After the Yugoslav civil war, the European Union tried to establish a period of peace and stability within the Western Balkan area. With the help of the European Union many Western Balkan countries were able to develop themselves and join the European Union. Nevertheless, Kosovo1 remained unstable and …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Careander, een zorginstelling voor mensen met een verstandelijke beperking. Dit onderzoek geeft antwoord op de vraag in hoeverre er een samenhang bestaat tussen de bijkomende problematiek en de gedragsproblemen van de ambulante cliënten van Careander die onder …

1. Summary The goal of the graduation thesis is to develop a method to analyze the energy losses through pipe shoe supports. The end result will be an excel file that can be used by any of the engineers within Jacobs. Therefore all calculation and fundamental data must be included. To achieve this goal …

Onderzoek naar kansen voor de architectuur bij 0-op-de-meter renovatie van woningen in galerijflats. Wat zijn de oorspronkelijke kwaliteiten van deze galerijflats en hoe kunnen deze gerespecteerd en versterkt worden? Welke kansen zijn er voor het beperken van de energievraag en het opwekken van hernieuwbare …

This research focuses on effective social value measurement. It starts by outlining the competitive environment, which is under economic pressure due to limited resources. Commissioners of public services are driven to include social value into their decision making. The problem for social enterprises …

The host organization, Real Life Concepts (RLC), was established in 2006 by Willemijn Jumelet and Jordi de Looff – two Dutch nationals who moved to South Africa, after an overland trip from Amsterdam through the African continent. Their pay-off: Turn ideas into business success. Real Life Concepts is …

Het buitengebied van de gemeente Houten wordt gekenmerkt door agrarische doeleinden. Voornamelijk de fruitteelt is beeldbepalend voor het landschap in de deelgebieden 't Goy, Schalkwijk en Tull en 't Waal. De oorzaak van het onderzoek is de discussie over de bouw van een woning in Tull en 't Waal. In …

This paper presents an analysis of two comparable studies with LEGO Robotics-based activities in a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One study has been carried out with a group of 16 children in the Unit of Pediatrics Psychology and Psychiatry in HSJD in …

Robot-assisted therapy has been researched for more than a decade and has been dominated by the seal shaped robot Paro. It is however unclear unto what extent the development of Paro has been based upon requirements that are mentioned by care professionals. In this pilot study we interviewed two groups …

Robot assisted therapy has been applied in care for older adults who suffer from dementia for over ten years. Strong effects like improved interac-tion and signs of a higher sense of wellbeing have been reported. Still it is un-clear which features are needed and which robotic pets would are suitable …