GROW self-management support: Empowering Psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients with a low socioeconomic position in self-managing their disease

The rheumatology department of ErasmusMC wants to improve the effectiveness of their future Psoriatic arthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis care paths. The expected lack of capacity on the department asks to solve this problem in a capacity-efficient way. Including remote monitoring in the care path and shifting towards a self-management approach,...

Effects of Adaptive Conversational User Interfaces on Enjoyment and Engagement while assessing Wellbeing

A decrease in wellbeing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic called for ways to assess wellbeing in a scalable and adequate manner. Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs) seem suitable, however, applying them optimally in certain contexts remains a challenge. This study aims to find ways to make CUIs more engaging and have a better experience...

Values of the Blue Nile: An evaluation of the Nile Basin Decision Support System from a values perspective

The Blue Nile is characterised by growing tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt related to increasing demands for water and upcoming unilateral developments. Growing efforts towards basin wide cooperation from the international and scientific community have led to the development of a common decision support tool, the Nile Basin Decision...

Multidisciplinary assessment of engineered dunes for West End, Galveston Island, Texas

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is scheduled to present their solution for a storm surge barrier on Galveston Island in 2021 to congress for approval. A solution for an engineered dune system on the Galveston Island West End has been proposed, but storm surge models have shown that protection from this engineered dune only goes...

Inducing change in a conservative industry: The effects of simulation gaming on behavioural change in the construction sector

Because in the past, assignments of infrastructure projects became less specific and increasingly complex over time, construction companies had to start joining forces and working together to be able to deliver these projects. This asked for a change in behaviour of the employees on these projects. According to literature, in other industries,...

Erosion problem at Piçarras Beach: The cause of the erosion and possible counter measures

Over the last three decades the beach area of Piçarras has undergone large changes. The river Piçarras was fixed which caused severe erosion problems. With large nourishment projects the municipality tried to create a sustainable beach area. However, these nourishments did not form a long term solution, which means that, until the present day,...