In 2020 is vanuit het SPRONG-Educatief programma van SIA en NRO het STEMnetwerk (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) gestart. Doel hiervan is het bouwen van een stevig landelijk lerend netwerk op het gebied van STEM-onderwijs, om de kwaliteit van dit onderwijs te verbeteren. In de onderwijspraktijk …

Inleiding: In Almere groeien rond de 8000 kinderen en jongeren (0-18 jaar) op in armoede. Kinderen en jongeren uit (langdurig) arme gezinnen hebben het vaak moeilijker dan kinderen en jongeren uit meer welvarende gezinnen. Er is minder geld voor nieuwe kleren, verjaardagen of vakantie. Ook een lidmaatschap …

Inleiding: In 2017 heeft de gemeente Amersfoort besloten om extra te investeren in maatregelen ten behoeve van kinderen uit gezinnen met een laag inkomen én volwassen minima (met een inkomen tot 120-150% van het sociaal minimum) in het raadsbesluit ‘doorontwikkeling minimabeleid’. Doel van deze doorontwikkeling …

With the proliferation of misinformation on the web, automatic methods for detecting misinformation are becoming an increasingly important subject of study. If automatic misinformation detection is applied in a real-world setting, it is necessary to validate the methods being used. Large language models …

The project X-TEAM D2D (Extended ATM for Door-to-Door Travel) has been funded by SESAR JU in 2020 and completed its activities in 2022, pursuing and accomplishing the definition, development and initial assessment of a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the seamless integration of ATM and air transport …

Cooperation is more likely when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, partner choice may be detrimental in unequal societies, in which individuals differ in available resources and productivity, and thus in their attractiveness as interaction partners. Here we experimentally examine …

Virtual training systems provide highly realistic training environments for police. This study assesses whether a pain stimulus can enhance the training responses and sense of the presence of these systems. Police officers (n = 219) were trained either with or without a pain stimulus in a 2D simulator …

When physicians and nurses are looking at the same patient, they may not see the same picture. If assuming that the clinical reasoning of both professions is alike and ignoring possible differences, aspects essential for care can be overlooked. Understanding the multifaceted concept of clinical reasoning …

Background Critically ill patients are subject to severe skeletal muscle wasting during intensive care unit (ICU) stay, resulting in impaired short- and long-term functional outcomes and health-related quality of life. Increased protein provision may improve functional outcomes in ICU patients by attenuating …

The COVID-19 pandemic took over the world in March 2020. After the implementation of lock-down measures,the level of acute loneliness increased around the world (Dahlberg,2021). This emotional state was especially prevalent among students who experienced the dramatic shift of education from …