The assessment of skeletal muscle volume is valuable for fundamental research and clinical practice, but remains limited in larger cohorts due to its time-consuming nature. Here, we developed a method to accurately estimate vastus lateralis (VL) muscle volume based on a single measurement of anatomical …

Summary Introduction Daily oral care for older people is important, to obtain and maintain good functional oral health. Nursing staff is involved in the daily oral care and/ or the monitoring of oral health and hygiene, depending on the level of care support that older people need. Yet, the oral health …

Overeenkomst van lichaamscompositie-metingen met zeven alternatieve elektrodeposities op de hand vergeleken met het standaardprotocol met enkelvoudige frequentie van 50 kHz bio-elektrische impedantie bij gezonde jonge volwassenenG.E.C. Slager, PhD¹ ², T. Borkhuis, BSc³, S. Hoeksema, BSc³ en M. Sealy, …

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Skills matching- The solution to the imperfect information transfer at labourmarkets?

Background Family participation in essential care may benefit patients and relatives. Aims To examine the needs, perceptions and preferences of health care providers about family participation in essential care in the adult intensive care unit. Study design A qualitative descriptive study using inductive …

In this Masterclass we will discuss factors to consider when critically appraising standardised assessments and outcome measures for practice and research. This includes the assessments’ purpose, content and level of measurement, the adequacy of standardisation, and evidence of validity, reliability, …

Presentation on the PhD thesis during a consortium meeting of the SCENTISS research Programme

Handbook with practical information on the Erasmus+ sponsored Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) Urban Transformation and Public Safety (UTPS), held in Porto (Portugal) Sept 31 - Oct 4, 2024.

Abstract: Research in higher education has revealed a significant connection between executive functions (EFs) and study success. Previous investigations have typically assessed EFs using either neuropsychological tasks, which provide direct and objective measures of core EFs components such as inhibition, …