Nederland is een land van sportverenigingen. In bijna geen enkel ander Europees land zijn er zoveel sportverenigingen, en zoveel vrijwilligers, als in ons kikkerlandje (1). Die traditie van sporten bij een vereniging is een groot goed. Dat stimuleert niet alleen het deelnemen aan sport, maar bij de vereniging …

Kwetsbaarheid wordt gekenmerkt door verminderd fysiek functioneren en wordt bij voorkeur in een vroeg stadium gediagnosticeerd (bijvoorbeeld tijdens pre-kwetsbaarheid). Helaas ontbreken gevoelige tools die kunnen helpen bij vroege opsporing. Op bloed gebaseerde biomarkers zouden uitstekende hulpmiddelen …

Background Little is known about the association between fear of movement (kinesiophobia) and objectively measured physical activity (PA), the first 12 weeks after cardiac hospitalization. Purpose To assess the longitudinal association between kinesiophobia and objectively measured PA and to assess the …

The objective of the project is to create an application that addresses the need that Givt aims to fulfil in the US market through gamification as the first phase of the project. the research phase will involve different implementations of designs based on Contextual/Game Design Canvas [3] outcomes …

In January 2022, TieTalent released Sourcer, their active sourcing platform, intending to optimize the hiring process via the use of technology. Initial projections called for a monthly recurring revenue of CHF50,000, a sign of product market fit and a solid foundation for expanding the strategy across …

The company, Harbich Ltd., is engaged in the construction of residential buildings. Traditional building materials such as ceramic bricks, concrete and reinforcement are used for construction. Given the fact that the production of these materials requires a huge amount of resources makes them unsustainable …

When preparing students for the industry’s global context, publishing degrees aim to provide them with experience of cooperating and doing business with colleagues internationally. In order to achieve this, Oxford Brookes University and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences have designed a module …

The majority of Dutch peatlands are drained and used intensively as grasslands for dairy farming. This delivers high productivity but causes severe damage to the provisioning of ecosystem services. Peatland rewetting is the best way to reverse the damage, but high water levels do not fit with intensive …

Purpose: To establish age-related, normal limits of monocular and binocular spatial vision under photopic and mesopic conditions. Methods: Photopic and mesopic visual acuity (VA) and contrast thresholds (CTs) were measured with both positive and negative contrast optotypes under binocular and monocular …

Objective The first objective was to assess the psychometric properties of the 92-item Dutch Naming Test (DNT-92), developed to assess word finding difficulties in people with aphasia, using Item Response Theory (IRT). The second objective was to select suitable items for a short version with a discriminative …