Background: Society ages, and the incidence of physical limitations and frailty is increasing. For frail older adults, these limitations will lead to more assistance in daily living activities. A significant cause of physical limitation and frailty is sarcopenia, age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass, …

From 1478 to 1485 Desiderius Erasmus studied at the Latin school in Deventer. In 1509 he wrote his  amous work In Praise of Folly in London. In this work the goddess Folly decides to write an eulogy about herself, which she defends by saying that this is much better than the aristocrats, who pay someone …

This research project aimed to find an answer to the central research question of “how can the overall quality of teachers and their teaching methods in Dutch secondary education improve using the Finnish secondary education model as example?”. The purpose to finding an answer to this question was for …

Background: The combination of self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching in automated interventions is a new and promising approach for healthy lifestyle management. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify key components of self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching in automated healthy lifestyle interventions …

In 2017 viert het toonaangevende Nederlandse kunsttijdschrift haar 40e verjaardag - een goede reden voor Kunsthal KAdE om, samen met het tijdschrift, een tentoonstelling op te zetten over de fascinerende manieren waarop kunstwerken door de eeuwen heen zijn gemaakt. De tentoonstelling weerspiegelt die …

Self-tracking and Persuasive eCoaching in Healthy Lifestyle Interventions: Work-in-progress Scoping Review of Key Components.This presentation is given during the Workshop Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS 2016): Epic for Change, the Pillars for Persuasive Technology for Smart Societies. The presentation …

The combination of self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching in healthy lifestyle interventions is a promising approach. The objective of this study is to map the key components of existing healthy lifestyle interventions combining self-tracking and persuasive eCoaching using the scoping review methodology …

In order to design effective Persuasive Technology (PT) interventions, it is essential that designers understand the multitude of factors that lead to behavioral change, rather than guessing at a solution or imitating successful techniques without understanding why. The few available PT design frameworks …

This report was commissioned to examine the possible gap between the image and identity of TUI Nederland regarding sustainable tourism and to recommend on how to bring the image closer to the identity. TUI Nederland is market leader in the Dutch travel industry and carries the brands Arke, Holland International, …