TheARter. Prototype platform for multi-user AR visualizations on live entertainment.
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"In recent years, the former Dutch welfare state has been transformed into a participation society [1]. As support from the government decreases, citizens are increasingly expected to be self-managing. Since not everyone is able to be self-managing, there is an increasing demand for help offered by volunteers. Although the number of volunteers in the Netherlands is relatively stable, the amount of time per volunteer has decreased over the past couple of years [2]. Most volunteers traditionally come from the wealthier, more educated segment of society and are likely to be female, married with children, 50+, and active in religion [3, 4]. In order to meet the increasing demand for volunteers, either the amount of time spent per volunteer should be increased, or new groups of volunteers should be attracted. The Dutch foundation “Possible Today” started an initiative aimed at motivating (potential) volunteers: Social Credits for Volunteers. This is digital platform, based on block chain technology, connects volunteers with projects. The platform uses a digital currency -Social Credits- to appreciate and reward the efforts of volunteers. The currency can be exchanged for discounts or other value, offered by organizations and stores that feel involved with the community. An important feature of this system is the opportunity for volunteers to draft a social curriculum vitae. The aim of this study is to generate recommendations for Possible Foundation about how the Social Credits Platform should be designed and deployed in order to persuade (potential) volunteers to spend (more) hours on volunteering. Therefore, the following research question is answered: ‘What motives, desires and barriers traditional and less traditional volunteers have in regard to appreciation and reward for volunteering?’"
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Samenvatting Achtergrond: Een integrale behandeling inclusief zelfmanagement bij chronisch obstructieve longziekte (COPD) leidt tot betere klinische resultaten. eHealth kan zorgen voor meer betrokkenheid bij patiënten waardoor ze in staat zijn een gezondere levensstijl aan te nemen en vast te houden. Desondanks is er geen eenduidig bewijs van de impact van eHealth op de kwaliteit van leven (quality of life (QoL)). Doel: Het primaire doel van de e-Vita COPD-studie was om te onderzoeken wat de effecten zijn van het gebruik van eeneHealth-platform voor patiënten op de verschillende domeinen van ziektespecifieke kwaliteit van leven van COPD-patiënten (CCQ). Methoden: We hebben de impact beoordeeld van het gebruik van een eHealth-platform op de klinische COPD-vragenlijst (CCQ). Deze vragenlijst omvatte subschalen van symptomen, functionele en mentale toestand. Een design met onderbroken tijdreeksen (interrupted time series (ITS)) is gebruikt om CCQ-gegevens op verschillende tijdstippen te verzamelen. Er is gebruik gemaakt van multilevel lineaire regressieanalyse om de CCQ-trends vóór en na de interventie te vergelijken. Resultaten: Van de 742 uitgenodigde COPD-patiënten hebben er 244 het document voor ‘informed consent’ ondertekend. In de analyses hebben we uitsluitend patiënten opgenomen die daadwerkelijk gebruik hebben gemaakt van het eHealthplatform (n=123). De afname van CCQ-symptomen was 0,20% vóór de interventie en 0,27% na de interventie; dit was een statistisch significant verschil (P=0,027). De daling van CCQ-mentale toestand was 0,97% vóór de interventie en na de interventie was er sprake van een stijging van 0,017%; dit verschil was statistisch significant (P=0,01). Er werd geen significant verschil vastgesteld in het verloop van CCQ (P=0,12) en CCQ-functionele toestand (P=0,11) vóór en na de interventie. Conclusie: Het e-Vita eHealth-platform had een gunstig effect op de CCQ-symptomen van COPD-patiënten, maar niet op de functionele status. De CCQ-mentale toestand bleef stabiel na de interventie, maar dit was een verslechtering in vergelijking met de verbeterende situatie voorafgaand aan de start van het eHealth-platform. Deze studie laat dus zien dat patiënten na de introductie van het COPD-platform minder symptomen ervaarden, maar dat hun mentale toestand tegelijkertijd licht verslechterde. Zorgprofessionals moeten zich ervan bewust zijn dat, ondanks de verbetering van symptomen, er een lichte toename van angst en depressie kan optreden na invoering van een eHealth-interventie.
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Abstract Background: Integrated disease management with self-management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is effective to improve clinical outcomes. eHealth can improve patients’ involvement to be able to accept and maintain a healthier lifestyle. Eventhough there is mixed evidence of the impact of eHealth on quality of life (QoL) in different settings. Aim: The primary aim of the e-Vita-COPD-study was to investigate the effect of use of eHealth patient platforms on disease specific QoL of COPD patients. Methods: We evaluated the impact of an eHealth platform on disease specific QoL measured with the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ), including subscales of symptoms, functional state and mental state. Interrupted time series (ITS) design was used to collect CCQ data at multiple time points. Multilevel linear regression modelling was used to compare trends in CCQ before and after the intervention. Results: Of 742 invited COPD patients, 244 signed informed consent. For the analyses, we only included patients who actually used the eHealth platform (n = 123). The decrease of CCQ-symptoms was 0.20% before the intervention and 0.27% after the intervention; this difference in slopes was statistically significant (P = 0.027). The decrease of CCQ-mental was 0.97% before the intervention and after the intervention there was an increase of 0.017%; this difference was statistically significant (P = 0.01). No significant difference was found in the slopes of CCQ (P = 0.12) and CCQ-function (P = 0.11) before and after the intervention. Conclusion: The e-Vita eHealth platform had a potential beneficial impact on the CCQ-symptoms of COPD patients, but not on functional state. The CCQ-mental state remained stable after the intervention, but this was a deterioration compared to the improving situation before the start of the eHealth platform. Therefore, health care providers should be aware that, although symptoms improve, there might be a slight increase in anxiety and depression after introducing an eHealth intervention to support self-management. Trial registration: Our study is registered in the Dutch Trial Register (national registration of clinical trails, mandatory for publication) with number NTR4098 and can be found at http://www.trialregister.nl/trial/3936.
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Typical of postgraduate courses for experienced teachers is the wealth of professional experience that the studetns bring with them. Such students can examine their own practice, for which they are fully responsible. Authors from diverse backgrounds address important aspects of the platform, such as the relation between tutors and students; teachers' professional identity; the voice of pupils; the characteristics of teachers' workplace of the participating professionals; the relationship between action research and teacher leadership.
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The European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP2 E) seeks to improve and harmonize European clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education by facilitating international collaboration and sharing problem-based, online, open educational resources. The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers to switch to virtual modalities, highlighting the need for high-quality online teaching materials. The goal of this study was to establish the online problem-based teaching resources needed to sustain prescribing education during the pandemic and thereafter. A nominal group technique study was conducted with prescribing teachers from 15 European countries. Results were analyzed through thematic analysis. In four meetings, 20 teachers from 15 countries proposed and ranked 35 teaching materials. According to the participants, the most necessary problem-based-online teaching materials related to three overarching themes. Related to learning outcomes for CPT, participants proposed creating prescription scenarios, including materials focusing on background knowledge and resources on personalized medicine and topical/ethical issues such as the prescription’s impact on planetary health. Second, related to teaching, they proposed online case discussions, gamification and decision support systems. Finally, in relation to faculty development, they recommend teacher courses, a repository of reusable exam questions and harmonized formularies. Future work will aim to collaboratively produce such materials.
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An introduction to the book is given: the backgrounds and the context of the study; a short introduction into the platform-concept; the structure of the book; a taste of what might arise in the book.
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Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media controversies such as fake news, toxic viral memes and online addiction. The failed search for a grand design has resulted in depoliticised internet studies unable to generate either radical critique or a search for alternatives. Geert Lovink calls for us to embrace the engineered intimacy of social media, messenger apps and selfies, because boredom is the first stage of overcoming ‘platform nihilism’. Then, after the haze, we can organise to disrupt the data extraction industries at their core.
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Background: To strengthen nursing in Kazakhstan, an e-platform has been developed to support knowledge sharing and collaboration in nursing education, nursing research, and clinical practice. Objective: This study aims to identify and prioritize requirements for an e-platform to strengthen nursing in the trinity of nursing education, nursing research, and clinical practice. Methods: The research was conducted using an exploratory sequential mixed-method design, including a systematic review and a Delphi study. The systematic review utilized search terms concerning nursing, e-platform, research, and education. The Delphi study included two rounds of questionnaires among a panel of Kazakh and European experts. Outcomes were analyzed using content validity ratios and level of consensus thresholds. Results: The systematic review generated eight studies and identified nine categories of requirements to be covered by four groups in the Delphi study. These four groups were content-related, functional, usability, and technical requirements. The study generated 52 essential and 15 useful requirements, which are common in the literature and in experts’ opinions. Conclusion: The list of requirements is well embedded in the literature as well as in the national context of nursing in Kazakhstan. Therefore, the e-platform developed according to these requirements will contribute to improving the trinity of nursing education, research, and practice. Although the list is context-specific, when validated by a panel of experts, it is universally applicable when developing e-platforms for nursing. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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At the end of the 1920s the International Review i10 was published in the Netherlands. This avant-garde magazine was characterized by the search for radical innovation in art and society. The editors of i10 created an international platform where several European avant-garde movements could exchange their ideas. How did this avant-garde platform realize the transnational ambitions of the editors? And what kind of ideas on Europe can be identified in i10 in the context of a more general discourse on moder-nity? This article focuses on the extent to which i10 realized these transnational ambitions to provide an innovative platform of the European avant-garde.
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