Royal Dutch Visio is an expertise centre on visual impairment. In the domain Residence, daily care is provided to persons with multiple (intellectual and motor) disabilities and visual impairment (MDVI). The research Participation and Health was started within this domain in collaboration with the Hanze …

The Utrecht SBE16 Conference. From the introduction: "The conference is part of the Sustainable Built conference series and is as such considered to be part of the pre-eminent international conference series on sustainable building and construction endorsed by iiSBE, UNEP-SBO and FIDIC. The Utrecht SBE16 conference …

The Hogeschool Utrecht Centre of Technology and Innovation is currently researching various applications of multi-agent technology (MAS). This research considers the posibilities of developing an agent-based system capable of monitoring vital functions and making predictions on a patient’s health to …

Importance Older adults acutely hospitalized are at risk of disability. Trials on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and transitional care present inconsistent results. Objective To test whether an intervention of systematic CGA, followed by the transitional care bridge program, improved activities …

This paper provides guidance for developing risk-based management tools to improve the procurement (purchasing) performance of SMEs. Extant academic literature only offers little support on developing such tools and does not consider the wide variety of SMEs. The paper defines a procurement tool for …

“Het werk in Rotterdam verandert”, een partnerbijdrage van Inholland aan het EVR 2016 Next Economy Next City, pp. 20-11. Economische, technologische en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen hebben enorme gevolgen voor het werk in de regio Rotterdam. Grote clusters van banen verdwijnen, maar er komen ook banen …

We examined the effects of age on automatic and voluntary motor adjustments in pointing tasks. To this end, young (20–25 years) and middle-aged adults (48–62 years) were instructed to point at a target that could unexpectedly change its location (to the left or right) or its color (to green or red) during …

Developing business-activity instruments for SMEs.Business-Activity Instruments pro-actively reduce risks & uncertainties when procuring key commodities, and ensure or improve desired business performance.

Common seals (Phoca vitulina) are mostly seen from coastal temperate waters to the Polar Regions. High levels of toxic waste that affect the immune system, fisheries, and new outbreaks of viruses consist of the current threats to the seal populations. The Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre (SRRC) …