The central theme of the evening "Herrie aan Tafel" is: Digital Innovation – Personalised Drachten products. All employees and managers prepared themselves by reading the book “The essentials of digital innovation”. An inspiring lecture on Quantified Self and Personalisation will be provided by Martijn …

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) …

Since concepts may have different meanings in different contexts, students have to learn to recontextualise them, i.e. to adapt their meanings to a new context. It is unclear, however, what characteristics a learning and teaching strategy for recontextualising should have. The study aims to develop such …

The objective of this study was to introduce a new iterative method to reconstruct multi leaf collimator (MLC) positions based on low resolution ionization detector array measurements and to evaluate its error detection performance. The iterative reconstruction method consists of a fluence model, a detector …

In the production of fermented foods, microbes play an important role. Optimization of fermentation processes or starter culture production traditionally was a trial-and-error approach inspired by expert knowledge of the fermentation process. Current developments in high-throughput 'omics' technologies …

The impact of quantified self data on Healthcare. Guest lecturer at GSMS PhD congres ‘Create your Future, Discover Talent’ Martijn de Groot (1975) is a medical biologist (MSc) with a background in teaching (MEd) and medical science (PhD). After his PhD research he has worked as a researcher, teacher …

Described here is an ultrasound technique used to study tongue movements, particularly lateral tongue movements, during mastication. A method to analyze spatial and temporal tongue movements was developed, and the feasibility of using this method was evaluated. Biplane ultrasound images of tongue movements …

The conservation status of the trumpeter species varies from least concern to critically endangered according to the IUCN since 2014. The conservation statuses are based on future deforestation in the Amazon basin and on the fact that the species is vulnerable to being hunted. It is concluded that the …

Active and Healthy Ageing in EU and the regional approach in the Northern Netherlands. In the Northern Netherlands a regional Healthy Ageing innovation network has been developed in which many partners in research and education, health and welfare, business, and regional authorities have been collaborating …

Lange tijd heerste de opvatting dat perceptuele input aan de achterkant van het brein verwerkt werd terwijl de frontale kwab verantwoordelijk was voor het plannen en aansturen van bewegingen. Perceptie en actie waren anatomisch gescheiden. Het is nu duidelijk geworden dat ‘motor’ netwerken in de frontale …