New Dutch Connections (NDC) is een Non-Profit organisatie die zich richt op vluchtelingen in Nederland, onder andere op het gebied van arbeidsparticipatie. NDC geeft aan onvoldoende inzicht te hebben in de uitstroom naar werk/scholing van hun deelnemers na het aanbieden van modules gericht op arbeidsparticipatie. …

Travelling independently in an urban environment is challenging for people with a visual impairment (PVI). Current Wayfinding-apps lack detailed environmental information and are often not fully accessible. With the aim to design a wayfinding solution that facilitates independent travel and incorporates …

People with a visual impairment (PVI) often experience difficulties with wayfinding. Current navigation applications have limited communication channels and do not provide detailed enough information to support PVI. By transmitting wayfinding information via multimodal channels and combining these with …

Traditional turn-by-turn navigation approaches often do not provide sufficiently detailed information to help people with a visual impairment (PVI) to successfully navigate through an urban environment. To provide PVI with clear and supportive navigation information we created Sidewalk, a new wayfinding …

The purpose of this research is to provide a framework which focuses on solving the problem of concentrated work in open-office plans. The results have identified multiple solutions for concentrated work and coupled this with important aspects to take into account to stay in touch with the identity of …

The experimental fishing method of pulse trawling was initially developed to decrease fuel consumption rates of flatfish fisheries in the North Sea targeting common sole (Solea solea). By replacing tickler chains with electrodes, the targeted fish is immobilised until it enters the net by using electrical …

Vanuit de opdrachtgever: ‘de Boval Groep’ bestond de behoefte om te onderzoeken hoe arbeidsvoorwaarden eenzijdig gewijzigd kunnen worden. De Boval Groep wil in de toekomst namelijk het personeelshandboek wijzigen. In het personeelshandboek staan naast regels en richtlijnen ook arbeidsvoorwaarden. De …

In de afgelopen decennia heeft er op de werkvloer een stille revolutie plaatsgevonden. De computer neemt steeds meer taken over die de corebusiness vormen van professionals uit verschillende branches. Softwareprogramma's beoor-delen voor een verzekeringsagent of een aanvraag voor een schade-uitkering …

Background: Construction work, squares, busy sidewalks, road crossings and hasty cyclists - these are just a few of the many challenges visually impaired people (VI) encounter when navigating through urban environments. Especially unknown routes require so much concentration and energy, that VI often …

Real-time location systems (RTLS) can be implemented in aged care for monitoring persons with wandering behaviour and asset management. RTLS can help retrieve personal items and assistive technologies that when lost or misplaced may have serious financial, economic and practical implications. Various …