Over the past year, the governance of supplier finance has risen even higher up the agenda for regulators, rating agencies, auditors, and corporates as its perceived role in the high-profile collapse of several corporates comes under scrutiny. The topic of disclosure has become one of more heated debate …

The specificity of training for races is believed to be important for performance development. However, measuring specificity is challenging. This study aimed to develop a method to quantify the specificity of speed skating training for sprint races (i.e., 500 and 1,000 m), and explore the amount of …

Background The use of antiseptic barrier caps reduced the occurrence of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in adult intensive care settings. We assessed the effect of the use of antiseptic barrier caps on the incidence of CLABSI in infants and children and evaluated the implementation …

In deze studie wordt er, door middel van kwantitatief, vergelijkend onderzoek gekeken naar de effecten van verschillende beweegtijden van de lessen lichamelijk opvoeding op het concentratieniveau van vmbo-leerlingen tussen de 12 en 14 jaar. 52 participanten, tussen de 12 en 14 jaar zijn onderverdeeld …

Achtergrond: Ondervoeding is een steeds groter wordend probleem. Er is sprake van ondervoeding bij een acuut of chronisch tekort aan energie (calorieën), eiwitten en andere voedingsstoffen. Deze tekorten kunnen ontstaan door onvoldoende voedingsinname en ziekte waardoor gewichtsverlies en afname van …

Abstract People over 65 years of age constitute over 80% of patients with heart failure (HF) and the incidence of HF is 10 per 1,000 in people aged above 65 years. Approximately 25% of older patients with HF exhibit evidence of frailty. Frail patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a worse prognosis …

Aanleiding: Door de vergrijzing komen steeds meer mensen in aanmerking voor een totale heuparthroplastiek (THA). Aangezien de zorgkosten hierdoor hoger worden, is het noodzaak om de duur van de ziekenhuisopname te verminderen. Dit geldt met name voor de kwetsbare ouderen, zij hebben immers een grotere …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Because of the enormous growth of the aviation industry, Schiphol requires to expand its operations. The limitation of 500,000 aircraft movements led to an agreement about the expansion of a regional airport to accommodate the overcapacity of Schiphol Airport. Lelystad Airport was chosen …

The Netherlands is the largest export country of cut flowers in the world. Air cargo transport of flowers amounts to 25 percent of the total annual tonnage of goods that go through Schiphol Airport. However, due to uncertainty of the future development in international trade, as well as the increasing …

Intergenerational continuity in family behaviors partly results from socialization processes in the parental home. However, socialization is a multidimensional process. This article tests hypotheses about the relative importance of value transmission and modeling in explaining expectations of adolescence …