Background: With increasing age and longevity, the rising number of frail elders with complex and numerous health-related needs demands a coordinated health care delivery system integrating cure, care and welfare. Studies on the effectiveness of such comprehensive chronic care models targeting frail …

Prospective 18-month follow-up study to examine the impact of delirium during intensive care unit stay on long-term health-related quality of life and cognitive function in intensive care unit survivors. …

Hoe vindt praktijkverandering plaats? Wat is ervoor nodig? Wie is ervoor nodig? Op deze en andere vragen hebben talloze veranderkundigen al hun hoofd gebogen. De praktijk is immers weerbarstig, zo zegt men. Een verandering in de praktijk heeft vaak een tijdelijk karakter en veel veranderingen beklijven …

Engagement is seen as an important characteristic of action research. The term is often used to refer to the participation and involvement of the research participants. Within this article we take another angle and explore the concept of engagement in relation to the main action researcher. Using an …

The aim of this study is to clarify how pre-service teachers perceive mentor teachers' use of mentoring skills. Sixty stimulated-recall interviews were conducted, each in connection with a previously recorded mentoring dialogue. A quantitative analysis showed that six types of mentoring skills appeared …

Piracy and DRM are both forces that impact negatively as well as positively on the video game industry. Attempting to work these two forces together is difficult, if not impossible. Piracy cannot be stopped, and DRM cannot work its way around piracy in any way. This paper attempts to find a way to connect …

This paper presents the results of a literature review in regard to Social Media and participation. Besides that, to understand the meaning and impact of Social Media on elections, we show field results from the 2010 and 2011 elections in the Netherlands. There are several challenges when it comes to …

Corporate identity represents the sum of immaterial values in an organisation, as well as the degree to which employees identify with their employer. For this reason, the purpose of this paper will be to first assess whether the FCJ has a distinct and personal identity, and what the consequences are …

This report provides different strategies of how to enter a new market with an important section on how media strategies play a big part in this. The family company, Citrine by the Stones, is a small luxury fashion jewelry company, based in Miami. To create more brand awareness in its EU markets, a new …