In summary, state aid exists of government measures that provide a financial benefit to one or more undertakings or a certain industry, with the potential to distort competition or affect trade between MSs within the EU. The rules for state aid are laid down in Art. 107, 108 and 109 TFEU and the different …

For this examination, qualitative research has been carried out into which extent the Internet has influenced the traditional consumer decision process (CDP) model (Blackwell, Miniard & Engel, 2006) and how the stages of this model are visible on websites. It is examined because the emergence of the …

The purpose of the research was the development of a questionnaire that can measure the behaviour of groups of students (for instance departments' cohorts) in Personal Information Management (PIM). Variables for the questionnaire were derived from the international literature on PIM. The questionnaire …

Background: As the world population ages, the number of people with diminished performance on the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) increases. A reliable and valid measure needs to be developed to determine the effects of interventions focused at increasing self-care abilities. We developed the Performance …

It is often said that European companies must stop trying to compete on price and concentrate more on developing products and services that offer customers and users a high level of added value. Design is an indispensable tool for such development and innovation, and this is why the findings of this …

A new computer software program to score video observations, Video Observations Aarts and Aarts (VOAA) was developed to evaluate paediatric occupational therapy interventions. The VOAA is an observation tool that assesses the frequency, duration and quality of arm/hand use in children, in particular …

Onderzoeksvraag Is er een betere functionele arm-hand test dan de Frenchay arm test, die snel en eenvoudig toepasbaar is bij patiënten met een CVA in de revalidatie fase? Doel De afgelopen jaren is de vraag naar evidence based handelen toegenomen. De behandeling dient objectief onderbouwd te worden …

The Research Group for Governmental Communication has carried out a trend study of governmental communication within The Netherlands (1). Research topics were: the major tasks for communication, current issues, profiling the communication department, and policy plans for communication. Another study …

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate which disease-specific measurement tools exist for assessing health related quality of life for stroke patients and to find out which quality of life measurement tools exist for specifically for partners of stroke patients. The members …

In de periode van januari 2002 tot juni 2002 is er literatuuronderzoek gedaan naar de kwaliteit en beschikbaarheid van 'Quality of Life' meetinstrumenten. Deze kan in een later stadium als basis dienen voor een inventarisatie van 'Quality of Life' bij zelfstandig wonende ouderen. Om een inventarisatie …