Reviews on whole body human cold adaptation generally do not distinguish between population studies and dedicated acclimation studies, leading to confusing results. Population studies show that indigenous black Africans have reduced shivering thermogenesis in the cold and poor cold induced vasodilation …

Uit de Vijfde Landelijke Groeistudie is gebleken dat jonge kinderen nog steeds dikker worden (Schönbeck et al., 2011; Van Dommelen, Schönbeck, Van Buuren, & HiraSing, 2014). Overgewicht en obesitas nemen inmiddels schrikbarende waarden aan. Minder eten en meer bewegen zijn de simpele remedies, maar gedragsverandering …

Dit jaarverslagonderzoek is de 21e in een reeks die professor Sicco Santema in 1994 met zijn adviesbureau Scenter is gestart. Tegelijk dient het jaarverslagonderzoek sinds 2012 ter ondersteuning van de jury van de FD Henri Sijthoff Prijs, sinds 1953 de prijs voor in Nederland genoteerde ondernemingen …

Bed-ridden nursing home residents are in need of environments which are homelike and facilitate the provision of care. Design guidance for this group of older people is limited. This study concerned the exploration and generation of innovative environmental enrichment scenarios for bed-ridden residents. …

Before the start and during the first weeks of their first year, it has been observed by teachers that engineering students start with a high level of motivation, which often seems to decrease during the course of the first semesters. Such a decrease in motivation can be a main driver for students …

This publication gives a different take on energy and energy transition. Energy goes beyond technology. Energy systems are about people: embedded in political orders and cultural institutions, shaped by social consumers and advocacy coalitions, and interconnected with changing parameters and new local …

There are a plethora of drivers of change in energy systems until 2015. The role of social and political actors is likely to be more noticeable. In Europe, locally, high-impact ideas like green consumerism and limited acceptance of energy systems that result in trade-offs will be important. Nationally, …

Communicatie sprak met lectoren over hun onderzoek en wat zij zien in de praktijk. De lessen van Piet Hein Coebergh, Mignon van Halderen en Els van der Pool. …

Humans can easily generate more than 1000 W of heat during heavy exercise. This heat has to be transferred to the environment to stay in thermal equilibrium. During exercise in extreme cold, heat loss may exceed heat production, and clothing is necessary to prevent hypothermia. It will be shown how ISO …