RATIONALE: Adherence rates to guidelines show room for improvement, and increase in adherence to guidelines may potentially lead to better outcomes and reduced costs of treatment. To improve adherence, it is essential to understand the considerations of physiotherapists regarding the assessment and management …

Background: A consistent finding in the literature is the decline in physical activity during adolescence, resulting in activity levels below the recommended guidelines. Therefore, promotion of physical activity is recommended specifically for prevocational students. Objective: This protocol paper describes …

Limacon is a marketing agency that provides services in marketing, sales, event management and business digitalization. The company consists of 21 employees, 5 of which are the managers of the five main departments of the company – marketing, sales, events, web and administration. The target customers …

This thesis document is aimed at the development and implementation of a new storage system and process within several departments operating in the ICL Amfert facility. The departments are currently storing their data in two hard drives and wanted to migrate their information in a SharePoint environment …

Background: Despite the increasing attention for the positive effects of physical activity (PA), nearly half of the Dutch citizens do not meet the national PA guidelines. A promising method for increasing PA are mobile exercise applications (apps), especially if they are embedded with theoretically supported …

The study was conducted in commission of New Industrial Order (N.I.O), a laboratory for Fashion-On-Demand based in Amsterdam. A knowledge gap in literature was identified concerning the environmental performance of On-Demand manufacturing. To fill the gap, a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment was initiated, …

Background There are distinct differences in the implementation of physiotherapeutic care in nursing homes. Both nationally and internationally staffing levels of physiotherapy differ significantly between and within nursing homes. Since legislation or guidelines that specify the parameters of physiotherapy …

While social robots bring new opportunities for education, they also come with moral challenges. Therefore, there is a need for moral guidelines for the responsible implementation of these robots. When developing such guidelines, it is important to include different stakeholder perspectives. Existing …

Implementation of reliable methodologies allowing Reduction, Refinement, and Replacement (3Rs) of animal testing is a process that takes several decades and is still not complete. Reliable methods are essential for regulatory hazard assessment of chemicals where differences in test protocol can influence …

Purpose: Aphasia after stroke has been shown to lead to communication difficulties between healthcare professionals (HCP) and people with aphasia. Clinical guidelines emphasize the importance of teaching HCP to use supportive conversative techniques through communication partner training (CPT). The aim …