Enhancing communication performance skills may help children with Down Syndrome (DS) to expand their opportunities for participation in daily life. It is a clinical challenge for speech-language pathologists (SLP) to disentangle various mechanisms that contribute to the language and communication problems that children with DS encounter. Without clarity of different levels of functioning, appropriate interventions may be poorly conceived or improperly implemented. In the present study, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) framework was used to classify contributing factors to communication performance in a multiple case study of six young children with DS. Within a comprehensive assessment, we identified individual and environmental facilitators and barriers, leading to an integrative profile of communication performance (IPCP) for each child. Whereas these six children shared a developmental, and/or expressive vocabulary age and/or level of communicative intent, the children faced similar but also unique personal and environmental factors that play an important role in their communication performance. Our data reveal that a combination of different factors may lead to the same language outcomes and vice versa, based on a unique pattern of interdependency of ICF-CY domains. Planning SLP interventions for enhancing communication performance in children with DS should therefore be based on a comprehensive view on the competences and limitations of every individual child and its significant communication partners. This evaluation should address facilitators and barriers in body functions, structures, activities, participation and environment, with a specific focus on individual strengths. The ICF-CY provides a useful framework for constructing an IPCP that serves this purpose.
De vraag naar het transporteren van goederen binnen de stad stijgt, en daarmee stijgt het aantal bestelwagens. Dit heeft negatieve effecten op de luchtkwaliteit, geluid, veiligheid en leefbaarheid in de stad. LEVV’s (Licht Elektrische Vracht Voertuigen) bieden een potentiële oplossing voor deze problemen. Er is veel enthousiasme voor de LEVV’s, en verschillende bedrijven zijn begonnen met het aanbieden van deze voertuigen. Toch zijn er nog veel bedrijven die aarzelen om hiermee te beginnen. Nieuwe kennis over de logistieke concepten die nodig zijn voor de toepassing van de LEVV’s is nodig. Dit onderzoek geeft de uitkomsten van acht casestudies weer, waarin gekeken is naar de benodigdheden om LEVV’s succesvol in te zetten in de praktijk.
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In our recently started multiple case study - funded by the Netherlands Scientific Board (NWO) - on these processes of collaboration, we focused on the dynamics in growing partnerships between citizens, community social workers and civil servants. Three cases of social neighbourhood initiatives are presented that each create public value in their own way, while simultaneously adopting traditional governmental and social services provision. We will highlight their respective developmental phases, and the challenges in collaborative learning. One important lesson at this stage is that the words ‘professional’ and ‘volunteer’ seem to have become inappropriate, because both types of local actors can either possess or lack the skills required to nurture collaborative learning. These kinds of findings are shared in a collaborative learning trajectory with the stakeholders and the research group. Our experiences with this new role will be woven into our presentations.
Climate change adaptation has influenced river management through an anticipatory governance paradigm. As such, futures and the power of knowing the future has become increasingly influential in water management. Yet, multiple future imaginaries co-exist, where some are more dominant that others. In this PhD research, I focus on deconstructing the future making process in climate change adaptation by asking ‘What river imaginaries exist and what future imaginaries dominate climate change adaptation in riverine infrastructure projects of the Meuse and Magdalena river?’. I firstly explore existing river imaginaries in a case study of the river Meuse. Secondly, I explore imaginaries as materialised in numerical models for the Meuse and Magdalena river. Thirdly, I explore the integration and negotiation of imaginaries in participatory modelling practices in the Magdalena river. Fourthly, I explore contesting and alternative imaginaries and look at how these are mobilised in climate change adaptation for the Magdalena and Meuse river. Multiple concepts stemming from Science and Technology Studies and Political Ecology will guide me to theorise the case study findings. Finally, I reflect on my own positionality in action-research which will be an iterative process of learning and unlearning while navigating between the natural and social sciences.
Wat zorgt dat product data circuleert, zodat de circulaire prestaties van een waardeketen verbetert? Afspraken over omgang met data tussen organisaties biedt een mogelijke oplossing. Dit project onderzoekt de effectiviteit van deze afspraken op de circulaire prestaties van een waardeketen.Doel Het doel van dit project is om het delen van product data gedurende de productlevenscyclus te verbeteren door het inrichten data governance tussen organisaties waardoor de circulaire prestatie van een waardeketen wordt verbeterd. Resultaten Data governance raamwerk voor waardeketens welke de uitwisseling van product data stimuleert. Bewustzijn binnen organisaties over het belang van het delen van product data om de circulaire prestaties te verbeteren. Looptijd 01 september 2022 - 31 augustus 2026 Aanpak Het project bestaat uit drie deelstudies: Multiple case study – Relatie delen product data en circulariteit Multiple case study – Invloed data governance op delen product data Survey – Valideren resultaten deelstudie 1 en 2
Wat zorgt dat product data circuleert, zodat de circulaire prestaties van een waardeketen verbetert? Afspraken over omgang met data tussen organisaties biedt een mogelijke oplossing. Dit project onderzoekt de effectiviteit van deze afspraken op de circulaire prestaties van een waardeketen.
