BACKGROUND: ICT based solutions are increasingly introduced for active and healthy ageing. In this context continuous monitoring of older adults with domestic sensor systems has been suggested to provide important information about their functional health. However, there is not yet a solid model for …

Purpose / objective: Head and neck cancer patients treated with chemoradiation are at risk for developing trismus (reduced mouth opening). Trismus is often a persisting side-effect and difficult to manage. It impairs eating, speech and oral hygiene, affecting quality of life. Although several studies …

This paper focuses on the evaluation of dementia case management in the Netherlands, as well as factors associated with positive evaluations of informal caregivers. A survey was completed by 554 informal carers. The majority of the informal carers were older (69% was 55+), and female (73%), and often …

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The Dutch overestimate their English speaking skills. Their pronunciation is not always convincing and certain pronunciation mistakes are easily recognised as being typical for Dutch speakers of English. Although intelligibility cannot exist without adequate pronunciation, teaching English pronunciation …

Dit onderzoek gaat over leesstrategieën die gebruikt kunnen worden bij het lezen van Duitse teksten. Het gaat hierbij om lezers die in hun eerste leerjaar zitten wat het vak Duits betreft. Duits is hun derde vreemde taal. Het voornaamste doel van het onderzoek is het vinden van een leesstrategie die …

In dit onderzoek is gekeken naar de verschillende technieken om elektriciteit op te slaan en onderzocht is of deze technieken geschikt zouden kunnen zijn voor toepassing op het Nederlandse Waddeneiland Ameland. Dit is relevant in verband met de energiedoelstelling van de gemeente Ameland (energieneutraal …

With increasing world population, more wastewater is produced which all need purification treatment. Removal of pathogenic organisms is important because they can cause problems to human health. This experiment will focus on the removal of human bacterial pathogens. The problem of human bacterial pathogens …

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit wurde die Relevanz der Roten Liste der gefährdeten Haustierrassen für die Zucht des Trakehner Pferdes untersucht. Diese Untersuchung bezieht sich zum einen auf den tierzüchterischen Aspekt und zum anderen auf den kulturhistorischen Aspekt. Zentral in der Fragestellung …