Professionals moeten minder volgzaam zijn en een eigen sociale agenda gaan voeren, zo horen we steeds vaker. Maar een nieuwe eenzijdigheid dreigt als we het spoor op gaan van politiseren. Dan wordt ontkend dat het beroep in de alledaagse praktijk onvermijdelijk een balanceeract is gekenmerkt door dubbelrollen …

: To have sustainable societies, we need to accelerate the energy transition towards clean energy solutions, however, awareness and understanding of the process is still limited, especially among young people. In addition, the topic has mainly been approached from an engineering angle, ignoring the social …

1. Diets that maximise life span often differ from diets that maximise reproduction. Animals have therefore evolved advanced foraging strategies to acquire optimal nutrition and maximise their fitness. The free-living adult females of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) need to balance their search for hosts …

Wilms tumour suppressor gene (WT1) is essential for normal development of a kidney, it was also discovered as a major controller of mesenchymal-epithelial balance in general development of organs. In this project we use Wt1 and its role in the mesenchymal-epithelial balance to study the mechanism of …

ADHD en reïficatie Dit proefschrift begint met een quote van de 11-jarige Sylvia, die denkt: “ADHD is net als kanker (…) maar je gaat er niet dood aan”. ADHD is zeker geen ziekte als kanker, maar een concept uit de Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), waarvan momenteel de 5e editie uit is. De DSM-5 …

Rapid changes in the urban environment due to growth puts the urban water cycle out of balance, hence, affecting other surface and subsurface processes, such as subsidence and surface water management. Subsidence of the ground is causing risk and hazard, as well as unexpected costs. This newly, November …

In het Spaarne Gasthuis worden cliënten behandeld bij handelingsproblemen naar aanleiding van chronische pijnklachten. De ergotherapeuten merkten dat zij het cliëntsysteem zelden betrekken bij deze doelgroep. Ze vroegen zich af op welke wijze ze dit zouden kunnen doen. Om deze reden is de volgende vraagstelling …

The rehabilitation clinic I designed for severe gaming addicts is conceived as an architectural antidote to the digital world and is based on the principles of social reintegration and physical reconnection. The rehabilitation clinic provides a 12-week programme for 13-25-year-old gaming addicts, …

Background Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provide woman-centred care. Objective To reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care. Methods A Q-methodology …

The demand of renewable energy in the European Union is increasing significantly in order to reduce CO2 emissions. Efforts are being made for further development of biomethane and hydrogen to use it as a clean and sustainable fuel for vehicles. However, biomethane and hydrogen contains impurities that …