Service—and Scholarship—Bound to Action

2018 ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Ann Marie Wilson
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
University Students ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Creative Collaboration ◽  
Direct Service ◽  
The Hague

Ann Marie Wilson has continued to pursue an unconventional academic path since receiving the Prelinger Award in 2007. In this chapter she addresses the importance of interweaving academic study with direct service to local communities, both within her own career and in the training of her students. The chapter traces her intellectual and geographic pathway from San Francisco to Boston to The Hague, the Netherlands, where she combines the teaching of history with a community engagement program focused on bringing university students into creative collaboration with local immigrant youth. The chapter also reflects on the themes of health, illness, and self-care.

Kaiserdämmerung

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Schabas
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Dutch Government ◽  
Foreign Office ◽  
The Hague

As the war ends, Kaiser Wilhelm leaves Berlin for German military headquarters in Spa, Belgium, where his generals tell him that the troops will not follow him and that his life may even be threatened. He flees to the Netherlands in his private train, possibly after receiving an ‘all clear’ from Queen Wilhelmina. The Dutch Government persuades a local aristocrat, Count Bentinck, to take him in for a few days to his castle in Amerongen, but the visit ends up lasting nearly eighteen months. Britain’s Ambassador to The Hague sends his wife to spy on the Kaiser’s arrival, but attempts without success to conceal her identity from the Foreign Office.

scholarly journals Complementary Medicine and Self-Care Strategies in Women with (Recurrent) Urinary Tract and Vaginal Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study on Use and Perceived Effectiveness in The Netherlands

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Louise Witteman ◽  
Herman A. van Wietmarschen ◽  
Esther T. van der Werf
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Vaginal Infections ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Treatment Implementation ◽  
Specific Symptoms

Due to the excessive use of antibiotic and antimycotic treatments, the risk of resistant microbes and fungi is rapidly emerging. Previous studies have demonstrated that many women with (recurrent) urinary tract infection (UTI) and/or vaginal infections (VIs) welcome alternative management approaches to reduce the use of antibiotics and antifungals and avoid short- and long-term adverse effects. This study aims to determine which complementary medicine (CM) and self-care strategies are being used by women suffering from (recurrent) UTI and VI in The Netherlands and how they perceive their effectiveness in order to define directions for future research on safety, cost-effectiveness, and implementation of best practices. A cross-sectional online survey was performed among women, ≥18 years old, with a history of UTIs; 162 respondents were included in the data analysis, with most participants aged between 50 and 64 years (36.4%). The women reported having consulted a CM practitioner for UTI-specific symptoms (23.5%) and VI-specific symptoms (13.6%). Consultations of homeopaths, acupuncturists, and herbal physicians are most often reported. Overall, 81.7% of the women suffering from UTI used complementary or self-care strategies besides regular treatment, and 68.7% reported using CM/self-care strategies to treat vaginal symptoms. UTI- related use of cranberries (51.9%), vitamin C (43.8%), and D-mannose (32.7%) were most reported. Perceived effectiveness was mostly reported for homeopathic remedies and D-mannose. The results showed a substantial burden of UTI and VI on daily and sexual activities. Besides the frequency of use, the indication of perceived effectiveness seems to be an important parameter for further and rigorously designed research to encourage nonantibiotic/antifungal treatment implementation into daily clinical practice.

scholarly journals Social Study Resources and Social Wellbeing Before and During the Intelligent COVID-19 Lockdown in The Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Latent Growth Modelling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rate Of Decline

AbstractThe first intelligent COVID-19 lockdown resulted in radical changes within the tertiary educational system within the Netherlands. These changes posed new challenges for university students and many social welfare agencies have warned that it could have adverse effects on the social wellbeing (SWB) of university students. Students may lack the necessary social study-related resources (peer- and lecturer support) (SSR) necessary to aid them in coping with the new demands that the lockdown may bring. As such, the present study aimed to investigate the trajectory patterns, rate of change and longitudinal associations between SSR and SWB of 175 Dutch students before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. A piecewise latent growth modelling approach was employed to sample students’ experiences over three months. Participants to complete a battery of psychometric assessments for five weeks before the COVID-19 lockdown was implemented, followed by two directly after and a month follow-up. The results were paradoxical and contradicting to initial expectations. Where SSR showed a linear rate of decline before- and significant growth trajectory during the lockdown, SWB remained moderate and stable. Further, initial levels and growth trajectories between SSR and SWB were only associated before the lockdown.

scholarly journals Assessing urban ecosystem services in support of spatial planning in the Hague, the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 104195
Author(s):  
Janneke van Oorschot ◽  
Benjamin Sprecher ◽  
Maarten van 't Zelfde ◽  
Peter M. van Bodegom ◽  
Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Ecosystem Services ◽  
The Hague

scholarly journals Making Sense of Murder: The Reality versus the Realness of Gang Homicides in Two Contexts

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Marta-Marika Urbanik ◽  
Robert A. Roks
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Gang Violence ◽  
Gang Members ◽  
Lethal Violence ◽  
Street Culture ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Gang Life

Despite the proliferation of research examining gang violence, little is known about how gang members experience, make sense of, and respond to peer fatalities. Drawing from two ethnographies in the Netherlands and Canada, this paper interrogates how gang members experience their affiliates’ murder in different street milieus. We describe how gang members in both studies made sense of and navigated their affiliates’ murder(s) by conducting pseudo-homicide investigations, being hypervigilant, and attributing blameworthiness to the victim. We then demonstrate that while the Netherland’s milder street culture amplifies the significance of homicide, signals the authenticity of gang life, and reaffirms or tests group commitment, frequent and normalized gun violence in Canada has desensitized gang-involved men to murder, created a communal and perpetual state of insecurity, and eroded group cohesion. Lastly, we compare the ‘realness’ of gang homicide in The Hague with the ‘reality’ of lethal violence in Toronto, drawing attention to the importance of the ‘local’ in making sense of murder and contrasting participants’ narratives of interpretation.

Reflections on the Significance of Historical Research for Development Policy

Itinerario ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
J.P. Pronk
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Hague

It is customary in the Netherlands to celebrate just about any happy occasion with a speech and a glass of sherry or genever. So when our first volume of essays, Expansion and Reaction, came off press in December, 1977, we invited our friends in the vicinity to hear the then Minister of Development Cooperation J.P.Pronk. We have chosen to print his remarks because they illustrate from what viewpoint government officials view our activities. Pronk is now Professor at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and M.P. for the Dutch Labour Party.

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