OBJECTIVES: To study sensor monitoring (use of a sensor network placed in the home environment to observe individuals' daily functioning (activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living)) as a method to measure and support daily functioning for older people living independently …

Human Resource Management (HRM) is widely believed to have a positive effect on the performance of company. However, empirical proof of this is hard to come by. In this study, we try to establish a linkage between HRM and financial output of two case studies in the profit sector. To do this, we have …

Vraagstelling: Welke maximale laboratoriumtest meet het best de aerobe capaciteit bij rolstoelafhankelijke kinderen en adolescenten van zes tot 18 jaar met Spina Bifida: de rollerbank test of de armergometer test? Methode: 11 rolstoelafhankelijke kinderen en adolescenten (acht jongens, drie meisjes, …

Paper presented at the CARPE Conference Manchester 2013 Various programs in higher education feel a need to teach project management skills to students. Measuring the effect of education is a challenge especially when focused on behavioral skills. Research on learning gains often turns to the method …

Patients who suffer with schizophrenia haven’t got enough skills to deal with stress. The change on a psychosis increases by stress. Within the forensic psychiatry there hasn’t been much research to stress management training for patients with psychotic problems. Hence came the question for effect measurement …

Samenvatting Inleiding: Alhoewel er al veel geschreven is over het opstaan van ouderen, gaat dit vooral over de biomechanica en sta-op strategieën. Echter weinig is er nog bekent over het effect van een sta-op stoel op de fysieke activiteit van ouderen, terwijl voldoende fysieke activiteit essentieel …

In the medical community, X-rays are an important tool in imaging the human body. In principle X-ray images are 2 dimensional images. By measuring such X-ray images at multiple angles, one can construct the 3 dimensional inner structure of the sample. This 3 dimensional structure is created by applying …

The human population on earth has increased from 3 billion to 6 billion since 1960 and nearly 25% of the earth's terrestrial surface is now cultivated. The human pressure causes habitat fragmentation and has reduced populations of large carnivores throughout the world. Livestock depredation is the most …

Community-based nature management is becoming more common around the world. Non-governmental nature organisations in the Netherlands, such as Natuurmonumenten, are responding to this trend by setting up communities. Since Natuurmonumenten has limited experience in this respect, this study aimed to provide …

The employees of Philips deal with dozens, maybe hundreds of e-mail messages, memos or other internal related messages every day. Do the employees even open all of these messages? In order to be able to see how effective the internal communication is the Consumer Lifestyle (CL) Operations department …