewerkers/partner onderzoek een verbeter voorstel aangedragen door de student. Het functioneel ontwerp van de nieuwe Knowledge …

OBJECTIVE: To establish normative values for a functional capacity evaluation (FCE) of healthy working subjects. DESIGN: Descriptive. SETTING: Rehabilitation center. PARTICIPANTS: Healthy working subjects (N=701; 448 men, 253 women) between 20 and 60 years of age, working in more than 180 occupations. …

OBJECTIVES: It is currently unknown whether specific determinants are predictive for developing delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after heavy work-related activities. The aim of this study was to analyze whether personal characteristics and performance measures are predictive for onset, intensity, …

A wide variety of risk factors for the occurrence and prognostic factors for persistence of non-specific musculoskeletal pain (MSP) are mentioned in the literature. A systematic review of all these factors is not available. Thus a systematic review was conducted to evaluate MSP risk factors and prognostic …