This open access book is a valuable resource for students in health and other professions and practicing professionals interested in supporting effective change in self-management behaviors in chronic disease, such as medication taking, physical activity and healthy eating. Developed under the auspices …

This chapter provides insights into the complex and adaptive nature of systems and illustrates key characteristics of such systems. These contribute to an understanding of the challenges in health promotion and imply a need for more context-specific research to evaluate the health promotion interventions. …

The transmission of constant-envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CE-OFDM) signals, based on electrical phase modulation, was shown to improve the tolerance to noise and the nonlinearity introduced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in visible light communication (VLC) systems. This allows …

The performance of a visible light communication (VLC) system based on power domain non-orthogonal multiple access (PD-NOMA) is experimentally evaluated in this paper. The simplicity of the adopted non-orthogonal scheme is provided by the fixed power allocation method at the transmitter and the single …

Dit artikel presenteert een casestudy naar de samenwerking tussen religieuze organisaties en de gemeentelijke overheid in het sociaal domein. Vanwege transities in het sociaal domein zijn gemeenten sinds 2015 verantwoordelijk voor een heel aantal taken die voorheen onder de rijksoverheid en de provincie …

Background: Recent studies suggest that ethnic minority students underperform in standardised assessments commonly used to evaluate their progress. This disparity seems to also hold for postgraduate medical students and GP trainees, and may affect the quality of primary health care, which requires an …

Dit rapport is het eerste product van het onderzoeksprogramma “Wie woont en werkt nog in de stad? Onderzoeksprogramma naar de (on)toegankelijke woningmarkt” in opdracht van het Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid (KCO). Het rapport biedt een inhoudelijke verkenning van het begrip ‘sleutelberoepen’ en de positie …

Background A high sedentary time is associated with increased mortality risk. Previous studies indicate that replacement of sedentary time with light- and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity attenuates the risk for adverse outcomes and improves cardiovascular risk factors. Patients with cardiovascular …

Achtergrond en doel: Een gezonde werkomgeving kan van grote invloed zijn op een gezonde leefstijl van de mensen. Door Feel Good in te zetten probeert Appèl catering vitaliteit te bevorderen onder hun gasten. Feel Good, de praktische invulling van het voedingsbeleid van Appél catering, is vertaald uit …

Worldwide, pupils with migrant backgrounds do not participate in school STEM subjects as successfully as their peers. Migrant pupils’ subject-specific language proficiency lags behind, which hinders participation and learning. Primary teachers experience difficulty in teaching STEM as well as promoting …