Consociationalism is a power-sharing arrangement often recommended to divided societies to avert inter-group conflict and induce stability. The consociational theory has been described by Arend Lijphart following the observation of the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. Based on the example …

The project is carried out in close collaboration with a non-profit organisation Sama Nepal in Nepal. The project started with the research question: â How can inclusive education be promoted in Nepal from an occupational therapy perspective?â . To answer this question, a theoretical foundation consisting …

Abstract Background: Many countries in Europe have implemented managed competition and patient choice during the last decade. With the introduction of managed competition, health insurers also became an important stakeholder. They purchase services on behalf of their customers and are allowed to contract …

This study was intended to Analyse the Dairy Value Chain in Nyagatare District with a case study focus on Katabagemu Dairy Farmers Cooperative. It was intended to assess the potential for Milk Collection Centres to procure and process high quality milk. Stakeholder Interviews, Supply Chain Observation …

Visual Thinking (VT) is concerned with the use of visual resources (diagrams, simple drawings, short texts) to represent, organize or communicate ideas or contents. VT aims to favor the understanding of concepts to `translate' to a visual representation a content or process. Lower thinking skills to …

Abstract Background: With the growing shortage of nurses, labor-saving technology has become more important. In health care practice, however, the fit with innovations is not easy. The aim of this study is to analyze the development of a mobile input device for electronic medical records (MEMR), a …

In leaving the more traditional territories of the concert performance for broader societal contexts, professional musicians increasingly devise music in closer collaboration with their audience rather than present it on a stage. Although the interest for such forms of devising co-creative musicking …

Learning activities in a makerspace are hands-on and characterized by design and inquiry. Evaluation is needed both for learners and their coaches in order to effectively guide the learning process of the children and for feedback on the effectiveness of the after-school maker activities. Due to its …

The presentation addresses the tension between (participative) observation and intervention; the accounts of encounters and participants' life-stories not only give insight into the process of intercultural awareness, but partly also set in motion this process as such; the research may induce some of …

Breastfeeding has important health consequences, not only for infants, but also for mothers (Victora et al., 2016). However, many mothers stop breastfeeding before the advised six month period. Research indicates that difficulties associated with combining work and breastfeeding are an important reason …