Helleke van den Braber, Jeroen Dera, Jos Joosten and Maarten Steenmeijer (eds.), Branding Books Across the Ages. Strategies and Key Concepts in Literary Branding. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021. ISBN 9789463723916. Euro 129,00 [gratis te downloaden via de website van AUP]

Magazine voor aluMni van de universiteit van aMsterdaM

Wojtek Kowalczyk and Maarten van Steen

Monitoring large computer networks often involves aggregation of various sorts of data that are distributed across network components. Finding extreme values, counting discrete observations or computing an average or a sum of some parameter values are typical examples of such “background” activities that provide input to monitoring systems. Another aspect of network management is fast and relia...

     Fabian Van Den Broek

Software contains bugs and bugs cost money. A good way to find some bugs quickly is the use of static code analysis. There are no exact numbers on the use of static code analyzers in the industry, but in our experience to few software developers actually make use of them. This thesis describes a survey that was conducted to find out why only so few developers in the Java community use static co...

van den Heuvel

Objectives This study evaluated the effects on work-related neck and upper-limb disorders among computer workers stimulated (by a software program) to take regular breaks and perform physical exercises. Possible effects on sick leave and productivity were studied as well. Methods A randomized controlled design was used with cluster randomization. Altogether 268 computer workers with complaints ...

Adaptive Testing Combines Precision with Brevity in the Grading of Cognitive Impairment

Hans Wouters, Bregje Appels, Jos Van Campen, Robert Lindeboom, Maarten Buiter, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Willem A. van Gool and Ben Schmand Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,...