In the high-tech mechatronics world, aluminum and steel are well known materials, while carbon fiber is often neglected. In the RAAK project 'Composites in Mechatronics', the use of carbon fiber composites in mechatronics is investigated.

In opdracht van het lectoraat Innovatieve Beweegstimulering en Sport is een verkennend onderzoek gedaan naar de prestatiebepalende aspecten in de sport Goalball. Het doel van dit onderzoek is meer inzicht te geven in de omstandigheden waar onder een doelpunt valt tijdens de wedstrijd. De bevindingen …

The six-minute walking test (6MWT) may be a practical test for the evaluation functional exercise capacity in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study was to investigate the 6MWT performance in children with ESRD compared to reference values obtained in healthy children and, …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether muscle strength and functional exercise capacity (FEC) influence motor performance in children with generalized joint hypermobility. METHODS: Forty-one children (mean age: 8.1 years) with symptomatic generalized hypermobility were included. Motor …

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility and efficacy of an exercise training program to improve exercise capacity and fatigue level in pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Twenty children on dialysis intended to perform a 12-week graded community-based exercise …

Phylogenetic patterns show the presence or absence of certain genes in a set of full genomes derived from different species. They can also be used to determine sets of genes that occur only in certain evolutionary branches. Previously, we presented a database named PhyloPat which allows the complete …

Om het bewegingsbereik van het lage lordotische gebied van de wervelkolom te meten zijn röntgen en MRI de meest gebruikte methoden. Aangezien er bij (alledaagse) bewegingen van de lordotische wervelkolom, bewegingen in verschillende vlakken tegelijkertijd plaatsvinden is het dynamisch meten van het bewegingsbereik …

Dit verslag beschrijft een onderzoek naar de verschillen van een steeds meer voorkomende techniek in de skeelersport, de double push. Omdat er weinig wetenschappelijke literatuur geschreven is over de double pushtechniek, wordt de techniek vergeleken met de klassieke skeelertechniek. Voor een beter inzicht …

Summary of the article on the visit to Ukraine by students and teachers of the Secondary Teacher Training College Sittard (Part of Fontys University of Applied Sciences), by Maurice Heemels. In march 2009 a delegation of students and teachers of the Secondary Teacher Training College Sittard visited …

BACKGROUND: In many genomics projects, numerous lists containing biological identifiers are produced. Often it is useful to see the overlap between different lists, enabling researchers to quickly observe similarities and differences between the data sets they are analyzing. One of the most popular methods …