We live in a hearing world. Others live in a deaf world. The deaf world has its own language, the sign language, Dutch or English or . . . Frisian. The deaf world also has its memorials, made out of stone. The only deaf memorial in the Netherlands --- and likely in the whole world --- is in Amsterdam, …

This contribution is based on a transcript of the podcast series Voiceblind, by Morgane Billuart at ARIAS during covid lockdowns. In preparation, we - Carlo De Gaetano, Andy Dockett and Sabine Niederer of the Visual Methodologies Collective- were provided with a list of questions and a piece of hardware …

Part 2 of English as a Medium of Learning in Schools examines effective ways of delivering EML in primary and secondary schools. It explores specific language that teachers need in order to explain subject concepts, to ask questions, and to respond, manage and model language for EML lessons. Planning …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in overall language ability and vocabulary of either Australian or overseas born bilingual Dutch–English children and the possible parental influence on these children’s language development. The participants were 86 children aged 4–12 …

Computers are so incredibly easy to deal with, for example compared to a sewing machine, that you really don 't have to be a techie. Preferably not; the government states that insufficient digital skills mainly concern employees in the lowest technical (and care) professions. Working on a computer requires …

PV systems are used more and more. Not always is it possible to install them in the optimal direction for maximum energy output over the year. At the Johan Cruijff ArenA the PV panels are placed all around the roof in all possible directions. Panels oriented to the north will have a lower energy gain …

A previous paper published in this journal proposed a model for evaluating the location of fingermarks on two-dimensional items (de Ronde, van Aken, de Puit and de Poot (2019)). In this paper, we apply the proposed model to a dataset consisting of letters to test whether the activity of writing a letter …

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is constantly gaining ground, both at domestic and international level. New forms of dispute settlement with a mix of public and private components are emerging in fields where this was not the case until recent times, as some contributions to this Zoom-out have attempted …

To improve retention rate of factual knowledge for health students we set out to design a game which challenges students to continue testing themselves during their studies. Since we intend for them to play this game for at least two years, we had two major challenges to overcome. Firstly, how can students …