In November 2006, SOMO published a report that criticised labour conditions in Nokia's factories in Asia. This report revealed conditions where workers work up to 72 hours a week with compulsory overtime, have insecure employment contracts and work in unsafe factories, where no or inadequate protection …

Indonesia's decentralization in the form of regional autonomy has opened many new opportunities for the people. Especially in the regions, higher authority allowed local governments to develop their regions and increase the people's welfare. Despite a number of positive developments, there are many problems …

Doel en onderzoeksvraag: Het doel van dit onderzoek is bepalen of de mate van kniestabiliteit geobjectiveerd kan worden met behulp van een mobiel krachtenplatform, ontwikkeld door Hendrikx (2006). Hierbij is de volgeden hoofdvraag geformuleerd: "Op welke wijze kan het mobiele krachtenplatform een rol …

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger and malnutrition. On 26 November 1991 the European Union became the 161st Member of FAO, trough Resolution 7/91 which allowed Regional Economic Integration Organisations (REIOs) to accede as …

Inleiding Dit onderzoeksverslag is geschreven in het kader van de afstudeeropdracht in het vierde studiejaar van de Opleiding voor Fysiotherapie aan de Fontys Paramedische Hogeschool te Eindhoven. Het projectvoorstel is ingediend door Revalidatiecentrum Blixembosch te Eindhoven, afdeling fysiotherapie. Er …

Eight new primer sets were designed for PCR detection of (i) mono-oxygenase and dioxygenase gene sequences involved in initial attack of bacterial aerobic BTEX degradation and of (ii) catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene sequences responsible for meta-cleavage of the aromatic ring. The new primer sets allowed …

On the basis of an empirical analysis of the recent emergence, spread and transformation of No Holds Barred fighting contests, it is argued that Norbert Elias's model of sportization provides a fruitful but insufficiently differentiated framework for understanding the development of sports and sport-like …

The author is a young officer, recently graduated from the NLDA, whose convoy was struck by a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Jessica van Hees describes the attack and its aftermath, her reactions and the emotions that overcame her during and particularly after the events. She describes the formalist …

Patiënten die een trauma of operatie hebben ondergaan aan de onderste extremiteit lopen meestal met loophulpmiddelen, omdat ze niet volledig mogen belasten. Na een trauma of operatie worden deze patiënten vaak doorverwezen naar een fysiotherapeut. De fysiotherapeutische behandelingen zijn gericht op …

In the fall of 1999, we started, the Integrated Product Development- Collaborative Engineering ( IPD-CE) project as a first pilot. We experimented with modern communication technology in order to find useful tools for facilitating the cooperative work and the contacts of all the participants. Teams have …