Het klimaat verandert. Nederland moet zich aanpassen aan meer hete dagen. Een hittebestendige inrichting van bebouwde gebieden is belangrijk om ervoor te zorgen dat het daar koel en aangenaam blijft. Maar welke maatregelen houden de stad koel? Wat werkt het beste om een bebouwd gebied hittebestendig in te richten? Onderzoekers van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) brachten de effecten van hittemaatregelen in kaart en maakten dit in de Effact checker inzichtelijk voor de ontwerpers van de stad.
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Human rights groups are increasingly calling for the protection of their right to privacy in relation to the bulk surveillance and interception of their personal communications. Some are advocating through strategic litigation. This advocacy tool is often chosen when there is weak political or public support for an issue. Nonetheless, as a strategy it remains a question if a lawsuit is strategic in the context of establishing accountability for indiscriminate bulk data interception. The chapter concludes that from a legal perspective the effect of the decision to litigate on the basis of the claim that a collective right to group privacy was violated has not (yet) resulted in significant change. Yet the case study, the British case of human rights groups versus the intelligence agencies, does seem to suggest that they have been able to create more public awareness about mass surveillance and interception programs and its side-effects
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Person-centered care interventions can improve the quality of life and decrease behavioral problems of people with dementia. Although not convincingly proven, person-centered care interventions may benefit the caregivers as well. This study aims to gain insight into how working with the Veder Contact Method (VCM) – a new person-centered care method – influences the job satisfaction of caregivers.
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