One of the main causes of numerous health problems is a lack of physical activity. To promote a more active lifestyle, the Hanze University started a health promotion program. Participants were motivated to reach their daily goal of physical activity by means of an activity tracker in combination with …

Door de huidige klimaatveranderingen in Nederland is er een hoge urgentie om primaire waterkeringen te versterken. Door het zoeken naar nieuwe dijkversterkingstechnieken tracht men de kosten hiervan in de hand te houden. Op het dijkversterkingsproject VIJG (Versterking IJsseldijk Gouda) wordt een nieuwe …

Living a sedentary lifestyle is one of the major causes of numerous health problems. To encourage employees to lead a less sedentary life, the Hanze University started a health promotion program. One of the interventions in the program was the use of an activity tracker to record participants' daily …

During my first visit to Japan in 1990 I got acquainted with the Toshiba DynaBook. Unlike earlier laptops, this one was small, elegant and easily fitted into a backpack. A year later I was able to purchase one. This wonder of compact technology accompanied me during my travels to Berlin and Eastern Europe …

Patiënten met eindstadium hartfalen kunnen in aanmerking komen voor een Left Ventriculair Assist Device (LVAD). Dit is een mechanisch apparaat dat de pompfunctie van het hart ondersteunt. Het aantal LVAD-operaties is de afgelopen jaren exponentieel toegenomen en sinds 2010 wordt een LVAD geïmplanteerd …

BACKGROUND: A lack of physical activity is considered to cause 6% of deaths globally. Feedback from wearables such as activity trackers has the potential to encourage daily physical activity. To date, little research is available on the natural development of adherence to activity trackers or on potential …

In opdracht van Drukkerij De Bink in Leiden voert afstudeerscriptant Isabelle Appel een positioneringsonderzoek uit. De drukkerij schafte eind 2015 een nieuwe machine aan: de MGI JETVarnish 3D Foil. Om die optimaal in te zetten werd er een afdeling omheen georganiseerd: de afdeling Ufoil. Ufoil is de …

Over the past few years a growing number of artists have critiqued the ubiquity of identity recognition technologies. Specifically, the use of these technologies by state security programs, tech-giants and multinational corporations has met with opposition and controversy. A popular form of resistance …

The prediction of the running injuries based on selfreported training data on load is difficult. At present, coaches and researchers have no validated system to predict if a runner has an increased risk of injuries. We aim to develop an algorithm to predict the increase of the risk of a runner to sustain …

The Palace hotel Zandvoort is a 4-star hotel situated at the boulevard of Zandvoort which is one of the most popular beaches in the Netherlands. The main problem for the Palace hotel are the bad online reviews. The purpose is to investigate what people are expecting from the Palace hotel. The main …