INTRODUCTION: The problem of inconsistent terminology in functional capacity evaluation (FCE) has been widely addressed in the international literature. Many different terms seem to be used interchangeably while other terms appear to be interpreted differently. This may seriously hinder FCE research …

BACKGROUND: Paratonia is one of the associated movement disorders characteristic of dementia. The aim of this study was to develop an assessment tool (the Paratonia Assessment Instrument, PAI), based on the new consensus definition of paratonia. An additional aim was to investigate the reliability and …

This paper provides an overview of the United States policy and its potential results in Iraq. The objective of this research is to establish to what extent has the ambitious US plan for the introduction of democracy in Iraq been accomplished. At the heart of the study lies the question of the effectiveness …

This paper is an explanatory study which seeks to understand what is happening in the European Union in the field of development education and to recognize possible problems posed to the subject. It observes the development education within the context of EU development policy, within the Non-Governmental …

In dit document is het logopedisch onderzoek bij broddelen beschreven waarover internationaal consensus bestaat. Dit document is gepresenteerd op de website van de International Cluttering Association

Since 2000, all Dutch Universities of Professional Education are confronted with three major renewals. The first was the European agreement to implement the Bachelor-Master system in Higher Education. The second was the strong tendence to renew eduction towards Competence Based Education. The third renewal …

Often, simplified cultural explanations of a nation‟s economy are common sense and taken for granted. Amidst the debate about the propensity of European countries to compete with other prosperous knowledge economies, some consultants in The Netherlands postulate that the Dutch will never be able to match …

Er is een nieuw hoera-begrip in beleidsland, te weten actief burgerschap. Het begrip is bezig een steile klim aan populariteit te maken en duikt na jarenlange afwezigheid terug in steeds meer beleidsstukken, nieuwsmedia en onderzoeksrapporten op. Het is het nieuwste medicijn om maatschappelijke uitdagingen …

De behoefte om informatie te ordenen zodat ze 'beheersbaar' wordt, resulteert vaak in een top-down aanpak zoals bibliotheeksystemen die kennen. Betrekkelijk nieuw is de bottom-up aanpak, metadatering gebaseerd op het sociale aspect van consensus. Sybilla Poortman en Gerard Bierens zoomen in op de achtergronden …

Reclame is in onze samenleving een zeer aanwezig fenomeen waarin bovendien veel geld omgaat. Een hoge dunk van het verschijnsel heeft de consument niet; reclame werkt prijsverhogend, is misleidend en geeft geen betrouwbare informatie. Bovendien gaat er een systeembevestigende en manipulatieve werking …