Rationale: A higher protein intake is suggested to preserve muscle mass during aging, and may therefore reduce the risk for sarcopenia. We explored whether the amount, type (animal/vegetable) and essential amino acid (EAA) composition of protein intake were associated with 5-year change in mid-thigh …

Parkinson’s disease is characterized not only by bradykinesia, rigidity, and tremor, but also by impairments of expressive and receptive linguistic prosody. The facilitating effect of music with a salient beat on patients’ gait suggests that it might have a similar effect on vocal behavior, however it …

The historically developed practice of learning to play a music instrument from notes instead of by imitation or improvisation makes it possible to contrast two types of skilled musicians characterized not only by dissimilar performance practices, but also disparate methods of audiomotor learning. In …

Muziek is niet alleen kunst. Het berust op aangeboren eigenschappen van de mens zoals het vermogen om 'beat' waar te nemen en relatief gehoor, het vermogen om een melodie te herkennen, ongeacht de toonsoort.

Het zingen van liederen maakt ons menselijk, net als het vermogen om op muziek te dansen en het begrijpen van muzieksyntax. Iedereen is muzikaal d.w.z. iedereen kan meezingen, melodieën herkennen, en op muziek. Zingen leer je alleen door het te doen. Dat heeft te maken met de integratie van perceptie …

Learning to play a music instrument might be able to improve the hearing of cochlear implant recipients. In this presentation, we report on a pilot project in which three CI recipients received music lessons from students at the conservatoire.

Op de workshop Meer Muziek in de Klas, tijdens de Cultuur en Onderwijs Beurs, zal Robert Harris het belang van muziek bij de opvoeding toelichten. Muziek is niet alleen kunst en expressie, het is ook een unieke natuurlijke eigenschap van de mens. Behalve met de prosodie, de grammatica en de emotie van …

Nowadays, the final consumer has multiple channels to choose from to buy products. Shopping can be done offline as well as online. Although, multiple stores in the middle segment, such as V&D and Blokker, are in difficulty. More and more businesses are integrating online into their offline businesses, …

How can ST. by Olcay Gulsen become commercially successful in Hong Kong within two years? This question is the central research question in this final paper and reflects the ambition of ST. to become a big retail player in the fashion market of Hong Kong. ST. Studio (previously called Supertrash) is a …

In this report the current trend of e-commerce companies opening brick and mortar stores was investigated. This phenomenon can be linked to a concept known as omnichannel retail. It appears that many businesses are not aware of the current trends in retail. This leads to a misunderstanding of the modern …