In their study "How Perceived Fit Affects Customers’ Satisfaction of In-Store Social Robot Advice", Stephanie van de Sanden, Tibert Verhagen, Ewout Nas, Jacqueline Arnoldy, and Koen Hindriks explore how various dimensions of perceived fit influence customer attitudes and satisfaction toward social robots …

Gastcolumn in de Cultuurkrant over het beëindigen van het bijzonder hoogleraarschap 'Betekenis van Cultuurparticipatie' aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.

One aspect of a responsible application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ensuring that the operation and outputs of an AI system are understandable for non-technical users, who need to consider its recommendations in their decision making. The importance of explainable AI (XAI) is widely acknowledged; …

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This paper reveals how the automatising of protocols ignited a public conflict between Dutch banks and their Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) clients in the years after the Global Financial Crisis. The bank’s “infirmary departments” for Financial Restructuring and Recovery (FR&R) were accused …

Awardwinning poster at the International Honours Conference

Background: Chronic low-grade inflammatory profile (CLIP) is one of the pathways involved in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Currently, there is limited evidence for ameliorating effects of combined lifestyle interventions on CLIP in type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether a 13-week combined lifestyle intervention, …

BACKGROUNDLung protective ventilation is considered standard of care in the intensive care unit. However, modifying the ventilator settings can be challenging and is time consuming. Closed loop modes of ventilation are increasingly attractive for use in critically ill patients. With closed loop ventilation, …

Aims: To investigate the impact of consecutive perioperative care transitions on in-hospital recovery of patients who had primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) over an 11-year period. Methods: This observational cohort study used electronic health record data from all patients undergoing preoperative …