This research examined the role of the European Union in lowering medicine prices of cancer treatment. For this, the following research question was used: How can the European Union contribute to the reduction of medicine prices of cancer treatment? This question was answered by means of seven sub-questions, …

Aanleiding In Nederland is er al geruime tijd sprake van vergrijzing. Hieraan zijn stijgende zorgkosten verbonden, die een steeds groter probleem vormen. Comorbiditeit bij ouderen is een belangrijke factor in deze zorgkosten. Eerder onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat het ontwikkelen van comorbiditeit samenhangt …

Populist parties have received a great amount of attention in the last decade. Scholars agree on the fact that populism addresses issues that are relevant for the majority. However, the established political elites do not discuss and address these issues clearly. Therefore, populist parties stir up …

This dissertation handles the discursive production of security. In particular, it looks at the securitisation of terrorism, placing terrorism as a topic in a space of extreme action. The treatment of terrorism by key members of the discursive process contributes to a gap between the objective reality …

The task of the European Police Office (Europol) is to provide a support service for the national agencies of European Member States. Aside from collecting and exchanging intelligence, Europol cooperates with Member States on counter-terrorism actions by establishing National Units and Joint Investigation …

The objective of this dissertation was to find out how The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) can maximize student success and student retention, specifically how The Hague University can combat the continuously decreasing number of students enrolling and successfully completing their studies …

Characteristics of Next-generation E-commerce Urban WarehousesThe aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of next-generation urban warehousesrelated to the e-commerce supply chain. Logistic activities related to the delivery of onlineorders increasingly affect viability in urban environments …

xecutive summaryTransformation could be defined as a major change of a vacant building itself and the function of the building (Remoy, 2014). Transformation is a solution to decrease the amount of vacancy in the office market. The demand for the amount of M² office space is grown with 2,1% in relative …

SamenvattingOp de somatische polikliniek (somapoli) van de afdeling psychiatrie binnen de Ziekenhuisgroep Twente wordt het Metabool Syndroom (MetS) onvoldoende gediagnosticeerd, ondanks screening op diverse somatische parameters. Het doel van dit onderzoek was het beschrijven van de prevalentie en incidentie …

In Finland bestaat er in het strafrecht geen apart jeugdstrafrechtsysteem, maar worden er wel andere regels voor het straffen van minderjarigen gehanteerd. Het jeugdbeschermingsrecht is gebaseerd op het beginsel van het belang van het kind en geldt voor minderjarigen tot vijftien jaar. Vanaf vijftien …