Background: To prevent deterioration after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and to improve rehabilitation, the ICU team should use digital technologies to provide comprehensive and practical information alongside personalised support for survivors and their family members. However, a knowledge …

Lignocellulose biorefining is a promising technologyfor the sustainable production of chemicals and biopolymers.Usually, when one component is focused on, the chemical natureand yield of the others are compromised. Thus, one of thebottlenecks in biomass biorefining is harnessing the maximumvalue from …

Vrijwel geruisloos is begin 2023 voor de kosten van het Belgische elektriciteitsnet voor kleinverbruikers een nieuw tariefsysteem ingevoerd. Huishoudens met een hoog piekverbruik betalen nu meer dan huishoudens die minder netcapaciteit benutten. Belgische huishoudens worden aldus gestimuleerd slim om …

INTRODUCTION: The scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a validated tool for the screening, assessment and monitoring of malnutrition, and triaging of interventions. It contains a patient-generated component and a healthcare professional (HCP)-generated component. AIM: To …

This chapter discusses supply chain management responses used by companies in the food supply chain during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter first discusses the relevant literature on supply chain resilience. The chapter subsequently reviews supply chain responses in relation to different supply …

In aandachtswijken van grote steden groeien basisvoorzieningen niet mee met de veranderende vraag. Amsterdamse onderzoekers bepleiten om de inkomenssamenstelling van wijken sterker mee te wegen bij de verdeling van voorzieningen.

Environmental values are becoming increasingly important in restoration of historical buildings, while energy interventions can seriously damage historical qualities. Cultural-historical values and environmental values are often considered difficult to commensurate, with energy engineers and heritage …

Background & aims: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) approach to malnutrition diagnosis is based on assessment of three phenotypic (weight loss, low body mass index, and reduced skeletal muscle mass) and two etiologic (reduced food intake/assimilation and disease burden/inflammation) …

Urban densification is a key strategy to accommodate rapid urban population growth, but emerging evidence suggests serious risks of urban densification for individuals’ mental health. To better understand the complex pathways from urban densification to mental health, we integrated interdisciplinary …

Sinds een aantal jaren is het beleid in Nederland dat ouderen zo lang mogelijk zelfstandig wonen. Vooral geclusterde woonvormen met zelfstandige wooneenheden en een ontmoetingsruimte zijn populair. Het initiatief hiertoe wordt veelal genomen door een woningcorporatie of projectontwikkelaar, maar ook …