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How to teach engineers to interact in a political decision making environment

López Royo, M. (author), Burgmeijer, M. (author), Verhagen, H.J. (author)

Sectoral professionals, like coastal engineers, need to know how to cooperate in a multi-disciplinary environment, as well as how to present substantial information to (political) decision makers. In order to train (coastal engineering) students in this matter, Unesco-IHE and TU Delft have in their curriculum an Integrated Coastal Zone...

conference paper 2015

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The requirements for Coastal Engineers in Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Verhagen, H.J. (author)

Worldwide there is a need for training of engineers to work within the framework of Coastal Zone Management. This has effects on the education of engineers. Moreover, the requirements for an educational program for coastal engineers from developing countries are quite different from the requirements for the training of engineers from the...

conference paper 1995

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Sustainability in projects requires training in managing as designing

Lousberg, L.H.M.J. (author), Heintz, J.L. (author), Prins, M. (author)

Problems that present project managers have to deal with are more and more concerning complexity, i.e. unexpected, uncertain, unstable or unique situations. This seems also the case with sustainable building projects. It is therefore necessary that project managers are trained to deal with these problems, especially by learning from their...

conference paper 2015

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Capacity building in coastal engineering with a focus to countries in transition

Verhagen, H.J. (author)

Coastal engineering is a complex art. At this moment a limited number of phenomena can understood with the help of the laws of physics and fluid mechanics. For the remainder, formulas have been developed with limited accuracy. In addition, input data are also limited available, and form another source of uncertainty. Consequently, a sound...

conference paper 2005

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Training of coastal engineers to work in a non-engineering environment

Burgmeijer, M.A. (author), Verhagen, H.J. (author), Van der Wegen, M. (author)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is an interdisciplinary process by definition. Individual actors in CZM need to cooperate and communicate to come to an optimum management strategy for the coastal zone. Because engineers focus on finding the “best” solution in engineering terms, they often are quite surprised that in the end of the day...

conference paper 2011

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Sustainable transfer of coastal engineering knowledge at post graduate level

Verhagen, H.J. (author), De Vries, W.S. (author)

Practical problems in the transfer of knowledge and skills to coastal engineers in training, with focus on the training of coastal engineers from developing countries and other countries in transition. The difference between the training of scientists and engineers.

conference paper 1999

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EDGETUNE: Inference-Aware Multi-Parameter Tuning

Rocha, Isabelly (author), Felber, Pascal (author), Schiavoni, Valerio (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author)

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have demonstrated impressive performance on many machine-learning tasks such as image recognition and language modeling, and are becoming prevalent even on mobile platforms. Despite so, designing neural architectures still remains a manual, time-consuming process that requires profound domain knowledge. Recently,...

conference paper 2022

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Towards Designing a Method to Create Sticky Information Security Training for SMEs: Identifying Design Factors

Brehmer, Martin (author), Abbas, A.E. (author), Vaidyanathan, Nageswaran (author)

The risk of being impacted by a cyberattack is high, because of more professional attacks. Thereby, cyber criminals are bypassing technological countermeasures through tricking users. Recently collected data during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demonstrate, that cyberattacks including social engineering are among the main threats, especially for Small...

conference paper 2021

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Application sharing services design and performance

Beumer, J.J. (author)

Digital information is becoming increasingly integrated in our daily life. We can communicate with each other via e-mail and exchange documents, photographs and video fragments and use webcams during a telephone call ("nice for the kids"). Digital information is used in education to communicate with other students and teachers and it is used for...

doctoral thesis 2006

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Hand-eye coordination in minimally invasive surgery: Theory, surgical practice & training

Wentink, M. (author)

doctoral thesis 2003

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Force-based assessment of tissue handling skills

Horeman, T. (author)

In laparoscopic surgery, special instruments with long and slender shafts are inserted through small incisions in the abdominal wall. A laparoscope is used for a clear vision inside the inflated abdominal cavity while laparoscopic graspers and cutters are used for manipulation of tissue. The use of long instruments makes it difficult to “feel”...

doctoral thesis 2014

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Towards safer laparoscopic surgery: Training and assessment of surgical skills and equipment handling

Van Hove, P.D. (author)

The objective of this thesis is to improve laparoscopic surgical skills training and assessment with an emphasis on equipment-related safety and competence. A comparison was made between a hospital and a petrochemical company and showed that employees at the petrochemical company were trained and certified in equipment handling much more...

doctoral thesis 2013

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Do absorption and realistic distraction influence performance of component task surgical procedure?

Pluyter, J.R. (author), Buzink, S.N. (author), Rutkowski, A.F. (author), Jakimowicz, J.J. (author)

Background. Surgeons perform complex tasks while exposed to multiple distracting sources that may increase stress in the operating room (e.g., music, conversation, and unadapted use of sophisticated technologies). This study aimed to examine whether such realistic social and technological distracting conditions may influence surgical performance...

journal article 2009

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Development of a new product for unrestrained heart rate measurement in swimming: A user centered design approach

Van Rooijen, V. (author), De Voogd-Claessen, L. (author), Lauche, K. (author), Jeanne, V. (author), Van der Vliet, R. (author)

This paper reports the development of a new product for unrestrained heart rate measurement to provide feedback and target training efforts in professional swimming. While training is considered to be the key to becoming a top athlete, little is known about how to determine the right training course for individual athletes (Maase, 2009, ). In...

journal article 2010

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Retracting and seeking movements during laparoscopic goal-oriented movements. Is the shortest path length optimal?

Chmarra, M.K. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author), Grimbergen, C.A. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)

Aims- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) requires a high degree of eye–hand coordination from the surgeon. To facilitate the learning process, objective assessment systems based on analysis of the instruments’ motion are being developed. To investigate the influence of performance on motion characteristics, we examined goaloriented movements in a...

journal article 2007

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Force feedback and basic laparoscopic skills

Chmarra, M.K. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)

Background - Not much is known about the exact role offorce feedback in laparoscopy. This study aimed to determine whether force feedback influences movements of instruments during training in laparoscopic tasks and whether force feedback is required for training in basic laparoscopic force application tasks. Methods - A group of 19 gynecologic...

journal article 2008

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Incorporation of proficiency criteria for basic laparoscopic skills training: How does it work?

Verdaasdonk, E.G. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Lange, J.F. (author), Stassen, L.P.S. (author)

Background - It is desirable that surgical trainees are proficient in basic laparoscopic motor skills (eye–hand coordination). The present study evaluated the use of predefined proficiency criteria on a basic virtual reality (VR) simulator in preparation for a laparoscopic course on animal models. Methods - Twenty-eight surgical trainees who...

journal article 2008

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Laparoscopic suturing learning curve in an open versus closed box trainer

Rodrigues, S.P. (author), Horeman, T. (author), Blomjous, M.S.H. (author), Hiemstra, E. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)

Background The aim of this study was to examine the influence of training under direct vision prior to training with indirect vision on the learning curve of the laparoscopic suture task. Methods Novices were randomized in two groups. Group 1 performed three suturing tasks in a transparent laparoscopic box trainer under direct vision followed by...

journal article 2015

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A training approach for the transition of repeatable collaboration processes to practitioners

Kolfschoten, G.L. (author), De Vreede, G.J. (author), Pietron, L.R. (author)

This paper presents a training approach to support the deployment of collaboration process support according to the Collaboration Engineering approach. In Collaboration Engineering, practitioners in an organization are trained to facilitate a specific collaborative work practice on a recurring basis. To transfer the complex skill set of a...

journal article 2011

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Objective classification of residents based on their psychomotor laparoscopic skills

Chmarra, M.K. (author), Klein, S. (author), De Winter, J.C.F. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)

Background - From the clinical point of view, it is important to recognize residents’ level of expertise with regard to basic psychomotor skills. For that reason, surgeons and surgical organizations (e.g., Acreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, ACGME) are calling for assessment tools that credential residents as technically...

journal article 2009