Highlights • Mandates standardised protocols for the publication of DNA transfer and recovery data to ensure consistency • Requires open-sharing of non-allelic experimental and casework data in accessible formats to build a databank. • Specifies use of fully continuous probabilistic genotyping and NIST …

Dit project is uitgevoerd in opdracht van het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat door het Lectoraat Psychologie voor een Duurzame Stad van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam in samenwerking met Public Cinema. Het maakt deel uit van het bredere Noblesse Oblige-project rondom de rol van welvarende Nederlanders …

Digital forensic scientists primarily rely on individual internal reasoning and categorical conclusions when evaluating evidence in casework. This can make it difficult to maintain structured reasoning that is logically sound, balanced, robust, and transparent. Trojan horse defense cases exemplify these …

Within Human Activity Recognition (HAR), there is an insurmountable gap between the range of activities performed in life and those that can be captured in an annotated sensor dataset used in training. Failure to properly handle unseen activities seriously undermines any HAR classifier's reliability. …

Background The increasing demands of an aging population, healthcare workforce shortages, financial constraints, and a shift in care perspectives call for rethinking geriatric rehabilitation (GR). To ensure GR remains sustainable, a transition towards home-based GR is proposed, reducing the need for …

Circular, biobased, and modular construction practices are gaining traction as cities seek to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment. However, little is known about how these strategies affect construction logistics and their associated emissions. We develop an agent-based model to …

Ivar Timmer (HvA) verkent de snel veranderende relatie tussen recht en technologie. Kunstmatige intelligentie, digital twins en legal tech bieden ongekende mogelijkheden voor de rechtspraktijk, maar brengen ook risico’s voor transparantie, kwaliteit en rechtvaardigheid. Timmer laat zien dat succesvolle …

Road markings play a crucial role in road safety by guiding traffic and ensuring visibility. As markings deteriorate over time, their effectiveness diminishes, necessitating timely maintenance. This paper studies two methods to classify road-marking damage from recorded images, in accordance with the …

The escalating plastic waste crisis has increased the need for sustainable alternatives. Biodegradable plastics have emerged as a promising solution and are now frequently encountered at crime scenes. Although many studies have been published on the development of fingermarks on conventional plastics, …

De retailsector staat voor grote uitdagingen én kansen. Nieuwe technologieën, veranderend consumentengedrag, verduurzaming, veiligheid en arbeidsmarkt krapte zetten ondernemers en beleidsmakers onder druk. Tegelijkertijd groeit de behoefte aan innovatie en betrouwbare kennis die niet op de plank belandt, …