The right to adequate food is by no means a tranquil possession with one single undisputed content. It has been addressed uncountable times with the utmost of urgency. Being one of the prerequisites for a humane life with at least a right to a minimum of existence, this right is embedded in the international …

This article reports on qualitative research among 48 social professionals, managers and policymakers and their perceptions of activating citizenship, social work roles and responsibilities, carried out in Utrecht and Tartu. Professionals from both countries agreed to the idea of activating citizenship …

Zes lectoren van Hogeschool Utrecht schreven elk een essay over de ontwikkeling van de beroepspraktijk in hun werkveld. Daaraan gekoppeld hebben wij talentvolle hbo-professionals uit datzelfde vakgebied geïnterviewd over de vraag wat zij geleerd hebben op de hogeschool, hoe ze dat in de praktijk toepassen …

Projecten in het hbo kenmerken zich meestal door een strakke rolverdeling, een flinke hoeveelheid documentatie en een watervalaanpak. De resultaten met een Agile-werkwijze zijn echter bemoedigend. Studenten zijn enthousiast door de continue focus op werkende software en de verbeterde communicatie in …

Abstract: Embodied embedded cognition (EEC) has gained support in cognitive science as well as in human–computer interaction (HCI). EEC can be characterized both by its action-centeredness as well as its roots in phenomenology. The phenomenological aspects of EEC could be seen as support for trends …

Studenten van Fontys Hogeschool ICT/Technische Informatica hebben vorig jaar hard gewerkt aan een minihovercraft. Die moest dienen als studieobject voor een aantal MKB'ers, die met een Raak Lightsubsidie meer informatie wilden inwinnen over het bouwen van toepassingen met embedded Linux en verschillende …

BACKGROUND: In many genomics projects, numerous lists containing biological identifiers are produced. Often it is useful to see the overlap between different lists, enabling researchers to quickly observe similarities and differences between the data sets they are analyzing. One of the most popular methods …

Assessment of the seismic vulnerability of the building stock in the earthquake-prone Marmara region of Turkey is of growing importance since such information is needed for reliable estimation of the losses that possible future earthquakes are likely to induce. The outcome of such loss assessment exercises …

The author investigates how acoustic information about the seabed can be obtained from bottom-reflected shipping noise. An innovative idea is the use of sound sources of opportunity. When expeditionary forces enter shallow or confined waters, the environment has a great influence on the performance of …

Within the profile Technical Information Technology (ICT Department) the most important specializations are Embedded Software and Industrial Automation. About half of the Technical Information curriculum consists of learning modules, the other half is organized in projects. The whole study lasts four …