This article focuses on engagements with elephants in diverse contexts, inquiring why some scholars are indifferent or even actively opposed to discourses that emphasise elephant suffering. In order to address this question, this article will explore three interrelated streams within social science: …

Environmental advocacy has a difficult position within environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). Proponents of pluralistic approaches to education see advocacy as a form of indoctrination. However, pluralistic education itself can be seen as a form of indoctrination. …

Under pressure of the continuing need to modernize, Vietnam is rapidly reforming its education system. Cooperative Learning (CL) with a Western-based model is being enthusiastically applied. This paper suggests that an authentic form of CL has long existed in the foundations of Vietnamese education. …

Poland's veto against the Low Carbon Roadmap 2050 of 9 March 2012 represents the point of departure for this research. The aim was determine the extent to which the Council of Ministers retains veto powers on legislation pertaining to their national energy mix, or whether energy policy is governed by …

The Chemical Weapons Convention (hereinafter 'the CWC') and its implementation organ the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (hereinafter 'the OPCW or 'the Organization') were purposely created by states to overcome the mutual threat of chemical weapons on the global agenda. Despite …

Doel: In Nederland neemt de prevalentie van overgewicht en obesitas toe. Deze literatuurstudie had daarom de volgende drie doelen om te onderzoeken: 1) Het verband tussen de dagelijkse maaltijdfrequentie en BMI bij volwassenen. 2) Hoe de maaltijdfrequentie het beste in de Nederlandse Epidemiologie …

Achtergrond: Er is weinig bekend over de macronutriëntsamenstelling van de voeding van mensen met obesitas in Nederland. Daarnaast is het niet duidelijk of de consumptie van bepaalde macronutriënten bijdraagt aan het ontstaan van overgewicht. Dit is onderzocht binnen de Nederlandse Epidemiolgie van Obesitas …

Vanuit GGZ Noord- en Midden Limburg en de PMT komt de vraag om zorg te kunnen monitoren. De PMT-module "omgaan met boosheid" wordt nu geëvalueerd door de cliënten aan de hand van een lijst met open vragen. De bedoeling is om middels een voor- en nameting aan de hand van een vragenlijst gericht op agressiehantering …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is an underdeveloped region, but had seen significant economic growth before the global financial crisis. Due to the crisis economic growth has stopped or even decreased. In addition, several other aspects are expected to become worse, such as incomes, child mortality and access …

Within a short period of time, the Netherlands transformed itself from a relatively tolerant country to a nation that called for cultural assimilation, tough measures and neo-patriotism. The discursive genre of 'new realism' played a crucial role in this retreat from multiculturalism, and that had a …