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Radio Remember

In de loop van het leven wordt muziek voor de meeste mensen een drager van herinneringen en emoties. In de jeugd en vroege volwassenheid ontwikkelen we onze persoonlijke muzieksmaak. De muziek uit die tijd blijft ons het beste bij. Voor mensen met dementie, meestal 80 plussers, is dat ruim zestig jaar geleden. Daarom maakten de lectoraten Psychogeriatrie en Informatie, Technologie en Samenleving, in samenwerking met muziektherapeut Machgiel Bakker, een online muziekstation dat muziek uit die periode draait: Radio Remember. Een station om naar te luisteren, maar ook om in te zetten als psychosociale interventie om de kwaliteit van leven van mensen met dementie te verbeteren. In dit artikel wordt verslag gedaan van de eerste ervaringen en worden de volgende stappen van het project beschreven.

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What do we know about the coronavirus, up to this point, and what does this mean for events?

What is known in scientific literature at this point in time about the effects of the measures against the transmission of the coronavirus and what is the meaning of this for the organisers of events?

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What do we know about the coronavirus, up to this point, and what does this mean for events?

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Wat weten we nu eigenlijk van het coronavirus en wat betekent dit voor evenementen?

Wat is er op dit moment (medio augustus 2020) in de wetenschappelijke literatuur bekend over (de effecten van maatregelen tegen) de verspreiding van het coronavirus en wat is de betekenis daarvan voor organisatoren van evenementen?

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Wat weten we nu eigenlijk van het coronavirus en wat betekent dit voor evenementen?

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Measurement of speech parameters in casual speech of dementia patients

From the article: "Individuals with dementia often experience a decline in their ability to use language. Language problems have been reported in individuals with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or degeneration of the fronto-temporal area. Acoustic properties are relatively easy to measure with software, which promises a cost-effective way to analyze larger discourses. We study the usefulness of acoustic features to distinguish the speech of German-speaking controls and patients with dementia caused by (a) Alzheimer’s disease, (b) Parkinson’s disease or (c) PPA/FTD. Previous studies have shown that each of these types affects speech parameters such as prosody, voice quality and fluency (Schulz 2002; Ma, Whitehill, and Cheung 2010; Rusz et al. 2016; Kato et al. 2013; Peintner et al. 2008). Prior work on the characteristics of the speech of individuals with dementia is usually based on samples from clinical tests, such as the Western Aphasia Battery or the Wechsler Logical Memory task. Spontaneous day-to-day speech may be different, because participants may show less of their vocal abilities in casual speech than in specifically designed test scenarios. It is unclear to what extent the previously reported speech characteristics are still detectable in casual conversations by software. The research question in this study is: how useful for classification are acoustic properties measured in spontaneous speech."

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Measurement of speech parameters in casual speech of dementia patients

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Social media & the Government: living happily ever after?

Social media play an important role in the rapidly changing dynamics of government organizations and their interaction with the public. Governments are facing changing demands at organizational level due to the exponential growth of connections, networks involved in social issues and collaboration within and across organizational boundaries (Van Berlo, 2012). Vocal citizens are increasingly expressing their opinions openly and clearly, anywhere and any time. Sometimes they even get involved in (the creation of) government policy. Social media have the capacity to strengthen and facilitate online dialogue in society.

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Social media & the Government: living happily ever after?

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Expiratory muscle strength training in patients after total laryngectomy

OBJECTIVES: Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is a threshold based device-driven treatment for improving expiratory pressure. EMST proved to be effective in different patient groups to improve cough function. To date, EMST has not been tested in the total laryngectomy population (TL).METHODS: This prospective, randomized case-series study examined feasibility, safety, and compliance of EMST in a group of TL participants and its effects on pulmonary function, physical exertion, fatigue, and vocal functioning. Ten TL participants were included in the study to perform a 4 till 8 weeks of EMST. Objective and subjective outcome measures included manometry, spirometry, cardio pulmonary exercise testing (CPET), voice recordings, and patient reported outcome measures. Group means were reported and estimates of the effect are shown with a 95% confidence interval, using single sample t-tests.RESULTS: Nine participants completed the full study protocol. Compliance to the training program was high. All were able to perform the training, although it requires adjustments of the device and skills of the participants. Maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and vocal functioning in loudness improved over time. After EMST no changes were seen in other objective and subjective outcomes.CONCLUSIONS: EMST appears to be feasible and safe after total laryngectomy. MEP improved over time but no improvement in the clinically relevant outcome measures were seen in this sample of relatively fit participants. Further investigation of the training in a larger group of participants who report specifically pulmonary complaints is recommended to investigate if the increase in MEP results in clinical benefits.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.

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Expiratory muscle strength training in patients after total laryngectomy

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Zooming in on mechanistic predator-prey ecology

Camera trap technology has galvanized the study of predator-prey ecology in wild animal communities by expanding the scale and diversity of predator-prey interactions that can be analyzed. While observational data from systematic camera arrays have informed inferences on the spatiotemporal outcomes of predator-prey interactions, the capacity for observational studies to identify mechanistic drivers of species interactions is limited. Experimental study designs that utilize camera traps uniquely allow for testing hypothesized mechanisms that drive predator and prey behavior, incorporating environmental realism not possible in the lab while benefiting from the distinct capacity of camera traps to generate large data sets from multiple species with minimal observer interference. However, such pairings of camera traps with experimental methods remain underutilized. We review recent advances in the experimental application of camera traps to investigate fundamental mechanisms underlying predator-prey ecology and present a conceptual guide for designing experimental camera trap studies. Only 9% of camera trap studies on predator-prey ecology in our review mention experimental methods, but the application of experimental approaches is increasing. To illustrate the utility of camera trap-based experiments using a case study, we propose a study design that integrates observational and experimental techniques to test a perennial question in predator-prey ecology: how prey balance foraging and safety, as formalized by the risk allocation hypothesis. We discuss applications of camera trap-based experiments to evaluate the diversity of anthropogenic influences on wildlife communities globally. Finally, we review challenges to conducting experimental camera trap studies. Experimental camera trap studies have already begun to play an important role in understanding the predator-prey ecology of free-living animals, and such methods will become increasingly critical to quantifying drivers of community interactions in a rapidly changing world. We recommend increased application of experimental methods in the study of predator and prey responses to humans, synanthropic and invasive species, and other anthropogenic disturbances.

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Zooming in on mechanistic predator-prey ecology

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Roadmap duurzaam vlees

Dit rapport behandelt hoe in Nederland tot een meer integraal en gebalanceerde set keurmerken/labels (K&L) gekomen kan worden. Het schetst een routekaart (hierna te noemen “roadmap”) voor de primaire producenten van vlees in Nederland, hun consumenten(organisaties) en de overheid als facilitator. De proposities zijn onderbouwd d.m.v. onderzoeksactiviteiten van het project Duurzaam Vlees Natuurlijk!

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Abstract In this paper several meaningful audio icons of classic arcade games such as Pong, Donkey Kong, Mario World and Pac-Man are analyzed, using the PRAAT software for speech analysis and musical theory. The analysis results are used to describe how these examples of best practice sound design obtain their meaning in the player's perception. Some aspects can be related to the use of tonal hierarchy (e.g. Donkey Kong and Mario World) which is a western culture related aspect of musical meaning. Other aspects are related to universal expressions of meaning such as the theory of misattribution, prosody, vocalization and cross-modal perceptions such as brightness and the uncanny valley hypothesis. Recent studies in the field of cognitive neuroscience support the universal and meaningful potential of all these aspects. The relationship between language related prosody, vocalization and phonology, and music seems to be an especially successful design principle for universally meaningful music icons in game sound design.

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What do we know about the coronavirus, up to this point, and what does this mean for events?

Wat weten we nu eigenlijk van het coronavirus en wat betekent dit voor evenementen?

Measurement of speech parameters in casual speech of dementia patients

Social media & the Government: living happily ever after?

Expiratory muscle strength training in patients after total laryngectomy

Zooming in on mechanistic predator-prey ecology

Roadmap duurzaam vlees

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Radio Remember

What do we know about the coronavirus, up to this point, and what does this mean for events?

Wat weten we nu eigenlijk van het coronavirus en wat betekent dit voor evenementen?

Measurement of speech parameters in casual speech of dementia patients

Social media & the Government: living happily ever after?

Expiratory muscle strength training in patients after total laryngectomy

Zooming in on mechanistic predator-prey ecology

Roadmap duurzaam vlees

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