The Turkish Republic has a great history with major defeats and victories in its past. Since the fourteenth century Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire. During the following centuries, the Empire expanded and covered areas which are nowadays known as Europe, Asia and North Africa. The twentieth century …

Chapter 8 in Comsumption Culture in Europe. This chapter presents an analysis of what consumer in Europe drink and why they drink what they drink. The concept of drinking motives is developed and defined, and analysis of data on drinking motives shows that these can be grouped into two major classes: …

In this paper we present the concept and initial design stages of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch). The TaSST consists of a soft pressure-sensitive input layer, and an output layer containing vibration motors. A touch to ones own sleeve is felt as a vibration on the sleeve of another person. …

Many interesting smart textile concepts have been developed, however there are only a few relevant examples of concepts that are producible and valuable for our society. The so-called ‘killer application’ has not been found yet. That is why it is extremely important that multi-disciplinary parties team-up …

In het onderstaande wordt de samenvatting van een literatuurstudie gerapporteerd. De te beantwoorden vraag luidt: Maak een literatuurverkenning over het onderwerp „meer leertijd‟. Ofwel beantwoord de vraag: wat weten we over effecten van meer leertijd op de terreinen taal, rekenen en de zogenaamde „soft …

The hard side in total quality management of measurement and data analysis can only be successful if it is replenished with the soft side, the people side. This conclusion has serious consequences for the education of professionals, especially managers. Managers should be trained in soft skills, trained …

Aanleiding Zorgpartners Midden-Holland zit momenteel in een traject van herijking van de visie. Dit traject is gestart in augustus 2010, waarin de focus van Zorgpartners Midden-Holland verschuift naar meer aandacht voor de wensen van de klant. "Uw eigen leven leiden, dat vinden wij belangrijk", is het …

Temco Euroclean Services (vanaf nu: Temco) is een facilitaire dienstverlener op het gebied van Schoonmaak en Soft Facilities. Als onderdeel van het Amerikaanse Temco Service Industries, bedient Temco de Nederlandse markt. Temco is sinds 1976 actief in Nederland en staat met meer dan 1.200 medewerkers …

Hoofdstuk in Progression in forensic Psychiatry: About Boundaries van prof. mr. Marc Groenhuijsen en prof. dr. T.I. Oei. As a young adolescent the man started using soft drugs and as a result was expelled from school. Following a registration with RIAGG he was placed in a children’s home for some years. …

Introduction Nowadays, humans are used to sit a lot during daily activities. Most of the time this happens in a relaxed way. This position is also called ´slouching´ or ´slouched posture´. In the slouched posture the pelvis and the lumbar spine are flexed and places the muscle spindles, muscles and ligaments …