In September 2009 the department of Engineering of Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands has started a pilot honours program for excellent engineering students called PRogram OUstanding Development (PROUD). Aim of this program is to give those engineering students, who have the ambition, …

In kringen van beleid en bestuur is de excellente leraar een hot topic: de leraar als sleutel tot verbetering van de onderwijskwaliteit en de excellente leraar die in belangrijke mate bijdraagt aan excellent onderwijs. De vraag is hoe je excellentie kunt stimuleren. Een optie is de masteropleiding. Zo …

Background Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) often experience strength deficits both pre- and post-operatively. As these deficits may have a direct impact on functional recovery, strength assessment should be performed in this patient population. For these assessments, reliable measurements …

Delirium is a frequent disorder in the ICU associated with poor outcome. Several organizations, including the SCCM and the APA, therefore recommend standard screening for delirium to improve early diagnosis and treatment. The CAM-ICU is the most frequently used delirium detection tool in the Netherlands. …

The past few years Internet has become an important medium in modern society. The use of Internet as a mass medium has resulted in the development of new online media. The feature all these new online media have in common is interactivity. The new web based applications allow citizens to create and share …

Het onderzoek is gericht op de kwaliteit en waarde van het keurmerk BREEAM-NL. Dit keurmerk is door de Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) op de Nederlandse markt gebracht met het doel de duurzaamheid van gebouwen meetbaar te maken. BREEAM-NL is een vertaling van het Britse BREEAM naar de Nederlandse …

I am glad to share the major findings of my bachelor thesis with you. Let me first give you an insight in the current situation within IBM and the Madrid International Services Centre.The global economy is suffering from a crisis hitting several big corporate players. Nevertheless,IBM and the Centre …

We found out that 25 % of our students came to study at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering department (E&E) because they were active (as a hobby) in music. Because of this the E&E department offers their students to work in video and audio themes in all projects of their education. From our inquiries …

De bouwwereld moet af van traditioneel en routinematig ontwerpen en bouwen. Onterechte gedachten over de hoge extra kosten zorgen voor een effectiviteitverlaging voor het beleid gericht op duurzaam bouwen. Duurzaam bouwen moet een gewoonte worden. Maar hoe ziet het ontwerp van een duurzaam en passief …

For IT services companies, delivering high quality IT services is of eminent importance. IT service quality drives customer satisfaction, which in its turn drives firm performance. It is this link that is addressed in this paper: How can the performance of customer service delivery teams be improved, …