Bij veel kinderen in gezinshuizen is sprake van hechtingsproblematiek. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat herstel van hechting mogelijk is. Speltherapie is een middel dat hiervoor ingezet kan worden. Dit onderzoek heeft als centrale vraag ‘Wat zijn de werkzame elementen van speltherapie bij kinderen met hechtingsproblematiek …

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to infection. It is the number one cause of death in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), accounting for 6 million casualties every year. Unfortunately, all clinical trials in the last decade failed due to the highly complex …

Forecasting long-term consequences of global warming requires knowledge on thermal mortality and how heat stress interacts with other environmental stressors on different timescales. Here, we describe a flexible analytical framework to forecast mortality risks by combining laboratory measurements on …

While the optimal mean annual temperature for people and nations is said to be between 13 °C and 18 °C, many people live productive lives in regions or countries that commonly exceed this temperature range. One such country is Australia. We carried out an Australia-wide online survey using a structured …

Native (flat) oyster (Ostrea edulis) beds, once a major component of the North Sea, largely disappeared from the region in the late 19th century. Flat oyster restoration is taking place at a number of locations in the North Sea. When flat oyster beds are restored in areas where O. edulis is functionally …

The goal of the Bubble Games consortium is to narrow the gap between opposing groups and bring back nuance, tolerance and empathy in debates on social issues. We believe, and previous projects indicate, that using Virtual Reality (VR) can help create - or bring back - understanding between opposing groups. …

The transmission of constant-envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CE-OFDM) signals, based on electrical phase modulation, was shown to improve the tolerance to noise and the nonlinearity introduced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in visible light communication (VLC) systems. This allows …

As the world is going towards global interconnectedness, recovering from COVID-19, there seems to be a human value shift towards creativity, a need for authenticity, self-actualization and sustainability. Reflecting upon this, the way that is looked at wellbeing and wellness tourism, takes a turn. With …

This special edition on coexisting with reptiles (guest edited by Dr Simon Pooley) highlights our deep cultural connection with biodiversity, including the scaly, slithering kind. Moving away from Eurocentric narratives of coexistence, the articles in this issue acknowledge the tolerance of local people …

Binnen het voortgezet speciaal onderwijs, cluster 4 zijn externaliserende gedragsproblemen veelvoorkomend. Externaliserend gedrag kan gelinkt worden aan onderregulatie. Het belang van het reguleren van emoties in deze levensfase is onderzocht en onderbouwd. Affectregulatie is het kunnen hanteren van …