This research paper was written for [Company] which is a start-up company from Delft, The Netherlands. [Company] has developed an innovative new product in the MedTech industry which uses robotics and AI to deliver an autonomous Transthoracic Echocardiogram (an ultrasound scan of the heart). [Company] …

At a time of mounting ecological crises and biodiversity loss, there is an urgent need for nature-based solutions. Equestrian properties cover a considerable proportion of the European rural and peri-urban landscape and provide much potential for integrating ecosystem services, such as the inclusion …

Presentatie van de Learning Community Implementatie en Adoptie van Technologie binnen zorg. Na een globaal overzicht van Health Noord worden de opzet en lopende onderzoeken binnen deze learning community van Health Noord gepresenteerd.

The definition of ‘Assistive Technology’ (AT) includes both assistive products and the services or actions necessary for safe and effective provision of the assistive products to people who need them. International standards and product specifications exist for assistive products. Despite huge unmet …

Sedentary behavior (SB) is prevalent in workplaces, putting office workers at an increased risk of severe health problems. To help designers and researchers gain a better understanding of office workers’ contextual concerns for physical inactivity (reducing SB and enhancing physical activity (PA)), we …

This thesis is a literature review on the impact of global warming on the great whale pump in Europe. Global warming is known to have an effect on different ecosystems around the world. However, what is largely unknown is the impact of global warming on marine systems and specifically large whales that …

The current Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of urban public spaces in achieving health and social well-being (Dobson, 2021; Poortinga et al., 2021), prompting policymakers and urban planners to rethink their approach to the design of these spaces. They now propagate adapting urban public …

Presentatie over triple helix samenwerking in de regio tijdens partnerbijeenkomst van Health Hub Roden

Royal Eijkelkamp is a company in the Netherlands that specializes in soil improvement, soil conditions, water preservation, and agricultural research. The company has started an innovation platform in partnership with Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences that is named InnoFields. The InnoFields …

Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …