Mede onder invloed van globalisering en migratie wordt de maatschappij waarin we leven, steeds internationaler, diverser en complexer. We komen dan ook steeds vaker in aanraking met mensen met uiteenlopende talige en culturele achtergronden. Dat begint al op school: een klas is immers niets minder dan …

Op 1 juli 2023 is de aflosperiode van het minnelijk traject verkort van 36 maanden naar 18 maanden. Het lectoraat Armoede Interventies van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam heeft in opdracht van het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid een evaluatie uitgevoerd naar de gevolgen van deze verkorting. …

Background: The adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies among older adults remains significantly lower than in younger populations, despite their potential to promote healthier lifestyles and mitigate age-related health risks. Objective: This study aims to explore the perspectives of retirement-age …

Cross-linguistic interaction is a prominent issue in third language (L3) acquisition. The belief that typological similarities are the driving force behind transfer source languages has been rebutted repeatedly. For example, notwithstanding the fact that Dutch–German grammatical parallels are much stronger …

The assessment of skeletal muscle volume is valuable for fundamental research and clinical practice, but remains limited in larger cohorts due to its time-consuming nature. Here, we developed a method to accurately estimate vastus lateralis (VL) muscle volume based on a single measurement of anatomical …

In the original publication of this article [1], the collaborators “ERICCa–,LUNG SAFEb–, PRoVENT–COVIDc–, EPICCoVd–, CIBERESUCICOVIDe– and SATI–COVID–19f–investigators” from the original studies were not identified in HTML due to incorrect tagging. The original article has been corrected.

The invention of mass broadcasting allowed people all around the globe to experience different cultures, languages, and worldviews, without the need for travel. More recently, due to the development of the internet and especially the popularisation of social media, we are now also able to directly interact, …

This report presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a content-based recommender system for NEMO Kennislink, developed within the AI, Media and Democracy Lab (AIMD). The project investigates whether algorithmic recommendations can stimulate article discovery on a public science platform …