Zoos in Europe developed in different ways. Whereas zoos in West-Europa flourished in the 19th century, zoos in Middle and East-Europe experienced harder times. Nowadays zoos demand more from their zookeepers. But, zookeepers from the Croatian zoo Zagreb Zoo do not have the educational background that …

Nowadays, modern societal trends and technologies enable us to live our lives with comfort and fun. On the one hand, these developments enhance quality of life, on the other hand there are downsides related to our health and happiness. Therefore, in our current society, it is necessary that parents consciously …

Over the past few years the terms 'fair trade', 'sustainable' and 'organic' have become more present in combination with tea products in the supermarkets. These terms are used for many different goals. Some suppliers actually try to provide the consumer with a product that has been produced following …

Background: Peer Assessment (PA) in health professions education encourages students to develop a critical attitude towards their own and their peers’ performance. We designed a PA task to assess students' clinical skills (including reasoning, communication, physical examination and treatment skills) …

In the dynamic environment of increasing regulations, increasing patient demand, decentralization of budgets and enforcement of efficiency, small sized healthcare institutions in the Netherlands are having a difficult time. Although these service providers are usually capable of flexibly delivering healthcare, …

To evaluate the effect of the educational program "Guided Clinical Reasoning" (GCR) and the introduction of an intelligent electronic nursing documentation system (e-doc) on the quality of the nursing process. Evaluation was conducted at three measurement points and rated with the instrument "Quality …

In Hoogland-West wordt een nieuwe golfbaan aangelegd. Voor deze nieuwe golfbaan moet nog een beheerplan worden gemaakt. De golfbaan is gelegen in een cultuurhistorisch landschap, namelijk het oude hoevenlandschap. Om ervoor te zorgen dat de landschappelijke- en natuurlijke waarde van het landschap zoveel …

Dertig jaar geleden presenteerde Spijkenisse zich als een groene groeistad. Dat Spijkenisse groen is kan men vooral goed zien vanuit de hoge woontorens langs de Oude Maas. De afgelopen jaren heeft de gemeente overigens fors moeten bezuinigen en ook het onderhoudbudget voor het groen werd hierin niet …

De eisen die gesteld worden aan de dijken worden steeds strenger door vernieuwend onderzoek. Toch ging het in 1993 en 1995 met hoog water bijna mis. Na onderzoek bleek dat de dijken bijna doorbraken door piping. Bij piping stroomt water onder de dijk door en worden zandkorrels meegenomen. Hierdoor wordt …

The hard side in total quality management of measurement and data analysis can only be successful if it is replenished with the soft side, the people side. This conclusion has serious consequences for the education of professionals, especially managers. Managers should be trained in soft skills, trained …