The agrifood sector is crucial for achieving global food security and environmental sustainability. In the Netherlands, innovations in food technology and adjacent areas are achieved in attractive projects at Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) in close interaction with government, industry, other …

This positioning statement is written for the Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing (CoE HA) and allied schools within the Hanze University of Applied Sciences. As focus for the coming years, the CoE HA has identified three themes, as well as three so-called ‘enablers’, i.e. approaches, methods and tools …

Most professionalisation programmes to support teacher educators as research supervisors focus on the development of research skills. The methodology of practice-oriented research, in addition to a clear vision on the function, and purpose of student research often receives little attention. At the Amsterdam …

Non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 could benefit from awake proning. Awake proning is an attractive intervention in settings with limited resources, as it comes with no additional costs. However, awake proning remains poorly used probably because of unfamiliarity and …

Background: Healthcare practitioner beliefs influence patients’ beliefs and health outcomes in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. A validated questionnaire based on modern pain neuroscience assessing Knowledge and Attitudes of Pain (KNAP) was unavailable. Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and …

This study starts with a literature review on SLS-printed PA12 and how its ductility is influenced in the printing process as well as by post processing. The rest of the study focuses on one particular post processing technique, heat treatment under isostatic pressure, including an experimental phase …

Presentation at the International Business School, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen

Although Corona is a very nasty virus, we can learn from the global imbalance it causes. The "official" opinions are raised above any reasonable and unreasonable doubt, which is dangerous, because unexpected events, such as the new Coronavirus, always lack knowledge at first. By accepting assumptions …

CC-BY    Gepubliceerd in Nurse Education Today, January 2021https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691720314933Background: Although older adults are sexual, sexuality is infrequently discussed with them by health care professionals. Nursing students, as future professionals, can make …

Background: In implementation science, vast gaps exist between theoretical and practical knowledge. These gaps prevail in the process of getting from problem analysis to selecting implementation strategies while engaging stakeholders including care users. Objective: To describe a process of how to …