Climate change and urban adaptation measures are reshaping environments relevant to human health, including vector-borne diseases such as dengue. This study assesses potential health risks associated with nature-based solutions (NbS), with a focus on mosquitoes and ticks, to support safe climate adaptation …

Introduction: Despite the growing interest in complementary healthcare, limited data are available about professionals’ perceptions of collaboration with complementary healthcare providers in mental healthcare. This study aims to gain insight into the feasibility of collaboration between general practitioners …

Crime scene investigations require rapid decision-making under complex conditions, often without the opportunity for revision. Task-relevant information from similar cases can support Scene of Crime Officers (SoCOs) in making these decisions. Decision support can reduce human error and subjectivity, …

BACKGROUND: Clinical reasoning is fundamental to safe and effective Emergency Medical Services (EMS) care. EMS providers operate in dynamic, time-pressured environments characterised by diagnostic uncertainty, limited information, and high-stakes decisions. These conditions necessitate rapid yet adaptable …

Intercultural communication education (ICE) is often viewed as the transfer of stable knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Classroom interaction, as an important component of education, is, however, highly relational and deeply contextual. This paper proposes a novel perspective on ICE by integrating …

Manufacturing firms are increasingly adopting AI to improve inspection, maintenance, scheduling, robotics, digital twins, knowledge management, and supply chain coordination. However, these applications do not automatically create human-centered progress. Without deliberate organizational maturity, AI …

Floating developments have the potential to mitigate a range of challenges including fluctuating water levels, sea level rise, and pressures on available space on land for housing, energy production and storage, and food production. The national Dutch research project Floating Future is a project which …

Cape Town faces a complex and interlinked set of climate-related challenges, including recurring droughts, flooding, intensifying heat stress and biodiversity loss. These impacts are further amplified by rapid urbanization, pollution (often due to poor infrastructure and service delivery), ageing water …

Citizen participation in research, innovation, and implementation can strengthen the success of health interventions. The Dutch research group Bridge2Health focuses on citizen science (CS), considering it an overarching concept for approaches and methods that actively engage citizens in the research, …

Deelname van burgers aan onderzoek, innovatie, en implementatie kan het succes van gezondheidsinterventies versterken. De SPRONG-groep Bridge2Health heeft Citizen Science (CS) als focus en beschouwt dit als een overkoepelend begrip voor werkwijzen en methoden waarbij burgers actief betrokken worden bij …