Op 28-29 september gaat de Motocross of Nations (MXON) plaatsvinden op het TT Circuit. Dit evenement is het summum van de motorcross en staat te boek als de Olympische Spelen van deze tak van sport. In tegenstelling tot de reguliere grand prix series nemen tijdens de MXON landenteams het tegen elkaar …

Introduction Victimization among children is associated with adverse effects on their physical and psychological health and many schools attempt to reduce bullying. The Dutch school-wide anti-bullying program ‘Prima’ was developed based on techniques and scientific insights that are known to be effective. …

Background: Pregnant women use childbirth reality programs to prepare themselves for childbirth. It is unknown how shared decision-making in intrapartum midwifery care is represented in televised birth. We aimed to explore the portrayal of shared decision-making during labour and birth in lifetime documentary …

How can transport and land-use transitions in urban regions be understood and supported? This question is increasingly relevant for researchers and policy makers alike given the growing urgency of sustainability issues confronting cities and the limited improvements can be observed despite continued …

Background: This study investigated the trajectories of decline in individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with aging and the effect of hearing loss, vision loss, or dual sensory loss on these trajectories in community-living frail older persons. Method: This longitudinal population-based …

This book provides a series of contemporary and international policy case studies analysed through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions of critical discourse analysis, social semiotics and discourse theory. This is the first volume that connects this discursive methodology systematically …

Skyler White is a protagonist in the top-ranking television series Breaking Bad. She is also one of the most hated characters on television. This paper focuses on how the character of Skyler and Anna Gunn – the actor that plays her – are turned into a ‘composite celebrity’ in audience discussions. This …

In 2017, BBC released a video revealing that Jodie Whittaker would be the actor to play the thirteenth Doctor in the 2018 season of Doctor Who (1963–), the popular BBC television series. The “reveal” that a woman had been cast in the role of the Doctor prompted an overwhelming backlash and fierce online …

De rederij Wagenborg Shipping heeft in de periode van 2006 tot 2012 een serie van 21 schepen heeft laten bouwen bij Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuildin Co. Ltd, China. Daarmee is de A-serie de grootste serie van Wagenborg. Deze schepen maken gebruik van het weather en routening tool SPOS. Om dit programma optimaal …

A netnography of TripAdvisor reviews was used as a method of data collection. De Jong & Grit’s Holistic Experience Model (2017) served as a framework of analyses into visitor experiences as expressed on TripAdvisor about Muktinath Temple, otherwise called Chumig Gyatsa, in Nepal