This article analyses four of the most prominent city discourses and introduces the lens of urban vitalism as an overarching interdisciplinary concept of cities as places of transformation and change. We demonstrate the value of using urban vitalism as a lens to conceptualize and critically discuss different …

This article shows that employment of temporality in nativist discourse is not limited to just the past. The perception of “threat,” central to nativism, does not only inform historical claims made by nostalgic nativists, but also refers to the present and to the future in which this threat is to be …

BACKGROUND: Findings on the association between early high protein provision and mortality in ICU patients are inconsistent. The relation between early high protein provision and mortality in patients receiving CRRT remains unclear. The aim was to study the association between early high protein provision …

Onderzoek naar de manier waarop leerkrachten van groep 4 en 5 op school X kunnen veranderen of toevoegen aan het lesaanbod omtrent tafelsommen waardoor deze eerder worden geautomatiseerd. Tijdens het onderzoek wordt gebruik gemaakt van een vragenlijst, een interview en toetsing. Na uitvoer van het ontwerp …

How the customer experience in luxury retail is changing and what the future of it looks like based on customers needs and wants.

We investigate a computer supported approach in which pairs co-con-struct a qualitative representation of the dynamics of the industrial revolution in a shared workspace. A key feature of this approach concerns the use of a meta-vocabulary for representing cause-and-effect relationships that facilitates …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The loss of muscle mass in critically ill patients contributes to morbidity and mortality, and results in impaired recovery of physical functioning. The number of publications on the topic is increasing. However, there is a lack of consistent methodology and the most optimal methodology …

Dutch universities of applied sciences (UASs) had been teaching-only institutes since their legal origin in 1960. The development of higher education (HE) in Europe in the past twenty years requires UASs to embody and become hybrid organ-isations where education and research are integrated. Ever-changing, …

Lichamelijke activiteit lijkt aanzienlijke voordelen voor de gezondheid te hebben, waaronder een verbeterde behandeling van veel ziekten. De afgelopen jaren is onderzoek gedaan naar de Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Verschillende studies concludeerden dat de SPPB betrouwbaar is en gebruikt …

Purpose Although researchers have explored parental perspectives on childhood speech and language disorders, this work has mostly been conducted in English-speaking countries. Little is known about parental experiences across countries. Participation in the COST Action IS1406 ‘Enhancing children’s oral …