We present our ongoing work on upgrading the Amsterdam Public Library's book database search capabilities. So far, users have had to input the exact book title and/or author name without any typos or misspellings in order to retrieve any results. This is in sharp contrast with the manner in which users …

Background Prehabilitation offers patients the opportunity to actively participate in their perioperative care by preparing themselves for their upcoming surgery. Experiencing barriers may lead to non-participation, which can result in a reduced functional capacity, delayed post-operative recovery and …

The demands on lecturers in higher education to select, structure, and contextualise relevant and up-to-date resources for their students have increased; behaviour that is often referred to as curation. Currently, systematic insight into lecturers’ curational behaviour is limited. This scoping literature …

In de periode september 2019 tot april 2020 heeft HanzePro SOFE in opdracht van de provincie Groningen een verkenning uitgevoerd naar de restauratiebranche in de provincie Groningen. De thema’s onderwijs, arbeidsmarkt en innovaties stonden daarbij centraal. Het doel van de verkenning was om te komen …

International Conference “Groundwater, key to the Sustainable Development Goals”. Paris, May 18-20th, 2022ClimateCafé is a multi-, trans-, interdisciplinary and international event of several days in which young professionals, stakeholders and scientist come together to collect data and design (potential) …

Presentatie die we vanuit het lectoraat hebben gegeven op het EcoCity World Summit te Rotterdam. Centraal stond onze online database Climatescan en de toepassingen en diversiteit van deze tool.

Stormwater runoff can contain high amounts of Potential Toxic Elements (PTE) as heavy metals. PTE can have negative and direct impact on the quality of surface waters and groundwater. The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) demands enhanced protection of the aquatic environment. As a consequence, …

The current Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of urban public spaces in achieving health and social well-being (Dobson, 2021; Poortinga et al., 2021), prompting policymakers and urban planners to rethink their approach to the design of these spaces. They now propagate adapting urban public …

Bitman B.V. heeft in 2012 een knowledge based system ontwikkeld wat momenteel door T-Mobile gebruikt wordt. De decision tree opzet is de kern van het systeem. Het huidige systeem is opgezet in PHP Fusebox, een verouderd framework waar geen updates meer voor worden uitgebracht. Dit heeft als gevolg dat …

Background and Objectives: The transition from home to a nursing home is a stressful event for both older persons and informal caregivers. Currently, this transition process is often fragmented, which can create a vicious cycle of health carerelated events. Knowledge of existing care interventions can …