Societal developments show that future demands for visualization can be expected to grow. In many areas of organized human activities organizations may turn away from textual and numerical flatlands, and rely on the convenient and multidimensional digital worlds. Virtual worlds for facility management, …

Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van boerendochters die niet op de boerderij zijn gebleven en een bestaan in de stad boven het leven op het platteland verkozen. Het is op een bijzondere manier tot stand gekomen: de vrouwen die worden geportretteerd hebben in een aantal bijeenkomsten hun levensverhalen met …

Deployments, such as the ones to Uruzgan, do not end when service members return home. For an extensive period of time, they have performed their jobs in a hazardous environment, with ambushes and violent attacks and the risk of being wounded or even killed. They may also have witnessed violation of …

Within the context of the information society, access to computers and the internet has been considered to be a new fault line in social exclusion. This has resulted in numerous initiatives on e-inclusion. There is however a second development, that of evidence-based practice, the approach that wants …

As is often reported in the literature exploring the research-practice gap, applying the principles of evidence-based practice is easier said than done. Action research is a methodology with an explicit intent of linking the worlds of research and practice. This review attempts to answer the question: …

This paper analyzes connectivity and efficiency of a SME network across two industries. These characteristics are likely to be different for networks of various industries. The concept of 'small worlds' is used to judge overall network efficiency. The actual network can be classified as one in which …

The 'implementation' and use of smart home technology to lengthen independent living of non-instutionalized elderly have not always been flawless. The purpose of this study is to show that problems with smart home technology can be partially ascribed to differences in perception of the stakeholders involved. …

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This paper presents a look into the issues related to the Deaf community, to sign language and Deaf Studies in the Netherlands over de past 25 years.

The increase of the importance of information can be found more in the explosion of the connectivity and of the information standards which guarantee the open, almost free, exchange of a constantly growing world of rich information. This phenomenon has greatly contributed to major breakthroughs and innovations …