In the framework of the Organza project, an international seminar on coaching creative entrepreneurship was held on November 8 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The main issue focused on the question to what extent coaching creative entrepreneurship is different from coaching ‘ordinary’ entrepreneurship. Our …

An existing fuel cell hybrid distribution truck, built for demonstration purposes, is used as a case study to investigate the effect of stack (kW) and battery (kW, kWh) sizes on the hydrogen consumption of the vehicle. Three driving cycles, the NEDC for Low Power vehicles, CSC and JE05 cycle, define …

The present research investigates the perfect way to present a horse on a photo in order to sell it. Two studies were conducted in order to define the aspects of a good sales photo, to investigate where people look at in a photo and finally to define what potential customers consider attractive. For …

What internal adjustments should SVP undertake to become a successfully accredited organisation? This question requires research to the following segments: 1) Define the current situation; 2) Outline the future situation: an RvA accredited organisation; 3) Actions which are necessary to become an RvA …

The rise of populist movements in Europe is partly explained by the power of mass media. The press, public and politicians keep each other prisoner. The media increases incidents and looks for personal stories while politicians respond to those stories in order to be noticed by the public. Therefore …

Little is known about effective nursing interventions for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. The purpose of this study was to discover which aspects of nursing care are most effective, according to nurses, in recovery of normal body weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. METHODS: A qualitative …

Implementing evidence-based guidelines is not a simple task. This study aimed to define barriers to and facilitators for implementing the proven and effective Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD) guideline for older people with dementia and their carers. The qualitative method we used was …

Agile software development has evolved into an increasingly mature software development approach and has been applied successfully in many software vendors’ development departments. In this position paper, we address the broader agile service development. Based on method engineering principles we define …

In this paper we investigate the possible consequences of different institutional settings (in casu the legal system) on externalities and their effect on the efficient allocation of externalities. We investigate whether the restriction of marginally low transaction costs can be relaxed if the legal …

Since cooperation between the province of Zuid-Holland and Hebei started in 1993, the science and technology cooperation had been carried out in many fields. The central objective of this thesis is to contribute to the cooperation of integrating groundwater management by a better understanding of groundwater …