Real sustainable development involves a drastic reduction in environmental ánd social effects compared to our present ways of satisfying our needs. A system approach is asked for, taking into account total chains for resource use and production, paying attention to cultural and socio-economic factors …

STUDY DESIGN: A systematic review BACKGROUND: The Norwegian Sling Exercise Therapy (S-E-T) concept, is a treatment system that was developed in 1999. Being such a new concept, there is yet scarce evidence based research existing on the treatment effect. The S-E-T concept consists of different treatment …

Background: Chronic pain affects a large proportion of the population. A global consensus among physiotherapists and other health professionals is lacking in the definition, assessment, prevention and treatment of chronic pain. Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to determine a concise …

Among those who exercise the physiotherapy profession in Norway there is focus on using transfer techniques when handling patients. Fontys University of Professional Education (Fontys) in Eindhoven is interested in knowing more about these techniques. For that reason it was given as a proposal for a …

Teacher education is in a state of change. There is a new focus on professional competence, including the competence for further development and learning, conceived of as workplace learning. Teacher shortages put pressure on the development of alternative routes to teaching. The arrival of prospective …

Information dominance and information superiority are closely related terms. The US Army Field Manual 100-6 on Information Operations defines information dominance as: The degree of information superiority that allows the possessor to use information systems and capabilities to achieve an operational …

The emphasis that is presently put on clean and integrated technologies, does not imply that the conventional environmental technologies, developed for end-of-pipe treatment, will become obsolete. Development of new processes, other production methods and complete different ways to satisfy human needs …