Purpose Self-initiated expatriates (SIE) women's career decisions are often based on the establishment of close personal relationships in various spheres of life. This paper aims to explore the effects of social isolation in times of crisis on SIE women's work, psychological and general adjustment. Design/methodology/approach …

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the policy changes that Italy and the European Union (EU) experienced due to the EU migrant crisis. The European country that, besides Greece and Spain, has been most affected by problems of irregular migrant arrivals by the Mediterranean Sea, is Italy. The …

Safety investigations fall under the typical definition of a project since they have definite start and end dates and offer a specific end-product, meaning the safety recommendations which must be considered by the respective stakeholders as a means to improve the safety of daily operations. The scope …

Op welke manier kan de interventie ’’het juist toepassen van de verschillende verplaatsingstechnieken‘’ worden geïmplementeerd.

Since its founding in 1948, North Korea has consistently been connected to committing crimes against humanity. The non-interventionist policies that were prevalent throughout the Cold War protected it from outside intervention. Indeed, any country could do as they pleased within its borders as state-sovereignty …

It seems today that the streets in Mexico are littered with bodies of journalists. Since the ruling president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing. The escalating violence and attacks on Mexican media are emerging …

Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

This report was produced within the framework of the RAAK PRP project ‘Veiligheid op de werkvloer’. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used on a daily basis by millions of people all over the EU, voluntarily or as a result of EU legislation. In this report we deal specifically with the textile/garment …

One of the main challenges facing Kenya today is to ensure food security for its rising population. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) spend a lot of resources searching for effective and sustainable methods of producing and preserving food. However, most …

In de media verschijnen met regelmaat berichten over brand in veestallen waarbij vele dieren omkomen. De mediaberichten gaven echter vaak onvoldoende of onbetrouwbare informatie voor een goede beschrijving van de stalbrandenproblematiek. Dit onderzoeksrapport geeft meer inzicht in de omvang, ernst en …