In Eastern Africa, increasing climate variability and changing socioeconomic conditions are exacerbating the frequency and intensity of drought disasters. Droughts pose a severe threat to food security in this region, which is characterized by a large dependency on smallholder rain-fed agriculture and …

Introduction: Different models of frameworks for dietetic care are used in Europe. There is a substantial need for a consistent framework to compare research results and to cooperate on an international level. Therefore, one of the goals of the EU-funded project IMPECD was the development of a unified …

In dit onderzoek zijn recente ontwikkelingen in Machine Learning (ML) en Deep Learning (DL) met betrekking tot borst-, fibroglandulair (FG)- en tumorweefselsegmentatie in MRI-mammografie in kaart gebracht, de prestaties van deze segmentatiesystemen zijn vergeleken en als laatste worden toekomst toepassingsmogelijkheden …

An account of the integration process followed by the implementation of a pooling system. Tests were made in various stages of developlment and were used to compare various pooling systems, as well as what prefabs should be pooled.

BACKGROUND: A limited number of patients return to sport (RTS) after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and patients who RTS have a relatively high risk for second ACL injury. The purpose of the current study was to compare the results of a test battery between patients who returned …

Background & aims:  Low muscle mass and -quality on ICU admission, as assessed by muscle area and -density on CT-scanning at lumbar level 3 (L3), are associated with increased mortality. However, CT-scan analysis is not feasible for standard care. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) assesses body …

What’s online video today, fifteen years into its exponential growth? In the age of the smart phone, video accompanies, informs, moves, and distracts us. What started off with amateur prosumers on YouTube has spread to virtually all communication apps: say it with moving images. Are you addicted yet? …

Price transparency is an essential precondition to realize careless cross-border charging in Europe. Unfortunately, in many countries price transparency in EV charging is problematic. A lack of transparency can lead to unnecessary high costs of charging for EV drivers and makes it difficult to compare …

This qualitative research assesses the European Union’s (EU) democracy promotion, through the analysis of eight milestone policies, implemented between 1995 and 2014 in Tunisia. The idea is that these policies should be analyzed over an extended period, rather than separately. This is because the international …

Purpose: There is growing international interest in the implementation of structured osteoarthritis management programs (OAMPs) to deliver best evidence osteoarthritis (OA) care. A consortium of researchers, clinicians and consumers concerned with optimising implementation of OAMPs have established the …