Onderzoek naar betere aansluiting van de facilitiare dienst op het primaire proces. De wisselende belasting van werkzaamheden van het primaire proces zijn hierbij een belangrijk onderdeel. Het achterliggende doel is het aanpassen van de bezetting van de facilitaire diensten en de wisselende belasting …

AIMS: To assess the interplay between hope and the information provided by health care professionals. BACKGROUND: Earlier research learned that hope is crucial for relatives of traumatic coma patients. Also it has been reported that the need for information is extremely important for relatives of critically …

In this study, the authors examined the process that family members go through when they are confronted with traumatic coma. They conducted 24 semistructured interviews with 22 family members of 16 coma patients and analyzed the data using the constant comparative method as proposed by grounded theory. …

BACKGROUND: Chest physiotherapy is widely prescribed to assist the clearance of airway secretions in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices provide constant back pressure to the airways during expiration. This may improve clearance by building up gas behind mucus …

In opdracht van het Facilitair Centrum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam is onderzoek gedaan naar de mogelijkheid om klachtenmanagement binnen de organisatie op te zetten en in te richten. Deze procedure is erop gericht dat ingediende klachten op dusdanige wijze behandeld worden dat de relatie tussen …

Aanleiding voor het onderzoek is de overschrijding op het budget reparatieonderhoud. De totale kosten zijn in vergelijking met de begroting met 30% toegenomen ten opzichte van de begroting 2005. Daarnaast is er een grote toename geweest in de aantallen reparatieverzoeken en is bij de medewerkers onduidelijk …

The concept of lifelong learning refers to the several skills able to provide for needs of music graduates. Such as it occurs with other areas, the domain of music is in constant modification, either for the incorporation of new technologies, either had the cultural demands or for the multiplicity of …

This article outlines the experiences of educators in three teacher education institutes in the USA, Australia and the UK as they experiment with carrying out programmes based on ideas of Action Research. The emphasis is on experiences with programmes of initial education for secondary school teachers. …

A construction method is given for all factors that satisfy the assumptions of the model for factor analysis, including partially determined factors where certain error variances are zero. Various criteria for the seriousness of indeterminacy are related. It is shown that B. F. Green's (1976) conjecture …

The results of this study indicate that whole body metabolic and cardiovascular responses to 140 min of either steady state or variable intensity exercise at the same average intensity are similar, despite differences in skeletal muscle carbohydrate metabolism and recruitment