Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media …

Amsterdam Science Park (ASP) is a pearl in the crown of the Amsterdam knowledge economy, with its high-level research institutes (the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam, several institutes of the NWO, the Dutch national science organisation) and a growing number of knowledge-based companies …

OBJECTIVE: To identify trajectories of cognitive-affective depressive symptoms among acutely hospitalized older patients and whether trajectories are related to prognostic baseline factors and three-month outcomes such as functional decline, falls, unplanned readmissions, and mortality. METHODS: Prospective …

In mei 2019 boog een kleine groep experts uit 11 Europese lidstaten zich over de vraag hoe loopbanen voor leraren versterkt kunnen worden en welke rol schoolleiders daarbij spelen. De werkconferentie die plaats vond in Antwerpen was georganiseerd door de Working Group Schools van de Europese Commissie. …

BACKGROUND: Instability of the knee joint during gait is frequently reported by patients with knee osteoarthritis or an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. The assessment of instability in clinical practice and clinical research studies mainly relies on self-reporting. Alternatively, parameters measured …

The number we call π has a long and varied history. In this article we look at its early origins, using Egyptian, Babylonian and Greek sources from more than two thousand years ago. These sources offer wonderful opportunities to introduce meaning and value in a first grade class, even without the need …

Geert-Jan van Bussel runt zijn eigen bedrijf en is docent-onderzoeker aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. In de loop van de tijd heeft hij het vak, en zijn eigen rol daarin, keer op keer zien veranderen.