In the multi-billion dollar game industry, time to market limits the time developers have for improving games. Game designers and software engineers usually live on opposite sides of the fence, and both lose time when adjustments best understood by designers are implemented by engineers. Designers lack …

In this paper we present the concept and initial design stages of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch). The TaSST consists of a soft pressure-sensitive input layer, and an output layer containing vibration motors. A touch to ones own sleeve is felt as a vibration on the sleeve of another person. …

Societal developments show that future demands for visualization can be expected to grow. In many areas of organized human activities organizations may turn away from textual and numerical flatlands, and rely on the convenient and multidimensional digital worlds. Virtual worlds for facility management, …

Game development businesses often choose Lua for separating scripted game logic from reusable engine code. Lua can easily be embedded, has simple interfaces, and offers a powerful and extensible scripting language. Using Lua, developers can create prototypes and scripts at early development stages. However, …

De kerk opzoek Recht door zee, een uitgesproken mening, open en eerlijk, vol energie, gepassioneerd, maar gelijktijdig ook op zoek naar identiteit, onzekerheid, eigenbeeld, lichamelijke en seksuele ontwikkelingen, los maken van ouders, nieuwe vrienden, voortgezet onderwijs enzovoort. Jongeren in de leeftijdscategorie …

The Netherlands has two types of higher educational institutions - research university and university of applied sciences. The first one has a more theory-based approach to education, while the latter puts emphasis on applying the knowledge taught in the classroom by developing practical skills. The …

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often limited in their daily physical activity. However, the level, type and intensity of daily physical activity are not known, nor there is a clear insight in the contributing factors. The aim of this review is to describe daily physical …

De aanleiding tot dit onderzoek is, dat Philadelphia net als alle andere zorgaanbieders, moet bezuinigen op alles wat niet tot de primaire zorg behoort. Een brainstormgroep, bestaande uit Masja Meijer, Ronald Bührmann en Karin Kuiers, allen locatiemanager bij Philadelphia regio Gelderland-Noord, wilde …

Traditional information systems for crisis response and management are centralized systems with a rigid hierarchical structure. Here we propose a decentralized system, which allows citizens to play a significant role as information source and/or as helpers during the initial stages of a crisis. In our …

Op welke wijze kan de maatschappelijke stage voor scholieren van regulier middelbaar onderwijs mogelijk gemaakt worden op Kwadrant Emaus? Doelstelling Kwadrant Emaus, een instelling voor jongeren met gedragsproblematiek en een licht verstandelijke beperking, biedt vanaf september 2011 maatschappelijke …