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Guiding the visually impaired through the environment using beacons

van der Bie, Joey; Visser, Britte; Matsari, Jordy; Singh, Mijnisha; van Hasselt, Timon; Koopman, Jan; Kröse, Ben (Faculteit Digitale Media En Creatieve Industrie (Fdmci))

Urban environments are full of noise and obstacles, and therefore potentially dangerous and difficult to navigate for the visually impaired. Using Bluetooth beacons and a smartphone app we guide them through these environments by providing the information needed for that specific location. We present …

2017-06-25AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

Are suspected auditory processing difficulties in children aged 8–12 years related to attention, working memory, nonverbal intelligence, and communication abilities?

de Wit, Ellen (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van Dijk, Pim; Steenbergen, B.; van der Schans, Cees; Luinge, Margreet (Language Function & Healthy Ageing)

Background: Children with difficulties in listening and understanding speech despite normal peripheral hearing, can be diagnosed with the diagnosis Auditory Processing Disorder (A). However, there are doubts about the validity of this diagnosis. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between …

2017-06-08Opvoeding & Onderwijs; …Conferentiebijdrage

Outlook City Logistics 2017

Den Boer, Eelco; Kok, Robert; Ploos van Amstel, W. (City Net Zero); Quak, H.; Wagter, Herman

When it comes to City Logistics, the need to innovate comes from multiple directions. Greenhouse gas emissions must be drastically reduced while at the same time maintaining a vibrant and healthy economy, demanding robust action from each and every sector, including transport. At the same time, competition …

2017-04-01AlgemeenRapport

Registration of somatosensory evoked potentials in the lumbar and lower thoracic spine using high-density surface electromyography

Ruud Koster (Student); Aad Lagerberg; Daphne Wezenberg

The current procedure for assessing nervous activity in the spinal cord is needle ElectroSpinography (needle EMG). This is an invasive and painful approach during which a needle is inserted into the subarachnoid space. It is hypothesised that High-Density surface ElectroMyography (HD-sEMG) is a non-invasive …

2017GezondheidBachelor

The indoor sound environment and human task performance

Jikke Reinten (Lid Lectoraat); Ella Braat-Eggen; Maarten C.J. Hornikx; Helianthe Kort (Lector); Armin G. Kohlrausch

A substantial amount of studies have addressed the inﬂuence of sound on human performance. In many of these, however, the large acoustic differences between experimental conditions prevent a direct translation of the results to realistic effects of room acoustic interventions. This review identiﬁes …

2017AlgemeenArtikel

Application of an automated sensor to segment alignment method for IMU-based kinematical joint angle estimation during treadmill cycling

Arno van der Zwet (Student); Aad Lagerberg; Herre Faber

Kinematical joint analysis during road cycling is a new trend. Reviewing the methods for 2D and 3D lower limb kinematical research, the sensor to segment alignment appeared to be the most challenging part due to unknown orientation with respect to the anatomical joints. A methodology that is suitable …

2017GezondheidBachelor

High Resolution Decision Maps for Urban Planning: A Combined Analysis of Urban Flooding and Thermal Stress Potential In Asia and Europe

Boogaard, Floris; Vojinovic, Zoran; Chen, Yu-Cheng; Kluck, Jeroen (City Net Zero); Lin, Tzu-Ping

Urban flooding and thermal stress have become key issues for many cities around the world. With the continuing effects of climate change, these two issues will become more acute and will add to the serious problems already experienced in dense urban areas. Therefore, the sectors of public health and …

2017AlgemeenArtikel

High resolution decision maps for urban planning: a combined analysis of urban flooding and thermal stress potential in Asia and Europe

Boogaard, Floris; Vojinovic, Zoran; Chen, Yu-Cheng; Kluck, Jeroen; Lin, Tzu-Ping

Urban flooding and thermal stress have become key issues for many cities around the world. With the continuing effects of climate change, these two issues will become more acute and will add to the serious problems already experienced in dense urban areas. Therefore, the sectors of public health and …

2016-12AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

Hospitality experience within hospitals

Lamfers, N (Nicole) (Student)

According to several authors, such as Bunner-Sperdin and Peters (2009), Ogorman (2010) and Hokkeling and Mar (2012), hospitality can be defined as an interpersonal exchange, in which the host wants to give the best experience, whereby the physical, spiritual, emotional and social well-being of the patient …

2016-11-01Economie & ManagementMaster

Guiding the visually impaired through the environment with beacons

van der Bie, Joey; Visser, Britte; Matsari, Jordy; Singh, Mijnisha; Van Hasselt, Timon; Koopman, Jan; Kröse, Ben; Lukowicz, Paul

Urban environments are full of noise and obstacles, and therefore potentially dangerous and difficult to navigate for the visually impaired. Using Bluetooth beacons and a smartphone app we guide them through these environments by providing the information needed for that specific location. We present …

2016-09-12AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

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