The research was conducted on behalf of Bambi Medical B.V. to give the decision maker of the company a total overview of the lndian medical devices market and which factors should be taken into consideration when building market entry strategy. Additionally, recommendations for the company to enter the …

Background: Accounting for the patients’ perspective on quality of care has become increasingly important in the development of Evidence Based Medicine as well as in governmental policies. In the Netherlands the Consumer Quality (CQ) Index has been developed to measure the quality of care from the patients’ …

Although digital technologies promised a renaissance in the publishing industries, publishers still struggle with digital innovations and try to hold on to traditional workflows, production, form and business models. How can we open-up this top-down mode of communication? In this episode we discuss the …

Gear transmission systems are widely used in a variety of applications in many industries, including automobile, railway, wind energy and the shipping industry. A gearbox breakdown may result in catastrophic failures and significant economic losses. A gearbox fault can cause damage to a propulsion system …

A core element of Schema Therapy (ST) is ‘schema modes’ or fluctuating emotional states. ST assumes that particular personality pathology consists of specific combinations of maladaptive schema modes. There is confirmatory evidence for the modes hypothesized to be central to borderline and narcissistic …

Iedereen leest tegenwoordig 'LINDA.'. En dat is snel gegaan. Van alle Nederlandse mediamerken is dit het enige dat zo snel, zó succesvol is geworden. Hoe is het mogelijk, vroeg Chris van der Heijden zich af. Het zegt iets over onze tijd, maar wat? In 'Spiegelzaal van onze tijd' laat Van der Heijden …

This article explores the criteria for ‘good research’ employed by lecturers in traditional universities and institutes of higher professional education. The implementation of research-related activities in the latter created a repositioning of both types of Dutch institutions, similar as in many European …

Automation surprise (AS) has often been associated with aviation safety incidents. Although numerous laboratory studies have been conducted, few data are available from routine flight operations. A survey among a representative sample of 200 Dutch airline pilots was used to determine the prevalence of …

This paper presents (part of) an illustrated letter to Musa Katuramu (Uganda, *1916 / †1983), whose photographs I appropriated and present in a book. Appropriation is an important but problematic gesture. Through it I try to do justice to the social biographies of images I work with, and to make them …

Je leert iets door het te doen, vindt Willem van Winden, lector Amsterdamse kenniseconomie aan de HvA. Of het nu gaat om doe-het-zelven met behulp van YouTube-filmpjes, om het bestuderen van steden of om het verduurzamen van de mode-industrie.