Aim: To investigate the effects of exercise on salivary concentrations of inflammatory markers by analyzing a panel of 25 inflammatory markers in subjects who had participated in bicycle ergometer tests varying in workload and hydration status. Methods: Fifteen healthy young men (20-35 years) had performed …

To improve people’s lives, human-computer interaction researchers are increasingly designing technological solutions based on behavior change theory, such as social comparison theory (SCT). However, how researchers operationalize such a theory as a design remains largely unclear. One way to clarify this …

Between 1 March 2021 and 30 April 2023, a consortium (consisting of in the Netherlands: the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek -KB), The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum; in Belgium: Media & Learning Association …

The overall goal of the Odense house project is to diminish the burden of informal carers of people living with dementia (PLWD) through professional and structural support of the informal carers and the use of tailor-made technological solutions. The project aims to strengthen the resilience and perseverance …

Multiple blood images of stressed and sheared cells, taken by a Lorrca Ektacytometery microscope, needed a classification for biomedical researchers to assess several treatment options for blood-related diseases. The study proposes the design of a model capable of classifying these images, with high …

Background Inconsistent descriptions of Lumbar multifidus (LM) morphology were previously identified, especially in research applying ultrasonography (US), hampering its clinical applicability with regard to diagnosis and therapy. The aim of this study is to determine the LM-sonoanatomy by comparing …

The purpose of this research is to validate and optimize the synthesis of the natively linked α-UbADPr & β-UbADPr (19α,β) on arginine 42 to further study in the enzymes of Legionella Pneumophilia. In the synthesis of UbADPr the sub goal was to synthesize as much as possible of two molecules (building …

Extensive research has explored the role of perfectionism in individuals (Hewitt & Flett, 1991; Mackinnon & Sherry, 2012). Perfectionism is considered as a stable personality trait that is characterized by “high standards of performance which are accompanied by tendencies for overly critical evaluations …

Achtergrond Fundamentele Motorische Vaardigheden (FMV) zijn belangrijke bouwstenen voor de sportdeelname en levenslange lichamelijke activiteit van kinderen. In het afgelopen decennium hebben verschillende internationale onderzoeken vertragingen in de ontwikkeling van FMV gemeld. Om een ​​beter inzicht …

In this paper, we examine to what degree children of 3–4 years old engage with a task and with a social robot during a second-language tutoring lesson. We specifically investigated whether children’s task engagement and robot engagement were influenced by three different feedback types by the robot: …