Climate change accentuates heat waves in The Netherlands. This, in combination with high nutrient concentrations in Dutch surface waters, is intensifying the proliferation of toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), a threat for the health of the population and ecosystems. Lakes are resources for recreational …

Occupational stress can cause all kinds of health problems. Resilience interventions that help employees deal with and adapt to adverse events can prevent these negative consequences. Due to advances in sensor technology and smartphone applications, relatively unobtrusive self-monitoring of resilience-related …

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When firefighting, the combination of exposition to high temperatures, high physical demands and wearing (heavy and insulated) personal protective equipment lead to increased risk of heat stress and exhaustion in firefighters. Heat stress can easily evolve into a life-threatening heat stroke. Once heat …

Mondelinge persentatie op eTELEMED 2019 in Athene tijdens de Enabling Personalized Virtual Coaching (EPVC) special track.

Met het project Samen Besparen hebben de gemeente Assen, de provincie Drenthe, Actium, i-Routes en de Hanzehogeschool Groningen een gezamenlijk lange termijn doel voor ogen gehad: het verduurzamen van een ‘robuust GGW-gebied’ (een gebied waarin de leefbaarheid onder druk staat en gebiedsgericht werken …