In the Netherlands, a growing number of vocational education and training institutions have recently implemented new vocational career guidance practices in their competence-based approaches to learning. Vocational career guidance refers to services intended to assist people, of any age and at any point …

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of the Dutch cooperative Rabobank to understand how the structure of an organisation determines how individual employees validate norms within that organisation. Design/methodology/approach: Data over an approximately 10-year period starting …

Ondernemen in de 21e eeuw, een digitaal tijdperk waarin duurzaamheid en Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen een belangrijke rol spelen. Waarin precisielandbouw de markt probeert te veroveren en waarbij melkveehouders voor diverse keuzes staan om hier een bijdrage aan te leveren. Keuzes die worden …

This study provides an overview of PMS models and elaborates in which way they can integrate sustainability within data center 's corporate strategy. Furthermore, the study describes the characteristics of each model and investigates which model would be appropriate for data center 's needs and what …

Student satisfaction gains an increasingly central position in the context of quality measurements. However, student satisfaction can also be stipulated as an important motivational factor for students as learners. This study combines this perspective on student satisfaction with the notion of differences …

This international joint research group (IJRG) Movement-Related impairment in Ageing, in short ‘Move in Age’, is an initiative of the Frailty in Ageing research group (FRIA) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine of the University Medical …

Background: Urban slums are characterised by unique challenging living conditions, which increase their inhabitants’ vulnerability to specific health conditions. The identification and prioritization of the key health issues occurring in these settings is essential for the development of programmes that …

We report on a first field test in which miniaturized sensor motes were used to explore and inspect an operational pipeline by performing in situ measurements. The spherical sensor motes with a diameter of 39 mm were equipped with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measuring 3-D acceleration, rotation, …

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to assess whether LBP patients demonstrate signs of splinting by evaluating the reactions to unexpected mechanical perturbations in terms of (1) trunk muscle activity, (2) kinetic and (3) kinematic trunk responses and (4) estimated mechanical properties …

Following tragic events in the Mediterranean Sea, several actions described in the European Agenda on Migration were put into operation. One of these key actions was the establishment of the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling in 2015. The main goal of the EU Action Plan is to prevent and counter …