Voltaire wrote of the Frenchwoman Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier that she was a great man, with only one fault, namely that she was a woman! She was a great mathematician, but being a woman she got little credit for that. She was not alone. This is truly a global problem that we must solve together! Being human is one, being female or male is just one quality, just like hair colour, body size or amount of pigment. Let 's transcend genders!
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Jongeren voelen zich steeds minder vertegenwoordigd in de politiek. Zij zoeken daarom andere manieren om hun onvrede te uiten en maatschappelijk onrecht aan de kaak te stellen. Hun acties gaan soms in tegen de wet en vaak tegen de publieke moraal, maar hebben toch politieke betekenis. Femke Kaulingfreks noemt dit straatpolitiek.
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Mensen wie het vanwege langdurige stress niet lukt om aan een oplossing te werken, kunnen baat hebben bij extra ondersteuning die gericht is op het versterken of tijdelijk vervangen van deze cognitieve capaciteiten. Psycho-educatie is zo ’n vorm van ondersteuning. Het doel van psycho-educatie is om mensen bewust te maken van de invloed die stress op hun leven heeft, zodat ze samen met hun coach op zoek kunnen gaan naar manieren om ondanks de stress te werken aan een oplossing. Deze oplossingen kunnen hele simpele strategieën zijn, zoals herinneringen in je telefoon, zodat je je afspraken niet meer vergeet. Het doel van psycho-educatie is niet in eerste instantie het wegnemen van stress bronnen, maar het beter kunnen omgaan met de stress, zodat men in het hier en nu kan werken aan een lange termijn oplossing. In voorliggende implementatiegids is uitgewerkt hoe psycho-educatie bij financiële problemen kan worden ingezet. Er wordt beschreven uit welke stappen psycho-educatie bestaat, wat de eerste ervaringen zijn van cliënten en professionals en welke tips helpen bij implementatie. Hierbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van een uitgebreidere uitwerking van de principes van psycho-educatie die te vinden is in het boek Stress-sensitief werken (Jungmann, Wesdorp & Madern, 2020).
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Webinar Get ready for smart technology part 1: https://youtu.be/h1HVsz2xGQs Webinar Get ready for smart technology part 2: https://youtu.be/vO11s_a8sm8 This webinar looks at both the merits, and dangers of smart technology from a psychological point of view. The combination of (smart) technology, and our non-evolved psychological basic structure, brings our entire existence and the entire planet into imbalance. Humanity is estimated to have existed for about 300,000 years. One of the most striking features is a slow propagation speed (long gestation period and usually only 1 child per litter). In addition, and unlike the other great apes, humans have little or no body hair and relatively little muscle strength. This results in a relatively small natural biotope; it should be warm enough for the "naked" monkey and there should be little or no natural predators. This is exactly why the predecessors of Homo Sapiens invented technology, with three basic techniques: 1. language (religion, signal, drawing, writing, logic, math and code) 2. lever/mechanics (spear, hammer, wheel, pulley, pistons) and 3. fire/energy (and water & steam power, magnetism , electricity, atomic power). By combining the 3 basic techniques, we have been able to colonize the whole world.
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CHI PLAY '20, November 2–4, 2020, Virtual Event, Canada We have built and implemented a set of metaphors for breathing games by involving children and experts. These games are made to facilitate prevention of asthma exacerbation via regular monitoring of children with asthma through spirometry at home. To instruct and trigger children to execute the (unsupervised) spirometry correctly, we have created interactive metaphors that respond in real-time to the child’s inhalation and exhalation. Eleven metaphors have been developed in detail. Three metaphors have been fully implemented based on current guidelines for spirometry and were tested with 30 asthmatic children. Each includes multi-target incentives, responding to three different target values (inhalation, peak expiration, and complete exhalation). We postulate that the metaphors should use separate goals for these targets, have independent responses, and allow to also go beyond expected values for each of these targets. From the selected metaphors, most children preferred a dragon breathing fire and a soccer player kicking a ball into a goal as a metaphor; least liked were blowing seeds of a dandelion and applying lotion to a dog to grow its hair. Based on this project we discuss the potential and benefits of a suite-of-games approach: multiple games that each can be selected and adapted depending on personal capabilities and interests.
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A public sector that adequately makes use of information technology can provide improved government services that not only stimulates business development it also intensifies citizen participation and economic growth. However, the effectiveness of IT and its governance at both national as well as on municipality level leaves much to be desired. It is often stated that this is due to a lack of digital skills needed to manage the IT function and alignment with business. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the effect that digital leadership competences and IT capabilities have on digital transformation readiness within Dutch municipalities. Based on an analyses of survey data from 178 respondents we recommend municipalities to implement a range of activities that all are related to realize the ability to constantly apply strategic thinking and organizational leadership to exploit the capability of Information Technology to improve the business.
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How come Open Science is a well-shared vision among research communities, while the prerequisite practice of research data management (RDM) is lagging? This research sheds light on RDM adoption in the Dutch context of universities of applied sciences, by studying influencing technological, organizational, and environmental factors using the TOE-framework. A survey was sent out to researchers of universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. The analyses thereof showed no significant relation between the influencing factors and the intention to comply with the RDM guidelines (p-value of ≤ .10 and a 90% confidence level). Results did show a significant influence of the factor Management Support towards compliance with a p-value of 0.078. This research contributes towards the knowledge on RDM adoption with the new insight that the factors used in this research do not seem to significantly influence RDM adoption in the Dutch context of universities of applied sciences. The research does show that the respondents have a positive attitude in their intention to change, increase or invest time and effort towards RDM compliance. More research is advised to uncover factors that do significantly influence RDM adoption among universities of applied sciences in the Netherland for stakeholders in Open Science and RDM to enhance their strategies.
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Tekstloze prentenboeken zijn beloftevol bij het versterken van omgevingsbewustzijn vanwege de vaak sterke zeggingskracht van de afbeeldingen in dit type boeken. Door gebrek aan tekst zijn ze daarnaast niet gebonden aan een bepaalde taal, dus heel goed in te zetten in internationale contexten. Een kleine studie laat zien dat lezers soms gegrepen worden door dezelfde en soms door verschillende afbeeldingen, meer of minder gedetailleerd kijken en dat de afbeeldingen soms hetzelfde en soms verschillend geduid worden.
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Abstract Business Process Management (BPM) is an important discipline for organizations to manage their business processes. Research shows that higher BPM-maturity leads to better process performance. However, contextual factors such as culture seem to influence this relationship. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of national culture on the relationship between BPM-maturity and process performance. A multiple linear regression analysis is performed based on data from six different countries within Europe. Although the results show a significant relationship between BPM-maturity and process performance, no significant moderation effect of national culture has been found. The cultural dimension long term orientation shows a weak negative correlation with both BPM-maturity and process performance. Through a post-hoc moderation analysis on each dimension of BPM-maturity, we further find that long term orientation negatively moderates the relationship between process improvement and process performance. Three other moderation effects are also discovered. The results of this study contribute to insights into the role of culture in the field of BPM.
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