Purpose of review To help guide metabolic support in critical care, an understanding of patients’ nutritional status and risk is important. Several methods to monitor lean body mass are increasingly used in the ICU and knowledge about their advantages and limitations is essential. Recent findings Computed …

Urban flood prevention is an intensifying prerequisite of urban inhabitation due to a multiplicity of threats to population health and property. One of the components of urbanisation that can fail to fulfil its function and cause urban flooding is gully pot clogging. Frequently this is the result of …

De wereld is constant in veranderingen en tegenwoordig ligt er veel focus op technologische ontwikkeling, dit heeft een grote impact op de arbeidsmarkt. De vraag naar technische vaardigheden wordt steeds groter en het op peil houden van kennis is hierbij nog belangrijker. Momenteel zit Eqraft in een …

The increase in population, high standards of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated …

We, humans have our roots in pre-Anthropocene eras where we gathered skills for survival and establishing our culture. The cumulated tacit knowledge, the skills, ideas and experiences that can only be shared by personal contact and mutual trust, is evolved and cumulated during this pre-Anthropocene era. …

Many studies have suggested that personal practical knowledge is essential for professional development. Recently, there has been growing recognition of the importance of teacher educators’ personal practical knowledge of ‘language’ for student learning development. However, the need for teacher educators …

In de revalidatie is het van belang om de fysieke activiteit van patiënten te kunnen monitoren. Er zijn steeds meer producten die dit betrouwbaar kunnen, maar voor rolstoelgebruikers zijn er nog maar weinig mogelijkheden welke betrouwbaar genoeg zijn. Daarom hebben 2M Engineering en het Erasmus MC de …

Onze handen zijn in het dagelijks leven zeer belangrijk. Wanneer mensen beperkt raken in het gebruik van de handen, resulteert dit vaak in een toegenomen afhankelijkheid. Een van de spierziektes die deze beperking kan veroorzaken is Duchenne musculaire dystrofie (DMD). DMD is een X-gebonden recessieve …

Purpose: To examine the effects of different small-sided games (SSGs) on physical and technical aspects of performance in wheelchair basketball (WB) players. Design: Observational cohort study. Methods: Fifteen highly trained WB players participated in a single 5v5 (24-s shot clock) match and …

This dissertation explores the ways in which third wave feminist organisations can influence mass media coverage in their favour. Social movements are dependent on mass media in order to thrive. Mass media legitimises social movement’s claims, broadens the scope of conflict and mobilises the public (Gamson …