WRTS is een Nederlands internetplatform bedoeld om gebruikers te helpen met het vergroten van de woordenkennis. De website helpt bij het overhoren van jezelf; ideaal bij het leren van een vreemde taal. WRTS heeft al jaren een account op Facebook en Youtube. Toch hebben ze hier geen tot weinig contact …

Dagelijks laten consumenten een enorme hoeveelheid aan data van zichzelf achter op het web. Zowel fysiek als digitaal moeten consumenten zich steeds vaker registreren om gebruik te kunnen maken van diverse (overheids)diensten, bedrijven of webwinkels. Online registratie hoeft niet lang te duren; via …

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of the independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. In addition to an increase in exergy efficiency, such a Hybrid Energy Network (HEN) could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational …

This book is an introduction to Intercultural Communication (IC) that takes into account the much neglected dynamic paradigm of culture in the literature. It posits that culture is not static, context is the driving force for change, and individuals can develop a multicultural mind. It is also the first …

A reflective account of being Alone, Asian and Atheist in the Middle East

There is a growing number of eHealth interventions aiming at enhancing lifestyle to address obesity. However, the existing interventions do not take the emotional aspects of obesity into account. Forty percent of the overweight population is an emotional eater. Emotional eaters gain weight because of …

Today the role of the museum institution is often questioned and consumed by crises of meaning, funding, and relevance. Within the European context the economic crisis resulted in major budget-cuts in the public spending, which also affected artistic and cultural public funds. It has been thus increasingly …

Introduction This thesis examines the effectiveness of marketing strategies and marketing activities, commissioned by Crossphase. Crossphase is active on a business-to-business (B2B) market and focuses on Fortune 500 companies. The use of cold-calling is a strenuous and often lenghty sales process which …

Background In the Netherlands, there has been a strong increase in diversity among students in recent decades. Even though access for previously underrepresented groups based on economic status, ethnicity or culture has been realised to a certain extent, differences in student performance between groups …

Cognitive impairment is a prevalent problem among the homeless and seems related to more psychosocial problems. However, little is known about the care needs of the subgroup of homeless people with an intellectual disability compared to those without an intellectual disability and how their care needs …