Cordaid, one of the biggest development organisations in the Netherlands, works on several topics to reduce poverty all over the world. One particular topic is Urban Matters that designs smart solutions for slums. Cordaid Urban Matters has given the assignment to conduct research regarding successful …

Urban Outfitters is a U.S. based global fashion retailer that offers an eclectic mix of products. These products range from apparel and accessories to home décor items and gifts. The brand targets an urban-minded audience between the ages of 18 to 30. Although Urban Outfitters is operating in one of …

The relationship between China and the Netherlands can be situated on a dynamic scale. Chinese entrepreneurs are finding their way to the Netherlands, thereby continuously renewing and shaping this relationship. Currently, there are about 300 Chinese companies in the Netherlands, which amounts to approximately …

Positive Travels is an online company that organises trips for business companies and for people who want to go on a holiday for leisure purposes. It was developed from its parent company Positive Business Events. Positive Travels offers trips with different themes and trips are mostly tailor-made. Positive …

20% of Dutch youth suffer from psychiatric disorders that hamper their daily functioning and their personal development. Clients tend to drop out of school and have problems in their social environment. These clients often suffer from low social competencies and low empathic behavior, resulting in low …

AIMS: To assess the influence of peer alcohol use during adolescence on young adults' alcohol use and abuse, and to assess to what extent parents' perception of their adolescent child's friends and adolescent's self-control modify this influence. METHODS: We analyzed data from the first, third, and fourth …

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 …

Synthetic glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs but show dose-dependent metabolic side effects such as the development of insulin resistance and obesity. The precise mechanisms involved in these glucocorticoid-induced side effects, and especially the participation of adipose tissue in this …

In 2007, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations initiated the program 'Veilige Publieke Taak'. It was designed to provide employers with guidelines and solutions for handling aggression and violence towards employees with a public task. One of the most important initiatives of this …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to gain insight into how low back pain (LBP) patients conceptualize the construct of expectations regarding treatment. METHODS: This study was nested within a mixed-method randomized clinical trial comparing three primary care interventions for LBP. A total of 77 …