At first glance, Public Sector Innovation (PSI) Labs are gaining prominence within academic literature, the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, because of the relative newness and conceptual ambiguity of this concept, the exact contribution of these labs to theory and practice is still unclear. …

With increase in awareness of the risks posed by climate change and increasingly severe weather events, attention has turned to the need for urgent action. While strategies to respond to flooding and drought are well-established, the effects - and effective response - to heat waves is much less understood. …

Achtergrond: Kwetsbaarheid is een term die veel en in toenemende mate wordt gebruikt in het omschrijven van individuen met een verhoogd risico op negatieve gezondheidsuitkomsten als gevolg van meerdere lichamelijke, psychische en/of sociale problemen. Kwetsbaarheid komt vaak voor bij ouderen. Desondanks …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with COVID-19 severity in clinical settings. No general population-based studies on the association between actual frailty status and COVID-19 hospitalization are available. AIMS: To investigate the association between frailty and the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization …

Background: Direct support professionals’(DSPs’) attitudes toward nutrition are important for supporting a healthy lifestyle of persons with intellectual disabilities. However, there are no instruments to measure it. The aim of this study was to compose a questionnaire and determine its internal validity. …

Background Variations in communicative participation of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) cannot be wholly explained by their language difficulties alone and may be influenced by contextual factors. Contextual factors may support or hinder communicative participation in children, which …

Als onderdeel van de proeftuin voor energiebesparing voor minder hoge inkomens van de gemeente Aa en Hunze, heeft het lectoraat Communication, Behaviour and the Sustainable Society van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen een nulmeting gedaan, met betrekking tot de verschillende partijen waarmee huishoudens …

While modern wind turbines have become by far the largest rotating machines on Earth with further upscaling planned for the future, a renewed interest in small wind turbines (SWTs) is fostering energy transition and smart grid development. Small machines have traditionally not received the same level …