Ambient intelligence technologies are a means to support ageing-in-place by monitoring clients in the home. In this study, monitoring is applied for the purpose of raising an alarm in an emergency situation, and thereby, providing an increased sense of safety and security. Apart from these technological …

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. …

Over the past four years five studies in a Dutch correctional institution were conducted, which started by constructing and validating an instrument measuring group living climate, as little is known about group climate properties in youth prison. As incarcerated youth spent most of their time in …

The scientific literature represents a rich source for retrieval of knowledge on associations between biomedical concepts such as genes, diseases and cellular processes. A commonly used method to establish relationships between biomedical concepts from literature is co-occurrence. Apart from its use …

Apart from that this approximation does not alter the fact that at Sphinx, certainly after the departure of Petrus Regout and the transfer of the management to his sons in 1870, the social abuses of the industrial revolution continued in all vehemence. These abuses were especially put forward in the …

Onderzoek naar behoeften op het gebied van interne communicatie bij corporate organisaties

In de fysiotherapie krijgt men vaak te maken met patiënten die kampen met vermoeidheidsklachten. Vermoeidheid is een breed begrip, bestaande uit zowel fysieke, psychische als sociale aspecten. Een enkele directe vraag zoals: ”Heeft u de laatste maand last gehad van vermoeidheid?” is dan ook niet voldoende …

OBJECTIVE: Coordinating sucking, swallowing and breathing to achieve effective sucking is a complex process and even though sucking is essential for nutrition, little is known about sucking patterns after birth. Our objective was to study sucking patterns in healthy fullterm infants and to describe the …

Bij het aanleggen of wijzigen van o.a. een snelweg (hoofdweg) moet de Tracéwetprocedure doorlopen worden. Overheden moeten naast het doorlopen van de Tracéwetprocedure een werk (snelweg) Europees aanbesteden als de kosten daarvoor boven bepaalde drempelbedragen komen, waarvan vrijwel altijd sprake is …

This thesis will briefly explain what the Alliance of Civilizations entails. It will also discuss its meaningfulness and whether the Alliance could or should have a strong influence on foreign relations, with the ultimate goal of achieving peace. The Alliance discusses several focus points on achieving …