The theoretical framework of this dissertation is based on Amartya Sen’s capability approach (Chapter 2). In the early 1980s, development economist Amartya Sen developed the capability framework as a broad normative framework for the evaluation and assessment …

An assessment of SJDs service quality through interaction quality, physical environment and outcome quality. The final intervention looked at reducing perceived waiting times by improving ambiance and reducing patient anxiety.

The following e-book was prepared as part of the Erasmus+ UNLOCK project, which has the objective of identifying the use of educational escape rooms (EERs) in higher education environments and examining the role of educators in those activities. The document presents a review of the existing body of …

Purpose: Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, police officers are confronted with various novel challenges, which might place additional strain on officers. This mixed-method study investigated officers' strain over a three-month-period after the lockdown. Methods: In an online survey, 2567 police officers …

The way in which individuals perceive their quality of life is influenced by the contexts in which they live. Each of them perceives these contexts differently. Moreover, individuals' perception of their possibilities to influence their context and make use of their resources, differs greatly and appears …

The Soothe project is a cooperation between Trinity College in Dublin, intellectual disability institutions in Irelands, The Netherlands and Spain and Hanze University and UMCG.

Regular physical activity is regarded as an important component of a healthy lifestyle, decreasing the risk of many non-communicable diseases, mental health issues and increasing functioning and quality of life in older adults. Despite these benefits, a substantial segment of the older adult population …

This research contains the examination on various European countries (Italy, Spain and Portugal) on chosen aspects such as their food waste numbers, short food chain knowledge, employment rates and such in order to answer the central question: “How can gastronomical entrepreneurs anticipate on the change …

Deze scriptie beschrijft de socio-economische problemen van Europa in de 21e eeuw in relatie tot de groei van links-populisme in het zuiden van Europa. Omdat Podemos en SYRIZA de meest succesvolle links-populistische partijen zijn in Europa in deze eeuw worden deze bestudeerd in twee cases en wordt er …