This thesis presents the design, development, and evaluation of a Mixed Reality (MR) training application aimed at identifying methods of artificially inducing stress to enhance realism in Emergency Response simulations. Emergency Responders are often in stressful scenarios and require a high stress …

This research paper was written for [Company] which is a start-up company from Delft, The Netherlands. [Company] has developed an innovative new product in the MedTech industry which uses robotics and AI to deliver an autonomous Transthoracic Echocardiogram (an ultrasound scan of the heart). [Company] …

Male bodies in opera were given a new, daring dimension with the composition of the role of Oberon for countertenor in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. While male altos had existed in different forms for centuries, this opera marks the first time a countertenor was specifically acknowledged …

In de fysiotherapiepraktijk is 38% van de patiënten chronisch ziek. In het behandelplan is bewegen een belangrijk behandeldoel. Vooraf wordt de fysieke fitheid gemeten, er wordt dan over cardiorespiratoire fitheid (CRF) gesproken. De steep ramp test (SRT) kan de CRF inventariseren. De heart rate recovery …

In de fysiotherapiepraktijk is 38% van de patiënten chronisch ziek. In het behandelplan is bewegen een belangrijk behandeldoel. Vooraf wordt de fysieke fitheid gemeten, er wordt dan over cardiorespiratoire fitheid (CRF) gesproken. De steep ramp test (SRT) kan de CRF inventariseren. De heart rate recovery …

Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (ACM), also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a rare hereditary disease of the heart, where the connective, and fatty tissue is deposited in the muscle tissue of the ventricular myocardium primarily of the right but also left …

Hof van den Houte’ is the new name for a shopping and housing district in the present heart of Etten-Leur, once the site of a castle by the same name between the villages Etten and Leur. The site was still an open field when a modern freestanding shopping mall was built in the 1960s to serve the growing …

Child and youth welfare have become a prime concern for society today, but the care and health system experience difficulties in finding a coordinated and inviting approach. In this project for a youth health center in Goes, chosen for having statistically the highest need for childcare in the province …

Clonal haematopoiesis of intermediate potential (CHIP) driven by somatic mutations in DNMT3A and TET2 has been recently recognized as a new risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The haematopoietic clones with mutations in these genes are frequently found in myeloid malignancies and according …

Diabetes remains a major risk for atherosclerotic-cardiovascular disease (CVD). While many mechanisms have been explored, the full extent of how diabetes promotes CVD remains unknown. An emerging area in diabetes is the influence of epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Diabetes has been shown to …