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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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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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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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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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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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Gotze, Matthias (author), Matic, Srdjan (author), Iordanou, Costas (author), Smaragdakis, G. (author), Laoutaris, Nikolaos (author)In recent years, governments worldwide have moved their services online to better serve their citizens. Benefits aside, this choice increases the danger of tracking via such sites. This is of great concern as governmental websites increasingly become the only interaction point with the government. In this paper, we investigate popular...conference paper 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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Mouter, N. (author), de Ruijter, A.M. (author), Ardine de Wit, G. (author), Lambooij, Mattijs S. (author), van Wijhe, Maarten (author), van Exel, Job (author), Kessels, Roselinde (author)Background: Vaccination is generally considered the most direct way to restoring normal life after the outbreak of COVID-19, but the available COVID-19 vaccines are simultaneously embraced and dismissed. Mapping factors for vaccine hesitancy may help the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines and provide valuable insights for future pandemics. Objectives...journal article 2022
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of office workers were required to conduct their work from home. Little is known about the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) preferences and psychosocial comfort preferences of staff working from home. Therefore this study aimed to cluster office workers working at home based on their self-reported...journal article 2022
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van Brakel, Rosamunde (author), Kudina, O. (author), Fonio, Chiara (author), Boersma, Kees (author)This paper focuses on two examples of the introduction and use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in The Netherlands (CoronaMelder) and Belgium (Coronalert). It aims to offer a critical, sociotechnical perspective on tracing apps to understand how social, technical, and institutional dimensions form the ingredients for increasing surveillance....journal article 2022
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Tonetto, Leonardo (author), Adikari, Malintha (author), Mohan, Nitinder (author), Ding, Aaron Yi (author), Ott, Jörg (author)Human mobility shapes our daily lives, our urban environment and even the trajectory of a global pandemic. While various aspects of human mobility and inter-personal contact duration have already been studied separately, little is known about how these two key aspects of our daily lives are fundamentally connected. Better understanding of such...journal article 2022
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de Vries, P. (author)Emerging technologies are part of the constituting datafication and digitalization process that poses major challenges to the current educational infrastructure. Clearly, universities are challenged to respond to the demands that seem to develop faster and become more complex over time. The complexity, though, is not just technical; it is the...journal article 2022
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Shelat, S. (author), Cats, O. (author), van Cranenburgh, S. (author)With a few exceptions, public transport ridership around the world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Travellers are now likely to adapt their behaviour with a focus on factors that contribute to the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Given the unprecedented spatial and temporal scale of this crisis, these changes in behaviour may even...journal article 2022
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Nane, G.F. (author), Robinson Garcia, N. (author), van Schalkwyk, François (author), Torres-Salinas, Daniel (author)We model the growth of scientific literature related to COVID-19 and forecast the expected growth from 1 June 2021. Considering the significant scientific and financial efforts made by the research community to find solutions to end the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented volume of scientific outputs is being produced. This questions the...journal article 2022