One in three university students experiences mental health problems during their study. A similar percentage leaves higher education without obtaining the degree for which they enrolled. Research suggests that both mental health problems and academic underperformance could be caused by students lacking …

Background: Persons with an intellectual disability are at a higher risk of experiencing adversities. The concept of resilience offers promising insights into facilitating personal growth after adversity. The current study aims at providing an overview of the current research on resilience and the way …

In this chapter, we explore the possibility to use the living environment (of inpatient and outpatient care settings) for facilitating and encouraging the social inclusion of older adults in an increasingly smart society. We therefore pay attention to the spatial and smart design of emerging housing …

Groningen gas field is the largest on-land gas resource in the world and is being exploited since 1963. There are damaging earthquakes, the largest of which was 3.6 magnitude. The recursive induced earthquakes are often blamed for triggering the structural damages in thousands of houses in the area. …

Door technologische ontwikkelingen is op medisch gebied steeds meer mogelijk. Een voorbeeld hiervan zijn ‘point of care tests’ (POCT). In de huisartsenpraktijk wordt POCT ingezet om zonder tussenkomst van een laboratorium diagnoses te stellen en behandeling te starten. Gezien de huidige zorgmarkt kampt …

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is een steeds bekendere therapievorm bij het behandelen van depressie. In literatuur staat beschreven dat ACT goed te combineren is met beeldende therapie, maar de manier waarop was nog zeer summier beschreven. Dit onderzoek is dus verricht voor beeldend therapeuten …

Objectives: Art therapy (AT) as a treatment option for anxiety is regularly employed in clinical practice, but scientific evidence for its effectiveness is lacking, since this intervention has hardly been studied. The aim was to study the effectiveness of AT on anxiety in adult women. The specific type …

The biomass demand for the use as both renewable energy source and raw material for the biotechnology industry is increasing. Simultaneously, the supply of biomass is requested to become more costcompetitive. Innovative solutions for cost-effective biomass production should also avoid indirect land use …

Inleiding In 2015 maakten 512.000 mensen gebruik van wijkverpleging, van dit aantal gebruikte in 2015 99% geneesmiddelen. Helaas is in Nederland de medicatieveiligheid nog niet optimaal, in 2013 waren 49.000 mensen opgenomen in een ziekenhuis vanwege een medicatiefout. Hiervan is 48% van de geneesmiddel-gerelateerde …

In dit onderzoek is het huidige gebruik van ECM binnen Azora onderzocht en er is onderzocht welke verbeteringen er mogelijk zijn aan het huidige ECM. Met betrekking tot de waargenomen nut en waargenomen gebruiksgemak wordt dit gemiddeld tot bovengemiddeld ervaren. Kosten en netwerkeffecten zitten weer …