Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share …

Protective clothing is designed to protect humans against risks like fire, chemicals or blunt impact. Although protect¡ve clothing diminishes the effects of external risks, it may hinder people in functioning and it may also introduce new (internal) risks. Manufacturers are often not aware of the seriousness …

Health care professionals responsible for patients with complex wounds need a particular level of expertise and education to ensure optimum wound care. However, uniform education for those working as wound care nurses is lacking. We aimed to reach consensus among experts from six European countries as …

Dit artikel presenteert een instrument waarmee kwalitatief goede lesmomenten en ‘voorkeurshandelen’ van leerkrachten opgespoord kunnen worden bij wetenschap- en technologie-activiteiten. Het instrument brengt de expressieve pedagogical content knowledge in kaart: de inhoudelijke kennis die de leerkracht …

Vier jaar geleden verzochten de drie noordelijke provincies aan de Hanzehogeschool Groningen en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen om een netwerk op te richten waar professionals kennis over krimp kunnen halen en brengen. Eén loket: van het Noorden, voor het Noorden. Dit verzoek heeft geleid tot het Kennisnetwerk …

The present study attempts to explore the field of creative music workshops with the elderly. A growing amount of research has been carried out into running (creative) workshops, and besides we know a lot about the elderly and ageing. The aim of this research is to gather knowledge on the merging of …

Poster: Conference European Council of High Ability (ECHA), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-20 September 2014.

Locally produced methane, - either as biomethane or power-to-gas product, has to be stored to provide a reliable gas source for the fluctuating demand of any local gas distribution network. Additionally, methane is a prominent transportation fuel but its suitability for vehicular application depends …

In order to gain a more mature share in the future energy supply, green gas supply chains face some interesting challenges. In this thesis green gas supply chains, based on codigestion of cow manure and maize, are considered. The produced biogas is upgraded to natural gas quality and injected into the …

Does Northern Europe possess unique characteristics that cannot disappear and do not need to disappear, or will globalisation inevitably result in uniformity, divested businesses, lower wages and huge pressure on social security provisions? This is one of the main questions addressed by the authors. …