Dit onderzoek volgt op twee reeds uitgevoerde onderzoeken in het kader van hergebruik van thermoharde composieten. Het eerste onderzoek, ‘Onderzoek van afvalproductsoorten’ heeft zich gericht op het in kaart brengen van de composiet afvalstromen in Nederland. In het tweede onderzoek, ‘Onderzoek naar …

This article investigates the relationship between four major life events and stopping sport participation in young adulthood. We employ a neo-Weberian theoretical framework related to changes in temporal and social resources to explain how beginning to work, starting to live on one’s own, starting to …

BACKGROUND: In The Netherlands, one out of six Dutch employees has informal care tasks; in the hospital and healthcare sector, this ratio is one out of four workers. Informal carers experience problems with the combination of work and informal care. In particular, they have problems with the burden of …

Het onderhavige rapport geeft de inhoudelijke eindrapportage van de uitgevoerde werkzaamheden binnen het KIEM-VANG project met de titel ‘Hergebruik van thermoharde composieten. Onderzoek van mogelijke producten en toepassingen.’ Het project is bij het Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA …

Het onderhavige rapport geeft de inhoudelijke eindrapportage van de uitgevoerde werkzaamheden binnen het KIEM-VANG project met de titel ‘Hergebruik van thermoharde composieten. Onderzoek van afvalproductsoorten en inzameling van onderzoeksafvalproducten.’ Het project is bij het Nationaal Regieorgaan …

Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide insight into what it means to live with the intention to end life at a self-chosen moment from an insider perspective. Setting: Participants who lived independent or semidependent throughout the Netherlands. Participants: 25 Dutch older citizens (mean age …

The day comes to an end. Tired of abiding to the rules of productivity you sit back, relax and prepare yourself for some hours of dolce fare niente on your social network of choice – you log into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and are now ready to catch up with your friends, acquaintances, family et al. …

Background: Many patients show deterioration in functioning and increased care needs in the last year of life. End-of-life care needs and health care utilization might differ between groups of acutely hospitalized older patients. Aim: To investigate differences in geriatric conditions, advance care planning, …

Since its invention, synthetic plastic has been used increasingly in everyday life. Many industries make use of this easily shaped product, mainly for packaging purposes. In addition, many products such as shower gels, scrubs, and other personal care products contain micro plastic particles. The increasing …

Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) demonstrate reduced levels of daily physical activity (DPA) compared to healthy controls. This results in a higher risk of hospital admission and shorter survival. Performing regular DPA reduces these risks. Objective: To develop …