Introduction: Visually impaired people experience trouble with navigation and orientation due to their weakened ability to rely on eyesight to monitor the environment [1][2]. Smartphones such as the iPhone are already popular devices among the visually impaired for navigating [3]. We explored if an iPhone …

This thesis is written for ‘Theater aan de Schie’ to determine which measures they should take to generate more revenue from the rental of the theater. This research provides insight into how companies find a location and which criteria they find important. This thesis used the Marketing RaDaR of Nate …

BACKGROUND: Postprocedural complications after elective cardiac interventions include hematomas and infections. Telemedical wound assessment using mobile phones with integrated cameras may improve quality of care and help reduce costs. AIMS: We aimed to study the feasibility of telemedical wound assessment …

This is a thesis written for the owners of Zomerliefde. Zomerliefde is a wine especially for festivals. The wine is available in a plastic bottle, so at festivals the wine can be sold by bottle. This report and research has been executed, because Zomerliefde is a new company that wants to know how they …

This article illustrates the ‘visual turn’ approach to sports history in an analysis of traditionally under-researched material from the late nineteenth century. Focusing on football (‘soccer’) action photography, we argue that interpreting this visual material contributes significantly to the exploration …

Personal possessions of nursing home residents can contribute to their sense of home. This study investigated which of the personal belongings were considered most important, and if these items indeed contributed to a sense of home. A qualitative research was conducted with 27 nursing home residents. …

Purpose: To manage social roles is a challenging part of self-management post-stroke. This study explored how stroke survivors act as role managers with their spouses in the context of everyday activities. Method: Two stroke survivors with a first time stroke living at home with a spouse were included. …

This report describes the research and development of the design of a new solenoid solution that can tip fruit two ways on the K-carrier machine. Chapter one gives some background information on the company and the assignment. It gives an explanation of the machine its operation with different pictures. Chapter …

The rise of smart technologies has created new opportunities to support blind and visually impaired persons (VIPs). One of the biggest problems we identified in our previous research on problems VIPs face during activities of daily life concerned the recognition of persons and their facial expressions. …

Nursing home residents with dementia face challenges in adapting to a new living environment and feeling at home. Due to communicative limitations, people with dementia after often left out of design processes. The aim of this study is to investigate the housing needs in relation to the interior design …