Aims and objectives. The Forensic Early Warning Signs of Aggression Inventory (FESAI) was developed to assist nurses and patients in identifying early warning signs and constructing individual early detection plans (EDP) for the prevention of aggressive incidents. The aims of this research were as follows: …

Na het invoeren van het SiDi3 als signaleringsinstrument om hoogbegaafdheid te signaleren bleken de uitkomsten van de jaarsignalering niet overeen te komen met de verwachtingen van de leerkrachten. Het aantal kinderen dat in beeld kwam met een mogelijke ontwikkelingsvoorsprong was, statistisch gezien, …

Background  The purpose of this study is to describe feasibility and test–retest reliability of the six-minute walking distance test (6MWD) and an adapted shuttle run test (aSRT) in persons with severe intellectual and sensory (multiple) disabilities. Materials and Methods  Forty-seven persons with severe …

Caregivers of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) often describe the quality of the daily movements of these persons in terms of flexibility or stiffness. Objective outcome measures for flexibility and stiffness are muscle tone or level of spasticity. Two instruments used …

Samenvatting 'Gelegenheid alléén maakt nog geen dief' Inleiding Winkeldiefstal -diefstal van koopwaar uit een winkel, door bezoekers, gedurende openingstijd- heeft de Nederlandse detailhandel in 2009 325 miljoen euro gekost, exclusief de kosten voor preventie en nasleep van diefstallen. Behalve vanuit …

To date, it is unknown whether waist circumference can be measured validly and reliably when a subject is in a supine position. This issue is relevant when international standards for healthy participants are applied to persons with severe intellectual, sensory, and motor disabilities. Thus, the aims …

Analyzing Innovation Performance in East Asia was created for the consideration of The Technopolicy Network (TPN) - regional innovation focused organization for its further expansion purposes. As the title indicates, The TPN's main interest area is East Asia. The paper's central question is: Which East-Asian …

BACKGROUND: Anthropometric measurements are widely used to reliably quantify body composition and to estimate risks of overweight in healthy subjects and in patients. However, information about the reliability of anthropometric measurements in subjects with severe intellectual and sensory disabilities …

The CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) model decomposes a three-way array into a prespecified number of R factors and a residual array by minimizing the sum of squares of the latter. It is well known that an optimal solution for CP need not exist. We show that if an optimal CP solution does not exist, then any sequence …

The annual publication (since 1995) of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International (TI) Secretariat in Berlin, gives the scores of the perceptions which selected observers have of the prevalence of corruption in their countries. They do not report about facts. Moreover, these …