Conceptual design for The Rock Your Dream Chair. This is a collaborative intervention with Tim van den Burg, a creative maker from Breda, the Urban Living Lab Breda, and THE SPACE, which aims to give a voice to local communities in voicing their dreams for the future (of the places where they live).
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Are we defenseless against AI, deepfake, and the rapid spread of disinformation? Join the first episode in our podcast series part of the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL, an initiative spotlighting EU digital policy. Our very first guest, Member of European Parliament Bart Groothuis (part of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy), provides his expert insights on the state of digitalisation in the EU while being interviewed by European Impact’s Paul Schuchhard and European Studies students Francisco van Ruijven and Joana Pereira Grilo from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Visit https://eu-act.digital/ to find out more about the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL.
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How do we promote media literacy? How do we combat disinformation in an icnreasingly challenging environment? Join the second episode in our podcast series part of the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL, an initiative spotlighting EU digital policy. In the second episode, Patricia van Rijswijk and Julia Conemans from Beeld & Geluid (Sound & Vision) talk about media literacy, digital resilience, and the activities of Beeld & Geluid on media and disinformation while being interviewed by European Impact’s Theo Zijderveld and European Impact's Mihai Postelnicu from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Visit https://eu-act.digital/ to find out more about the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL.
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a b s t r a c t Prolonged sitting can cause health problems and musculoskeletal discomfort. There is a need for objective and non-obstructive means of measuring sitting behavior. A ‘smart’ office chair can monitor sitting behavior and provide tactile feedback, aiming to improve sitting behavior. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the feedback signal on sitting behavior and musculoskeletal discomfort. In a 12- week prospective cohort study (ABCB design) among office workers (n ¼ 45) was measured sitting duration and posture, feedback signals and musculoskeletal discomfort. Between the study phases, small changes were observed in mean sitting duration, posture and discomfort. After turning off the feedback signal, a slight increase in sitting duration was observed (10 min, p ¼ 0.04), a slight decrease in optimally supported posture (2.8%, p < 0.01), and musculoskeletal discomfort (0.8, p < 0.01) was observed. We conclude that the ‘smart’ chair is able to monitor the sitting behavior, the feedback signal, however, led to small or insignificant changes. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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This article discusses the importance of fully integrating research activities into the Bachelor level programs (undergraduate programs) in orthopaedic engineering / prosthetics and orthotics. To work according to evidence based principles and acquire the competences to do so it is necessary for students to engage in research activities from within the educational programme as soon as possible. Involvement in research not only creates more insight in what research means and what the effects are, but also generates a number of cross links with the stakeholders involved in P&O education (see fig 1) which were not apparent before for the student. Also, the interaction with orthopaedic companies is stimulated in a broader context than is traditionally the case. A structure enhancing the interaction of educational institution, companies, research groups and institutions is presented which operates at the intersection of these stakeholders. A whole new world is therefore coming into range which will generate all kinds of new and unexplored opportunities.
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Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and often co-occur within the same individual. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition of sarcopenic obesity (SO), encompassing altered muscle function (MF) and altered body composition (BC). However, both handgrip strength (HGS) and the chair stand test (CST) have been suggested to determine MF. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of SO using HGS and CST in older adults with obesity.Methods: Analyses were performed on the baseline data of two pooled RCT’s (MPS, PROBE) in older adults with obesity (BMI>30kg/m2 or BMI>27 with waist circumference males >102cm, females >88cm). The SO definition of ESPEN and EASO was used. Applied cutoffs for altered MF were: HGS <27kg (males), <16kg (females); CST ≥17s (males and females). Altered BC by DXA was defined as high fat mass percentage (<60y males >29%, females >41%; ≥60y males >31%, females >43%) with low appendicular lean mass percentage (males <25.7%, females <19.4%). The prevalence of SO was determined using HGS and CST and the overlap between both definitions was calculated.Results: A total of 151 participants (age 65±6y; 59% male, BMI 33.1±4.2kg/m2) were included. Altered MF was prevalent in 5.3% (n=8) based on HGS and 14.6% (n=22) based on CST. Altered BC was prevalent in 13.9% (n=21). The prevalence of SO using HGS was 0.7% (n=1) and using CST 6.0% (n=9) with no overlap between the two definitions.Conclusion: In older adults with obesity, there was a low prevalence of SO and the prevalence was different between the use of HGS and CST to define altered MF. The low prevalence might be explained by the absence of specific cutoffs for MF in adults with obesity. Furthermore, for the early diagnosis and prevention of SO, a continuous index for SO could be useful to identify older adults at risk of SO.
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NL: Tijdens het ontwerptraject van deze Tolhuijs stoel stond het woord simpel centraal voor zowel destoel zelf als de productietechniek. De intentie is om de stoel te laten produceren in socialewerkplaatsen. De benodigde materialen voor de stoel zijn afkomstig van afvalstromen van anderebedrijven, waarbij het staal uit de fabriek van Bruynzeel storage systems komt en de poten gemaaktzijn van oude deuren.Door het gatenpatroon in het staal kunnen de medewerkers van de sociale werkplaats gemakkelijkde plat aangeleverde onderdelen vormgeven, waardoor een tussenstop bij de metaalwerkplaatswordt voorkomen.Dit ontwerp is onderdeel van het Repurpose Driven Design & Manufacturing onderzoek van UrbanTechnology van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Repurpose: Afgedankte producten en reststromenhergebruiken in een andere functie en/of context om daarmee de waarde van deze materialen tebehouden.EN:During the design process of this Tolhuijs chair, the word simple was key for both the chair itself and the production method. The intention is to have the chair produced in sheltered workshops. The materials required for the chair come from waste streams of other companies, where the steel that’s used comes from the factory of Bruynzeel Storage Systems, and the legs are made from old wooden doors.Thanks to the hole pattern in the steel, the employees of the sheltered workshop can easily design the parts supplied flat, thus preventing an extra stop at the metal workshop.This design is part of the Repurpose Driven Design & Manufacturing research from Urban Technology of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Repurpose: Reusing discarded products and residual flows within another function and/or context to maintain the value of these materials.
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The research project In search of pedagogical sensitivity is executed from the research department of the knowledge circle renewing methods and didactics for teacher education and training of the Hogeschool Utrecht in the Netherlands under supervision of Hans Jansen (associated professor of the Hogeschool Utrecht - chair: renewing methods and didactics for teacher education and training) by Karel Mulderij, Renée van der Linde and Loes Houweling (all senior teachers and senior researchers of the Hogeschool Utrecht and members of the knowledge circle renewing methods and didactics for teacher education and training) with assistance of 25 students (teachers) studying in a three year Master course Ecological Pedagogy.
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