The goal of this study was therefore to test the idea that computationally analysing the Fontys National Student Surveys (NSS) open answers using a selection of standard text mining methods (Manning & Schütze 1999) will increase the value of these answers for educational quality assurance. It is expected …

For multiple reasons, such as changing ocean temperatures, overfishing and unsustainable tourism coral reefs are declining worldwide. A negative feedback loop is created by the loss of three-dimensional structures that the coral reefs create. These three-dimensional structures provide shelters for grazing …

Coca-Cola European Partners Netherlands (hereafter: CCEP-NL) launched a website called the Coca-Cola Club (hereafter: the Club) at the start of January, 2019. This website was meant to help CCEP-NL sell more products to businesses who buy below 2.500 liters of Coca-Cola products on a yearly basis. In …

OBJECTIVE: To identify trajectories of cognitive-affective depressive symptoms among acutely hospitalized older patients and whether trajectories are related to prognostic baseline factors and three-month outcomes such as functional decline, falls, unplanned readmissions, and mortality. METHODS: Prospective …

Het participatie project richt zich op het ontwikkelen van interventies ter bevordering van de actieve maatschappelijke participatie van jongeren met psychische en/of gedragsproblematiek in Amsterdam. Onderzoekers van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam werkten samen met professionals en jongeren van de Arkin …

The design of cities has long ignored the flows that shape the city. Water has been the most visible one, but energy and materials were invisible and/or taken for granted. A little over 50 years ago, Abel Wolman was the first to illuminate the role of water flows in the urban fabric. It has long been …

Happiness and (mis)fortune are very individual matters of different origins: mental and material. They can not be (directly) traced back to each other. Prosperity can always turn into adversity and vice versa. This does not alter the fact that someone who has made courage or cheerfulness her second nature, …

De wijk- en vraaggerichte wijze van werken binnen de gemeente Den Haag probeert zoveel mogelijk autonomie bij professionals te leggen en de regels in het werk minder centraal te stellen. Maar regels en procedures garanderen ook gelijkheid van behandeling, wetmatigheid en voorspelbaarheid. Regels zijn …

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of the estimated 11–25 years reduced life expectancy for persons with serious mental illness (SMI). This excess cardiovascular mortality is primarily attributable to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. Obesity is associated …

Artikel op de website van GGZ-Delfland over het onderzoek van Richard Vijverberg: Wanneer moet een kind of jongere worden doorverwezen naar Familie FACT? Deze vorm van psychiatrie biedt behandeling aan kinderen en jongeren waarvoor poliklinische zorg niet intensief genoeg is. De zorgvraag van deze jeugdigen …