The 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) invites panels, presentations, making & doing contributions, and other events that explore the role of STS in making and doing contributions …

Practices and dynamics of community-led heating projects, four case studies in the Netherlands

This paper introduces and contextualises Climate Futures, an experiment in which AI was repurposed as a ‘co-author’ of climate stories and a co-designer of climate-related images that facilitate reflections on present and future(s) of living with climate change. It converses with histories of writing …

Abstract Background One of the most problematic expression of ageing is frailty, and an approach based on its early identification is mandatory. The Sunfrail-tool (ST), a 9-item questionnaire, is a promising instrument for screening frailty. Aims • To assess the diagnostic accuracy and the construct …

Het doel van dit onderzoek is om erachter te komen of Power Training ter verbetering van de loopcapaciteit, beenspierkracht en de Functionele Mobiliteits Schaal (FMS) bij kinderen tussen de acht en achttien jaar met cerebrale parese GMFCS III en IV een positief effect heeft. Aan dit onderzoek deden vijf …

Lives of Data maps the historical and emergent dynamics of big data, computing, and society in India. Data infrastructures are now more global than ever before. In much of the world, new sociotechnical possibilities of big data and artificial intelligence are unfolding under the long shadows cast by …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of PMA measurement for mortality. Background: Current surgical risk stratification have limited predictive value in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) population. In TAVI workup, a CT scan is routinely performed but …

De MoveTest is een analyse systeem dat gebruikt wordt om veelgebruikte klinische testen geïnstrumenteerd uit te voeren. De metingen van de MoveTest worden afgenomen met een inertial measurement unit (IMU). De IMU wordt met een elastische band op de onderrug bevestigd en bevat een 3-assige acccelerometer, …

This online STS muhabbet, friendly but critically engaging conversation that took place between Yetiskin and Lovink will walk you through the stages of identifying the problems, threats, and possibilities that media technologies have brought to the table of not only users but also social science researchers …