Bijna de helft van de sociaal werkers overweegt een vertrek bij hun werkgever. In dit artikel analyseert Marc Hoijtink vertrekfantasieën van professionals als cognitieve vlucht, een vorm van stil verzet die dicht tegen coping aanzit. Als zoveel sociaal werkers op het punt staan hun loyaliteit op te zeggen, …

Background The challenging combination of breastfeeding and work is one of the main reasons for early breastfeeding cessation. Although the availability of a lactation room (defined as a private space designated for milk expression or breastfeeding) is important in enabling the combination of breastfeeding …

Thoroughly examines the measurement, modeling and design approaches of wind turbine and wind farm aerodynamics Includes outlooks on the promising topics for future research Contains contributions of internationally renowned experts

Het Europese sociaal werk gaat gelijktijdig bezorgd én blijmoedig om met bezuinigingen. De moed erin houden en blijven zoeken naar kansen zijn belangrijke codes binnen het werk. Toch is inzicht in de problemen die door financiële schaarste veroorzaakt worden hard nodig.

BACKGROUND: To improve older patients' physical activity (PA) behavior, it is important to identify facilitators and barriers to enhancing PA in older patients (≥ 65 years) during hospitalization from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs). METHODS: In this systematic …

The need for increasing further the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) is demanding a change in the way distribution grids are managed. In particular, the RESs intermittent and stochastic nature is finding in Battery Energy Storage (BES) systems its most immediate countermeasure. This work …

The liveability of cities worldwide is under threat by the predicted increase in intensity and frequency of heatwaves and the absence of a clear spatial overview of where action to address this. Heat stress impairs vital urban functions (Böcker and Thorsson 2014), hits the local economy (Evers et al. …

A description of an artistic activity that aims to sculpt out of clay the "missing link" in the process of evolution. The process was developed by Jan van Boeckel (inspired by the original activity in Antony Gormley's workshop) www.janvanboeckel.wordpress.com.

For this book, we chose the term Applied Design Research. “We”are the Network Applied Design Research: a learning community of professors and researchers at various universities of applied sciences. Within this community, we share our experiences with the many forms of applied design research. We consciously …