Recommenders play a significant role in our daily lives, making decisions for users on a regular basis. Their widespread adoption necessitates a thorough examination of how users interact with recommenders and the algorithms that drive them. An important form of interaction in these systems are algorithmic …

Intercultural Virtual Collaboration (IVC) has been a growing field in recent decades as it allows students from different cultures to work together without having to move physically. Besides providing students with an authentic experience that they are going to encounter in their future professional …

Background Identifying modifiable factors associated with well-being is of increased interest for public policy guidance. Developments in record linkage make it possible to identify what contributes to well-being from a myriad of factors. To this end, we link two large-scale data resources; the Geoscience …

De afgelopen jaren is in de zorg een verschuiving te zien, waarbij mantelzorgers steeds een belangrijkere rol zijn gaan spelen. Deze verschuiving is ook gaande in de intramurale setting. Intramurale zorg is zorg die gegeven wordt in een zorginstelling. Stichting Wonen en Zorg Purmerend (SWZP) is zo een …

Background: Poor motor skill competence may influence energy balance with childhood overweight as a result. Our aim was to investigate whether the age of motor milestone achievement has changed over the past decades and whether this change may contribute to the increasing trend observed in childhood …

We introduce two novel methods for multivariate genome-wide-association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of related traits that correct for sample overlap. A broad range of simulation scenarios supports the added value of our multivariate methods relative to univariate GWAMA. We applied the novel methods to life …

De kernwaarden van het openbaar onderwijs worden door velen gezien als onvoldoende om richting te geven aan waardevol openbaar onderwijs. In opdracht van Zaan Primair, de stichting voor openbaar onderwijs in de Zaanstreek, is onderzocht of op basis van democratie als complex waardenbegrip de identiteit …