Objective To develop, implement and evaluate a personalized patient discharge letter (PPDL) to improve the quality of handoff communication from hospital to home. Design From the end of 2006–09 we conducted a quality improvement project; consisting of a before–after evaluation design, and a process evaluation. …

BACKGROUND: Many intensive care unit survivors (ICU) are confronted with undesirable and long-lasting impairments in physical, cognitive, and mental health, but not only patients are at risk of developing this post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Family members can experience symptoms of depression, …

The expansion into a foreign market brings with it many considerations and problems. MrWork, a small company specialized in recruitment via Social Media, would like to enter the German vacancy market. This report describes and evaluates the current situation in the German vacancy market and gives a range …

This paper explores the drivers behind a recent “urban turn” of planned knowledge locations in Europe. While acknowledging a general tendency towards more urbanity, we argue that a dense and diverse urban environment is not equally relevant for all types of knowledge-based activities because of nuanced …

Nagasaki Bus maakte ten tijden van, en voor het afstudeerproject gebruik van een functioneel verouderde routeplanner, met als grootste tekortkoming het gebrek aan ondersteuning voor overstappen. De planner gaf alleen resultaten wanneer het vertrekpunt en de bestemming door een en dezelfde bus wordt aangedaan. …

Background: Undernutrition is a common complication of disease and a major determinant of hospital stay outcome. Dutch hospitals are required to screen for undernutrition on the first day of admission. Objective: We sought to determine the prevalence of the screening score “undernourished” with the use …

The background information gives an insight into Hotel Imperio Inn. Their source market are couples, about 70% Guatemalans, 30% foreigners both coming for leisure and business (more nationals) purposes. Coziness, Comfort, Elegance, Spaciousness, Innovation and Quality are the values of Hotel Imperio …

Honours programs are selective programs that offer challenging educational opportunities for talented students who are willing and able to do more than regular programs offer them (Wolfensberger et.al.,2012). For optimal learning, these programs should focus on three dimensions of teaching approaches: …