When datasets are collected and accessed legitimately, they must still be used appropriately according to policies, guidelines, rules, laws, and/or the (current) preferences of data subjects. Any inconsistency between the data collection and data usage processes can conflict with many principles of privacy …

Legitimately collected and accessed data must also be used appropriately according to laws, guidelines, policies or the (current) preferences of data subjects. For example, inconsistency between the data collection purpose and the data usage purpose may conflict with some privacy principles. In this …

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse purchase intention between citizens in the Netherlands with a Dutch or Chinese background between 18 and 60 years of age. Prior to this, it is necessary to investigate cultural differences by using the cultural dimensions of Hofstede. Cultural characteristics …

BACKGROUND: Many intensive care unit survivors (ICU) are confronted with undesirable and long-lasting impairments in physical, cognitive, and mental health, but not only patients are at risk of developing this post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Family members can experience symptoms of depression, …

Uit de Vijfde Landelijke Groeistudie is gebleken dat jonge kinderen nog steeds dikker worden (Schönbeck et al., 2011; Van Dommelen, Schönbeck, Van Buuren, & HiraSing, 2014). Overgewicht en obesitas nemen inmiddels schrikbarende waarden aan. Minder eten en meer bewegen zijn de simpele remedies, maar gedragsverandering …

Objective: Product Information Leaflets (PILs) are an important source of information for patients on their medication, but may cause confusion and questions. Patients then may seek clarification, for instance from pharmacy technicians. The aim of this study was to explore which questions pharmacy technicians …

It has been shown that several gait parameters are predictive for fall risk in older persons. There is evidence that footwear can influence foot position and gait patterns, especially in older persons. We carried out experiments to study the effects of type of footwear on gait paterns, in pernons aged …

Het project is uitgevoerd op de afdeling Project Management & Support (PMS) van Tata Steel Packaging (TSP) IJmuiden. Op de afdeling TSP wordt blik geproduceerd, tijdens het produceren van blik wordt staal gewalst tot de gewenste dikte. De walsen die hierbij gebruikt worden zijn verchroomd zodat deze …

The Nociception Coma Scale (NCS) is a pain observation tool, developed for patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) due to acquired brain injury (ABI). The aim of this study was to assess the interrater reliability of the NCS and NCS-R among nurses for the assessment of pain in ABI patients with …

BACKGROUND: T lymphocytes are orchestrators of adaptive immunity. Naïve T cells may differentiate into Th1, Th2, Th17 or iTreg phenotypes, depending on environmental co-stimulatory signals. To identify genes and pathways involved in differentiation of Jurkat T cells towards Th1 and Th2 subtypes we performed …