Ondanks decennia van vooruitgang sinds de seksuele revolutie, blijft de seksuele opvoeding van kinderen en jongeren een onderwerp van felle discussie in de samenleving. Onderzoek onderstreept het cruciale belang van zowel ouders als professionele opvoeders in het bespreekbaar maken van thema’s rond relaties …

Within our research on robotic gas detection, we have focused on making a prototype based on Boston Dynamics SPOT, because it takes a lot of difficulties out of prototyping. For instance, it has its own obstacle avoidance algorithm, good drivers are available for ROS2, and SPOT is meant for outdoor …

Background Early onset dementia (EOD) presents unique challenges, particularly in managing anxiety, stress, and sleep disturbances. Within the Young-D project, the project partners developed workshop programme for people with EOD, with the aim to address these issues. The Young-D programme was piloted …

In this abstract we describe a computational approach for detecting discursive patterns in social media. Newsrooms of municipalities and public organizations such as the police follow public debate on social media to be aware of and prepare for local and global issues and rumors. The onset of these issues …

The GUM project was presented at the HEPA conference in Dublin. The project is about connecting young and old generations through the power of sport and physical activity. Current project results were showcased, ranging from a scoping review to the set-up of a training program and execution of pilot …

Voor deze special is Sarah op de symposiumdag van de Master Vaktherapie genaamd 'Feeling good!', in gesprek geweest met een verschillende sprekers en medestudenten die aanwezig waren. Zo hoor je Suzanne Haeyen over de gedachten achter de naam van deze dag, Jim van Os over de rol van vaktherapie in 'de …

"Sociologist of education Annette Lareau is renowned in her field for her compassionate ethnographic work and the insightful ideas she's able to draw from it. With Listening to People, she has given us an extremely practical guide to doing the kind of work she has been celebrated for. Lareau covers just …

In onze samenleving is scholing een paspoort voor werk. Helaas zijn er steeds meer jongeren die door psychische problemen uitvallen en het onderwijs zonder diploma verlaten. Jongeren met psychische problemen op weg naar een opleiding biedt handvatten om jongeren met psychische problemen te begeleiden …

Energy conservation is crucial in wireless ad hoc sensor network design to increase network lifetime. Since communication consumes a major part of the energy used by a sensor node, efficient communication is important. Topology control aims at achieving more efficient communication by dropping links …