Alzheimer's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disease and the most prevalent form of dementia. It affects every 14th person after the age of 65, thus making it a serious concern in modern society. Furthermore, currently available treatment is restricted only to symptomatic and is not highly effective. …

Background In a global effort to design better hospital buildings for people and organizations, some design principles are still surrounded by great mystery. The aim of this online study was to compare anxiety in an existing single-bed inpatient hospital room with three redesigns of this room in accordance …

This paper analyses the ways in which informal mediation channels facilitate service delivery in the Citizen Service Bureaus at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and give rise to an interplay between formal and informal institutions. In particular, the personal backgrounds of brokers as informal mediators …

Introduction: Illness Perceptions (IPs) may play a role in the management of persistent low back pain. The mediation and/or moderation effect of IPs on primary outcomes in physiotherapy treatment is unknown. Methods: A multiple single-case experimental design, using a matched care physiotherapy intervention, …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease which is characterized by vasculopathy, tissue fibrosis and activation of the innate and adaptive immune system. Clinical features of the disease consists of skin thickening and internal organ involvement. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the disease …

Mediators generally find mediation of hierarchical workplace conflicts difficult, as it often involves structural power imbalances. This dissertation seeks to increase knowledge of how hierarchical conflict affects how parties and mediators perceive mediation across dyads and across time. Three questions …

Wanneer ouders van elkaar gaan scheiden en samen minderjarige kinderen hebben, zijn ze verplicht een ouderschapsplan op te stellen. Een van de onderdelen van het ouderschapsplan is de verdeling van de zorg- en opvoedingstaken, ook wel de omgangsregeling genoemd. Het uitgangspunt is dat ouders het gezamenlijk …

Dit handboek is geschreven voor zowel de praktiserende mediator in strafzaken als de mediator die dat nog wil worden. Wij hopen dat dit handboek bijdraagt aan het zich eigen maken en/of verdiepen van de kennis en kunde die de praktijk van de mediator in strafzaken vraagt. Omdat niet alle (beginnende) …

Mediation in strafzaken is een bemiddelingsproces dat in gang kan worden gezet als een officier van justitie of rechter, al dan niet op verzoek van een slachtoffer, verdachte of advocaat, naar een mediator in strafzaken doorverwijst. Na enkele pilots in 2010 is mediation in strafzaken in 2017 landelijk …

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia affecting over 46 million worldwide, yet contemporary medication is unable to prevent or slow its neurodegeneration. Recently, fucosterol and saringosterol, two phytosterols from brown macroalgae, have emerged as possible mediators of the disease. …