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Lupetti, M.L. (author), Norese, Maria Franca (author), Wu, Xiaolu (author), Mi, Haipeng (author)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct research with children, who have different abilities from adults, in terms of language understanding and level of attention, is a challenging task, especially concerning novel interactive systems such as social robots. Consequently, self-reporting methods are often replaced or supplemented by...journal article 2019
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Murakami, Yukihiro (author), van Iersel, L.J.J. (author), Janssen, R. (author), Jones, M.E.L. (author), Moulton, V.L. (author)Network reconstruction lies at the heart of phylogenetic research. Two well-studied classes of phylogenetic networks include tree-child networks and level-k networks. In a tree-child network, every non-leaf node has a child that is a tree node or a leaf. In a level-k network, the maximum number of reticulations contained in a biconnected...journal article 2019
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Neerincx, M.A. (author), van Vught, Willeke (author), Blanson Henkemans, O.A. (author), Oleari, Elettra (author), Broekens, D.J. (author), Rijgersberg, R.M. (author), Kaptein, F.C.A. (author), Demiris, Yiannis (author), Kiefer, Bernd (author), Fumagalli, Diego (author), Bierman, Bert (author)Social or humanoid robots do hardly show up in “the wild,” aiming at pervasive and enduring human benefits such as child health. This paper presents a socio-cognitive engineering (SCE) methodology that guides the ongoing research & development for an evolving, longer-lasting human-robot partnership in practice. The SCE methodology has been...journal article 2019
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van Zandwijk, Jan Peter (author), Vester, Marloes E.M. (author), Bilo, Rob A. (author), van Rijn, Rick R. (author), Loeve, A.J. (author)Various types of complex biomechanical models have been published in the literature to better understand processes related to inflicted head injury by shaking trauma (IHI-ST) in infants. In this systematic review, a comprehensive overview of these models is provided. A systematic review was performed in MEDLINE and Scopus for articles using...review 2019
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Vester, Marloes E.M. (author), Bilo, Rob A.C. (author), Loeve, A.J. (author), van Rijn, Rick R. (author), van Zandwijk, Jan Peter (author)Inflicted blunt force trauma and/or repetitive acceleration-deceleration trauma in infants can cause brain injury. Yet, the exact pathophysiologic mechanism with its associated thresholds remains unclear. In this systematic review an overview of animal models for shaking trauma and their findings on tissue damage will be provided. A...review 2019
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Fernhout, Timo (author)The purpose of this thesis is to design robot behavior that stimulates self-disclosure of introverted and extraverted children during an initial interaction. This was done by designing two styles of robot behavior. One behavior style that was specifically adapted to introverted children and one behavior style that was specifically adapted to...master thesis 2018
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Bovens, Bella (author)When you are ill, a visit to the hospital is often a stressful and worrisome experience. Especially when you are a child and you cannot fully understand or imagine what is going to happen to you. A clinical environment that contains ‘scary’ looking medical equipment does not make you feel at ease. On the contrary, this can be experienced as...master thesis 2017
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Lammers, Bas (author)The graduation project, which is recorded in this report, was initiated to explore the possibilities for BeSafe, a long-time manufacturer of child safety seats for (automotive) transport, to become sustainable. As the knowledge regarding the subject within the company was of insufficient, Delft University of Technology was contacted to extend...master thesis 2017
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Van Haaren, E. (author)Joolz is a company that finds itself in the premium section of the stroller market. With a portfolio containing two high end strollers and a fast growth into several new markets, it looks to expand its portfolio in different directions. The future goal is to be a company that can provide complete child care concepts for the first five years of...master thesis 2015
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Ramirez Herrera, S.L. (author)Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of children’s deaths before they can celebrate their fifth birthday. The majority of pneumonia cases and deaths caused by it are concentrated on the poorest regions of the world; having India the burden of leading both lists. For this reason, UNICEF and the WHO, have made of this issue a priority on their...master thesis 2015
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Blok, D. (author)Child-resistant caps (CRC) are well-known as a solution to create a child-resistant barrier for bottles with toxic chemicals inside such as bleach or turpentine. The problem of intoxications with children however still exists. The problem lies in the fact that the real reasons of intoxications are not being tackled. Almost every CRC on the...master thesis 2015
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Luijpers, B.J.M. (author)For this project the goal was to obtain user insights about the perspectives of children about rebellion in play. After conducting a literature study it was found that being rebellious is beneficial for children, because it allows them to escape from the adult world. This leads to developing multiple capabilities like self-reliance, co-operation...master thesis 2014
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Westra, H.C. (author)Konings & Kappelhoff design agency is a product design agency with expertise in designing juvenile products, among others. Because of their expertise, network and some unfinished work requiring attention, they expressed the wish to investigate design opportunities in the area of child transportation. The graduation assignment that followed means...master thesis 2013
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Medema, L.C. (author)More children under the age of five in developing countries die of pneumonia than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Pneumonia is responsible for 18% of the deaths of children under the age of five globally. The vast majority of deaths due to pneumonia are set in the poorest regions, resulting in the death of 1,4 million children from...master thesis 2013
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Jansweijer, J.J. (author)The goal of this project was to support the social development of isolated children in child cancer hospitals by bringing them into contact with other children in the hospital. In interviews with children three play types were found: adventurers, gamers and tinkerers. To support each of these play types, an ambiguous game, which could be played...master thesis 2013
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Keijsers, K.H. (author)In this thesis a product service system for a Bugaboo stroller is developed. The main objectives are to come up with a PSS that has benefits for people, planet and profit. The objectives are defined as follows: 1. People: The PSS should convince people to lease a stroller instead of buying one. 2. Planet: The PSS should be a sustainable...master thesis 2013
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Bouman, M. (author)This thesis presents the graduation project ‘Play on Your Way’, in which play route concepts have been researched and designed by using child participation. The project was committed by the National Youth Fund Jantje Beton, who aims to create and retain a public space where children (age 6-12) feel free and encouraged to play and be active in....master thesis 2013
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Manning, D. (author)The Bugaboo Meerkat is a patentable concept for grandparent-grandchild personal mobility. The design concept creates a new mobility product market for elderly people. The core functionality of the Bugaboo Meerkat is the combination of a shopping trolley and wagon in one product. An innovative converting mechanism enables a user to convert...master thesis 2012
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Schmeits, P.L.G. (author)Design of a children's bicycle seat, targeted at the Northern European market, excluding the Netherlands. A research was performed to cultural differences in cycling with children, and the proposed design reflects the outcomes of that research.master thesis 2012
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Ho, J. (author)This graduation report shows the development of Molly. It documents all the researches performed and all the conclusions that were made can be found in this report.master thesis 2011