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In this study, the authors examined the process that family members go through when they are confronted with traumatic coma. They conducted 24 semistructured interviews with 22 family members of 16 coma patients and analyzed the data using the constant comparative method as proposed by grounded theory. …

BACKGROUND: fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in older people who have never experienced a fall. The aims of this study were 4-fold: first, to study methods to measure FOF; second, to study the prevalence …

Jongens van Marokkaanse afkomst zijn in Nederland het symbool geworden voor overlast en criminaliteit. Het publiek en de politie ervaren hun gedrag vaak als opvallend uitdagend en agressief. Het wordt vaak als 'typisch Marokkaans' beschouwd, niet alleen in maatschappelijke discussies over de 'straatterreur' …

BACKGROUND: Chest physiotherapy is widely prescribed to assist the clearance of airway secretions in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices provide constant back pressure to the airways during expiration. This may improve clearance by building up gas behind mucus …

The disease-specific-TACQOL-asthma questionnaire measures health-status and appraisal of health-status. The TACQOL-asthma evaluates the personal feelings about problems in the domains, 'complaints, situations, emotions, treatment and medication'. The TACQOL-asthma can be used alone or in combination …

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Corporate Visual Identity (CVI) is a crucial part of the identity of any organization. Most research on managing corporate identity deals with the strategic development of corporate identity and the design and effects of specific elements of the CVI. This study focuses on an aspect of CVI management …

Jan Hylén also attending the Surf Education Days 2005, held a presentation about Open Source Software and Open Content (such as the MIT Open Courseware project and the Open Access initiative). Jan Hylén is working at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of the Organization of Economic …