Consumers currently place increasing importance on the values that companies represent. Modern values such as transparency, benevolence to society, sustainability and fairness are becoming more relevant, as noted by many major consulting firms among which are Nielsen (2013), the World Federation of Advertisers …

Progetto Ustica is an experiment in "civically-engaged game design" and addresses the Ustica Massacre ("Strage di Ustica"), where 81 people lost their lives as an air-to-air missile hit a civilian aircraft in 1980. Progetto Ustica has been developed as part of an Action Research effort with the objective …

Influencer marketing is een trend (Emerce, 2015). Het bedrijf is een online marketingbureau dat de laatste jaren dan ook een groei doormaakt. Het klantenbestand groeit en de branches waarin de klanten zich bevinden raken steeds meer gevarieerd. Door deze groei en variatie verandert ook de wens en vraag …

Het renoveren naar een Nul-op-de-Meter woning is iets wat de laatste jaren in opkomst is en wat een hoop particuliere woningeigenaren een interessante gedachte vinden. Op het moment van dit onderzoek is er echter nog te weinig informatie voor handen over de mogelijkheden die een bewoner heeft bij een …

De stem geeft ons de mogelijkheid om onze ideeën te verwoorden naar de omgeving toe en omgekeerd. Zowel bij volwassenen als bij kinderen geeft de stem bewust en onbewust informatie over de persoonlijkheid. Zo kan de stem dienen als middel voor informatieoverdracht en het uiten van gevoelens. Als de stemgeving …

Germany has been an influential member state in the European Union, but how influential has Germany been in shaping EU-policies? What domestic policies did Germany upload to shape the EU-policies and what major EU policies did it download to shape domestic policies? This dissertation has researched Germany’s …

Designing meaningful audio for interactive applications such as video games or sonic user interfaces, presents designers with several challenges. One challenge is the fact that the perception of musical meaning involves cultural or learned aspects when it comes to tonality (Huron, 2006; Patel, 2008). …

Euroscepticism is present in almost all European countries, from Austria to France in several different forms that vary from scepticism regarding particular EU policies to opposition towards the delegation of powers to a supranational institution like the EU However, the combination of the sensationalist …

Objective. External cephalic version (ECV) is a safe and effective intervention that can prevent breech delivery, thus reducing the need for cesarean delivery. It is recommended in national guidelines. These guidelines also mention contraindications for ECV, and thereby restrict the application of ECV. …

The Turkish Republic has a great history with major defeats and victories in its past. Since the fourteenth century Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire. During the following centuries, the Empire expanded and covered areas which are nowadays known as Europe, Asia and North Africa. The twentieth century …