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Plat, Benthe (author)This report delves into the challenging process of translating complex tests from the Child Brain Lab into a design that is both accessible and engaging for children. The Child Brain Lab, part of the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital, conducts research on brain development to gain a better understanding of the course of brain disorders and...master thesis 2023
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Wang, Gigi (author)The growth of dating apps has changed the way relationships are formed. These applications have enabled users to widen their dating pool of potential partners through profile recommendations based on proximity and shared interests. However, dating app usage was also found to impact well-being negatively, with the AI systems of these platforms,...master thesis 2023
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Liu, Yi (author)Is healthy eating simply the intake of correct quantities of certain nutrients, regardless of how and where? This project addresses improving wellbeing within the broad context of eating. <br/><br/>Eating-related guidance products have a hyper-focus on nutrition and/or weight loss, to the detriment of a wider definition of “health”. Wellbeing is...master thesis 2023
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de Haan, Jolijn (author)Problem Background:<br/>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death in the world (Johnston et al., 2016). One of the main causes for cardiovascular mortality is a myocardial infarction (MI) (Jneid et al., 2013; Mishra & Ramavataram, 2021; Verburg et al., 2019). A myocardial infarction is an event in which the heart muscle...master thesis 2023
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Fielbaum, Andres (author), Ruiz, Felipe (author), Boccardo, Giorgio (author), Rubio, Daniela (author), Tirachini, Alejandro (author), Rosales-Salas, Jorge (author)Transport workers were among the most affected by the COVID-19 crisis. In several countries, public transport and delivery drivers were considered essential workers during the pandemic, while the demand changed dramatically. In this context, little is known about the actual effects of the pandemic on the lives of drivers, and whether those...journal article 2023
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Anthopoulos, Leonidas (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Weerakkody, Vishanth (author)This is the 9th edition of the workshop series labeled "AW4City - Web Applications and Smart Cities", which started back in Florence in 2015 and kept on taking place every year in conjunction with the WWW conference series. Last year the workshop was held virtually in Lyon, France. The workshop series aims to investigate the Web and Web...conference paper 2023
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Matheus, R. (author), Faber, R.M. (author), Ismagilova, Elvira (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)Open Government efforts are criticized for providing limited value. Instead of looking at a value, we investigate the usefulness of web-based open government portals and apps. Specifically, we investigated the relationship between digital transparency and usefulness. We analyzed perceived digital transparency and usefulness in a survey of 112...journal article 2023
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Rothkrantz, L.J.M. (author)The grow of urban environments caused many problems in traffic networks. On the roads in and around an urban environment many traffic incidents happen all the time, especially during rush hours or bad weather conditions. To minimize the negative impacts, an incident scene has to be cleared as soon as possible. Additional delay has been caused by...conference paper 2023
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Rahmillah, Fety Ilma (author), Tariq, Amina (author), King, Mark (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)BACKGROUND: Mobile apps are a popular strategy for reducing mobile phone use and preventing maladaptive mobile phone use (MMPU). Previous research efforts have been made to understand the features of apps that have the potential to reduce mobile phone use and MMPU. However, there has been a lack of a comprehensive examination of the...journal article 2023
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Chitos, Andreas (author), Karaliopoulos, Merkouris (author), Pelka, S. (author), Halkidi, Maria (author), Koutsopoulos, Iordanis (author)In this paper, we report evidence collected in the context of the Horizon 2020 NUDGE project about the effectiveness of digital tools such as smartphone apps and web portals to realize nudging interventions towards different energy efficiency goals: from the reduction of heating energy and electricity to the increase of self-consumption in...conference paper 2023
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Choenni, Arvind (author)Due to an increase in remote working concerns around mental and physical health are increasing. Most people are aware of this problem, but find it hard to improve their health. Recharge is a company that wants to help these people by providing an app where users experience an one-week Bootcamp. In this week they are challenged to try out new...master thesis 2022
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Boerkamp, Christiaan (author)Neuromodulation of the vagus nerve is used as a treatment for all kinds of ailments and even as a means of improving the wearer's physiology, however, this form of treatment is not popular due to its invasive nature, high chance of side effects, and short period between reimplementation surgery, as such an alternative is sought in the form of...master thesis 2022
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Engler Faleiros, D. (author), van den Bos, W. (author), Botto, L. (author), Scarano, F. (author)This work describes a modelling approach to SARS-CoV-2 dispersion based on experiments. The main goal is the development of an application integrated in Ansys Fluent to enable computational fluid dynamics (CFD) users to set up, in a relatively short time, complex simulations of virion-laden droplet dispersion for calculating the probability...journal article 2022
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Guillén, Georgina M. (author), Galeote, Daniel Fernández (author), Sicevic, Nevena (author), Hamari, Juho (author), Quist, J.N. (author)Mobile apps are ubiquitous, affecting our everyday practices because “there is always an app for that”. In this vein, there have been a significant number of apps devised to support people’s lifestyles to make them more sustainable. This study aims to draw an overview of gamified mobile apps for sustainable consumption. Following a systematic...conference paper 2022
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Jongeneel, Alyssa (author), Libedinsky, Ilan (author), Reinbergen, Anouk (author), Tromp, N. (author), Delespaul, Philippe (author), Riper, Heleen (author), van der Gaag, Mark (author), van den Berg, D.A. (author)Background: Temstem is a mobile application developed in cooperation with voice-hearing persons to help them cope with distressing voices. After psychoeducation about voice hearing, Temstem offers two functions: Silencing is a mode designed to inhibit voice activity through the processing of incompatible language; the Challenging mode...journal article 2022
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Anthopoulos, Leonidas (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Weerakkody, Vishanth (author)This is the 8th edition of the workshop series labeled "AW4City - Web Applications and Smart Cities", which started back in Florence in 2015 and kept on taking place every year in conjunction with the WWW conference series. Last year the workshop was held virtually in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The workshop series aims to investigate the Web and Web...conference paper 2022
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Balaban, Ö. (author)Leisure walking (including running) is the easiest way to combat the lack of physical activity of urban residents. Hence, understanding what drives people to take a leisurely walk is vital for the design and planning of healthy and vibrant neighborhoods. In this chapter, we investigate and identify which (urban) features can define the...book chapter 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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Heeres, Pleun (author)Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the Netherlands, often caused by having too much exposure to UV radiation from the sun. An effect of this is that the part of the body that is exposed the most to the sun is also the body part where skin cancer is seen more often; the head. When the skin cancer gets removed surgically, the defect...master thesis 2021
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Khot, Rucha (author)Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy that include gestational hypertension are seen to complicate pregnancies worldwide. Even if hypertension resolves postpartum, these women are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular issues in the future. So, they are recommended lifelong lifestyle changes that include making adjustments to their diet...master thesis 2021