PREVIEW - User driven design in smart care homes means designing for different end users with different values. In an extended user-centered design and research model, the Value Sensitive Design methodology as well as elements of Technology Acceptance Models are incorporated. The stages of the design …

De vertaling en implementatie van een evidence-based interventie Success for All voor de Nederlandse situatie. De taalproblematiek van de autochtone achterstands leerling blijft een hardnekkig fenomeen. De achterstand van dit type leerling is sinds 1994 niet kleiner geworden. Vanaf 2002 is er zelfs een …

Het uiterlijk doet ertoe op de arbeidsmarkt, zo blijkt uit recent onderzoek naar het effect van wat het Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau ‘esthetisch kapitaal’ noemt (SCP, 2014). Een onaantrekkelijke verschijning op een foto blijkt een twee keer zo kleine kans te maken om uitgenodigd te worden, terwijl een …

Background In Dutch engineering education, female students outperform male students. Using an interactionalist framework, this study explores factors that contribute to this gender-based difference. Purpose This study aims to answer two questions: Do female and male students differ in background characteristics, …

Workshop on the five principles of successful entrepreneurship.

Background The number of caesarean sections (CS) is increasing globally, and repeat CS after a previous CS is a significant contributor to the overall CS rate. Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) can be seen as a real and viable option for most women with previous CS. To achieve success, however, women …

BACKGROUND: Forming partnerships is a prominent strategy used to promote integrated service delivery across health and social service systems. Evidence about the collaboration process upon which partnerships evolve has rarely been addressed in an integrated-care setting. This study explores the longitudinal …

Most food & agribusiness stakeholders (entrepreneurs in particular) agree that it is not only difficult to innovate new products and technology, but also to realize its true market potential. A lack of market and/or supply partnerships, i.e. a robust and committed value chain, is often cited as the reason …

All organizations collaborate with other organizations, either in a supplier/customer relationship or as business partners. Business partners try to complement each other in a way that allows both to benefit from the collaboration. In order to be able to collaborate, specific information and knowledge …

Receiving adequate support seems to be crucial to the success of self-management. Although different empirical studies sepa-rately examined patients’ preferences for self-management support(SMS), an overview is lacking.