In the food industry water is commonly used in production. The egislation on water quality is focused on drinking water. The question arises: How should European producers of dry bulk food ingredients approach their decisions on process water quality considering production efficiency and the food safety …

This study investigated potential risk factors (coping, perfectionism, and self-regulation) for substantial injuries in contemporary dance students using a prospective cohort design, as high-quality studies focusing on mental risk factors for dance injuries are lacking. Student characteristics (age, …

A software framework is designed and implemented to aid programmers developing portable applications and software components to control and monitor lab equipment. The goal of this framework is to unify access to hardware parameters and provide services on top of this hardware abstraction layer, such …

The operations of take-off and landing at hub airports are often subject to a wide variety of delays; the effects of these delays impact not only the related stakeholders, such as aircraft operators, air-traffic control unity and ground handlers but as part of the European network, delays are propagated …

In de periode januari – juli 2020 heeft een onafhankelijke externe commissie, in opdracht van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), het Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA (Regieorgaan SIA) geëvalueerd. De evaluatie richt zich op de vraag in hoeverre Regieorgaan …

Door recente verlaging van de equivalente dosis van de ooglens van 150 mSv naar 20 mSv per jaar, is het belang van goed monitoren van ontvangen dosis nog belangrijker geworden. In deze studie is onderzocht wat de stralenbelasting is van interventiecardiologen, cardio-thoracaalchirurg, cardio-anesthesiologen …

Athlete impairment level is an important factor in wheelchair mobility performance (WMP) in sports. Classification systems, aimed to compensate impairment level effects on performance, vary between sports. Improved understanding of resemblances and differences in WMP between sports could aid in optimizing …

Non-professional runners make extensive use of consumer-available wearable devices and smartphone apps to monitor training sessions, health, and physical performance. Despite the popularity of these products, they usually neglect subjective factors, such as psychosocial stress, unexpected daily physical …

One in three university students experiences mental health problems during their study. A similar percentage leaves higher education without obtaining the degree for which they enrolled. Research suggests that both mental health problems and academic underperformance could be caused by students lacking …

The Utrecht Symptom Diary (USD) is a Dutch and adapted version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, a patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) tool to asses and monitor symptoms in cancer patients. This study analyses the validity and responsiveness of the USD and the cutoff points to determine …