Game Mechanics is aimed at game design students and industry professionals who want to improve their understanding of how to design, build, and test the mechanics of a game. Game Mechanics will show you how to design, test, and tune the core mechanics of a game—any game, from a huge role-playing game …

The essence of a democratic process is the guarantee that citizens have free and easy access to public information. How can that be made possible and how can people learn to use that information critically? In earlier papers (Boef, et.al. 2008 and 2009), we discussed the relationship between public library, …

This paper presents the design and long-term study of BiebBeep, a large interactive touchscreen that has been developed with the aim to augment the information and social function of a library. BiebBeep displays user-generated and context-relevant content, such as information about local events and book …

Identifying factors that predict health-related quality of life (QOL) following hematopoietic SCT, is important in estimating patients’ abilities to adjust to the consequences of their disease and treatment. As the studies that have been published on this subject are scattered, the present study aimed …

From the article: Business process management and business rules management both focus on controlling business activities in organizations. Although both management principles have the same focus, they approach manageability and controllability from different perspectives. As more organizations deploy …

A large part of making a virtual 3D world look good is in the materials that have been applied to its objects. The MaterialWizard is an interface automatically generated based on a user-written WizardScript, using a custom scripting language. Users can define what data they want to use for a given material, …

Aanleiding: De MicroFET2 is een van de meest gebruikte hand-held dynamometers (HHD's) in Nederland. Toegevoegde waarde van HHD's ten opzichte van manuele kracht testen hangt samen met de betrouwbaarheid, validiteit en de normwaarden. Door eerder onderzoek is aangetoond dat er verschillen zijn tussen …

Doel: Een evaluatie van de effecten van 'Conventionele Musculoskeletale Oefentherapie', 'Dans / Tai Chi' en 'Qigong' op de kwaliteit van leven bij patiënten met M. Parkinson. Methode: Een systematische zoektocht in de databanken PubMed, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library en PEDro. Systematic reviews …

The research described in this paper provides insights into tools and methods which are used by professional information workers to keep and to manage their personal information. A literature study was carried out on 23 scholar papers and articles, retrieved from the ACM Digital Library and Library and …

Achtergrond: Hoewel het carpale scaphoïd een van de kleinste botten in het lichaam is, vormt de scaphoïdbreuk 60% tot 90% van de totale carpale fracturen. De meerderheid van deze letsels treedt op bij jonge mannen van tussen de 20 en 30 jaar oud. De behandeling van acute stabiele of minimaal gedisloceerde …