Bij patiënten met chronische obstructieve longziekte (COPD) is ondervoeding een veel voorkomend gezondheidsprobleem, verlies van spiermassa speelt hierin een grote rol. Deze studie onderzoekt de relatie van de spierdiktes van de biceps brachii en de rectus femoris met de ondervoeding gerelateerde parameters …

‘The network is everlasting’ wrote Robert Filliou and George Brecht in 1967, a statement that, at first glance, still seems to be true of today’s world. Yet there are also signs that the omnipresence of networks is evolving into another reality. In recent times, the limits of networks rather than their …

Dit praktijkgericht onderzoek heeft als doel om de huidige manier van optimaliseren, organ-at-risk-geoptimaliseerde planningsmethode, te vergelijken met een nieuwe methode; kwaliteit-van-leven-geoptimaliseerde planningsmethode. Op basis van deze pilotstudie kan worden gezegd dat plannen met de kwaliteit-van-leven-geoptimaliseerde …

Het doel van de studie is het in kaart brengen wat de oorzaak van de stijging van het aantal uitgevoerde defecografie onderzoeken binnen de Tjongerschans is, ondanks de alternatieven. MRI-D en DAE worden in de literatuur als alternatieven gezien. Van de respondenten vindt 69% MRI-D een goed alternatief …

This research analysed the extent of brand awareness between DIYS Soap, Lush and Holland & Barrett and advised how can DIYS Soap improve its brand awareness in the Dutch market. DIYS Soap is a social entrepreneurship start-up based in Amsterdam which sells personal care products at a relatively high price …

This dissertation aimed to investigate how Kruidvat can improve their website to attract more customers. There has been a clear upward trend in online shopping in the Netherlands the past years. In order to gain and/or increase their competitive advantage, companies have to stay up-to-date and meet the customers’ …

Who are you in the digital public sphere? Are you »a woman«, »a man« or a robot? Are you classified as »right-wing« or »left-wing«? Dutch researcher Miriam Rasch writes about how twisted alternatives for bodies and identities are created online. A translation of the essay was originally published in …

The Netherlands came late to 19th-century industrial revolution but when modernization occurred, it prompted an almost feverish cultural and social 'Anglomania'. Elite youngsters enthusiastically appropriated sports such as cricket and football, which were introduced and promoted by English native speaker …

Ulus Baker (1960 – 2007) was a Turkish-Cypriot sociologist, philosopher, and public intellectual. He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1960. He studied Sociology at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where he taught as a lecturer until 2004. Baker wrote prolifically in influential Turkish journals …