Design of a multidimensional digital system to enhance self-management in cardiovascular risk prevention programs

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. While metabolic factors such as age and gender affect greatly, most of the CV events can be prevented by addressing behavioural risk factors such as physical inactivity, smoking or bad diet.<br/><br/>CV prevention programs aim to reduce the burden of these conditions by...

Risk communication for child vaccination

The National Immunisation Programme (NIP) provides Dutch children with vaccinations for twelve infectious diseases free of charge and on voluntary basis. During several years, the vaccination coverage in the Netherlands has declined (about 0.5 percent per year). It is important to have a high vaccination coverage in order to stop spreading...

Operative Guidelines for Protection of Places of Worship from Terrorist Attacks: A new approach toward security design of sensitive buildings

The present thesis is aimed at defining operative guidelines devoted to the prevention and limitation of disastrous consequences for man's life and property in case of terrorist attacks perpetrated in places of worship. These guidelines are meant to be applied by governs of Western societies at different levels of spatial planning, with...

Safe-by-Design: from Safety to Responsibility

Safe-by-design (SbD) aims at addressing safety issues already during the R&amp;D and design phases of new technologies. SbD has increasingly become popular in the last few years for addressing the risks of emerging technologies like nanotechnology and synthetic biology. We ask to what extent SbD approaches can deal with uncertainty, in...

Scenarios in the design process