This first book in the Ebifananyi series that is part of the output of PhD research presents the legacy of Ugandan photographer Deo Kyakulagira (1940-2000) in an effort to diversify the hegemonic image of 'African Photographers' resulting from success stories like those of the late Malick Sidibé and …

This research is about the effect of story on player experience; it aimed to explore the difference between gameplay and story in a player’s experience and strived to measure it. The main problem for this research was one of knowledge; does story affect the player experience? Game creators often wonder …

In the last decade, directed from the European Union, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education became a main topic on both, political and strategic managerial agenda’s. Despite the enormous effort and money invested, the failure rate of starting entrepreneurs seems to be stable. Next to an increase …

Integrated curricula seem promising for the increase of attention on science and technology in primary education. A clear picture of the advantages and disadvantages of integration efforts could help curriculum innovation. This review has focussed on integrated curricula in primary education from 1994 …

This book is an effort to explore the newly emerging field of urban interaction design that addresses these issues. In the first part of the book, 'Foundations', we look into its origins. Where do its practitioners come from? How are they working together? What methodologies do they bring to the table? …

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 …

Presentation at seminar for the Institute for Management Research of the Radboud University Nijmegen.The development of serious games is becoming an ever increasing part of the game industries. Following the success of entertainment games concepts of motivation, and the psychology behind human behavior …

In het SaxShirt-project wordt een comfortabel shirt ontwikkeld waarmee fysiologische aspecten van de drager kunnen worden gemeten, zonder dat de drager daar extra inspanning voor hoeft te leveren. Dergelijke technologieën noemen we Zero Effort Technologies (Baecker, 2011). De belangrijkste fysiologische …

Monitoring (physical) stress in professional fire fighters. It is important to measure physical performance and stress of people with physically demanding professions. This will prevent (too) high physical strain and stress that leads to a negative influence on decision-making which ultimately may causes …

In recent years, numerous environmental psychology studies have demonstrated that contact with nature as opposed to urban settings can improve an individual’s mood, can lead to increased levels of vitality, and can offer an opportunity to recover from stress. According to Attention Restoration Theory …