BACKGROUND: The available opinions regarding participation do not appear to be applicable to adults with visual and severe or profound intellectual disabilities (VSPID). Because a clear definition and operationalization are lacking, it is difficult for support professionals to give meaning to participation …

This bachelor thesis presents the findings of Dutch Occupational therapy students during an Erasmus mobility at the Angel Kanchev University of Ruse. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to define and support the role of occupational therapy within inclusive education in Ruse, Bulgaria. To define how occupational …

The sharing economy holds promise for the way we consume, work, and interact. However, consuming in the sharing economy is not without risk, as institutional trust measures (e.g. contracts, regulations, guarantees) are often absent. Trust between sellers and buyers is therefore crucial to complete …

The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the effect of visual feedback on rating voice quality severity level and the reliability of voice quality judgment by inexperienced listeners. For this purpose two training programs were created, each lasting 2 hours. In total 37 undergraduate speech–language …

Serious games foster the acquisition of complex problem-solving skills. Assessment of such skills should be in line with instruction, and within a serious game environment its content validity should equal face-to-face assessment. Research on assessment in serious gaming has remained rather scarce. This …

International conflict resolution increasingly involves the use of non-military power and non-kinetic capabilities alongside military capabilities in the face of hybrid threats. In this book, counter-measures to those threats are addressed by academics with both practical and theoretical experience and …

Background: Assessment can have various functions, and is an important impetus for student learning. For assessment to be effective, it should be aligned with curriculum goals and of sufficient quality. Although it has been suggested that assessment quality in physical education (PE) is suboptimal, research …

This study is meant to elucidate the extent to which doping affairs among professional athletes’ impact consumers’ purchase intentions. The following research question has been formulated: “How do doping affairs within professional sports impact consumers’ purchase intentions of the sponsoring brands?” …

Recently, the Inverness, Ross and Skye forest district has had multiple occasions of wind damage in their forests. Because these were unpredicted and costly events, the model used to predict wind damage, ForestGALES, was analysed. Both input and output of the model were closely examined to discover why …

The number of primary rainforests in South-East Asia is in rapid decline since many formerly continuous forests become splintered as a result of human activities like mining, agriculture and silviculture. This study examined the effects of forest fragment size and logging on the tree carbon stocks and …