BACKGROUND: Metatarsal pads are frequently prescribed for patients with metatarsalgia to reduce pain under the distal metatarsal heads. Several studies showed reduced pain and reduced plantar pressure just distal to the metatarsal pad. However, only part of the pain reduction could be explained by the …

This final project has been assigned by ProDemos Huis voor Democratie en Rechtsstaat (House for Democracy and Rule of Law). This final project is a graduation paper for the bachelor degree European Studies from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. This benchmark research paper compares ProDemos …

Dit proefschrift presenteert twee theoretische kaders voor het ontwerpen van games en beschrijft hoe game designers deze kunnen inzetten om het game ontwerpproces te stroomlijnen. Er bestaan op dit moment meerdere ontwerptheorie¨en voor games, maar geen enkele kan rekenen op een breed draagvlak binnen …

In dit rapport worden de haalbaarheid en de mogelijkheden voor drijvend groen onderzocht. Beschreven is wat nodig zou moeten zijn om drijvend groen te realiseren op water. Er worden diverse bestaande systemen bekeken en onderzocht op de mogelijkheden. Vervolgens wordt het beste systeem verder uitgewerkt …

De gemeente Breda heeft zoals veel Nederlandse gemeenten te maken met bezuinigingen. Één van de maatregelen om hieraan te voldoen is gevonden in de omvorming van groen met hoge onderhoudskosten naar groen met lage onderhoudskosten. Om inzicht te krijgen in de effecten van deze omvormingen, heeft de gemeente …

Excellence education and the production of space: the effects of excellence programs on educational institutions.

Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

Engagement is seen as an important characteristic of action research. The term is often used to refer to the participation and involvement of the research participants. Within this article we take another angle and explore the concept of engagement in relation to the main action researcher. Using an …

What is the meaning of social context for the connection between Psychologists and Social Workers with the organization they work for? Many professionals are searching for both professional space, and a fitting connectedness to the organization. This connection seems to be greatly influenced by social …

In zoos there is a lack of space for old world monkeys as enclosures become bigger and more naturalistic, because of the advances in enclosure design. A potential solution is housing old world monkey species in mixed species exhibits. The main question to research this potential is: Which of the TAG …