While live event experiences have become increasingly mediatized, the prevalence of ephemeral content and diverse forms of (semi)private communication in social media platforms have complicated the study of these mediatized experiences as an outsider. This article proposes an ethnographic approach to …

The changes that have taken place in higher education in the last decade, such as output-based funding, global competition, and the marketization of higher education, call for a re-focus on the establishment of bonds between students and their educational institution. Previous studies have emphasized …

Question: What are the views of patients, close relatives and healthcare professionals on physical activity behaviour in hospital care? Methods: A meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative studies was conducted with a lines-of-argument analysis. The methodological quality of included studies was evaluated …

The way in which individuals perceive their quality of life is influenced by the contexts in which they live. Each of them perceives these contexts differently. Moreover, individuals' perception of their possibilities to influence their context and make use of their resources, differs greatly and appears …

The hotel industry is actively employing service robots throughout its operations. They are expected to carry out various frontline services, including welcoming guests, check-in, hotel guidance and product delivery. presumably, each hotel guest has a different perception and attitude towards service …

There is a dualism in current policy discourses on public health between neoliberal conceptions of health, and health as a product of social conditions. These conceptions also co-exist in the narratives of citizens. In this qualitative study carried out in the Netherlands, we analysed how people living …

Diagnosing teachers are teachers who perceive diagnostic information about students’ learning process, interpret these aspects, decide how to respond, and act based on this diagnostic decision. During supervision meetings about the undergraduate thesis supervisors make in-the-moment decisions while interacting …

Light enables us to see and perceive our environment but it also initiates effects beyond vision, such as alertness. Literature describes that at least six factors are relevant for initiating effects beyond vision. The exact relationship between these factors and alertness is not yet fully understood. …

There has been a rise in stress-related complaints among students in The Netherlands. Although the situation seemed to stabilize, over the past year the situation has worsened. This dissertation was written to find out the current situation for European Studies students at The Hague University of Applied …

Background: There is an emergence of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to support self-management in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recently, an evidence-driven mHealth intervention has been developed to support patients with COPD in exacerbation-related self-management: …