Earth’s magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, interacts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles originating from the Sun. The interaction causes the geomagnetic field to undergo variations, called geomagnetic disturbances or geomagnetic activity. This bachelor thesis features …

Background Exergames are becoming an increasingly popular tool for training balance ability, thereby preventing falls in older adults. Automatic, real time, assessment of the user's balance control offers opportunities in terms of providing targeted feedback and dynamically adjusting the gameplay to …

Het poliovirus bestaat uit drie serotypen. Deze serotypen kunnen poliomyelitis veroorzaken bij mensen en primaten. Dit kan resulteren in spierverlammingen met lichaamsmisvorming of dood tot gevolg. Om poliomyelitis te voorkomen zijn er in de loop der jaren twee soorten vaccins ontworpen. Het geïnactiveerde …

Coastal and marine ecosystems are subject to threats of many anthropogenic pressures. This report presents a first attempt to adapt a method in order to quantify and spatially visualize the distribution and intensity of cumulative anthropogenic pressures for the Alcúdia Bay on Majorca. The applied method …

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) has been shown to be highly efficient and (cost-)effective in reducing delirium incidence in the USA. HELP provides multicomponent protocols targeted at specific risk factors for delirium and introduces a different view on care organization, with trained volunteers …

Little is known about the extent to which transplant recipients face emotional problems with the receipt of a transplanted organ. The Transplant Effects Questionnaire (TxEQ) enables the quantification of these problems. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the …

Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next to traditional …

Zoals de titel aangeeft is deze afstudeerperiode uitgevoerd in het kader van medical imaging. Het gaat om het quantificeren van zowel de ernst als de progressie van de ziekte Ankyloserende Spondilitis in röntgenbeelden. Er wordt gesproken van Ankyloserende Spondilitis als de wervelkolom in een ontstekingsproces …