Currently, implementation research in the field of forensic risk assessment is limited and consensus on “implementation success” is lacking. This study applies outcomes of success from implementation science to the implementation evaluation of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability: Adolescent Version (START:AV) in a residential youth care facility in the Netherlands. Staff perceptions on the implementation and the instrument were assessed using 5 implementation outcomes in a longitudinal multimethod design: acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, and penetration. As anticipated, the majority of staff perceived START:AV core constructs as useful for treatment (appropriateness). However, satisfaction with the instrument decreased over time (acceptability). This was likely due to an increased workload (feasibility). Despite this dissatisfaction, the completion rate was acceptable (adoption). Lastly, staff reported a lack of integration of the START:AV findings in clinical case conferences (penetration). The implementation outcomes aid in identifying areas for improvement, which in turn can lead to an increased and more consistent uptake of structured risk assessment into routine practice
Het nieuwe werken behoort tot de vijf belangrijkste actuele trends binnen facility management. Het thema stond de afgelopen jaren centraal in verschillende uitgaven en zal ook in 2011 actueel blijken. De term roept zowel sympathie als weerstand op in het facilitaire werkveld. Wat is er gaande - en hoe denk 'het veld' erover?
De gemiddelde facility manager is waarschijnlijk bekend met het feit dat een utiliteitsgebouw op meerdere aspecten wordt gewaardeerd om een energielabel te verkrijgen. Zo wordt het gebouw gewaardeerd op zowel bouwtechnische aspecten als op historisch energieverbruik.
Met het rijksbrede programma ‘Nederland Circulair in 2050’ wil de Rijksoverheid een omslag maken naar een circulaire economie, met als uitgangspunt 50% minder verbruik van primaire grondstoffen (mineraal, fossiel en metalen) in 2030. In hun voorbeeldfunctie tegenover bedrijven en consumenten hebben overheidsorganisaties als doel gesteld om in 2020 slechts 35% restafval te genereren binnen hun bedrijfsvoering. Een afdeling Facility Management, gericht op ondersteuning van het primaire proces, kan daaraan een belangrijke bijdrage leveren. Maar hoe doe je dat? Facilitaire professionals van overheidsorganisaties ervaren knelpunten die hen belemmeren om de doelstellingen te behalen. Zij vinden het bijvoorbeeld lastig om de circulaire gedachte en circulair gedrag in alle schakels van het bedrijfsproces te stimuleren. En beschikken niet altijd over de juiste kennis om gericht actie te ondernemen. In dit project wordt dan ook handelingsgericht onderzoek verricht rondom de vraag: “Met welk handelingsprotocol kunnen facilitaire professionals van de Rijksoverheid duurzaam gebruikersgedrag stimuleren, de afval- en grondstofstromen verduurzamen en daarmee bijdragen aan een circulaire bedrijfsvoering?” De projectpartners Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen en FM Haaglanden willen samen met De Haagse Hogeschool een handelingsprotocol ontwikkelen zodat facilitaire professionals de circulaire bedrijfsvoering binnen overheidsorganisaties kunnen optimaliseren. Het project speelt daarmee in op de huidige handelingsverlegenheid bij facilitaire professionals die in zeer korte tijd de ambitie van 35% restafval in 2020 dienen te halen. De urgentie van het project is daarmee zeer groot. In twee jaar ontwikkelt De Haagse Hogeschool dit handelingsprotocol samen met de projectpartners. Het projectplan bestaat uit activiteiten die zijn gericht op 1) het inventariseren en stimuleren van duurzaam gedrag bij eindgebruikers, 2) het inventariseren en stimuleren van duurzaam gedrag bij facilitaire professionals, 3) het ontwikkelen en toepassen van een praktisch handelingsprotocol voor facilitaire professionals van de Rijksoverheid en 4) het dissemineren in praktijk, onderwijs en onderzoek.
Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) are at the centre of European Union Agenda aiming at reducing the plastic soup with the EU Directive 2019/904. SUPs reduction is pivotal also in the Dutch Government Agenda for the transition to a Circular Economy by 2050. Worldwide the data on SUPs use and disposal are impressive: humans use around 1.2 million plastic bottles per minute; approximately 91% of plastic is not recycled (www.earthday.org/fact-sheet-single-use-plastics/). While centralised processes of waste collection, disposal, and recycling strive to cope with such intense use of SUPs, the opportunities and constraints of establishing a networked grid of facilities enacting processes of SUPs collection and recycling with the active involvement of local community has remained unexplored. The hospitality sector is characterised by a widespread capillary network of small hospitality firms nested in neighbourhoods and rural communities. Our research group works with small hospitality firms, different stakeholders, and other research groups to prompt the transition of the hospitality sector towards a Circular Economy embracing not only the environmental and economic dimensions but also the social dimension. Hence, this project explores the knowledge and network needed to build an innovative pilot allowing to close the plastic loop within a hospitality facility by combining a 3D printing process with social inclusiveness. This will mean generating key technical and legal knowledge as well as a network of strategic experts and stakeholders to be involved in an innovative pilot setting a 3D printing process in a hospitality facility and establishing an active involvement of the local community. Such active involvement of the local inhabitants will be explored as SUPs collectors and end-users of upcycled plastics items realised with the 3D printer, as well as through opportunities of vocational training and job opportunities for citizens distant from the job market.
Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges nowadays. Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration brought by anthropogenic emissions has been recognized as the primary driver of global warming. Therefore, currently, there is a strong demand within the chemical and chemical technology industry for systems that can covert, capture and reuse/recover CO2. Few examples can be seen in the literature: Hamelers et al (2013) presented systems that can use CO2 aqueous solutions to produce energy using electrochemical cells with porous electrodes; Legrand et al (2018) has proven that CDI can be used to capture CO2 without solvents; Shu et al (2020) have used electrochemical systems to desorb (recover) CO2 from an alkaline absorbent with low energy demand. Even though many efforts have been done, there is still demand for efficient and market-ready systems, especially related to solvent-free CO2 capturing systems. This project intends to assess a relatively efficient technology, with low-energy costs which can change the CO2 capturing market. This technology is called whorlpipe. The whorlpipe, developed by Viktor Schauberger, has shown already promising results in reducing the energy and CO2 emissions for water pumping. Recently, studies conducted by Wetsus and NHL Stenden (under submission), in combination with different companies (also members in this proposal) have shown that vortices like systems, like the Schauberger funnel, and thus “whorlpipe”, can be fluid dynamically represented using Taylor-Couette flows. This means that such systems have a strong tendency to form vortices like fluid-patterns close to their air-water interface. Such flow system drastically increase advection. Combined with their higher area to volume ratio, which increases diffusion, these systems can greatly enhance gas capturing (in liquids), and are, thus, a unique opportunity for CO2 uptake from the air, i.e. competing with systems like conventional scrubbers or bubble-based aeration.
