For almost 25 years, the goal of the RoboCup has been to build soccer robots capable of winning against the FIFA World Champion of 2050. To foster the participation of the next generation of roboticists, the RoboCupJunior competition takes place in parallel and provides a similar challenge of appropriate …

In de melkveehouderij worden de pasgeboren kalveren momenteel vaak individueel gehuisvest. Veehouders kiezen hiervoor om verspreiding van dierziektes te voorkomen. Individueel huisvesten heeft mogelijk ook nadelen op het welzijn van het kalf en het uiten van natuurlijk gedrag. Daarom is het onderzoek …

Het komt in de media steeds meer naar voren dat middelbare scholen veranderingen merken in het gedrag van leerlingen als gevolg van de lockdown in 2021-2022 (Trouw, 2021; NOS, 2022). Ook de docenten van de GSR in Rotterdam ervaren meer probleemgedrag bij leerlingen sinds de lockdown. In opdracht van …

Abstract Background: To address the lack of social interaction and meaningful activities for persons with dementia (PWD) in nursing homes an artistic Photo-Activity was designed. The present study aims to develop a digital version of the Photo-Activity and to investigate its implementation and impact …

Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is traditionally used in the neuromuscular population. There is growing interest of MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults. We aimed to map current evidence on MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults. Two authors independently …

The real estate market is a turbulent market where multiple trends and developments continuously affect real estate prices. Developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing E-Commerce market share caused an uncertainty in the high street real estate market. The average risk premium of Gross …

BACKGROUND: To improve older patients' physical activity (PA) behavior, it is important to identify facilitators and barriers to enhancing PA in older patients (≥ 65 years) during hospitalization from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs). METHODS: In this systematic …

The liveability of cities worldwide is under threat by the predicted increase in intensity and frequency of heatwaves and the absence of a clear spatial overview of where action to address this. Heat stress impairs vital urban functions (Böcker and Thorsson 2014), hits the local economy (Evers et al. …

Background Given the importance of the first 1000 days of a child’s life in terms of laying the foundations for healthy growth and development, parents are a logical target group for supporting health-related practices with regard to young children. However, little attention is paid to the influence …