In a society with increasingly unequal access to opportunities and an expanding pressure on youngsters to perform, safe spaces where socially vulnerable youngsters are allowed to learn and develop valuable skills are highly important. In the Youngsterdam project, professional youth workers support these …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many doctors take on prescribing responsibilities shortly after they graduate [1, 2], but fnal-year medical students not only feel insecure about prescribing, but also lack adequate knowledge and skills to prescribe rationally and safely [3, 4]. To address this public health concern, …

Background: Only a few papers are published on the safety and effectiveness of acute burn care in low-income countries. A cohort study was therefore carried out to determine such outcomes. Methods: The study was conducted in a rural Tanzanian hospital in 2017-2018. All patients admitted with burns were …

Solar Boat, the project was born in 2009 by a group of enthusiastic students of mixed educational backgrounds who wanted to fill their free composition course points in a special, more meaningful way. They came in contact with DTIW and established an agreement of what they could offer each other, eventually …

Nederland is een delta: een laaggelegen land met veel water. Deze ligging maakt Nederland kwetsbaar voor overstromingen. Ten opzichte van de jaren ‘60 is de bevolking gegroeid van 10 naar 17 miljoen en is de economische waarde in de overstroombare gebieden sterk toegenomen (toename van het BNP van 17 …

This report gives a scientific overview of the present knowledge on insect rearing, use of residual streams as substrates, and safety aspects of insects used for food and feed. This overview will form the basis for experiments in the public-private partnership (PPP) project SAFE INSECTS (LWV20.102).

With the development of content-generating Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, such as generating images from a textual description, new possibilities for using such system in design processes arise. In this position paper, we argue that we need to explicitly incorporate children's values when we develop …

Social robots are reported to hold great potential for education. However, both scholars and key stakeholders worry about children’s social-emotional development being compromised. In aiming to provide new insights into the impact that social robots can have on the social-emotional development of children, …

"Purpose: This study aims to explore the perspectives of psychiatrists with lived experiences and what their considerations are upon integrating the personal into the professional realm. Design/methodology/approach: As part of a qualitative participatory research approach, participant observations during …

BACKGROUND: The care sector for persons with disabilities considers the physical environment relevant for the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. However, scientific evidence is limited. OBJECTIVE: To obtain evidence regarding comforting and encouraging environments and to develop …