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In the past 5 years Electric Car use has grown rapidly, almost doubling each year. To provide adequate charging infrastructure it is necessary to model the demand. In this paper we model the distribution of charging demand in the city of Amsterdam using a Cross-Nested Logit Model with socio-demographic …

Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort. This handbook provides an overview of the domain from the perspective of health care …

De mensen in Nederland worden steeds ouder. Hierdoor groeit het aantal ouderen in Nederland, dit wordt ook wel vergrijzing genoemd. Deze vergrijzing heeft veel invloed op de kosten binnen de zorg. De vraag naar zorg wordt hierdoor namelijk vergroot, waardoor de kosten ook omhoog gaan. Om deze kosten …

BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in empowering older adults to age in place by deploying various types of technology (ie, eHealth, ambient assisted living technology, smart home technology, and gerontechnology). However, initiatives aimed at implementing these technologies are complicated by the …

Nederland heeft te maken met vergrijzing, die het gevolg is van de babyboom in de periode van 1946-1955 en het feit dat meer mensen langer leven, door de preventie van ziekten (CBS, 2015). Mede hierdoor, maar ook door de economische crisis van de afgelopen jaren zal het zorgstelsel drastisch veranderen …

Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort. This handbook provides an overview of the domain from the perspective of health care …

Maintaining energy balance is a challenge shared by all animals which has resulted in an enormous variety of strategies for maintaining this vital balance. One of these is torpor, a mechanism that slows down basic metabolic rate (BMR) which results in a low expenditure of energy otherwise used to maintain …

This report is the result of a study done at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. It is part of a bachelor thesis of the Forest- and Nature Management – Tropical Forestry Program at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. This study is the first in a series …

Sensor systems can be deployed in the homes of older adults living alone for functional health assessments. Their information is very useful for health care specialists. The problem lies in developing person independent models while facing a large variability in behavior. We address this problem by, …