Northern Cyprus is a de facto state in the eyes of the international community. Its independence has been deemed illegitimate by the United Nations as it is seen as an occupied territory by Turkey. Therefore, Turkey is the only country in the world that recognizes the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern …

The thesis focusses on the development of a business model of a tourist card in the cross-border regions Grafschaft Bentheim (GER) and North-East Twente (NL). After conducting qualitative research in terms of literature research and interviews, a tourist card in the form of a disount card has been chosen. …

This paper covers the process of re-designing the artwork for an application called Spiroplay. The Spiroplay application is a gamified spirometry test built for Android tablets, with a target audience of children between 6-11 years old. Inspiration for the artwork was found in children 's entertainment …

What’s online video today, fifteen years into its exponential growth? In the age of the smart phone, video accompanies, informs, moves, and distracts us. What started off with amateur prosumers on YouTube has spread to virtually all communication apps: say it with moving images. Are you addicted yet? …

This paper presents the findings from a ‘Safety Differently’ (SD) case study in aviation, and specifically in a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisation in Southeast Asia. The goal of the case study was to apply a new method of safety intervention that is part of the Safety Differently toolkit …

The value which research brings to health and wellbeing is unquestioned. Without it, progress in diagnosis, treatment and care would probably cease and the service offered to patients and clients would deteriorate. Engaging student radiographers, and radiographers who are early in their careers, with …

Introduction: Integrating web-based or mobile components and face-to-face components within a treatment process is called blended care. As part of the participatory development of a blended physiotherapeutic intervention for patients with low back pain (e-Exercise LBP), a proof of concept study was carried …

Background: Peer review is at the heart of the scientific process. With the advent of digitisation, journals started to offer electronic articles or publishing online only. A new philosophy regarding the peer review process found its way into academia: the open peer review. Open peer review as practiced …

Over the past fifty years, the disease chytridiomycosis has impacted at least 500 species of amphibians around the world. It is caused by the chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans, and while it causes sporadic mortality in some amphibian species, it completely wipes out …

The Scottish mathematician John Napier is best known for inventing the logarithm. However, in his attempts to facilitate multiplication, he left behind something special: the so-called calculator rods. These sticks are based on an old calculation technique called gelosia. This technique can be taught …