Article that presents the main conclusions of the book "The dilemma of leaving : political and military exit strategies" organised around three questions: 1) "What is exit?" 2) "How can we understand exit? and 3) "What can we do about exit?". The first question deals with the definitional ambiguity of …

Over the past years, European cultural organizations have initiated several transnational literary projects to reflect on what binds Europeans together. As part of a research project that examines what role these literary projects play in the debate on European identity, this article explores expectations …

Currently, 4% of older adults reside in long-term care facilities in the Netherlands. Nursing home residents tend to have multimorbidity that is associated with considerable disabilities and a high level of care dependency. In the Dutch adult population the highest …

Duurzame inzetbaarheid van medewerkers is – terecht – een belangrijk vraagstuk binnen veel organisaties. Willen we fijn de eindstreep halen met z’n allen, een eindstreep die ook nog eens steeds verder weg komt te liggen, dan moeten we op onze gezondheid letten. En de vraag is: in hoeverre past overwerken …

Some gynaecological and pregnancy-associated conditions are more common in abused women than in non-abused women, but this has not been examined in family practice. We aimed to investigate intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence in family practice and to investigate whether gynaecological and pregnancy-associated …

Dit praktijkgericht onderzoek gaat over studiecoaching bij Speco, de hbo-opleiding Sport en Marketing/Management van Fontys Hogescholen. Met het onderzoek probeer ik antwoorden te vinden op de volgende hoofdvraag: ‘Wat kan studiecoaching bijdragen aan het verminderen van de studievertraging bij Speco-studenten …

On May 20, 2016, the Member States of the European Union will have to transpose the 2014/40/EU revised tobacco directive. The dissertation in front of you provides an understanding of the revised tobacco directive and the transposition of the directive into North Rhine-Westphalian law. The historical, …

The 3rd of September, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Despite 70 years of peace in the Asia-Pacific, the memories of World War II are still the most evident obstruction in the Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. Moreover, other issues, such as the dispute regarding the ownership …

This paper is written with an aim of decreasing the constantly growing gap between the richest football clubs and the rest. During the past few years, this growing gap has been an ongoing process in the major European football leagues. This has also been the case in the Netherlands, where the clubs Ajax …

This research analyses the situation of the Russian minority in Lithuania. Lithuania is a post-soviet country and a neighbour of the Russian Federation that has been feeling threats due to Russia´s actions in Ukraine and its overall policies for its near abroad and compatriots. As a country with a Russian …