Background Prevention of coercion in mental health care is a major, international challenge for mental health professionals. The Dutch government aims to diminish seclusion of psychiatric inpatients by 2018. Since the main reason for seclusion is violent behaviour, there is a need for understanding aggressive …

In 2017 viert het toonaangevende Nederlandse kunsttijdschrift haar 40e verjaardag - een goede reden voor Kunsthal KAdE om, samen met het tijdschrift, een tentoonstelling op te zetten over de fascinerende manieren waarop kunstwerken door de eeuwen heen zijn gemaakt. De tentoonstelling weerspiegelt die …

Since Factor H is the main regulator of the complement system, any dysregulation may result in either uncontrolled complement activation or inhibition. Auto-antibodies against Factor H inhibit the protective function of Factor H on host cells, which are now sensitive for complement activation. It is …

In recent years there has been a trend in the sales of supermarket products. The consumer buys an increasing proportion of products which are in promotion. This has increased the promotion pressure in supermarkets to an average of 20 percent (IRi, 2016). In the category cheese the promotion pressure …

Pepperminds is an organization which works with a large amount of young employees. Especially the last two years Pepperminds knew a large degrease of these employees. 284 employees have stopped working for Pepperminds over the last two years. Because of this degrease, Pepperminds wishes to gain insights …

This thesis is written for Kwekerij De Vesting to determine to what extent a brand of zucchinis can be successful within the Dutch market. Kwekerij De Vesting started to grow zucchinis without any knowledge of the Dutch market in February 2015. This research assesses the needs and desires of the potential …

This study was conducted for IES Asset Management BV. The reason for this study is that IES has no insight into their sales forecast. Due to the regular ongoing work activities, the focus on sales targets can be forgotten. IES would like to have more insight and understanding in their revenue predictability. …

To graduate this year as a marketing professional each student has to complete a thesis about a relevant subject. Van der Valk Hotel Leiden, the mandator, requires a customer satisfaction survey to discover how satisfied their business guests are. Van der Valk Hotel Leiden is a beautiful and luxurious …

Despite the current recession, Brazilian outbound travel continues strong. Long-haul travel beyond South America tripled between 2002 and 2012. When travels to Africa are taken into consideration, the preferred destination is South Africa. Between 2003 and 2008, 150,188 Brazilians travelled to South …

It is discussed that the cultural sector provides opportunities to develop key competencies, also referred as generic competencies. Competencies are described as skills, knowledge and attitudes that profession practisers needs to apply in a professional practise, besides job-specific competencies. A …