After the integration of research activities, universities of applied sciences (UASs) have formulated organisational strategies to foster connections between research and education (Daas et al., 2023). Scholars stated that the behaviour of employees within UASs influences ‘the direction and tempo in …

OBJECTIVE: To examine how a healthy lifestyle is related to life expectancy that is free from major chronic diseases. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The Nurses' Health Study (1980-2014; n=73 196) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2014; n=38 366). MAIN EXPOSURES: …

This paper presents a method and mock-up design for evaluating the heat-island mitigation effect of porous/water-retentive blocks in a climatic environmental chamber using ambient temperature measurements. To create the proposed method, the heat circulation mechanism of blocks was considered. From this, …

Recente ontwikkelingen binnen de industriële warmtepomptechnologie maken grootschalige toepassing mogelijk. Geschat wordt dat met de huidige techniek op korte termijn een CO2-besparing van 10-20% te realiseren is. Voor deze besparing kan worden gerealiseerd moeten er nog een aantal vragen worden beantwoord. …

In our work as lecturers, teachers, researchers, coaches or managers in a university of applied sciences, we do feel that the amount and variety of societal challenges on higher vocational education (HVE) is growing. Institutions in HE are in a process of transforming from traditional ‘either or’ research …

Achtergrond: In dit onderzoek is gekeken of manuele lymfedrainage kan bijdragen aan de behandeling van het mediaal tibiaal stress syndroom bij studenten in de opleiding Veiligheid en Vakmanschap op het MBO Amersfoort. Het doel van dit onderzoek was het nagaan of manuele lymfedrainage een toegevoegde …

Runners often sustain lower extremity injuries (19-79%) (van Gent et al, 2007). In a theoretical model it has been described that a disturbance in perceived stress and recovery can increase the risk of sustaining an injury (Williams & Andersen, 1998). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate …