Background: The number of older patients undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing, and a substantial proportion of these patients are frail. Frailty is associated with increased mortality, psychological complications, functional decline, and reduced health-related quality of life, complicating treatment …

Steeds vaker slaan publieke en private organisaties de handen ineen om grote maatschappelijke vraagstukken aan te pakken (Kuiper e.a., 2025). Door de krapte op de arbeidsmarkt, de energietransitie en de digitalisering veranderen werk en competenties sneller dan organisaties afzonderlijk kunnen bijhouden. …

This paper introduces an integrated methodology for public space design in Het Hogeland municipality, combining climate adaptation, cultural heritage, and social well-being. The approach is structured around the “Analyse – Ambition – Action” framework and incorporates four ambition levels: maintain, …

Climate adaptation requires innovative approaches to address collaborative knowledge exchange and multidisciplinary problem solving. For over a decade, ClimateScan has provided an open-source platform to map urban resilience and existing climate adaptation solutions implemented all over the world. Apart …

This review aimed to describe self-management interventions for burn survivors and assess their effectiveness, while also examining interventions for comparable acute onset chronic conditions - myocardial infarction (MI) and lower extremity trauma (LET) - to gain broader insights. Following PRISMA guidelines, …

This study evaluated the combined effect of vegetation and internal water storage (IWS) on evapotranspiration (ET) dynamics in bioretention mesocosms. Twelve mesocosms were arranged under outdoor summer conditions in four configurations: planted/free-drainage (PF), planted/IWS (PI), unplanted/free-drainage …

The Vietnam Mekong Delta (VMD) is an essential region providing food security. According to The World Bank (2024), the Mekong Delta is the Vietnamese centre of rice production, with 50% of the country’s rice production and 90% of exports. Besides its agricultural activity, VMD is also an important aquacultural …

In recent decades, after several family tragedies with fatal outcomes in the Netherlands, a critical attitude emerged towards the role of youth care that prompted refinements of procedures and guidelines. These measures partly aim to eliminate moral hesitancy among social workers, defined as hesitation …

A large-scale field experiment was established in the Dubbele Dijk polder (Groningen, The Netherlands) to compare regenerative and conventional farming systems under identical crop rotations. The site presents a rare experimental condition: the upper 80 cm of topsoil was removed during construction of …

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