In 1995 is de Europese privacyrichtlijn 95/46.EG (Richtlijn) tot stand gekomen om de privacy van burgers te waarborgen, waarna in Nederland de Richtlijn in de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (Wbp) is geïmplementeerd. Door de snelle technologische ontwikkelingen van de afgelopen jaren en de opkomst van …

In Noord-Nederland zijn sociale ondernemingen in opkomst, net als in de rest van Nederland. We hebben een eerste regionale verkenning van de aard en omvang van deze sector uitgevoerd. Hoe ziet de groep van sociale ondernemingen in deze regio er uit? Welke belemmeringen komen ze tegen en aan welke ondersteuning …

Wednesday 17th of January MediaLAB Amsterdam arranged LABFEST, a final expo where we could showcase our protypes and talk to people in the industry about our projects. We got a lot of nice feedback and are happy with the end-product we came up with. Quite a lot of people showed up and we were excited …

In urban planning, 3D modeling and virtual reality (VR) provide new means for involving citizens in the planning process. For municipal government, it is essential to know how effective these means are, to justify investments. In this study, we present a case of using VR in a municipal process of civic …

Municipalities increasingly seek to include citizens in decision-making processes regarding local issues, such as urban planning. This paper presents a case study on using Virtual Reality (VR) in a process of civic participation in the redesign of a public park. The municipality included citizens in …

Dit praktijkgericht actie onderzoek (Lange, 2011), in het kader van de opleiding Master of Educational Needs, gaat over het verhogen van de motivatie van de tweedejaars leerlingen op de Praktijkschool waar ik werk. Motivatie is zeer belangrijk om goed te kunnen functioneren in de maatschappij. Wanneer …

Using Illumina HiSeq and PacBio technologies, we sequenced the genome of the multidrug-resistant bacterium Staphylococcus haemolyticus, originating from a bloodstream infection in a neonate. The sequence data can be used as an accurate reference sequence.

Previous research suggests that narrative engagement (NE) in entertainment-education (E-E) narratives reduces counterarguing, thereby leading to E-E impact on behavior. It is, however, unclear how different NE processes (narrative understanding, attentional focus, emotional engagement, narrative presence) …