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Allahabadi, H. (author), Amann, J. (author), Balot, I. (author), Beretta, A. (author), Binkley, C. (author), Bozenhard, J. (author), Bruneault, F. (author), Brusseau, J. (author), Umbrello, S. (author)This article’s main contributions are twofold: 1) to demonstrate how to apply the general European Union’s High-Level Expert Group’s (EU HLEG) guidelines for trustworthy AI in practice for the domain of healthcare and 2) to investigate the research question of what does “trustworthy AI” mean at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we...journal article 2022
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Shortall, R.M. (author), Mouter, N. (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of transport-related policy measures worldwide. In this paper, we review the literature on factors that are important for the design of those measures, and their effects on safety, physical and mental health, economy and environment. We conclude that factors underlying the introduction of...journal article 2022
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Keetels, G.H. (author), Godderis, L. (author), van de Wiel, B.J.H. (author)Background: Both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses show a strong seasonal spreading in temperate regions. Several studies indicated that changes in indoor humidity could be one of the key factors explaining this. Objective: The purpose of this study is to quantify the association between relevant epidemiological metrics and humidity in both...journal article 2022
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Teng, Y. (author), Song, Y. (author)For proper implementation of digital contact tracing technologies for fighting against SARS-CoV-2, participants' privacy vulnerability and the uncertainty from the relevant institutions' side could be seen as two core elements that should be dealt with, among others. In this paper, we propose to understand the current approaches for preserving...journal article 2022
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Cross, Katie (author), Evans, Jamie (author), MacLeavy, Julie (author), Manley, D.J. (author)In the UK the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 mitigations over the course of the pandemic (March 2020 to the time of writing in January 2022) have been experienced unevenly and with differential intensities at both the regional and local scales. Using individual-level geocoded data (from the Understanding Society: UK Household...journal article 2022
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Smit, J.M. (author), Krijthe, J.H. (author), Tintu, Andrei N. (author), Endeman, Henrik (author), Ludikhuize, Jeroen (author), van Genderen, Michel E. (author), Gommers, D.A.M.P.J. (author), Arbous, M.S. (author), Reinders, M.J.T. (author)Background: Timely identification of deteriorating COVID-19 patients is needed to guide changes in clinical management and admission to intensive care units (ICUs). There is significant concern that widely used Early warning scores (EWSs) underestimate illness severity in COVID-19 patients and therefore, we developed an early warning model...journal article 2022
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Mouter, N. (author), Boxebeld, Sander (author), Kessels, Roselinde (author), van Wijhe, Maarten (author), de Wit, Ardine (author), Lambooij, Mattijs (author), van Exel, Job (author)Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic forms an unprecedented public health, economic, and social crisis. Uptake of vaccination is critical for controlling the pandemic. Nevertheless, vaccination hesitancy is considerable, requiring policies to promote uptake. We investigate Dutch citizens’ preferences for policies that aim to promote vaccination...journal article 2022
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Colonna, Kyle J. (author), Nane, G.F. (author), Choma, Ernani F. (author), Cooke, R.M. (author), Evans, John S. (author)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) forecasts from over 100 models are readily available. However, little published information exists regarding the performance of their uncertainty estimates (i.e. probabilistic performance). To evaluate their probabilistic performance, we employ the classical model (CM), an established method typically used...journal article 2022
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Mouter, N. (author), Jara, Karen Trujillo (author), Hernández, J.I. (author), Kroesen, M. (author), de Vries, M.O. (author), Geijsen, Tom (author), Kroese, Floor (author), Uiters, Ellen (author), de Bruin, Marijn (author)Background: The COVID-19 outbreak early 2020 was followed by an unprecedented package of measures. The relative calmness of the pandemic early 2022 provides a momentum to prepare for various scenarios. Objectives: As acceptance of COVID-19 measures is key for public support we investigated citizens’ preferences towards imposing measures in four...journal article 2022
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Kaur, M. (author), Parkin, S.E. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Fiebig, T. (author)The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic made working from home – wherever working remotely is possible the norm for what had previously been office-based jobs across the world. This change in how we work created a challenging situation for system administrators (sysadmins), as they are the ones building and maintaining the digital infrastructure...journal article 2022
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Rothkrantz, L.J.M. (author)Recently articles in Newspapers, University News Bulletins and Scientific Literature report about negative aspects of the wellbeing of students caused by COVID-19 epidemic. Half of the students have mental problems and don't participate in the teaching learning process anymore. In the Netherlands, Universities are surveyed by questionnaires,...conference paper 2022
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Kreulen, Kurt (author), de Bruin, B. (author), Ghorbani, Amineh (author), Mellema, René (author), Kammler, Christian (author), Vanhee, Loïs (author), Dignum, Frank (author), Dignum, Virginia (author)Since its first appearance in Wuhan (China), countries have been employing, to varying degrees of success, a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions aimed at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 within their populations. In this article, we build on scientific work that demonstrates that culture is part of the explanation for the observed...journal article 2022
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Ipakchian Askari, Sima (author), Huisman, G. (author), Haans, Antal (author), IJsselsteijn, Wijnand A. (author)Affective haptic devices (AHDs) are communication technologies utilizing the sense of touch, and include mediated social touch (MST), symbolic haptic messaging, and awareness systems that, for example, let one feel another person's heartbeat. The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent social distancing measures have led to a reemphasis of the...journal article 2022
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Aylett-Bullock, Joseph (author), Gilman, Robert Tucker (author), Hall, Ian (author), Kennedy, David (author), Evers, Egmond Samir (author), Katta, Anjali (author), Ahmed, Hussien (author), Fong, Kevin (author), Comes, M. (author), Gaanderse, M.Q. (author)The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 presents many challenges to healthcare systems and infrastructures across the world, exacerbating inequalities and leaving the world's most vulnerable populations at risk. Epidemiological modelling is vital to guiding evidence-informed or data-driven decision making. In forced displacement...journal article 2022
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Dirkzwager, Herman (author)Research into the bidirectional relationships between travel behaviour, attitude and risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using travel data obtained by the NS Panel, a cross-lagged panel model is constructed to analyse the causation in the three predictors for car and train travel.master thesis 2021
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Wang, Xinyi (author)The COVID-19 global pandemic has a great negative influence on the event industry. Decreasing number of festivals poses threats to cultural and economical development. This research aims to close this research gap by developing a SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk analysis method for large events by modelling crowd interactions at different types of...master thesis 2021
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Tsang, Daniel (author)In this thesis, we present a study to obtain a clear and accurate overview of the progress and behaviour of COVID-19 in the Netherlands. We distinguish two parts for this study. The first part is to estimate the total number of infected people as a function of time by combining data from hospital admissions, daily reported cases and serological...master thesis 2021
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Krom, Johan Klaas (author), Wilkesmann, Florian (author), MONTES ROJAS, ALEJANDRO (author), Zhang, Ziru (author), Bhatt, Reddhi Uday (author)The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on public transportation. With ridership figures decreasing, it has brought a new sense of urgency to the old problem of crowding. Using a structured design approach, this paper presents the results of a project which set out to reduce crowding in Dutch train stations by<br/>absorbing it at the...student report 2021
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Wilbrink, Felix (author)Since the outbreak of COVID-19, far-reaching measures were introduced to isolate people and reduce the chance of transmission among people. In the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, the camps were locked down for months. As a result, economic dependencies between the refugees and host communities which were built in previous decades were cut...master thesis 2021
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Stella Mulia, Stella (author)The absence of medicines to cure COVID-19 calls for preventive strategies, including mask-wearing. Despite its protection against exposure to coronavirus, not everyone chooses to wear a mask. Some studies addressed mask-wearing behaviour from the standpoint of behavioural economics, one being the effect of herding behaviour. This occurs when...master thesis 2021