Background: Changes in reimbursement have been compelling for Dutch primary care practices to apply a disease management approach for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This approach includes individual patient consultations with a practice nurse, who coaches patients in COPD …

Are a healthy diet and physical activity synergistically related to cognitive function in older adults? Background. In an ageing society cognitive decline is expected to become an important health problem. Previous studies showed that a healthy lifestyle, i.e. sufficient physical activity and a healthy …

The main purpose of this report was to research how to increase art house ticket sales and visits by optimizing current marketing methods used to position independent films in the Netherlands. The perspective of the art film audience was taken during this research and their motivations to visit art houses …

The possibilities of balancing gas supply and demand with a green gas supply chain were analyzed. The considered supply chain is based on co-digestion of cow manure and maize, the produced biogas is upgraded to (Dutch) natural gas standards. The applicability of modeling yearly gas demand data in a geographical …

In this dissertation, the promotional strategy of Starbucks is analysed. Starting point for this research was the following central question: "How has Starbucks been using Promotion to sell its product and what will it be like in the future"? The research was executed using desk research and field research. …

Modern manufacturing has to deal with global competition, in which customers have high purchasing power. Production efficiency and rapid response to customer demand are dominant conditions for enterprises to stay successful. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs) are designed to have a modular architecture …

Visual contribution to publication reflecting on project/publication 'The Kaddu Wasswa Archive

In Europa is sprake van een algemene en alarmerende achteruitgang van bloembezoekende insecten zoals wilde bijen, zweefvliegen en vlinders. Deze insecten spelen een belangrijke rol bij de bestuiving van bloeiende planten. Deze bestuiving is zowel belangrijk voor de agrarische sector als de natuurbeheer. …

Purpose - This paper aims to identify perception gaps on the quality of facility services among different users of educational buildings, and provide possible explanations for these perception gaps, and discussing the consequences regarding Facility Management (FM) governance. Design/methodology/approach …

This advisory report is written for Rowans Leisure Centre in North London. The leisure centre is well-known in (North) London and offers their customers different types of entertainment, such as bowling and karaoke. They recently added the option to hire a suite at the centre. The request to Sense Advertising …