Vanwege een toenemende frequentie van carbapenem-resistente Pseudomonas aeruginosa moet er onderzoek worden gedaan naar het epidemiologisch beeld van deze bacterie in Nederland. In dit onderzoek wordt er vooral gekeken naar de epidemiologie en daarnaast naar de mogelijke resistentie mechanismen. Om een …

In soccer, critical match events like goal attempts can be preceded by periods of instability in the balance between the two teams' behaviours. Therefore, we determined periods of high variability in the distance between the teams' centroid positions longitudinally and laterally in an international-standard …

Spational modeling of a sustainable gas supply chain by matching supply and demand Biogas production from co-digestion of cattle manure and biomass can have a significant contribution to a sustainable gas supply when this gas is upgraded to specifications prescribed for injection into the national gas …

The objective of this study is to investigate the value of dual-task performance for the prediction of falls inpatients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Two hundred sixty three patients with PD (H&Y 1–3, 65.2 ± 7.9 years)walked two times along a 10-m trajectory, both under single-task and dual-task (DT) …

To optimize performance, coaches and athletes are always looking for the right balance between training load and recovery. Therefore, closely monitoring of athletes is important. Heart rate recovery (HRR) after standardized sub maximal exercise has been proposed as a useful variable to monitor (Lamberts …

Background. One of the stakeholders in tackling the rise and health consequences of overweight and obesity is the general practice physician (GP). GPs are in a good position to inform and give nutrition guidance to overweight patients. Objective. Assessment of working mechanism of determinants of the …

In order to receive a licence to produce, poultry farmers have to take into account societal demands, among others: animal welfare, healthy working conditions for the workers and landscape quality. A way to reach a combination of these goals is to create a design for the poultry house and outdoor run. …

Eurasian lynx in Norway are monitored with methods based on unreplicated counts of family groups (adult females with dependent kittens) since 1996. Two methods are used to monitor lynx population size. However, variable and often poor snow cover caused that an alternative method needed to be found. Camera …

Seit über 90 Jahren werden bereits wissenschaftliche Studien über einen möglichen Zusammenhang zwischen einem verminderten Hörvermögen und kognitiven Einschränkungen im Bereich des Arbeitgedächtnisses durchgeführt. Diese führten jedoch zu widersprüchlichen Ergebnissen. Einige Studienergebnisse ergaben …

Researchers working in educational settings are increasingly paying attention to the role students' thoughts and beliefs play in the learning process. Self-efficacy, a key element of social cognitive theory, appears to be an important variable because it affects students' motivation and learning. This …