From the publisher's site: Reconfigurable manufacturing equipment is developed to meet the growing demand for more agile production. Agile manufacturing technology can improve the turnover of a company if it enables fast market introduction for volume production. Modular reconfiguration, defined as changing …

As robots are increasingly used in Search and Rescue (SAR) missions, it becomes highly relevant to study how SAR robots can be developed and deployed in a responsible way. In contrast to some other robot application domains, e.g. military and healthcare, the ethics of robot-assisted SAR are relatively …

BACKGROUND: Non-use of and dissatisfaction with ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) occurs frequently. The objective of this study is to gain insight in the conversation during the intake and examination phase, from the clients’ perspective, at two levels: 1) the attention for the activities and the context in …

Presented at 7th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at farm group level

Objective: To explore and describe the intensive wheelchair training method ‘Drivkraft’, and describe the evidence base. Method: Two wheelchair classes were both actively- and passively observed over a period of eight days. Based on these experiences, two semi-structured interviews were held with the …

Het blijkt dat de huidige beoordelingspraktijk binnen lichamelijke opvoeding (LO) eerder een belemmering vormt dan dat het motiverend is. Onderzoek suggereert dat leerlingen zich minder competent voelen in een les waarin cijfers gegeven worden dan in een les zonder cijfers (Krijgsman , et a1.,2015). …

Purpose: To get insight into personal meaning of a person involved in a physical therapy intervention. Methods: Mrs. A, a 76-year-old woman is referred to a physical therapist (PT) for assessment of functioning and training before total hip arthroplasty (THA). The patient, her daughter, and PT were …

Objective The evaluation of voice quality is a major component of voice assessment. The aim of the present study was to develop a new multivariate acoustic model for the evaluation of breathiness. Method Concatenated voice samples of continuous speech and the sustained vowel [a:] from 970 subjects …

This presentation reports on the status of an assessment-tool for Moral Authorship that is being developed for teachers and discusses its reliability and validation. Moral Authorship refers to the ability of teachers to observe, identify, articulate and reflect on moral aspects in their work in a thoughtful …