Objective To synthesise qualitative studies on women’s psychological experiences of physiological childbirth. Design Meta-synthesis. Methods Studies exploring women’s psychological experiences of physiological birth using qualitative methods were eligible. The research group searched the following …

This paper advances the case for a contextualized perspective on client impact of obligatory participation in welfare to work as a form of conditional welfare. We argue that at least three types of potentially variable characteristics of programmes as they are actually implemented matter for understanding …

In opdracht van de rechtbank Noord-Holland, locatie Haarlem, afdeling familie en jeugd heeft er een onderzoek plaatsgevonden naar de schriftelijke aanwijzing. Dit is een middel dat door een jeugdbeschermer ingezet kan worden in het kader van een ondertoezichtstelling. De schriftelijke aanwijzing is …

Het doel van dit onderzoek is een advies geven aan Klaverblad Verzekeringen over welke argumenten zij kunnen aanvoeren in whiplashzaken van WAD 1 en 2 om de schadelast te beperken. Een whiplash associated disorder (WAD) van graad 1 of 2 is niet medisch objectiveerbaar. Dat wil zeggen dat er medisch geen …

The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice. There have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

For many decades social sciences have been captivated by the statistical method. In itself there is nothing wrong with this method, but a serious side effect of a large fixation on surveys, likert-scales and normal distributions is that the argument is still seen mainly as opinion and therefore hardly …

Computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) respond to a computer security incident when the need arises. Failure of these teams can have far-reaching effects for the economy and national security. CSIRTs often have to work on an ad hoc basis, in close cooperation with other teams, and in time …

I was somewhat surprized with the fog in Groningen upon my arrival. This is not the fog that covers the beautiful landscapes of the northern Netherlands in the evening and in the early morning. No… It is the fog that obscures the real aspects of the earthquake problem in the region and is crystallised …

The way people or organizations describe or depict nature conveys their view of nature. In the Dutch discourse, views of nature are mostly conceived as socio-cultural constructs regarding the character, value, and appreciation of nature. Views of nature tell us how we perceive nature and how we want …

Deelfietsen zijn fietsen die verspreid door de stad voor eenieder beschikbaar zijn, al dan niet tegen een kleine vergoeding. In diverse grote steden over de hele wereld zijn deelfietssystemen de afgelopen jaren succesvol geïntegreerd in het stedelijk mobiliteitssysteem. In Nederland vinden we echter …