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The purpose of this literature study was to obtain an overview of previous civic literacy projects and their characteristics as primarily described in educational science literature. Eighteen academic articles on civic literacy projects in higher education were studied in detail and coded using the qualitative …

This study, titled Sweetening the Deal, considers policy interventions to reduce sugar consumption. The study addresses the research question: To what extent does public opinion in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom either correspond or contrast to policy approaches being taken by their governments …

This work assesses the feasibility of the planar PIV technique to study the characteristics of a siloxane vapor D4. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) seeding particles were used to track the motion around a rotating disk in a low speed flow. Vector fields of natural convection (NC) and a superposition of NC and …

Aanleiding ‘’Aantal gebroken heupen bij ouderen in vijf jaar met 12 procent gestegen’’, zo luidt de titel van een recent nieuwsartikel van nu.nl. Als gevolg van de vergrijzing kwamen 102 duizend 65-plussers in 2017 op de spoedeisende hulp na een valincident. Het in een sociaal isolement raken door angst …

Samenvatting van het boek: De democratische rechtsstaat heeft een mooie voorkant en een rafelige achterkant. Het institutionele bouwwerk mag in orde lijken, maar bedreigingen van buitenaf en ‘betonrot’ van binnenuit geven reden tot zorg. Deze bundel behandelt de grondslag, kwetsbaarheid en weerbaarheid …

Background: Generally, a significant portion of healthcare spending consists of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses. Patients indicate that, in practice, there are often some OOP expenses, incurred when they receive medical care, which are unexpected for them and should have been taken into account when deciding …

Self-management is widely seen as a viable contribution to sustainable health care as it allows to promote physical and mental well-being. A promising approach to promoting a healthy lifestyle is the deployment of personalized virtual coaches, especially in combination with the latest developments in …