In this study, Dutch and Australian planning regimes are examined to determine whether they are ready to face climate extremes. Five different “cultural” facets of spatial planning determine the differences between the two regimes. These planning characteristics are first confronted with current climate …

For already many years the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is a complicated situation. Despite all the efforts to come to a peace agreement, a solution has not been found yet. The land that is now called ‘Israel’ is and has been very important for different reasons; economical, strategic and religious. Many …

"The missions of armed forces are required to be effective. Thus missions are oriented to objectives that help prevent, contain or solve problems. A soldier, for example, who skillfully neutralizes his or her target is not effective when the problem is not prevented, contained or solved. Political, legal …

Background: Physical inactivity and overweight are two known risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. Former exercise intervention studies showed that physical activity influences sex hormone levels, known to be related to postmenopausal breast cancer, mainly when concordant loss of body weight …

Achtergrond en doel: Volgens recent onderzoek zijn CIMT en mCIMT mogelijk goede therapieën om de hand- en armfunctie van een CVA patiënt te verbeteren. Het doel van deze literatuurstudie is om het effect van CIMT en mCIMT te vergelijken met het effect van conventionele therapieën. Methode: Zes artikelen …

Engagement is seen as an important characteristic of action research. The term is often used to refer to the participation and involvement of the research participants. Within this article we take another angle and explore the concept of engagement in relation to the main action researcher. Using an …

This research is conducted for the Food and Agriculture Research and Advisory department at Rabobank North and is designated for internal use only. The research is constructed from desk research and field research by means of interview responses from participants active in various parts of the California …

Corporate identity represents the sum of immaterial values in an organisation, as well as the degree to which employees identify with their employer. For this reason, the purpose of this paper will be to first assess whether the FCJ has a distinct and personal identity, and what the consequences are …

Regional news media are facing tough times, as they lose readers and advertisers rapidly. In The Netherlands, circulation decreased from 2.7 million in 1990 to 1.8 million in 2010, household penetration declined from 47 percent to 25 percent, and the number of titles went down from 35 to 18 in the …

In the Netherlands, there have been many discussions about whether or not to establish a European Defence Organisation. However, due to the political party D66 (Democrats '66), this discussion has been revived in 2006 to such an extent that it really had an impact on political agendas of the Dutch political …