Abstract: Technological innovation in the healthcare sector is increasing, but integration of information technology (IT) in the care process is difficult. Healthcare workers are important agents in this IT integration. The purpose of this study is to explore factors that feed motivation to use IT. Self-determination …

In higher education, design thinking is often taught as a process. Yet design cognition resides in action and design practices. Dewey’s pragmatism offers a solid epistemology for design thinking. This paper describes a design research whereby Dewey’s inquiry served as the foundation for educating students. …

My recently started Civic Prototyping research group aims to develop new tools and methods enabling urban residents to exploratively research and develop applications of new technologies. This allows them to improve their everyday lives by taking their own initiative in creating valuable services, products, …

For this book, we chose the term Applied Design Research. “We”are the Network Applied Design Research: a learning community of professors and researchers at various universities of applied sciences. Within this community, we share our experiences with the many forms of applied design research. We consciously …

Op het onlangs gehouden congres ‘Welkom in de Nieuwe Binnenstad’ van Platform De Nieuwe Winkelstraat gaf de Leidse cultuurmakelaar en dirigent Guido Marchena aan dat de cultuursector een belangrijke bijdrage kan leveren aan binnenstedelijke ontwikkeling. Ook Olaf Zwijnenburg, sectormanager Retail en …

Additions to the book "Systems Design and Engineering" by Bonnema et.al. Subjects were chosen based on the Systems Engineering needs for Small and Medium Enterprises, as researched in the SESAME project. The

BACKGROUND: The SpO2/FiO2 is a useful oxygenation parameter with prognostic capacity in patients with ARDS. We investigated the prognostic capacity of SpO2/FiO2 for mortality in patients with ARDS due to COVID-19. METHODS: This was a post-hoc analysis of a national multicenter cohort study in invasively …

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Het huidige desinfectieproces voor endoscopen kost veel tijd, veroorzaakt veel herbesmettingen en gebruikt veel chemicaliën. Het doel van dit onderzoek is het vinden en testen van een nieuwe desinfectiemethode voor de werkkanalen van endoscopen die het huidige proces verbetert. Aan de hand van de literatuur …

Design and research are two fields of knowledge that each has its traditions, methods, standards and practices. These two worlds appear to be quite separate, with researchers investigating what exists, and designers visualising what could be. This book builds a bridge between both worlds by showing how …