Modemuze@OBA, OBA (the public library in Amsterdam), Amsterdam, 17 March–2 July 2017 Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 27 May 2017–18 February 2018

Politics defines many aspects of people’s lives, even when most of them are not directly involved in political processes and have no chance to do so. Born 2500 years ago in Athens, for broader public democracy became the way to influence their societies’ lives: discussions that were previously held behind …

De tevredenheid over activiteitgerelateerde werkomgevingen (AGW omgevingen) valt vaak tegen, waarbij we opvallende verschillen zien tussen individuele gebruikers. Een beter begrip van deze verschillen kan bijdragen aan het optimaliseren van de tevredenheid en daarmee samenhangende organisatie uitkomsten. …

Abstract. Background: Physical exercise benefits functioning, health, and well-being. However, people living with dementia in partic ular hardly engage in exercise. Exergaming (exercise and gaming) is an innovative, fun, and relatively safe way of exercising in a virtual reality or gaming environment. …

BACKGROUND: Our previously published CUDA-only application PaSWAS for Smith-Waterman (SW) sequence alignment of any type of sequence on NVIDIA-based GPUs is platform-specific and therefore adopted less than could be. The OpenCL language is supported more widely and allows use on a variety of hardware …

In face-to-face social interactions, blind and visually impaired persons (VIPs) lack access to nonverbal cues like facial expressions, body posture, and gestures, which may lead to impaired interpersonal communication. In this study, a wearable sensory substitution device (SSD) consisting of a head mounted …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this exploratory study was to obtain greater insight into the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on the mental health of employees. METHODS: Using PsycINFO, PubMed, and CINAHL, we performed a systematic review …

In September 2017, the English-taught, 3-year Bachelor Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) has changed its curriculum from a linear to a flexible, choice-based modular curriculum, 'Curriculum M'. And with it, one integrated assessment method …

De Nederlandse gezondheidszorg is de afgelopen jaren onderhevig geweest aan verschillende hervormingen vanwege verschuivingen in de maatschappij en zorg. De vergrijzing en het toenemende aantal chronisch zieke patiënten leidt tot stijgende zorgkosten. Als gevolg hiervan heeft het gezondheidsstelsel een …

Achtergrond: Aspecifieke nekpijn is de op drie na meest voorkomende musculoskeletale klacht ter wereld. In de fysiotherapie is ruim 11% van de totale fysiotherapieconsumptie door patiënten met aspecifieke nekpijn. Er wordt verwacht dat er een toename zal zijn van de prevalentie voor nekpijn in de komende …