BACKGROUND: Burns occur frequently in young children. To date, insufficient data are available to fully describe the functional consequences of burns. In different patient populations and countries, the WeeFIM instrument ("WeeFIM") often is used to measure functional independence in children. OBJECTIVE: …

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility and validity of gait parameters measured with an electronic walkway system in predicting short-term fall risk in nursing home residents with dementia. Methods 57 ambulatory nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia participated in this prospective …

Enige tijd geleden presenteerde de commissie Lemstra haar rapport over het Maasstad ziekenhuis Rotterdam, waar de klebsiella bacterie heerste. Opvallend uit het rapport is de dominante rol die de lijstjes met de 'beste ziekenhuizen' van Elsevier en het Algemeen Dagblad vervullen binnen de strategie van …

Single Fiber Reflectance spectroscopy (SFR) can be used to determine tissue optical properties such as scattering and absorption. The SFR technique employs a semi-empirical modal, which contains a parameter that is dependent on the fiber numerical aperture, NA . However, the NA is a wavelength dependent …

Nowadays, companies are facing the problem of data overload. The Internet is an environment filled in with numbers that should indicate the path for business actions. The aim of this project is to generate Digital Marketing and Measurement Model for the company that needs a hand in achieving the success …

Theory, aim and expectations Project design and data collection Results first measurement wave: 4 constructs Working Alliance -Correlates with ‘report mark supervision’ -Differentiates when comparing  -Probation officer versus client  -Respondent versus non-response  -Continuing …

From an evidence-based perspective, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a well-supported assessment technique in both the United States (US) and Europe. The combination of standard exercise testing (ET) (ie, progressive exercise provocation in association with serial electrocardiograms [ECG], hemodynamics, …

The purpose of this systematic review was to identify the measurements that are used in clinical practice to assess the quantity and quality of functional performance in men and women more than 2 years after ACL reconstruction with bone patellar-tendon bone (BPTB) or semitendinosus/gracilis (STG) graft. …

The hard side in total quality management of measurement and data analysis can only be successful if it is replenished with the soft side, the people side. This conclusion has serious consequences for the education of professionals, especially managers. Managers should be trained in soft skills, trained …

In this report the properties of the E-field sheet have been measured. Also the connection between the E-field sheet and the pc has been developed. For visualisation of the data a GUI has been made in Matlab which also reads out the data from the DAQ card. Before a measurement on the clinical equipment …