bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fuzzy Nominal Classification Using Bipolar Analysis
Authors: Tchangani Ayeley P.
Published: December 2017

The process of assigning objects (candidates, projects, decisions, options, etc.) characterized by multiple attributes or criteria to predefined classes characterized by entrance conditions or constraints constitutes a subclass of multi-criteria decision making problems known as nominal or non-ordered classification problems as opposed to ordinal classification. In practice, class entrance conditions are not perfectly defined; they are rather fuzzily defined so that classification procedures must be design up to some uncertainty degree (doubt, indecision, imprecision, etc.). The purpose of this chapter is to expose recent advances related to this issue with particular highlights on bipolar analysis that consists in considering for a couple of object and class, two measures: classifiability measure that measures to what extent the former object can be considered for inclusion in the later class and rejectability measure, a degree that measures the extent to which one should avoid including this object into that class rendering final choice flexible and robust as many classes may be qualified for inclusion of an object. This apparent theoretical subject finds applications in almost any socio-economic domain and particularly in digital marketing. An application to supply chain management, where a certain number of potential suppliers of a company are to be classified in a number of classes in order to apply the appropriate strategic treatment to them, will be considered for illustration purpose.
Sentiment Analysis of Social Media as Tool to Improve Customer Retention
Authors: Al-Rabayah Wafaa A. , Al-Zyoud Ahmad
Published: December 2017

Sentiment analysis is a process of determining the polarity (i.e. positive, negative or neutral) of a given text. The extremely increased amount of information available on the web, especially social media, create a challenge to be retrieved and analyzed on time, timely analyzed of unstructured data provide businesses a competitive advantage by better understanding their customers' needs and preferences. This literature review will cover a number of studies about sentiment analysis and finds the connection between sentiment analysis of social network content and customers retention; we will focus on sentiment analysis and discuss concepts related to this field, most important relevant studies and its results, its methods of applications, where it can be applied and its business applications, finally, we will discuss how can sentiment analysis improve the customer retention based on retrieved data.
Using Social Media Tools in Marketing
Authors: Erragcha Nozha
Published: December 2017

Within the new economic and social environment, development of new technologies combined with Internet progress has had a profound impact on consumer lifestyles and, by extension, marketing concepts and practices. Understanding changes in marketing brought by a fast-acting development of digital social networks and Web 2.0 technology has become essential. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the impact of Web 2.0 on marketing and how marketers can use evolving technologies. Our contribution aligns changes in marketing techniques with Internet development and the changes introduced by the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. The chapter ends with a proposal of about potential implications for managers.
SMEs and Branding Strategies
Authors: Baporikar Neeta , Deshpande Mukund
Published: December 2017

SMEs, in a competitive world, have been realizing that they are not just selling products or services but a mass of branded products, services and people to sustain in the business. Therefore, movement is captivating in the SMEs to introduce competency through branding for obtaining and enhancing market share. Auto-Component is a great feeder industry in the Automobiles Sector that has put India on Global map. Therefore, studying branding in this industry brings reveals that marketing policies especially branding strategies are significantly helping Pune SMEs become competitive and gain highest market share in the world. The focus of this paper though grounded theory and in-depth literature review, secondary data and close observation is to understand the branding strategies and further understand how core and complimentary instruments are used to improve effectiveness of marketing in SMEs.
Role of Internet in the Development of Medical Tourism Service in Tunisia
Authors: Bouzaabia Olfa , Bouzaabia Rym , Mejri Kais
Published: December 2017

Medical tourism is gaining importance through the last decades thanks to internationalization. in this area, internationalization has been facilitated by the internet revolution that enables instantaneous transmission of text, audio and visual data as well as graphics, which makes the medical consultation distance shorter and moreover reliable. a state of the art on internationalization, medical tourism and digital marketing has been presented. Furthermore, the authors, through a rich case study of the International Medical Embassy, examined the role played by the different digital marketing techniques in the development of medical tourism services in an emerging country such as Tunisia. based that, theoretical as well as practical recommendations are presented.
Service Sector and Antecedents of Marketing Strategies for Emerging Markets
Authors: Dadwal Sumesh Singh
Published: December 2017

Emerging Markets are of huge interest not only to MNCs, but also to many national governments of developed and developing countries. The size and prospectus of opportunities and challenges of entering and promoting any business in general, and particularly services, has led to this special interest in emerging markets. Executives are interested in to know about appropriate strategies for performing better in the emerging markets such as India. To explore into the ways of various right strategic moves that are required to promote services in emerging markets, it is significant to understand the antecedents behind the choice of fitting marketing and servicing strategies. This chapter explores various concepts like customer service quality, services, marketing and brand related factors and customer relationship management and discusses these in global context in general and in Indian context in particular. The literature develops a conceptual framework that links a range of consumer behavior related and marketing concepts with Customer Relationship Management and ultimately with appropriate marketing strategies suitable for the emerging markets. The findings from literature and secondary research indicated that the companies are becoming more CRM oriented and adapting their business models to local conditions to promote their products and services in the emerging markets.
CRM in Tourism
Authors: Rahimi Roya , Nadda Vipin K. , Wang Hui
Published: December 2017

Businesses tend to operate under the influence of their internal and external environment for favourable outcome and competitive sustainability. Under such circumstances, it becomes critical to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the variety of stakeholders and customers being of paramount importance, especially in the tourism sector. The recent time has seen dramatic growth in tourism industry and tourism has been considered as one of the largest global export industries (UNWTO, 2003). In order to strive, it has to meet the competitive challenges of the future where quality will be the main driving force which mainly focuses upon the satisfaction of all the legitimate product and service needs, requirements and expectations of the consumer, at an acceptable price, in accordance with the underlying quality determinants such as safety and security, hygiene, accessibility, transparency, authenticity and harmony of the tourism activity concerned with its human and natural environment. These expected needs correspond to what the customer expects to receive and to what is experienced as important. These needs can be expressed by the customer and if these expectations fulfilled, will lead to satisfaction and doing so the service provider creates expected quality (Kvist and Klefsjo, 2006). Recognizing this value of end user's opinion, more and more business organizations are focusing towards customer relationship management (CRM) for building and facilitating ever lasting relationship with them (Richard and Johns, 2008). The competitive marketing environment characterized with the availability of differentiated products (Gartner, 2009),availability of low switch over options(Massey et al,2001) and the increasing cost of attracting new customer(Peppard, 2000) not only threaten the loyalties but also raise customer's expectations thus necessitating the need for CRM (Pan &Lee,2003). Buttle (2009) projects that the core aim of CRM is towards managing customer relationship shifting the focus from transaction to acquisition, development and retention.
Giving Brand Image to a Nation
Authors: Handayani Bintang , Rashid Basri
Published: December 2017

Adapting Keller's brand image theory (1993), this paper presents an exploratory framework for giving brand image to a nation. Utilizing unstructured interviews, the result suggests that tourism and hospitality attributes can be used for giving brand image to a nation and behavioral intention. Specifically, the result denotes that the perceived brand image of a nation is formed according to tourists' cognitive and affective beliefs, which at the end; influence the action to recommend to others and/or for repeat visitation. In addition, the “pretentious” nation brand campaign and national identity found in this exploratory study should be focused upon as variables for further research and testing the framework.
Social Media Engagement
Authors: Fletcher Kathy-Ann P. , Emmanuel-Stephen Christiana M.
Published: December 2017

Generation Y is at the forefront of the rise in consumer engagement with brands due to the participatory nature of social media. Social media is largely user generated and is instrumental in the information uprising facilitated by the internet (Kamel & Hussein, 2014). The platform of social media has changed how people interact with each other and even with brands as well as how they make consumption decisions. This transformation has led to research to determine the parameters of said influence on the consumer-decision process within the developed world. This chapter reviews this research and gives directions on future research to include developing nations within Latin America and the Caribbean. Research in this area is important due to the fact that there are limited studies addressing the developing world's use of social media to inform consumption decisions even though consumers within these markets are using these platforms similarly to their developed world counterparts.
The Impact of Emerging Technologies and Social Media on Different Business(es)
Authors: Agrawal Smita
Published: December 2017

The aim of this research paper is to study the impact of Emerging Technologies and Social Media on different businesses, market and management. There is no doubt that business technology has revolutionized the way companies conduct business. The advent of the social media has brought tremendous changes and advancement in the marketing process. For marketers, this is a huge advantage because the rapid transition from mass to social media resents the opportunity to create impactful, relevant marketing messages. Social Media is fast evolving as one of the most reliable ways to connect and stay informed about the most recent developments in a particular industry. It offers a platform for discussions and information sharing about anything and everything, helping users build their online identity and reputation.
Halal Branding for Medical Tourism
Authors: Medhekar Anita , Haq Farooq
Published: December 2017

This chapter explores the emergence and development of Halal branded hospitals and medical facilities as a product of Medical Tourism for Muslim patients around the world and in India. Halal tourism is a sub-category of spiritual tourism, where one has to abide by the Sharia law to satisfy Muslim customers. The main objective of the chapter is to focus on a niche category of halal medical tourism, where Sharia rules are followed to attract the medical tourist mainly from Islamic countries. This chapter also proposes a typology of Muslim medical tourist's cultural sensitivities and recommends branding and certifying Halal Medical Tourism hospitals, healthcare facilities, pharmaceuticals, products, and services to attract Muslim patients, and provides challenges and opportunities with future research directions. The case studied in this chapter is of the Global Health City, the first Halal Certified Medical Hospital facility in Chennai, India. It presents a model for halal branding of Indian Medical Tourism based on the halal decision-making paradigm for Muslim customers designed by Wilson and Liu (2010). The model presented here indicates attitudes of being rational or emotional and elements reflecting affective and cognitive feelings for Muslim patients seeking halal treatment in halal hospitals.
mMarketing Opportunities for User Collaborative Environments in Smart Cities
Authors: Avgerou Artemis D. , Karayanni Despina A. , Stamatiou Yannis C.
Published: December 2017

Smart City infrastructures connect people with their devices through wireless communications networks while they offer sensor-based information about the city's status and needs. Connecting people carrying mobile devices equipped with sensors through such an infrastructure leads to the “collective intelligence” or “crowdsourcing” paradigm. This paradigm has been deployed in numerous contexts such as performing large-scale experiments (e.g., monitoring the pollution levels or analyzing mobility patterns of people to derive useful information about rush hours in cities) or gathering and sharing user collected experiences in efforts to increase privacy awareness and personal information protection levels. In this chapter, we will focus on employing this paradigm in the mMarketing/mCommerce domain and discuss how crowdsourcing can create new opportunities for commercial activities as well as expansion of existing ones.
Influences of Search Engine Optimization on Performance of SMEs
Authors: Tomasi Stella , Li Xiaolin
Published: December 2017

Search engines have become an important channel for increasing SMEs' global reach as well as competing with larger companies. Therefore, SMEs are enhancing their business visibility through search engine optimization (SEO). With effective SEO techniques, small companies can appear ahead of large, well-known companies on search results. However, in addition increasing the ranking on a search engine results page (SERP), there may be other benefits that SMEs may enjoy while engaging in an SEO campaign. This study uses multiple firms as cases to illustrate how SEO initiatives can impact performance for SMEs. The authors found that in addition to increasing the rankings on SERPs, SMEs saw an increase in number of visitors to the site, the average time duration of users visiting the site, more user engagement and an increase of annual sales revenue.
Getting Brand Commitment Through Internet and Mobile Sports Marketing
Authors: Baena Verónica
Published: December 2017

This chapter provides a better understanding of the impact that the Internet and mobile sports marketing are having on a business's ability to achieve customer engagement. To achieve this goal, the case of Real Madrid football team is analyzed, as it is calculated to have over 200 million supporters worldwide. Information about Real Madrid was gathered from September 2012 to March 2013 by repeatedly browsing the team's Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and apps. Data from interviews of Real Madrid's marketing department published in business press and posts was also compiled. Additionally, a focus group was conducted to discuss the customer engagement of Real Madrid's fans. The findings offer new opportunities to get customer engagement. They also highlight the important role of social media to gain insight about the fans.
The Crowd Economy
Authors: Nekaj Epi Ludvik
Published: December 2017

A digital transformation is underway. One that is redefining the essence of human interaction and with ideas, share unused resources and create new on-demand services that are customisable and unique. These are only a few examples of real productivity that when layered on the Internet creates an abundance of resources and opportunity. This people-powered abundance is called the crowd economy. It is the way the society lives, works and plays. There is a new paradigm shift that challenges traditional notions of the “norm” while expanding possibilities. The hallmark of the digital age is social connections that are boosted by the web and mobile networks. These technological advances have taken collaboration and cooperation to a level never seen before. Social connections through the web have gone beyond social media likes and shares and has evolved into social productivity - a phenomenon that arises when networked crowds collaborate to solve problems, raise funds, and come up with innovative ideas and solutions.
Evaluating the Relevance of Contextual Hyper-Advertising on Social Media
Authors: Tripti Dhote , Danish Zahoor
Published: December 2017

The ever-rising middle class coupled with high disposable incomes and burgeoning internet culture in the country has driven the e- commerce industry like never before. The resultant cluttered scenario has put pressures on the competing players & a rapid desperation to rise across social media and create relevance for their brand. Contextual hyper advertising by leveraging technology to own up key words is one such strategic formula applied by major players to make their brands more meaningful for optimally reaching out to consumers in the fastest and most economical way possible. The paper aims at evaluating the overall appeal of Contextual hyper-advertising as a strategy in creating Brand Relevance by adapting to certain models in integrating communication.
What Social Media Marketing Content Is Best to Engage Consumers?
Authors: Dhaoui Chedia
Published: December 2017

The aim of this chapter is to investigate and empirically validate the factors contributing to consumer engagement on social media, particularly on Facebook brand pages. Using a dataset of marketing content posted on the top 100 Food and Beverage brand pages on Facebook, a qualitative study, based on an interpretive approach, has been carried out to identify the various content themes used in highly engaging posts. The results of this research demonstrate that there is a different causal impact of several content themes on consumer engagement constructs. The findings of this study permit one to better understand the determinants of consumer engagement related to the marketing content posted on Facebook brand pages and provide brand managers with valuable guidance on how to design and implement effective social media marketing strategies generating consumer engagement.
Visualisation to Enhance Problem Solving in Mathematics
Authors: Lehning Hervé
Published: December 2017

Drawing is not proving. For a long time, this argument has been used to avoid the use of visualisation in mathematics. Nevertheless, a number of proofs, concepts and ideas are easier to understand with the help of a small drawing. In this article, we wish to show that visualisation in mathematics is helpful not only to illustrate but also to create ideas, and this at all levels.
NanoArt as Visual Aid in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Authors: Orfescu Christian
Published: December 2017

This chapter is an attempt to introduce NanoArt as a visual aid for education in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and support the understanding of the benefits the integration of this new artistic-scientific discipline creates in a future academic curriculum. The evolution of the visibility power, advances in the visual theory which made all these developments possible, and a short primer on electron microscopy are also presented. The chapter informs about the international juried NanoArt competitions and festivals organized by NanoArt 21 and other organizations, the NanoArt presence at International Art-Science-Technology and STEAM conferences, the NanoArt K12 program, the Academy of NanoArt recently founded, and finally the Moon Museum (part of the MoonArk project) that include NanoArt works authored by 47 nanoartists from NanoArt 21 group.
Bridges Among Visualization, Aesthetics, and Technology
Authors: Zhou Jing
Published: December 2017

This chapter presents the motivation, background, implementation, and comparison of two interactive projects created by the same artist—Living Mandala: The Cosmic of Being1 and Through the Aleph: A Glimpse of the World in Real Time2. Living Mandala is an interactive graphics installation that combines real-time data, multi-cultural mandalas, scientific imagery, and cosmological and mythological symbols; this living graphical system is an exploration into uncharted territories of the human soul sculpted by our present time. Through the Aleph is a net art project offering an unprecedented visual and interactive experience where many places on Earth and in space can be seen simultaneously in an instant; with an unexpected approach to surveillance cameras and global networks, this meditative web project draws the connections between individuals and the global environment, Earth and outer space, eternity and time, and art and science. Built in an open source environment using live data and complex graphics, both projects visualize microcosm (the diversity of human civilizations and perceptions of life) and macrocosm (the unity of humanity and the ever-changing universe). Although one work is responsive to the physical environment while another to the virtual space, each project merges multiple layers of dynamic imagery and symbols related to cultural heritage, cosmology, science, technology, and nature in a globalized society through time and space in the present moment. 3 In spite of the differences in visual expressions and media platforms between the two projects, the quintessential force bridging visualization, aesthetics, and technology emerges from the artist's journey of being a humble student of Life.
Digitally Mediated Art Inspired by Technology Integration
Authors: Labadie John Antoine
Published: December 2017

Artistic practice is a uniquely personal thing. As such artistic activities and the products produced thereby often develop and unfold in highly idiosyncratic ways. In reading a comprehensive artistic biography one often becomes familiar with the who, what, where when, how and why of a creative individual's formative influences, education and the development of their art. Following that model, in this Chapter I am attempting to elucidate the progression of my artistic practice from pre- to post-digital activities. After more than 25 years of blending computer-drive practice with traditional media studio practice my artwork is truly digitally mediated and heavily influenced by the many possibilities offered by technology integration. Perhaps through showing this unique range of influences, activities and experiences it will be possible to more clearly illustrate how influences as diverse as a degree program in traditional painting, multiple projects in scientific illustration, and years spent in the practice and practical application of computer science have inspired me to move along a path from pencils to pixels and archeological sites to digital displays in museums internationally. It is my hope that this “personal history” can inspire others to see less obvious possibilities and move ahead into realms that might be difficult to predict at any point along potential the arc of one's artistic career.
Ideas and Issues Concerning the Learning Environment
Authors: Ursyn Anna
Published: December 2017

This chapter reviews the essential features of present learning environment and puts forward some educational propositions that may be of service in schools on all levels. First, it examines the selected philosophical, psychological, and cognitive theories pertaining learning and teaching. Next, characteristics of current learning environment are discussed, and the focus is put on a need for introducing the integrative learning into the global K-20 schooling. Propositions comprise the iterative model of inducing new concepts and information into the curriculum; introduction of such universal languages as Latin, Music, and Mathematics; thinking and learning visually with the use of visualization techniques; teaching students to write codes in various languages for computer programs; instruction in serious and educational gaming; inclusion of virtual reality into school environment; and promoting an active learning through the use of social platforms for global exchange of thought. This instructional design model focuses on developing skills that correspond to the needs and expectations typical of present-day society.
Factors Influencing Learners' Cognitive and Affective Processes in Visual Learning
Authors: Zheng Robert Z.
Published: December 2017

This chapter focuses on the cognitive and affective factors that may influence learners' performance in visual learning. Both cognitive and affective factors were identified with cognitive factors aiming to reduce cognitive load, making meaningful learning through schema connection and activation. The affective factors focused on meeting the psychological and self-fulfillment needs in visual learning. Discussions were made on the implications of the chapter in terms of supporting professionals and educators in their design of effective visual learning in education.
Addressing Diverse College Students and Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences Through Online Virtual Laboratory Instruction
Authors: Neuwirth Lorenz S. , Ebrahimi Alireza , Mukherji B. Runi , Park Lillian
Published: December 2017

Habits in note-taking and media usage of the current generation of undergraduate college students are very different from prior generations. Current students are attracted to multi-dimensional teaching approaches which utilize visual learning aids and increased social interactions beyond the traditional lecture. Moreover, the diversity with respect to first generation college student/immigrant and returning learners is growing. This learning situation becomes further complicated in teaching interdisciplinary biopsychology courses, where students may not possess a complete set of foundational concepts. Thus, students require increased learning opportunities, sustained practice, as well as positive and corrective feedback to meet curricular proficiency expectations. At the same time, many students also have difficulty receiving, accepting, and implementing necessary feedback in order to succeed in their academic endeavors. To address this “feedback” issue, we have proposed a theoretical approach using “error-based” learning, for a biopsychology curriculum, to remedy this student learning problem through virtual laboratory instruction. Notably, this approach can be used in other integrative fields of learning.
Incivility and Professional Comportment in Critical Care Nurses
Authors: Oja Kenneth John
Published: December 2017

Background:

Civility among critical care nurses is important for achieving positive patient outcomes. Professional comportment refers to nurse behaviors that are respectful, knowledgeable, deliberate, and compassionate.

Objective:

To examine the relationship between perceptions of nurse-to-nurse incivility and professional comportment among critical care nurses, and the extent to which nurse characteristics influence their perceptions.

Methods:

Data were collected from nurses in 14 critical care units. Correlational analysis examined the relationship between nurses’ perceptions of nurse-to-nurse incivility and professional comportment. Regression analysis was used to identify predictors of nurse-to-nurse incivility.

Results:

Decreased perceptions of nurse-to-nurse incivility were associated with increased perceptions of professional comportment. Nurses’ reports of receiving education about professional comportment was a significant predictor of increased nurse perceptions of professional comportment.

Conclusion:

Professional comportment education for critical care nurses is important and may provide an option to decrease incivility and promote healthy work environments for nurses.
Reversal Strategies for Newer Oral Anticoagulants
Authors: Singer Adam J. , Wilson Susan
Published: December 2017

Nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants have advantages compared with warfarin, but both types of anticoagulants come with uncertainty about how best to manage life-threatening bleeding events, urgent surgeries, and invasive procedures. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may need to manage such emergency situations in the critical care setting. Achieving hemostasis quickly is key, and efforts to do so have relied mainly on blood products. Targeted reversal agents are in clinical development and one, idarucizumab, which reverses dabigatran anticoagulation, has been approved. Current options for managing events and urgent procedures in anticoagulated patients are discussed in this article, with a focus on specific reversal agents.
La réflexologie d’après l’énergétique chinoise
Authors: Meunier Mireille
Published: December 2017

La réflexologie d’après l’énergétique chinoise est une synthèse que j’ai développée dès 1987 dans mon cabinet à Berlin. Alliant la réflexologie avec les concepts de l’énergétique chinoise, les dysfonctionnements sont vus en terme de dominances yin ou yang, correspondant par exemple à des états inflammatoires, à des stases ou à des hypofonctions. Ces déséquilibres sont déterminés à partir de l’anamnèse, des signes cliniques, de la prise des pouls chinois et de la consistance des tissus réflexes. Corps et esprit ne formant qu’un seul continuum énergétique, la palpation des zones réflexes, et le rééquilibrage des tissus perturbés s’accompagne d’une écoute active des ressentis de la personne, dans le cadre des 5 éléments. Un même symptôme apparent pouvant avoir des origines différentes, la cause de ce symptôme est décelée en fonction des perturbations réflexes et des éventuels blocages émotionnels et affectifs, dans le respect du concept de la structure globale de l’être selon les 5 éléments : Eau, Bois, Feu, Terre et Métal. Ainsi, le traitement réflexologique d’un symptôme consiste à prendre en compte les zones réflexes locales, mais aussi métaboliques en fonction des liens physiologiques de la vision occidentale de la biologie humaine, tout en travaillant les zones des « ministres » selon l’approche énergétique chinoise. La technique du toucher réflexe varie par des effets de concentration ou de dispersion afin de rétablir un équilibre de la dynamique des réponses neurovégétatives.
4. Copeaux d’…images
Authors: André Jean-Marie
Published: December 2017

Des carnets de moleskine noire… Une vingtaine d’années de griffonnages, mots, phrases, voire paragraphes qui m’ont marqué, interrogé… s’est écoulée. Les noms de leurs auteurs presque toujours lisibles y furent consignés, enfin presque… En revanche, les titres des quotidiens, hebdomadaires, mensuels, trimestriels, ouvrages, podcasts ne le furent pas toujours. Anonyme, lui, est parfois connu mais dans ce cas tient à le rester ! Tous mes remerciements au Professeur Bernard Dupuis, pharmacologue, sculpteur, peintre et auteur des fresques d’accompagnement.
Le programme RNPC ® , une thérapeutique non-médicamenteuse pour la prise en charge des patients atteints de surcharge pondérale
Authors: Fabre Odile , Legrand Rémy
Published: December 2017

Ces dernières années, de nombreux travaux de recherche ont montré que la répartition des graisses au niveau du corps, plus que leur quantité totale, permettait d’estimer de façon plus fiable les risques liés à l’excès de poids. Les graisses localisées dans la cavité abdominale sont notamment particulièrement néfastes pour la santé. En effet, le tissu adipeux intra-abdominal (ou viscéral) est aujourd’hui reconnu comme un véritable tissu paracrine et endocrine qui secrète de façon continue des molécules potentiellement toxiques pour notre organisme car impliquées dans la genèse de nombreuses pathologies chroniques telles que les maladies cardiovasculaires, le diabète de type 2 et le cancer. La circonférence abdominale est fortement corrélée à la proportion de tissu adipeux viscéral. Le fait que même des personnes ayant un indice de masse corporelle (IMC) normal voient leur risque de mortalité accru à cause d’un périmètre abdominal élevé devrait fortement encourager les médecins à mesurer le tour de taille de tous leurs patients en plus de calculer leur IMC. Concernant la prise en charge de la surcharge pondérale, les médecins français avouent manquer de temps lors d’une consultation ainsi que d’expertise en matière de diététique. Les centres RNPC ®  répondent en tous points aux besoins des médecins en leur offrant comme alternative de recommander le programme RNPC ® , spécifiquement conçu pour des patients que leur surpoids ou leur obésité expose à un risque cardiométabolique majeur.
Xenofobie onder jongeren: de invloed van interetnisch contact
Authors: Bekhuis Hidde , Ruiter Stijn , Coenders Marcel
Published: December 2017

Xenophobia among youngsters: the influence of interethnic contact. This study examines xenophobic attitudes of high school pupils. It answers the questions: To what extent do high school pupils from different ethnic backgrounds hold xenophobic attitudes? And to what are these attitudes
related with interethnic contact? Scientific progress is made in three ways. Firstly, attitudes of high school pupils from both the ethnic majority (Dutch) and the ethnic minority groups (Turks, Moroccans, and Caribbean) are examined. Secondly, the impact of positive as well as negative interethnic
contact within and outside the school environment is determined. And thirdly, hypotheses about interethnic contact are tested while simultaneously controlling for alternative mechanisms that explain xenophobic attitudes. The results show that most pupils have a low level of xenophobia. In
addition, the level of xenophobia is less when pupils evaluate their interethnic contacts both within and outside the school environment as positive and higher when they perceive these contacts as negative. However, the impact of positive interethnic contact in class disappears or even reverses
when multiculturalism is stressed more during lessons.
Zittenblijven of afstromen? - De relatie tussen sociaal milieu en keuzes in het voortgezet onderwijs voor drie cohorten leerlingen
Authors: Kloosterman Rianne , de Graaf Paul M.
Published: December 2017

Grade retention or enrolling in a lower track? . The relationship between social background and choices in secondary education for three cohorts of pupils .Research on educational careers consistently has found a negative effect of social background on grade retention. In the
present study, we make the argument that grade retention also can be seen as an attractive alternative for children in the higher tracks of secondary education when these turn out to be too demanding. Particularly highly educated parents might prefer grade retention above enrolling in a lower
track. We test this hypothesis by estimating social background effects on the choice between grade retention and enrolling in a lower track. Our analysis is based on three cohorts of pupils who made the transition from primary to secondary education in 1989, 1993 and 1999 respectively. Indeed,
when compared to a transition to a lower track, we find the expected positive effect of social background on grade retention. Surprisingly, the introduction of the unpopular pre-vocational secondary education (vmbo) in 1999 has not changed this effect.
Niet geaccepteerd door de familie: een kwestie van ‘moeilijk zijn’ of ‘anders zijn’?2
Authors: Komter Aafke , Voorpostel Marieke , Pels Trees
Published: December 2017

Not accepted by the family: ‘being difficult’ or ‘being different’? .Using data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) and combining a quantitative and a qualitative approach (N = 7.151 and n = 43, respectively), this study investigates the mechanisms
underlying a lack of acceptance by one’s family. From the total NKPS-sample 12,1 per cent did not feel (entirely) accepted by their family. Theoretical assumptions were that people may not feel accepted by their family because they are ‘difficult’, e.g. by exhibiting personal
problems; another reason might be that they are ‘different’, for instance because they have made non-traditional life course transitions or differ from their parents in educational level or religious preference. Both quantitative and qualitative results confirm the first assumption
rather than the second. Qualitative results revealed a gender difference in the mechanisms involved in a lack of acceptance by one’s family.
Interactioneel ongemak als gevolg van gezichtsverstijving bij mensen met de ziekte van Parkinson
Authors: Nijhof Gerhard
Published: December 2017

Interaction uneasiness of people with Parkinson’s disease .Human beings not only speak but also express their thoughts and emotions through facial expressions. People also relate to each other in interaction by watching each other’s facial expressions. The face of people
with Parkinson’s disease gradually rigidifies as a consequence of a lack of dopamine production in the brain. This life story research with people with Parkinson’s disease shows that they appear to feel impeded in their interactions with others. In their stories, the informants
show five signs of what Goffman labels as ‘interaction uneasiness’. Firstly, people with the disease themselves show difficulties with expressing their inner feelings and thoughts. Secondly, they perceive signs of uneasiness in others. Thirdly, they perceive uneasiness in their
interactions. Fourthly, they perceive uneasiness in the eyes of third parties. And fifthly, they feel their face does not suit in the situation they are in. In the life stories indications of three conditions of this uneasiness have been found. The primary condition is difference in labelling,
either caused by the lack of a label for the unusual face, or the fear that others might interpret their rigidified facial expressions wrongly. The secondary condition is a lack of culture: lack of culture for the uncommon and lack of knowledge of the culture of Parkinson’s disease.
The third condition is the minimal legitimation work undertaken by people with the disease.As a consequence of the uneasiness in interaction, people with Parkinson’s disease are inclined to five different reactions: resistance, indifference, retreat from public interactional situations
as well as feelings of exclusion and banishment. Parkinson’s disease thus appears to be a threat to customary social life for people with the disease.
Verklaringen voor intergenerationele criminaliteit: Statische versus dynamische theorieën
Authors: van de Rakt Marieke , Ruiter Stijn , Nieuwbeerta Paul , de Graaf Nan Dirk
Published: December 2017

Static versus dynamic theories as explanations for intergenerational transmission of crime .Parental criminal behaviour exerts a substantial impact on offspring criminal behaviour. Unfortunately however, the explanation for the intergenerational transmission of crime remains unclear.
To compare and contrast two possible explanations, we address the question of whether the timing of a father’s criminal acts predicts the likelihood that his children commit crime. According to static theories, the total number of criminal acts rather than the exact timing influences
the likelihood of offspring criminal behaviour. According to dynamic theories, timing is crucial and children are more likely to engage in criminal behaviour after fathers have committed criminal acts. Results show that the total number of delinquent acts is an important predictor, and also
that the exact timing plays an important role. In the year the father has been convicted, the likelihood that the child commits crime increases substantially and decays in the following years at a slower rate the more crimes the father has committed. Our results show that the rigorous assumptions
of static theories require nuancing.
Geregistreerde criminaliteit als indicator van de integratie van niet-westerse allochtonen
Authors: Jennissen Roel , Blom Martine , Oosterwaal Annemarije
Published: December 2017

Recorded crime as an indicator of the integration of individuals of non-Western origin.In this article, we seek to find out to what extent the various ethnic groups residing in the Netherlands are (over)represented as suspects in the recorded crime statistics. This research reveals
that even after correcting for a number of socioeconomic background variables, the probability of being suspected of an offence is still considerably greater for non-Western ethnic minority groups than for the autochthonous Dutch population. Particularly notable in the figures is the large
overrepresentation of second-generation Moroccans and first-generation Antilleans. The data we used in this study are recorded crime statistics, which are based on the entire population and can be analysed at the individual level. These data certainly do not provide a complete description
of crime in the Netherlands; a substantial ‘dark number’ remains. However, there are no hard indications that this dark number differs between the various ethnic groups residing in the Netherlands.
Verschillen in groepsdiscriminatie, zoals waargenomen door immigranten uit verschillende herkomstlanden in veertien lidstaten van de Europese Unie
Authors: André Stéfanie , Dronkers Jaap , Fleischmann Fenella
Published: December 2017

Perception of in-group discrimination among immigrants in 14 member states of the European Union .Drawing on the second and third wave of the European Social Survey, we analyse the perception of in-group discrimination of 7034 immigrants from 177 different countries of origin in
14 European Union countries. In addition to testing the effects of individual factors, such as education, religion, and migration history, we estimate the effects of macro-characteristics of both origin and destination countries. We distinguish four dimensions of explanations: immigration,
religion, economic circumstances and immigration policies. The influence of adherence to Eastern Orthodox, Jewish and non-Christian religions on perceived in-group discrimination is significant, and cannot be explained by characteristics of the origin or destination countries. The migration
history of these groups is also relevant for the perceived discrimination: immigrants who are citizens of the country of their destination, who speak the majority language at home and who are married to a native perceive in-group discrimination less often. There are strong effects of the macro-characteristics
of the country of origin. Immigrants from poorer origin countries perceive in-group discrimination more often. There are also a significant effects of immigration policies of the country of destination: easy access to long term residence, more relaxed rules for family reunion, no special policy
or a more easy entrance to the labour-market for immigrants and a higher level of job protection decreases perceived in-group discrimination among immigrants.
Tussen Nederland en Marokko - Waar voelen Marokkaans-Nederlandse remigranten- en achtergelaten kinderen in Marokko zich thuis?
Authors: de Bree June , Storms Oka , Bartels Edien
Published: December 2017

In between the Netherlands and Morocco. Where do Dutch Moroccan return migrants and abandoned children in Morocco feel at home? .Return migrant and abandoned children form a largely neglected research field. For years Dutch policy makers have been asked to pay attention to
Dutch Moroccan children in Morocco, but without much result. These children often grew up in the Netherlands and the question arises whether they are able to feel at home in Morocco. A main explanatory factor is age: return migrant children tend to be older at the point of return and strongly
wish to return to the Netherlands, while younger abandoned children tend to identify with both countries. However, they also wish to go to the Netherlands one day, which seems to result from the process of intergenerational transmission.
De ervaren relatiekwaliteit van familierelaties - Het belang van waardenconsensus bekeken vanuit een multi-actor benadering
Authors: Noordhuizen Suzanne , Kalmijn Matthijs
Published: December 2017

Assessing perceived relationship quality of family relations. The role of value similarity examined from a multi-actor perspective. It has often been claimed a positive relationship exists between value similarity and relationship quality. To assess the validity of this claim
Heckman regression models were conducted using data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) survey. In addition, given the nature of the sibling relation, we assume value similarity to be more important for the sibling relationship compared to the parent- child relation. Therefore,
we compared the importance of value similarity for siblings (N = 2853) with the impact of consensus between parents and children (N = 2202). Our analyses yield interesting results. First, in both the sibling relation and the parent-child relation evidence for the relationship
between consensus and relationship quality is limited. Second, for parents and children value similarity is more strongly connected with relationship quality than for siblings. In sum, these results question the common assumption that relationship quality suffers from a lack of consensus.
Het verband tussen ‘hoe’ en ‘waar’ - De invloed van locatie op pleegwijze bij straatroof
Authors: van Wilsem Johan
Published: December 2017

Relating ‘how’ and ‘where’ . The impact of location on modus operandi for street robbery . Do different types of street robberies occur at different types of places? Environmental criminology has not yet incorporated how spatial characteristics affect
a crime’s modus operandi. The current study improves upon that situation by (a) empirically deriving a typology for street robbery through cluster analysis, based on the modus operandi, and (b) relating the number of street robberies per subtype to the local conditions where they occurred.
Three distinct robbery types were identified – differing with respect to victim injury, weapon use, number of robbers and victims, and loot. Different types of street robberies have different spatial causes, to a certain extent.
Sociaal vertrouwen in de Europese context - Een multiniveauanalyse met achttien landen
Authors: Dohmen Aafke , Verbakel Ellen , Kraaykamp Gerbert
Published: December 2017

Social trust in the European context . A multi-level analysis of 18 countries .This study investigates to what extent differences between European countries in the level of social trust may be explained by compositional and contextual factors. Hypotheses were derived with respect
to socioeconomic success, social engagement, social distance and religiosity. A multi-level analysis performed on 24,203 respondents from 18 countries in the 2002 European Social Survey shows that people express more social trust if they are socioeconomically more successful, are active participants
in social organizations, experience little social distance, and are religious. In addition, a society’s context shapes social trust; people living in countries with high levels of social engagement, with low levels of ethnic fragmentation and with a large percentage of religious people
show more social trust.