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… Mean age was 72 years (range 63– 78), four lived alone, three smoked and three had oxygen treatment. Four main themes emerged: *having a life despite of COPD,*pre- dictability and confidence in getting help,*the struggling balance between insight and compli- ance to treatment and *barriers and facilita- tors of the system. The women were no longer able to do household chores due to breathless- ness, they lacked energy to socialize and were concerned about altered appearance due to COPD treatment. They used different strate- gies of coping and adaptation in their daily life that enabled them to have a good life despite of COPD. To feel safe at home, the women wanted a contact person at the hospital who know their story that could be telephoned for questions regarding COPD or visited at the hospital for an assessment of whether hospital- isation was required. The women experienced a struggle between knowing they should stop smoking, need to eat and drink sufficiently and increase their …

… “Given the amount of time they spend together and the nature of their contact, also taking into account their interdependence, the relationship between a PhD candidate and his or her supervisor is pivotal for their achievements. (…) Trying to improve the quality of supervision by improving the relationship between PhD candidate and his or her supervisor requires learning about their needs, wants and expectations.” H. van der Boom, G. Klabbers, K. … by their PhD candidates. The anonymity of individual PhD candidates is safeguarded, as only average, anonymous ratings will be shown when four or more different PhD candidates have provided feedback in PhD TRACK. The Board, Institutes and Faculty PhD Committee (FPC) of FHML consider it important that feedback is gathered on a structural basis from PhD candidates on how they experience their PhD trajectory in broad sense. For this purpose, PhD candidates are requested to fill out a questionnaire in …

… Maastricht University This is a translation of the document ‘Tabletregeling Universiteit Maastricht’ approved and adopted by the Maastricht University executive Board. In the case of a difference of interpretation, this translation cannot be used for legal purpose and the Dutch text of this regulation will be binding Tablet Regulation Maastricht University 2 van 3 Versie 2.0 June 2015 In view of:  the university’s sustainability objectives and related efforts to reduce paper usage  the … d. he/she signs a declaration as referred to in Article 2. 2 Employees who satisfy the conditions stated in Article 1 and who wish to receive a tablet must fill in the designated form on the UM website within six weeks of the date that this scheme comes into force or within six weeks of receiving the extension of their appointment. 3. The employee requests that a tablet be made available to him/her, and signs the declaration in Appendix A. 4. The employee collects the tablet in person with a … the tablet for work activities for which he/she is appointed. These include, but are not limited to:  reading and sending emails and other communication  reading, editing and commenting on meeting minutes, notes, memos, etc.  consulting information online relevant to the exercise of his/her duties  using the facilities and provisions of the UM website. 2. He/she agrees to have to tablet at his/her workplace and to maintain and safeguard it as though it were his/her property. He/she shall ensure …