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Learning to use space: A study into the SL2 acquisition process of adult learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands

The aim of this dissertation is to examine how adult learners with a spoken language background who are acquiring a signed language, learn how to use the space in front of the body to express grammatical and topographical relations. Moreover, it aims at investigating the effectiveness of different types of instruction, in particular instruction that focuses the learner's attention on the agreement verb paradigm. To that end, existing data from a learner corpus (Boers-Visker, Hammer, Deijn, Kielstra & Van den Bogaerde, 2016) were analyzed, and two novel experimental studies were designed and carried out. These studies are described in detail in Chapters 3–6. Each chapter has been submitted to a scientific journal, and accordingly, can be read independently.1 Yet, the order of the chapters follows the chronological order in which the studies were carried out, and the reader will notice that each study served as a basis to inform the next study. As such, some overlap in the sections describing the theoretical background of each study was unavoidable.

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Differences in Documented and Actual Medication Administration Time in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Observational, Time-Motion Study

Introduction: Retrospective studies suggest that a rapid initiation of treatment results in a better prognosis for patients in the emergency department. There could be a difference between the actual medication administration time and the documented time in the electronic health record. In this study, the difference between the observed medication administration time and documentation time was investigated. Patient and nurse characteristics were also tested for associations with observed time differences. Methods: In this prospective study, emergency nurses were followed by observers for a total of 3 months. Patient inclusion was divided over 2 time periods. The difference in the observed medication administration time and the corresponding electronic health record documentation time was measured. The association between patient/nurse characteristics and the difference in medication administration and documentation time was tested with a Spearman correlation or biserial correlation test. Results: In 34 observed patients, the median difference in administration and documentation time was 6.0 minutes (interquartile range 2.0-16.0). In 9 (26.5%) patients, the actual time of medication administration differed more than 15 minutes with the electronic health record documentation time. High temperature, lower saturation, oxygen-dependency, and high Modified Early Warning Score were all correlated with an increasing difference between administration and documentation times. Discussion: A difference between administration and documentation times of medication in the emergency department may be common, especially for more acute patients. This could bias, in part, previously reported time-to-treatment measurements from retrospective research designs, which should be kept in mind when outcomes of retrospective time-to-treatment studies are evaluated.

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Differences in Documented and Actual Medication Administration Time in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Observational, Time-Motion Study

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Ethische codes zijn amoreel

Moraal is dagelijkse kost. Iedere handeling, ieder besluit is een morele. Zeker die van een communicatieprofessional. Als professionele intermediairs balanceren we tussen alle waarden en belangen van onszelf en die van anderen.In deze column gaat Hans Krabbe in op de vraag hoe de communicatieprofessional zijn gewetensfunctie van de organisatie waar kan maken.

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Oppervlaktemodificatie in product design

De oppervlaktestructuur van een materiaal speelt een belangrijke rol in de beleving van een product. Denk aan esthetische eigenschappen zoals kleur, glans en textuur. Ook de functionaliteit van een materiaal hangt sterk samen met de oppervlaktestructuur. Wanneer de eigenschappen van twee oppervlaktes bekend zijn, zegt dat iets over ze überhaupt bij elkaar in de buurt willen komen, of ze willen mengen, of ze aan elkaar hechten. Het is dan ook belangrijk om kennis te hebben over oppervlakte eigenschappen en methodes om deze te veranderen/beïnvloeden. Oppervlaktemodificatie is een gigantisch onderzoeksterrein, dit document is dan ook niet compleet. Doel is om inzicht te geven waarom oppervlaktemodificatie zo belangrijk is en voorbeelden te geven wat er mee bereikt kan worden. Dit document is opgeleverd in het project Innovatief Materialen Platform Twente (IMPT). In dit project heeft het IMPT 75 innovatieve materialen in kaart gebracht. Met een tiental materialen is toegepast onderzoek gedaan, zodat ondernemers en ontwerpers weten of en hoe zij deze kunnen toepassen.

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Fresh Brains for the healthcare sector

In this presentation a comparison is made between the state of art of healthcare in the Netherlands compared to other European countries. Dutch healthcare is of a high quality, the Netherlands rank among the top in Europe, but in-patient costs are high. Expenditures are now almost 100 billion euros. Therefor the Netherlands are facing quite some challenges: rising costs due to ageing, more chronic diseases, use of medication, long stay care etc and pressure on staff and waiting lists. Fresh brains (students Logistics from BUas) can help to improve healthcare and reduce costs. Lecturers and students work together in projects with the healthcare sector (learning communities) and students do their internship in various healthcare organizations (cure and care). In this presentation two examples of graduation assignments are mentioned. One student did research on the implementation of barcodes on primary packaging of pharmaceuticals, another student did research on reducing the length of stay for patients with a hip fracture. They came with useful recommendations for improving patient safety, patient satisfaction and reducing costs.

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Highlights from the 7th European meeting on molecular diagnostics

This report presents the highlights of the 7th European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics held in Scheveningen, The Hague, The Netherlands, 12-14 October 2011. The areas covered included molecular diagnostics applications in medical microbiology, virology, pathology, hemato-oncology,clinical genetics and forensics. Novel real-time amplification approaches, novel diagnostic applications and new technologies, such as next-generation sequencing, PCR lectrospray-ionization TOF mass spectrometry and techniques based on the detection of proteins or other molecules, were discussed. Furthermore, diagnostic companies presented their future visions for molecular diagnostics in human healthcare.

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Highlights from the 7th European meeting on molecular diagnostics

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Automatic Software Adaptation After Reconfiguring an Autonomous Manufacturing Systems

When using autonomous reconfigurable manufacturing system, that offers generic services, there is the possibility to dynamically manufacture a range of products using the same manufacturing equipment. Opportunities are created to optimally scale the production using reconfiguration means and automatically manufacture small amounts of unique or highly customizable products. Basically the result is a short time to market for new products. This paper discusses the problems that arise when manufacturing systems are reconfigured and the impact of this action on the entire system. The proposed software architecture and tooling makes it possible to quickly reconfigure a system without interference to other system, and shows how the reconfigured hardware can be controlled without the need to reprogram the software. Parameters that are required to control the new hardware can be added using a simple tool. As a result reconfiguration is simplified and can be achieved quickly by mechanics without reprogramming any systems. The impact is that time to market can be reduced and manufacturing systems can quickly be adapted to current real-time needs.

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Detectie van plaagdieren met DNA

Determineren is een belangrijk onderdeel van Integrated Pest Management. Als we niet weten om welk dier het gaat, wetten we niet hoe het leeft, of het schadelijk is en wat we eraan kunnen doen. De meeste determinaties worden aan de hand van uiterlijke kenmerken gedaan, maar er is nog een veelbelovende nieuwe methode: DNA.

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RFID in Retail: New approaches, new viewpoints

RFID technology is a promising technology currently finding its way into the field of customer interaction strategy, supply chain accuracy and inventory management. Primarily, RFID tags are seen as substitutes of traditional barcodes, yet they can add a lot of value and functionality. Where barcodes require a scanning device to be placed directly in front of the tag to be read, RFID tag readers are able to scan all tags that are in the proximity of the scanner . The next difference is that whereas barcodes usually are the same for all articles of the of the same type (i.e. a jar of peanut butter of brand x), RFID tags will be unique for each individual product occurrence. This opens up the possibility of tracking the entire history of a specific occurrence of a product. Moreover, due to the nature of the scanning technology, it suddenly becomes achievable for manufacturers to track individual products through all stages of production and base inventory management and front office planning on real-time data at item level from production facilities.

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