Background: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) among older adults account for substantial disability and extensive healthcare use. Effective pain coping strategies help to deal with OA. This study aims to determine the long-term relationship between pain coping style and the course of healthcare use in …

With the increasing presence of new media, life in classrooms all around the world has drastically changed. The critical and conscious use of media messages provided by technological devices has developed into a crucial 21st century skill. Lin et al. (2013) have laid ground for a useful and proven theoretical …

This study aims to check the performance of two distinct configurations system: a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) system with an ice buffer storage tank figure [1] and a conventional PV system with an air heat exchanger on the back, figure [3]. The ice buffer storage tank is used to store excess heat from …

Introduction: The health-promoting school (HPS) approach was developed by the World Health Organization to create health promotion changes in the whole school system. Implementing the approach can be challenging for schools because schools are dynamic organizations with each a unique context. Many countries …

Despite continuous improvement, lifelong learning, and plan-do-check-act cycles, every new day the planet is a little worse off than the day before! In the first 10 months of this year alone, an area the size of the Netherlands has been deforested and twice that area has been added to desert! Technology …

Introduction: Many older patients with cancer have their family members, often their adult children, involved in a process of treatment decision making. Despite the growing awareness that family members can facilitate a process of shared decision making (SDM), literature about SDM pays little attention …

Canalisation of the Liesbeek River has resulted in a deterioration of its ecosystem. In order to stop the deterioration of the Liesbeek River. The Rosebank village green area of the Liesbeek River is being rehabilitated. However, it is not known how the hydrology and morphology of the Liesbeek River …

Inleiding Bij een taalontwikkelingsstoornis (TOS), wat in Nederland bij zeven procent van de vijfjarige kinderen voor komt, is van belang voor de logopedist om een zo volledig mogelijke diagnose en passende behandeldoelen op te stellen. Er zijn verschillende diagnostische middelen beschikbaar om de taalvaardigheden …

Workpackage 8.1 van het IANOS-project is gewijd aan het ontwikkelen van een community engagement strategie die kan worden toegepast in de use cases op de vuurtoreneilanden (Ameland en Terceira) en de collega-eilanden (Lampedusa, Nisyros en Bora Bora). Dit rapport is de deliverable van WP8.1. In dit rapport …

Volt doet in tien gemeenten mee aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen. De partij presenteert zich als de eerste Europese partij en veel journalisten en kiezers namen deze boodschap voor zoete koek aan: de partij is echter vooral Duits-Nederlands: daar zit het merendeel van de leden die beslissen over het …