The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the implementation of an Oral Care Program on home care nurses' attitudes and knowledge about oral health (care) and the impact on older people's oral health. A pre-post study, without a control group, was conducted. A preventive Oral Care Program (OCP) …

The emission of greenhouse gasses is a trending subject worldwide. Also the maritime industry is looking for alternative options for zero-emission transport. Nedstack provides fuel cells as a solution for this challenge. This research is a first glance at the possibilities to create a feasible retrofit …

Our study elucidates relational value creation and appropriation in collaborative networks for sustainability (CNfS), which focus on grand societal challenges and include a multiplicity and diversity of actors. Using a relational view lens, we conducted a longitudinal, multiple case, field study of collaborative …

There is a difference between doing the right (or wrong) things and doing things right (or wrong). The first is often referred to with the term leadership. The term managing refers to doing things right (planning, organizing, etc.). Leadership and management concern two related but clearly distinguishable …

Two carbon-neutral communities are looking at smart technical solutions to guarantee agreen energy transition with increasing proportions of local renewable energy. More efficientintegrated energy solutions for electricity, heat, water, waste, and transportationinfrastructure must be created to achieve …

Background: In the context of decreasing breastfeeding rates and unsuccessful breastfeeding promotion campaigns, a qualitative research project in the Northern part of the Netherlands was initiated. Objectives: As part of the overall project, the aim of this study was to explore the content and sources …

This Powerpoint is part of the project Twomes. This deliverable contains a presentation about the heat balance model and inverse-grey-box analysis tools that support automated estimation of crucial parameters of buildings, installations and comfort needs in individual homes and utility buildings based …

New approach methodologies predicting human cardiotoxicity are of interest to support or even replace in vivo-based drug safety testing. The present study presents an in vitro–in silico approach to predict the effect of inter-individual and inter-ethnic kinetic variations in the cardiotoxicity of R- …

The worldwide rise of skin cancer incidence rates increases the need to investigate ultraviolet radiation (UVR), as it is one of the main causes of skin cancer. 1 A ’ u to UVR varies depending on different factors such as the location of the individual and shielding effects. In this analysis, we evaluated …

In any country, there is a group of students who are at risk of dropping out of school without any qualifications. This is detrimental for many of those students, because failure to graduate increases risks of unemployment and societal exclusion. To reduce this risk, specialized curricula aim to prepare …