Since the emergence of modern man some 200,000 years ago, people and technologyhave been inextricably linked to each other. However, unlike traditional technology -such as leverage (and derivative applications such as hammers, wheels and crankshafts),and control of fire - smart technology is equipped …

For the past decade I have, as an artist/researcher, investigated the uses of photographic pictures in East African country Uganda. The relation between photographic pictures and memory have been well researched and argued. But this is often done from a rather one sided Eurocentric perspective on photographic …

Objective To synthesise qualitative studies on women’s psychological experiences of physiological childbirth. Design Meta-synthesis. Methods Studies exploring women’s psychological experiences of physiological birth using qualitative methods were eligible. The research group searched the following …

This paper advances the case for a contextualized perspective on client impact of obligatory participation in welfare to work as a form of conditional welfare. We argue that at least three types of potentially variable characteristics of programmes as they are actually implemented matter for understanding …

Het doel van dit onderzoek is een advies geven aan Klaverblad Verzekeringen over welke argumenten zij kunnen aanvoeren in whiplashzaken van WAD 1 en 2 om de schadelast te beperken. Een whiplash associated disorder (WAD) van graad 1 of 2 is niet medisch objectiveerbaar. Dat wil zeggen dat er medisch geen …

In opdracht van de rechtbank Noord-Holland, locatie Haarlem, afdeling familie en jeugd heeft er een onderzoek plaatsgevonden naar de schriftelijke aanwijzing. Dit is een middel dat door een jeugdbeschermer ingezet kan worden in het kader van een ondertoezichtstelling. De schriftelijke aanwijzing is …

Het managementteam van Fontys Hogescholen Marketing en Management (FHMM) voerde in 2013 een strikte scheiding met betrekking tot begeleiding en beoordeling door in het afstudeertraject van de opleiding Commerciële Economie (CE). Begin 2017 kwam dit besluit ter discussie te staan. Zowel intern (studenten …

The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice. There have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

For many decades social sciences have been captivated by the statistical method. In itself there is nothing wrong with this method, but a serious side effect of a large fixation on surveys, likert-scales and normal distributions is that the argument is still seen mainly as opinion and therefore hardly …

Computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) respond to a computer security incident when the need arises. Failure of these teams can have far-reaching effects for the economy and national security. CSIRTs often have to work on an ad hoc basis, in close cooperation with other teams, and in time …