The comprehensive approach was deviced to facilitate cooperation between civilian and military actors, to tackle causes of instability and to create a more safe and secure environment in areas of conflict. Due to weak governance and with police and military not up to their jobs, a Provincial Reconstruction …

The paper presents a framework that through structured analysis of accident reports explores the differences between practice and academic literature as well amongst organizations regarding their views on human error. The framework is based on the hypothesis that the wording of accident reports reflects …

Achtergrond: Er is op dit moment sprake van een huidkankerepidemie in Nederland en deze zal een serieus probleem worden volgens artsen van het Erasmus Medisch Centrum: “Als er nu geen maatregelen worden genomen, zal de zorg voor patiënten met huidkanker over enkele jaren onder een acceptabel niveau zakken” …

In this study, Dutch and Australian planning regimes are examined to determine whether they are ready to face climate extremes. Five different “cultural” facets of spatial planning determine the differences between the two regimes. These planning characteristics are first confronted with current climate …

In 2012, our randomised trial demonstrated that stretching before sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults.1 These episodic cramp attacks are characteristic: painful, sustained, involuntary muscle contractions of the calf muscles, hamstrings or feet. The sharp …

BACKGROUND/AIM: This study examined the reliability and convergent validity of the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context, a measurement evaluating writing readiness in kindergarten children (aged from five to six years). METHODS: Test-retest reliability was established with 59 children, inter-rater …

Hamstringblessures zijn met 11.7% de meest voorkomende blessures onder professionele voetballers en verantwoordelijk voor 15% van alle blessures in het Australian Rules Football. Ondanks de hoge incidentie van hamstringblessures is er geen consensus over de meest effectieve behandelmethode vanwege een …

Contribution of Pauline Goense to the 2nd Biennial Australian Implementation Conference on how policies, programs and practices can best be implemented so as to most effectively make a real, positive and enduring impact on people’s lives.

This study describes field investigations designed to compare the infiltration capacities of 55 permeable pavement systems installed in the Netherlands and in Australia. The ages of the pavements varied from 1 to 12 years. Using infiltrometer testing, the performance of the pavements has been compared …

Vanaf 2015 vinden er veranderingen plaats in het gebruik van het persoonsgebonden budget (pgb). Het pgb kan nu nog via de Algemene Wet Bijzonde Ziektekosten aangevraagd worden. Vanaf 2015 loopt dit via de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo). De Wmo wordt uitgevoerd door de gemeenten. Iedere gemeente …