Undergraduate students who seek a bachelor degree in Dutch universities of applied sciences are supposed to learn also research skills so that they can provide innovative solutions to real problems of the society and businesses in their future careers. Current education and textbooks on research skills …

The commitment of the Fab Lab community to participate in processes of commons-based knowledge production thus also includes global knowledge sharing. For sharing back into the global commons, new knowledge needs however to be documented in a way that allows to share it by the means of information and …

Legal persons (i.e., entities such as corporations, companies, partnerships, firms, associations, and foundations) may commit financial crimes or employ fraudulent activities like money laundering, tax fraud, or bankruptcy fraud. Therefore, in the Netherlands legal persons are automatically screened …

The architecture of TP 53 , the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, is more complex than previously thought. Using TP 53 variants as clinical biomarkers to predict response to treatment or patient outcome requires an unequivocal and standardized procedure toward a definitive strategy for the …

In Nederland is de verantwoordelijkheid voor ziekteverzuim en reïntegratie sinds het begin van de jaren negentig stap voor stap verschoven van het collectieve domein naar de individuele werkgever en werknemer. Achtereenvolgende wetswijzigingen hadden tot doel het ziekteverzuim en de instroom in arbeidsongeschiktheidsregelingen …

The competency profile underlying higher nursing education in the Netherlands states that bachelor-prepared nurses are expected to be able to participate in ethics committees. What knowledge, skills and attitudes are involved in this participation is unclear. In five consecutive years, groups of two …

As part of the debate about globalization and regionalization, this paper adds a perspective that has so far remained underexposed, that of (formerly state‐owned) firms in (previously) regulated industries, in order to better understand the (changing) role of the home country/region in internationalization …

Hoofdstuk 20 Part II in Understanding Penal Practice van Ioan Durnescu en Fergus McNeill Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change – and how and why these changes differ in different contexts. Important though these …

Victoria's Secret is the leading specialty retailer of lingerie and beauty products. This brand is dominating the world with body fashion, fragrances and cosmetics. In addition, Victoria’s Secret is also globally recognized for their supermodels and world-famous fashion shows. There are more than 1,000 …

Background: Changes in reimbursement have been compelling for Dutch primary care practices to apply a disease management approach for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This approach includes individual patient consultations with a practice nurse, who coaches patients in COPD …