Abstract Background: Many countries in Europe have implemented managed competition and patient choice during the last decade. With the introduction of managed competition, health insurers also became an important stakeholder. They purchase services on behalf of their customers and are allowed to contract …

The South China Tigers are the first professional club team in Hong Kong, playing in the new tournament Global Rapid Rugby. The Asia Pacific tournament is contested home and away against six teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The South China Tigers were set up as a subsidiary …

The space between the noseband and the skin of competition horses is a current welfare issue. The practices regarding the noseband tightness of Dutch horses was studied, as well as the intentions of Dutch equestrians when fastening the noseband. More than half (59%) of Dutch riders had their horses’ …

This research has been carried out in Tainan region, Taiwan, which is famous with sufficient diversity of orchids. After 2014, the figure of exporting Taiwanese orchid decreased gradually because of global competition. However, small-scale orchid growers still have maintained the same production mode …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op het vinden van een oplossing voor de moeizame groei van bezoekersaantallen in winkelcentrum De Baronie. Aanleiding voor dit onderzoek is de moeizame groei van bezoekersaantallen waarmee het winkelcentrum kampt. Doelstelling van dit onderzoek is GREEN Real Estate B.V., exploitant …

Dit onderzoek moet een oplossing vinden voor het werven van nieuw personeel voor de gemeente Velsen door na te gaan hoe de gemeente zich kan onderscheiden van vergelijkbare werkgevers. De aanleiding voor het onderzoek zijn de vele openstaande vacatures waarvan invulling moeizaam verloopt. De doelstelling …

Spatial variation in habitat riskiness has a major influence on the predator–prey space race. However, the outcome of this race can be modulated if prey shares enemies with fellow prey (i.e., another prey species). Sharing of natural enemies may result in apparent competition, and its implications for …

In recent years, the threat of Islamic terrorism became visible in several European countries. The terrorist attacks that occurred in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, etc. shocked the European society. Especially the phenomenon of home-grown terrorists, individuals who radicalised in European countries, …

Studies show adults’ attitudes towards citizenship to be related to their educational level. It has been claimed that higher educated people more often possess ‘good’ citizenship values. However, only limited insight exists into how differences in citizenship attitudes between adolescents from various …