BACKGROUND: Despite the evidence of the adverse consequences of immobility during hospitalization, patients spend most of the time in bed. Although physical activity is a modifiable factor that can prevent in-hospital functional decline, bed rest is deeply rooted in the hospital culture. To attack this, …

Inleiding: In Nederland worden per jaar meer dan een miljoen mensen opgenomen in een ziekenhuis. Patiënten in het ziekenhuis bewegen te weinig, terwijl dit belangrijk is voor hun gezondheid. Fysiotherapeuten proberen daarom patiënten te stimuleren om te bewegen. Een belangrijk uitgangspunt hiervoor is …

The effect and methods of changing the norepinephrine syringe on the Intensive Care Unit: a quantitative, observational pilot study BACKGROUND - The change of a syringe with noradrenalin (NOR) often causes fluctuations in the blood pressure. This nursing intervention occurs often at the Intensive Care …

Abstract: The primary aim of the dissertation was to develop and evaluate a smartphone app, the WhiteTeeth app, designed to promote good oral health behaviour and oral hygiene among adolescent orthodontic patients between the ages of 12 and 16. The app's development and evaluation was guided methodically …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Dietetic interventions contribute to certain health objectives and other outcomes, but are mostly part of a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach what makes evaluating the actual effects of dietitians' involvement rather complex. Although monitoring and outcome evaluation (M&OE) …

Providing differentiated instruction (DI) is considered an important but complex teaching skill which many teachers have not mastered and feel unprepared for. In order to design professional development activities, a thorough description of DI is required. The international literature on assessing teachers’ …

Criminele netwerken gebruiken ICT op tal van manieren: voor onderlinge communicatie, om capabele mededaders en ‘tools’ te vinden, om afzetmarkten te vergroten, om een groter aantal potentiële slachtoffers te bereiken, en ook om criminele geldstromen af te schermen. Het regelen en afschermen van geldstromen …

Hoe staan de negen gemeenten in het hart van het aardbevingsgebied in Noord-Groningen er voor? De Economic Board Groningen (EBG) liet economen van Hanzehogeschool Groningen en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen er onderzoek naar doen. ​De Economic Board Groningen wil weten welke effecten het programma van …

We developed a dedicated Atomic Force Microscopy set-up in a hermetically closed environment, coupled with a Galvanostat/Potentiostat which will be able to perform in-situ and operando measurements at the cathode-electrolyte and anode-electrolyte interface to monitor the interphase processes. The setup …

This paper proposes an amendment of the classification of safety events based on their controllability and contemplates the potential of an event to escalate into higher severity classes. It considers (1) whether the end-user had the opportunity to intervene into the course of an event, (2) the level …