This article focuses on the theory put forward by Donald Caps in his The Depleted Self (Sin in a narcissis-tic age. Minneapolis: Fortress Pres, 1993) that there is a particular link between narcissisism and the commitment of particular deadly sins. The data in the research reported in this paper robustly …

The effectiveness of smart home technology in home care situations depends on the acceptance and use of the technology by both users and end-users. In the Netherlands many projects have started to introduce smart home technology and telecare in the homes of elderly people, but only some have been successful. …

During several internships by the researcher of this study, the researcher discovered through personal experiences that there is a big diversity in the level of motor skills of the students. The goal of this theoretical part of this study is to get insight in what motor development is and how it is testable …

In my belief the effectiveness of organizations has more to do with managing people in a more ethical, sustainable and effective way than what is common these days. For example employees values like trust, respect and commitment are rarely considered as values that can contribute to social capital in …

BACKGROUND: Paratonia, a form of hypertonia, is associated with loss of mobility and with the development of contractures especially in the late stages of the dementia. Passive movement therapy (PMT) currently is the main physiotherapeutic intervention. General doubt about the beneficial effects of this …

The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of metacognitive self-regulation for students in secondary vocational education. Drawing on research and theory characterizing writing as a complex skill, we analyzed students' reported metacognitive strategy use in relation to three writing genres: …

A formal description of a database consists of the description of the relations (tables) of the database together with the constraints that must hold on the database. Furthermore the contents of a database can be retrieved using queries. These constraints and queries for databases can very well be formalized. …

In tegenstelling tot het Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent (UZG) wordt in het Maxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven (MMC-V) geen fysiotherapie gegeven na een femoro-popliteale bypass. In het UZG wordt fysiotherapie aangeboden aan de patiëntengroep die recent een femoro-popliteale bypass heeft ondergaan. Bij ontslag …

Doel Obesitas vormt een wereldwijd probleem. Het is aannemelijk dat de stijgende prevalentie van obesitas vooral moet worden toegeschreven aan een toenemende bewegingsarmoede in combinatie met een relatieve overconsumptie van voedingsmiddelen. Bestaande bewegingsprogramma's worden door personen met obesitas …

Doelstelling in dit project is antwoord te krijgen op de volgende onderzoeksvragen: 1. In hoeverre worden de meetinstrumenten die genoemd worden in de KNGF-richtlijn COPD (2005) consequent gebruikt bij de anamnese, evaluatie en afsluiting door fysiotherapeuten werkzaam in de eerste-, tweede- en derdelijn, …