This paper examines the long anticipated European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the establishment of an actual launch of the process enabling such accession after so many years from the time it was first proposed. Further, it goes on to examine the different mechanisms …

Collaborative learning in a culturally diverse secondary vocational education. By K. Tielman (Fontys), P. den Brok (ESoE), S. Bolhuis (Fontys) and R. van de Sande (Fontys) This contribution discusses a descriptive study on the experiences of students and teachers in secondary vocational education regarding …

Sinds 1995 is het aantal brede scholen (ook wel 'vensterscholen' genoemd) in snel tempo toegenomen. In een brede school werken professionals van verschillende instellingen (bv. basisscholen, peuterspeelzalen, SKSG kinderopvang, het CJG en de MJD) samen om de ontwikkelingskansen van jongeren van 0-15 …

Background: The feasibility and predictive validity of balance and gait measures in more severe stages of dementia have been understudied. We evaluated the clinimetric properties of the Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) in nursing home residents with dementia with a specific objective …

Our ageing population is the result of two demographic trends: decreasing fertility levels and higher life expectancy. As a corollary to these demographic trends, the working population is ageing and shrinking at the same time. This development will affect the performance of organizations in the next …

De democratisering en beschikbaarstelling van informatie die de wereld de afgelopen decennia heeft overspoeld, vraagt om een nieuwe standpuntbepaling. Hoe gaan we met al die informatie om? Hoe bepalen we welke informatie zinvol en welke zinloos is? Er is nog geen betrouwbaar en sluitend systeem ontwikkeld …

OBJECTIVE: Former studies in chronic diseases showed the importance of patients' beliefs and perceptions. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire was developed to assess these illness perceptions. Our goal was to investigate psychometric properties of the IPQ-R for Fibromyalgia Dutch language version …

The objective of this study was to produce a valid Danish translation of the Dutch "Occupational therapy guideline for assessment and treatment of apraxia in CVA clients"; to investigate the inter-rater reliability of the assessment instrument in terms of ADL observations; and to determine the content …

Veel mensen krijgen tijdens hun loopbaan, levensloop, te maken met een of andere vorm van verlies. Zij worden dan geconfronteerd met wat wij aanvankelijk venijnige vraagstukken noemden, maar later hebben verwoord als loopbaanknooppunten. Situaties met consequenties voor loopbanen; situaties die leiden …

Physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) are inversely associated with the clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (RF) associated with the metabolic syndrome (MS). However, the role of individual components of PA, that is, intensity, duration and volume, and the inter-relationship …