This research is conducted within the company context of Grosso Moda to investigate how the accuracy of digital garment simulation of suiting styles can be improved so that the product development process can replace physical samples with digital ones to improve efficiency while reducing time and costs. Suiting …

Drug consumption estimates are of relevance because of public health effects as well as associated criminal activities. Wastewater analysis of drug residues enables the estimation of drug consumption and drug markets. Short-term and long-term trends of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamine (speed) and …

Cannabis is commonly characterized as the most normalized illicit drug. However, it remains a prohibited substance in most parts of the world, including Europe, and users can still be subject to stigmatization. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent and how cannabis users in different …

We are currently in the middle of the transformation from Martin Heidegger’s modern society to a society based on digital technology. In the developing digital society, humans in their current state of ‘Being’ are increasingly surrounded by systems that are networked and run based on algorithms, software, …

In some countries, personal assistants may facilitate sexual engagement of people with disabilities. A specific form of facilitating sexuality are services that offer paid sex with sex care workers. In the Netherlands, there is no training available for sex care workers. To provide input for such training, …

The relationship between race and biology is complex. In contemporary medical science, race is a social construct that is measured via self-identification of study participants. But even though race has no biological essence, it is often used as variable in medical guidelines (e.g., treatment recommendations …

Our nursing students often do not experience a basis of equality and trust during their clinical placements, in their interactions with patients, clinical supervisors, or other healthcare professionals1,. Connecting or Nonviolent Communication, which focuses on interpersonal rather than job specific …

Nursing students are at risk of physical and mental health problems, such as musculoskeletal complaints (MSC) and psychological distress, contributing to dropout from nursing education. Both distress and MSCs are high and apparently rising in this population. However, based upon two systematic reviews …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with COVID-19 severity in clinical settings. No general population-based studies on the association between actual frailty status and COVID-19 hospitalization are available. AIMS: To investigate the association between frailty and the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization …

An architect’s research on a self-designed building: residential care facility for residents showing challenging behaviour. A seminar by Berit Ann RoosAs an architect I have designed a very intensive care (VIC) residential facility for intellectually impaired individuals showing challenging behavior. …