Crowdfunding is an emerging phenomenon that is taking the idea of investment into a new and never before seen level. Organizations and individuals find themselves achieving successful results by relying on widely dispersed individuals rather than professional investors. The main aim of this thesis centers …

OBJECTIVE: The increasing prevalence of diabetes suggests a gap between real world and controlled trial effectiveness of lifestyle interventions, but real-world investigations are rare. Electronic medical registration facilitates research on real-world effectiveness, although such investigations may …

BACKGROUND: Burns occur frequently in young children. To date, insufficient data are available to fully describe the functional consequences of burns. In different patient populations and countries, the WeeFIM instrument ("WeeFIM") often is used to measure functional independence in children. OBJECTIVE: …

Den Haag is een internationale stad waar buitenlandse werknemers zich graag vestigen. Den Haag is op het gebied van vrede, recht en veiligheid in de loop der tijd uitgegroeid tot een stad van mondiale betekenis (Eyffinger, 1999) (Wladimiroff, 2009). Deze ontwikkeling ging niet zonder slag of stoot. Aan …

Avans University of Applied Sciences is redrafting its courses and curricula in view of sustainability. For chemical engineering in particular that implies a focus on 'green' and bio-based processes, products and energy. Avans is situated in the Southwest region of the Netherlands and specifically in …

This thesis intends to find out how CityFilm can export its concept successfully in order to enter a new market. CityFilm is a small Dutch media marketing company that successfully creates promotional destination videos of cities, presenting them worldwide to the wealthy customer through professional …

OBJECTIVE: Repeated hemarthrosis in hemophilia causes arthropathy with pain and dysfunction. The Hemophilia Joint Health Score (HJHS) was developed to be more sensitive for detecting arthropathy than the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) physical examination scale, especially for children and those …

Dit onderzoek heeft tot doel het vergroten van het inzicht op het gebied van kinderen met een verstoorde gewetensontwikkeling Een gebrekkige gewetensontwikkeling is een fenomeen dat veel voorkomt bij kinderen die in jeugdzorginstelligen of justitiële jeugdinrichtingen terecht komen. Dit onderzoek gaat …

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that cancer rehabilitation reduces fatigue in survivors of cancer. To date, it is unclear what type of rehabilitation is most beneficial. OBJECTIVE: This randomized controlled trial compared the effect on cancer-related fatigue of physical training combined with cognitive …