In recent years, care for people with severe mental illnesses (SMI) has shifted from institutional to recovery-based treatment in which informal caregivers often have an important role. However, their increased involvement has elevated issues such as role strain or burden of care, which indicates that …

Facility management (FM) is pivotal in creating spaces and services that foster equitable and cohesive societies. A role that becomes even more critical as one in four adults in the European Union is disabled, with 52% experiencing discrimination (Eurostat, 2025). Despite the EU’s 2007 ratification of …

Background and Aim. In the Dutch healthcare sector, staff shortages coinciding with an increased care demand due to an aging population, have become a pressing issue. In many hospitals, staff work part-time, workloads and absenteeism are growing, and staff are leaving. The Dutch facility management (FM) …

Well-developed clinical communication is crucial for dairy practitioners in providing effective herd health and production management (HHPM) advisory services, as they have potential to enhance farmer satisfaction and adherence to veterinary advice. However, there is limited knowledge regarding specific …

Dit rapport richt zich op de vraag hoe empowerment bijdraagt aan het versterken van eigen regie en participatie van cliënten in Beschermd Thuis en van (sociaal) professionals in Utrecht. Deze twee pijlers zijn essentieel voor duurzaam wonen in de wijk. Op basis van interviews, literatuurverkenning en …

Het publieke debat in Senegal is de afgelopen jaren verhard als het gaat om gender en seksuele rechten. Homoseksualiteit zou een groeiend probleem zijn, aangewakkerd door slechte invloeden uit het Westen. Naast televisie- en radiodiscussies over homoseksualiteit en andere seksuele en reproductieve rechten …

Abstract: Aureobasidium is omnipresent and can be isolated from air, water bodies, soil, wood, and other plant materials, as well as inorganic materials such as rocks and marble. A total of 32 species of this fungal genus have been identified at the level of DNA, of which Aureobasidium pullulans is best …

In this research there was looked at the connection between the Zeta potential and the pressure sensitivity of a chloroprene dispersion in order to gain insight in dispersion stability. This was done by varying the pH and ionic strength of the chloroprene dispersion. There was also looked at whether …

The development of intercultural competences has become a prominent goal for many study programs in higher education. A widely used frame to measure intercultural competence is Cultural Intelligence (CQ). While empirical research has focused extensively on the development of CQ by means of (student) …

Een ontwikkelteam heeft een jaar lang gewerkt aan de actualisatie van kerndoelen voor rekenen en wiskunde voor het primair onderwijs en de onderbouw van het voortgezet onderwijs. Het is de bedoeling dat deze conceptkerndoelen na een fase van beproeven vastgesteld worden. Wat staat leerkrachten te wachten …