Vanaf 2015 vinden er veranderingen plaats in het gebruik van het persoonsgebonden budget (pgb). Het pgb kan nu nog via de Algemene Wet Bijzonde Ziektekosten aangevraagd worden. Vanaf 2015 loopt dit via de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo). De Wmo wordt uitgevoerd door de gemeenten. Iedere gemeente …

There are current pressures to seek innovative solutions to problems associated with environmental sustainability, and in this context, it is likely that SMEs will have to collaborate with a wider variety of specialist partners. In 2009 three Dutch Universities joined with an Australian and Swedish University …

Achtergrond: Hamstringblessures zijn de meest voorkomende blessures in de sporten Australian football, rugby, voetbal en sprinten (Gabbe, Bennel, Finch, Wajswelner & Orchard, 2006; Orchard & Seward, 2010; Brooks, Fuller, Kemp & Redding, 2006; Woods et al., 2004; Henderson, Barnes & Portas, 2009; Drezner …

QUESTION: Do negative expectations in patients after the onset of acute low back pain increase the odds of absence from usual work due to progression to chronic low back pain? DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective inception cohort studies. PARTICIPANTS: Adults with acute or subacute …

QUESTION: In adults who experience nocturnal leg cramps, does stretching of the calf and hamstring muscles each day just before sleep reduce the frequency and severity of the cramps? DESIGN: A randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty adults aged …

To determine if Workplace Health Promotion programs (WHPs) are effective in improving presenteeism. The secondary objective was to identify characteristics of successful programmes and potential risk factors for presenteeism. The Cochrane Library, Medline and other electronic databases were searched …

Confronting environmental sustainability issues requires firms to both enhance traditional operational practices and introduce new, innovative ones. There are opportunities to enter emergent markets for products and services supporting the sustainability agenda. It is anticipated that these circumstances …

This paper provides an overview of health benefits of consumption of milk which are not easily explained by traditional nutritional knowledge.

In de periode van 18 tot en met 27 februari 1942 voerden het Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, de Royal Air Force, en de Royal Australian Air Force vanuit West-Java, onder geallieerd bevel, een klassieke Counter-air operatie uit. Deze luchtcampagne was bedoeld …

This paper takes Australia as a case study and asks specifically where, how, and why Australia's critical infrastructure might be at risk. By examining the core elements of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), such as power distributions systems, telecommunications and financial networks, it …