The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been claimed to be one of the most important truth commissions. Moreover, it has been the first truth commission to use media extensively in its initiatives. The SATRC was created to address the atrocities caused by the apartheid, and furthermore, …

The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Yet in 2012, it was estimated that around 87 Christian wedding officiants continued to refuse to marry gay couples due to their religious beliefs. Even though municipalities were allowed to hire these so-called …

Het belang van werkgevers om de duurzame inzetbaarheid van werknemers te verhogen is evident. Een belangrijke determinant van duurzame inzetbaarheid is ervaren gezondheid. Dit project, uitgevoerd onder de vlag van het Interreg-project iAge, beoogde om werknemers te stimuleren tot (meer) gezond gedrag …

An overview of innovations in a particular area, for example retail developments in the fashion sector (Van Vliet, 2014), and a subsequent discussion about the probability as to whether these innovations will realise a ‘breakthrough’, has to be supplemented with the question of what the added value is …

Evident Interactive is een full service internetbureau dat projectmatig websites en webapplicaties ontwikkelt. Het ontwikkelen gebeurt primair op basis van Microsoft technologie zoals C#, .NET en op .NET gebaseerde CMS-en. Hiernaast is er veel kennis van HTML, CSS en Javascript. Evident Interactive wil …

The purpose of this report was to research how to optimize customers and sales for independent coffee cafes in the Netherlands. By researching the main motivations of Dutch consumers to visit a coffee cafe and current marketing methods used in other coffee cafes, an advice marketing plan is offered. …

Binnen de afstudeerstage is onderzoek gedaan naar het beantwoorden van de volgende vraag: “Hoe wordt een mobiel platform zo ingericht dat een AI (artificial intelligence) deze aan kan sturen?”. Hierbij is onderzocht welke hard- en software nodig is om dit te realiseren. Het half-autonoom kunnen voortbewegen …

In dit artikel in Teaching and Teacher Education beschrijven HvA-lector Marco Snoek en Monique Volman de uitkomsten van een onderzoek naar een masteropleiding die gericht is op het ontwikkelen van leiderschap van leraren en op de impact van dat leiderschap op scholen. ‘The transfer of learning outcomes …

In the 21st century, Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (hogescholen) are creating a genuine connection between teaching, research, professionalization and the innovation of practices and policies, going far beyond the academic approach taken by the traditional universities. In the city of Rotterdam, …

Purpose With current diagnostic methods, the majority of patients with symptomatic colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) is identified approximately 1 week after operation. The aim of this study is to determine whether real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of Escherichia coli and …