Is Vlaanderen een groeiregio op het vlak van triatlon en duatlon? Wie is de Vlaming die vandaag aan triatlon of duatlon doet? Welke rol spelen de aanbieders hierin en welke verwachtingen hebben hun klanten? Vijf onderzoekers van KU Leuven, KU Leuven Campus Antwerpen en TU Eindhoven geven u het antwoord …

from the article : To gain competitive power, product designs and their production means have become more and more complex over the past decennia. Product designers are faced with the increasingly difficult task to guarantee steady behavior of the systems they produce. This requires thorough understanding …

Surgery aims to improve a patient’s medical condition. However, surgery is a major life event with the risk of negative consequences, like peri- and postoperative complications, prolonged hospitalization and delayed recovery of physical functioning. One of the major common side effects, functional …

Frail elderly patients undergoing major surgery experience a decrease of physical capacity due to their hospital stay and surgery. This affects the risk of postoperative complications and their performance of activities, independence and participation.The Better in, Better out™ (BiBo™) strategy was developed …

Being able to perform a press handstand is required to progress to more difficult techniques on almost every apparatus. Therefore it is recommended to learn this skill at an early age. The press handstand requires a combination of high strength, flexibility and motor skills all of which are valued abilities. …

Het Kindertherapeuticum, een tweedelijns jeugdgezondheidszorg instelling, neemt door haar visie en werkwijze een unieke plaats in binnen de Nederlandse gezondheidszorg. In dit rapport worden klantervaringen vergeleken.

Substantial progress has been made in the conceptualization of values within psychology. The importance of values is also acknowledged in marketing, and companies use values to describe the core associations of their brand. Yet despite this, the values concept has received limited attention in marketing …

Although the data for this study were collected some time ago, the recent publication of the Erasmus Impact Study (European Commission, 2014) has made it worthwhile reflecting on results from this research to add to the body of knowledge on the impact of study abroad on the development of a young individual …