Conventional dairy husbandry systems acknowledge animal welfare guided by Brambel’s five freedoms. The concept of natural, or normal behaviour would in contrast to Brambel’s convention, be based on stability through chance and offers a less anthropocentric and more naturalistic approach. The present …

Probleem Uit onze stage is de interesse ontstaan voor de problematiek seksueel misbruik bij kinderen en jongeren. Hier hebben we kort kennis gemaakt met deze doelgroep en dit heeft onze interesse gewekt om meer te weten te komen over deze problematiek als beginnend professional. In de media komt het …

The conductive textile grid is a large-scale (226 x 115 cm) multi-layer demonstrator exhibiting different conductive textile materials with certain outputs (such as LEDs, thermo-chromic ink and shape memory alloy) can be connected onto a base conductive fabric. Various conductive materials such as knitted …

This thesis is a qualitative research into the extent to which subsequent experience changes correspond to the described goals of the group PMT module. This is done with clients that have anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders of the age 15-65 years at the Vincent van Gogh Institute. Four clients …

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the work environment on produc-tivity and the mediating effect of the ability to communicate and concentrate on work (CoCon), and to contribute to the repertory of qualitative methods and techniques. Qualitative methods in Facility Management (FM) …

In research methodology, epistemology is concerned with the question how humans generate knowledge. In facility management (FM) research, for instance, it deals with the evaluation criteria such as validity and reliability by which researchers discriminate good knowledge from bad. The objective of this …

Sinds oktober 2011 werken de ICT-afdelingen van een aantal noordelijke (semi-)publieke organisaties samen onder de naam Samenwerking Noord. Gezamenlijk streven zij naar aantrekkelijk werkgeverschap voor ICT-ers in het Noorden en daarmee te anticiperen op (toekomstige) krapte op de ICT-arbeidsmarkt. In …

Small and medium-sized enterprises have found their way into multi-cultural relations to outsource or offshore their business processes. Relationships are built either from an economic or emotional point of view. Our study particularly focused on how SMEs owner/managers build, maintain, and –when necessary– …

QUESTIONS: What are the perceived reasons for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be physically active or sedentary? Are those reasons related to the actual measured level of physical activity? DESIGN: A mixed-methods study combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. PARTICIPANTS: …

Dit onderzoek is geschreven als bachelorproef van de opleiding Sociaal Pedagogische Hulpverlening aan de Haagse Hogeschool. De organisatie en locatie De Stichting Gemiva-SVG Groep ondersteunt 3000 mensen met een beperking. De plek waar het onderzoek heeft plaatsgevonden is woonlocatie Sotaweg. Hier …