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Eijkelenboom, A.M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Comfort and health of outpatient staff is important due to the growing demand of healthcare and its crucial influence on society. Previous studies have mostly focused on the perception of comfort and indicated a large prevalence of building-related symptoms and dissatisfaction with comfort of staff in hospital buildings. Unfortunately,...journal article 2020
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Hou, H. (author), Wu, Hao (author)Hotel developers incorporate green building design to save on capital and operation cost. Hotel operators adopt green practice to affect tourists’ intention of staying (IoS). This paper recognises the important contribution of green building design and eco-service provision to green hotels. It investigates the internal relationships of...journal article 2020
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Tüfekçi, Yasir (author)Virtual Reality glasses are being used in hospitals in order to combat pain and anxiety. These glasses are consumer products however. This project aims to find a feasible solution by designing a custom product that replaces the problems diagnosed in the current product and that enhances the user experience.master thesis 2019
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Heddes, Jolien (author)Cancer is a complex disease which requires interdisciplinary care. There are various developments ongoing within cancer care and its complexity. A task reallocation which is boosted by the government and new standards from SONCOS make it compulsory to have a fixed point of contact for cancer patients. Dijklander Ziekenhuis wants to introduce...master thesis 2019
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van Berckel, Joost (author)Fall prevention programs hold great promise to improve quality of life among older adults and to decrease healthcare expenditures. However, there are substantial barriers for entrepreneurs working in the elderly care to set up fall prevention programs, due to the size of the investments required, the uncertainty of the parties about the...master thesis 2019
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Lugtenburg, Noëlle (author)This graduation project is performed for the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) in collaboration with VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In many situations pregnant women need to use a medicine during pregnancy, especially when they are under medical supervision at VUmc due to their (history of a)...master thesis 2019
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Giesbers, Charlotte (author)The acute obstetrics (AO) sector in the Netherlands faces two challenges. The increasing difficulty to find personnel and the closing down of several locations have put a major pressure on the existing AO locations. This has led to questions about the quality of the spatial distribution. The measures currently in place are based the travel time...master thesis 2019
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Beerens, Jeroen (author)The Academic Medical Center (AMC) is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands and it is located in the Bijlmer district. The complex was built in 1981 and consists of 64 hectares of land. The complex is surround by a green belt where also the former psychiatric center was located. The AMC can be seen as a stand-alone city, with daily...master thesis 2019
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Cheng, Danny (author)The project act as an example of how biophilic design can be applied into the rehabilitation area of a hospital.The aim of the project is to achieve a faster recovery rate of patients, a better performance of staff and to create a unique experience for the visitors in AMC . Many researches have showed the benefits of using biophilic design in...master thesis 2019
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Bokel, R.M.J. (author), van den Engel, P.J.W. (author), Eijkelenboom, A.M. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author)For several years indoor comfort is measured in halls of hospitals by architecture students from the Delft University of Technology. Questionnaires and interviews have shows that patients and visitors have very few complaints about the indoor comfort in hospital halls. This, in hindsight, is not so very surprising. Patients and visitors usually...conference paper 2019
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Eijkelenboom, A.M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Due to the increasing demand for healthcare and the large impact on the finance of hospital buildings in the near future, study is needed on aspects that affect health and comfort of patients and staff in hospitals. Therefore, a literature review was performed on studies related to specific hospital departments and occupant groups, in order...journal article 2019
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Parekh, Nikesh (author), Ali, Khalid (author), Davies, John Graham (author), Stevenson, Jennifer M. (author), Banya, Winston (author), Nyangoma, Stephen (author), Schiff, Rebekah (author), van der Cammen, T.J.M. (author), Harchowal, Jatinder (author), Rajkumar, Chakravarthi (author)Objectives To develop and validate a tool to predict the risk of an older adult experiencing medication-related harm (MRH) requiring healthcare use following hospital discharge. Design, setting, participants Multicentre, prospective cohort study recruiting older adults (≥65 years) discharged from five UK teaching hospitals between 2013 and...journal article 2019
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Birdja, D.V. (author), Ozcan Vieira, E. (author)In this paper, the sleep phenomenon is considered in relation to critical care soundscapes with the intention to inform hospital management, medical device producers and policy makers regarding the complexity of the issue and possible modes of design interventions. We propose a comprehensive strategy based on soundscape design approach that...journal article 2019
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Redert, Roel (author)The critical care environment has been witnessed to be one that is unsuitable for sleeping in during day time. Auditory disturbances happen approximately every 12 to 15 minutes, and this is preventing patients to get into their deep sleep during for example the nurse's lunch break. Being able to get into deep sleep has been proven to be very...master thesis 2018
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Seinen, Marije (author)The Medical Psychology and Social Work department of the Wilhelmina Children´s Hospital (WKZ) helps children between 0 and 17 years old and their parents to cope with psychosocial problems caused by medical events and/or (chronic) illness. In therapeutic sessions psychologists help children to overcome their fears and develop effective coping...master thesis 2018
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Collins, Amy (author)Most cardiac arrests happen within the home and only 10% of these victims will survive. If a victim can receive CPR within the first 6 minutes of a cardiac event then their chances of survival increase to 45%.<br/><br/>LivisOra helps you prepare for this moment. Ora is a CPR training aid that assists anyone to master chest compressions and...master thesis 2018
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Mohar, Hana (author)The thesis explores the site of Niuewe Meer in the context of the near future of 2050. The research deals with the new urban phenomena of airport cities - their urban qualities and the issues they pose for development of expanding city borders. On the case of a new passenger driven typology - the airport hospital, it investigates how future...master thesis 2018
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bel, mirjam (author)According to literature, the benefits of BIM can be well found in complex projects such as healthcare. When well implemented, the use of BIM as a tool for communication and collaboration can lead to a higher design quality and quality of the realized building, as well as increased efficiency and costs savings. <br/>BIM can be used for integrated...master thesis 2018
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Mink, Leonoor (author)A transformation of the building complex Dullaert & C&A along the Overwelving in Zutphen. Through architectural interventions the aim was to create a design that improves the meeting of different connections and traffic flows, and brings back the identity and purpose of the Overwelving within the city. The new intervention and...master thesis 2018
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Komen, Ewoud (author)In recent years, societal trends and fears have shifted the focus of governmental institutions more and more on prevention of domestic emergencies (such as natural disasters, or terrorist attacks). These catastrophic events may result in mass casualty incidents, which are defined as: “[…] An event that overwhelms the local healthcare system,...master thesis 2018