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CO2-heffing past prima in Nederlands klimaatbeleid
No full textHet kabinet-Schoof heeft voorgesteld de Nederlandse CO2-heffing te handhaven. De aanhoudende kritiek daarop slaat de plank mis en heeft weinig oog heeft voor de bredere beleidscontext waarin deze heffing een rol heeft
Predicting cognitive functioning in individual patients with a primary brain tumor
No full textThis dissertation aims to predict the cognitive functioning of patients with primary brain tumors at the individual level. The goal is to make these predictions as accurately as possible based on clinical data that is readily available before surgery. These predictions are intended to allow doctors to better inform patients and support the shared decision-making processes when balancing treatment to improve survival against the preservation of function
Essays on the Real Effects of Financial Markets and Sustainable Investments
No full textThis Ph.D. dissertation comprises three chapters that investigate the real effects of financial markets. The first chapter develops a supply-demand framework in the stock market that connects investor demand with corporate financing and investment policies. The second chapter examines the causal effect of investor pressure for brown firms on their green actions, such as emission reductions andgreen innovations. The third chapter distinguishes between value versus value investors using natural language processing techniques, and investigates their sustainable investment behaviors including portfolio choices and voting patterns
Establishing a research consortium in psychosocial oncology and formulating a collective research agenda:A Dutch example
No full textThe field of psychosocial oncology faces many challenges, including the increasing number of cancer survivors in need of psychosocial support, alarming health disparities, and growing health care shortages. In 2024, Dutch psychosocial oncology researchers established the Psychosocial Oncology research COnsortium Netherlands (POCON) to better address these challenges together. In this letter, we describe the strategies we used to successfully launch POCON. After writing a mission statement, we developed a collective psychosocial oncology research agenda by (1) distributing a survey among Dutch senior researchers to determine priority themes for collaboration, (2) visualizing the current Dutch landscape of psychosocial oncology research by modeling a network of keywords based on recent publications in the field, and (3) comparing the identified priority themes and keyword network with more general cancer agendas in the Netherlands. Three overarching themes that were featured throughout these general agendas aligned with the identified priority themes but are currently underrepresented in psychosocial oncology research, as shown by the keyword network: “equity in cancer,” “implementation of innovations,” and “personalized care.” Based on these themes, we established three POCON committees. In addition, we established a fourth committee “Data Inventory” to further facilitate collaboration. Each committee is tasked with developing action plans to strengthen collaborative research efforts. Strategies that proved helpful throughout this process included prioritizing collaboration over competition, keeping up the momentum, and adopting a hands-on approach. By joining efforts and strengthening both national and international research collaborations, we strive to optimize psychosocial care for patients with cancer and their families
What works (or doesn't) in return to work after physical injury?:A qualitative study on the perspectives of trauma patients and health care professionals on barriers and facilitators in return to work
No full textPURPOSE: Return to work (RTW) after physical injury may be challenging. This study aims to gain insight into barriers and facilitators in RTW, using a multi-stakeholder perspective from trauma patients with diverse injuries and health care professionals (HCPs).METHODS: Three focus groups (n = 13) and four interviews were conducted with patients who sustained an extremity injury, spinal injury, or traumatic brain injury. Four focus groups (n = 19) were conducted with HCPs (e.g., occupational physicians, trauma surgeons). Data were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed for patients and HCPs separately.RESULTS: Both patients and HCPs emphasized that RTW can be influenced by the extent to which core work tasks are affected by the injury. Barriers in RTW related to lack of RTW follow-up care, limited consultation time, and lack of support in the work environment. Shared facilitators were found in work not affecting the injury, and when adequate support is provided by HCPs and the work environment. While patients and HCPs shared similar ideas, perspectives diverged on RTW follow-up care, provided by HCPs in hospital. HCPs in hospital perceive physical recovery as their core task instead of RTW follow-up care, which is perceived by patients to detract attention to life after injury.CONCLUSION: According to patients and HCPs, regardless of the injury, the combination of injury type and job type influences RTW. Across injuries, receiving RTW follow-up care from HCPs in hospital was often missed, while perceived to facilitate RTW. Tailored RTW information could be useful to patients in resuming life after injury.</p
Journeys in the network society:Spiders, ants and archipelagos
No full textThis viewpoint paper aims to analyse the increasingly crucial role of networks in leisure and tourism. It considers different ways of understanding networks, drawing on the work of Tim Ingold and Randall Collins. In particular, it assesses the use of different metaphors for network builders, including Ingold’s reflections on ants and spiders, and introduces the idea of archipelagos as a conceptual frame for networks. Since Manuel Castells coined the phrase ‘network society’ in his 1996 opus, the rise of the Internet and social media has made his vision a global reality. We are increasingly connected to people and places across the world, and this has also transformed the way that we work, travel, and enjoy leisure. This paper considers the role of networks in contemporary society and how these are conceived in the fields of tourism and leisure. One paradox of the network society is that broadening connections serve to narrow our view, reflected in research networks by the increasing dominance of English and an Anglo-Saxon research culture. We pay attention to the relationship between different network forms and effects, and what ‘makes things happen’ in networks. Building on Ingold’s (2008) metaphors of the ANT and the SPIDER as network-makers, we introduce the Archipelago as a new way of thinking about networks that reflects the reciprocal creation of network value
Relationships between job characteristics and occupational well-being:Are they similar across levels of analysis?
No full textTheory and practice in occupational health psychology have hitherto mostly assumed that how job characteristics relate to occupational well-being is similar across levels of analysis, yet this remains empirically underexplored. We tested this implicit “assumption of homology” using the Demand-Control Model as our starting point. We analyzed three-level data from 12,658 employees in 1,116 work units from 243 organizations in the Netherlands. Results indicate that for job demands and participation homology of relationships is mostly confirmed, but not for skill variety and job autonomy. In addition, we generally did not find relationships becoming stronger from the individual to the departmental to the organizational level. Future theory needs to conceptualize better how individual and aggregate-level effects of skill variety/autonomy combine and interact in influencing occupational well-being. For these job characteristics we need multi-level theorizing. For practice, our results point towards caution in using individual survey scores on skill variety/autonomy for the purpose of risk monitoring and proposing follow-up policy/interventions at aggregate levels such as departments and organizations
The positive and negative impact of cancer on daily life > 2 years after diagnosis:Results from a survey among 5,710 patients with various cancer types
No full textPurpose This study aimed to understand the positive and negative long-term impact of cancer and its treatment on survivors more than two years post-diagnosis. Methods The Dutch Federation of Cancer Patient Organisations (NFK), with input from patient representatives and researchers, created a national online survey. It was distributed via email, websites, and social media to patient organization members, with additional promotion by partner organizations. Participants shared their experiences regarding the physical and psychological effects of cancer on daily life. Results A total of 5,710 cancer survivors participated. Of these, 73% felt proud of how they coped, 66% reported that cancer reshaped their priorities, 44% saw new opportunities, and 35% enjoyed life more. However, 58% could not be worry-free,and 49% struggled to resume life. Long-term symptoms were common: 55% experienced both physical and psychological symptoms, 33% reported only physical symptoms, and 2% only psychological. The most frequent physical symptoms included fatigue (56%), reduced fitness (47%), neuropathy (32%), sexual issues (25%), and sleep disturbances (24%). Common psychological symptoms were memory/concentration issues (32%), acceptance struggles (19%), depressive feelings (19%), planning issues (18%), and anxiety (16%). Conclusion Cancer survivors often face persistent physical and psychological symptoms, with cancer continuing to affect heir lives significantly Implications for cancer survivors Greater awareness of these long-term consequences among healthcare providers and patients is essential