The country of Curaçao, a Small Island Developing State, is currently dealing with the challenge of waste mismanagement. Inhabitants generate approximately 2.5 kilograms of waste per day per capita, and the majority of this generated waste is landfilled at the Malpais landfill. The current issue is …

Conservative, surgical and pharmacological strategies for chronic low back pain (CLBP) management offer at best modest effect sizes in reducing pain and related disability, indicating a need for improvement. Such improvement may be derived from applying contemporary pain neuroscience to the management …

A Bachelor graduation thesis about the approach-avoidance tendency to facial emotions in relation to personality traits. 

Abstract Introduction Stroke survivors often fall during walking. To reduce fall risk, gait testing and training with avoidance of virtual obstacles is gaining popularity. However, it is unknown whether and how virtual obstacle crossing is associated with fall risk. Aim The present study assessed …

Terwijl de bevolkingsontwikkeling in Europa stagneert, groeien steden nog steeds. Ze bieden immers een hoog voorzieningenniveau en de economische activiteiten concentreren zich daar steeds meer. Waar veel van deze activiteiten in het verleden aan een plek gebonden waren door lokale beschikbaarheid van …

In this research report a port delay-analysis was created that showed the different ports where the Odin loaded and discharged. MV Odin is a general cargo ship which always sails in liner service. This means that MV Odin always loads and discharges in the same harbours. These harbours are in Oxelösund …

The purpose of this research was to meta-analyze studies which experimentally induced an achievement goal state to examine its causal effect on the individual’s performance at the task at hand, and to investigate the moderator effects of feedback anticipation and time pressure. The data set comprised …

A multilayer scheme is here proposed to implement coordinated control of a group of mobile robots. Specifically, a trajectory tracking controller is proposed to coordinately guide a platoon of robots, with an obstacle deviation subsystem based on virtual forces and mechanical impedance implemented in …

People tend to use the same door every time they enter and exit a building. When certainentrances are widely preferred over others, congestion can occur. This paper describes twointerventions to persuade visitors to use another entrance. The first intervention used sensory deprivation (darkness), and …

With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling to player action, however, is not without challenges. Many physiological …