Achtergrond Uit onderzoek is gebleken dat de kwaliteit van zorg aanzienlijk wordt verbeterd als de patiënt betrokken wordt bij zijn zorgproces. Om patiëntparticipatie te vergroten is er een interventie bedacht; de VerTelkaart. Deze is onderzocht in dit kwalitatieve onderzoek, een onderdeel van het grootschalige …

Social workers nowadays are confronted with recurrent issues about religion and spirituality when in contact with diverse client groups. This was also the case in the beginning of the profession around 1900, in Europe as well as in the US. This study analyses the work of a Dutch pioneer in social work, …

Eating rate is a basic determinant of appetite regulation, as people who eat more slowly feel sated earlier and eat less. Without assistance, eating rate is difficult to modify due to its automatic nature. In the current study, participants used an augmented fork that aimed to decelerate their rate of …

Sometimes it’s important to simply say the words … as it is in the beginning of wisdom that is the definition of terms. When historians look at the world of project management, what will they say that we have said about climate change? Certainly more general—but absolutely legitimate—terms such as ‘sustainability’ …

The aim of this dissertation is to analyze whether non-state actors, in the form of international governmental organizations, make states irrelevant within the global political arena. There has been a shift in the division of power in the political sphere as a result of trade openness. Indeed, international …

As the problem of child abandonment in Uganda’s capital city Kampala has risen over the past decades, so has the demand for child care centers to take care of these children. However, the increasing use of institutional care in Uganda has raised questions about its impact on a child’s development. It …

Amsterdam as a lab. That is what Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences' three fieldlabs and its many partners have in mind. Functional illiteracy, debts, learning deficiencies or problems caused by extreme precipitation: the city contains plenty of tough issues, demanding novel approaches in which …

This report is written for Barning Telecommunicatie. The goal of this research is to gain insights into the level of customer satisfaction for Barning Telecommunicatie and to come up with an advice on how to improve customer satisfaction. Background information Barning Telecommunicatie is an independent …

Sustaining historical buildings does not always align with the ambition to promote sustainability in the built environment. In this paper we explore the dynamics and strategies that spring from this basic tension, by investigating the differences and similarities between expert’s valuation and peoples’ …

This document is a thesis based on research performed at the Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, for the master Project Management. Risk management is a tool to keep projects on track. The basic assumption is the connection between cause and effect. In a chaotic world this connection no longer …