‘Legacy: Participatory Music Practices with Elderly People as a Resource for the Well-being of Healthcare Professionals’ was a qualitative research project into the learning and well-being of hospital nurses and nursing home caregivers working with vulnerable elderly people and participating in live …

The main purpose of this dissertation is to establish which road (ownership or circulation) car tax model is best to reduce CO2 emissions in the European Union. In Europe, climate change and reduction of greenhouse gasses is a concern among the population, as it is seen by the growing Eco activism as …

Right-wing discourses and issues of belonging and collective identity in Europe’s political and public spheres are often analysed in terms of Islamophobia, racism and populism. While acknowledging the value of these concepts, Kešić and Duyvendak argue that these discourses can be better understood through …

Achtergrond Informele ouderlijke steun wordt gezien als kansrijke interventie voor het reduceren van opvoedstress. Er is echter weinig bekend over hoe relaties tussen ouders met en zonder opvoedstress zich ontwikkelen in opvoedingssituaties waarbij de ene partij ondersteuning geeft en de andere partij …

Germany has a known a growth of organic consumption within the recent years, however its consumption is growing faster than the German wine production which is still relatively low. Therefore, a large amount of wine is imported from other countries, making Germany the largest organic wine importer in …

Active participation in physical activity (PA) is beneficial for teenagers’ physical and mental development [1]. Moreover, it can also prevent childhood obesity and cardiovascular diseases [2]. However, extensive studies have shown that most adolescents (12-15 years) tend to drop out from regular PA …

Patients with damage in certain parts of the prefrontal cortex resemble Buridan’s Donkey, as this statement has been called. Both emotion, and free will to act are missing, while rationality is intact. Emotion seems to be the fuel for action, much more needed for survival than rationality, which, as …

Women want positive birth experiences with high quality maternity care that is neither too much, too soon, nor too little, too late. Research confirms the effectiveness of midwifery care, and the midwifery approach to birth as physiologic may counter the upward trend of the unnecessary medicalization …

Point of Care Testing

Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …