Glycerol is an attractive bio-based platform chemical that can be converted to a variety of bio-based chemicals. We here report a catalytic co-conversion strategy where glycerol in combination with a second (bio-)feed (fatty acids, alcohols, alkanes) is used for the production of bio-based aromatics …

Insects could prove to be a sustainable solution to feeding the growing human population. While insects are already consumed in many countries, the acceptance of insect-based foods is very low in Western European countries. This cross-border study examined how the acceptance of German and Dutch consumers …

The increasing global population is pushing companies to come up with alternative ways of production to meet the demand (Roser, 2013). The problem of feeding nearly 10 billion people in 2050 is described by the EAT Lancet commission and in order to meet the demand that comes with the growing number of …

Salt marshes are known to be an important habitat type for numerous species of fish. As fish stocks are pressured around the world, providing them with suitable habitat is very important. Through managed realignments or tidal restoration, intertidal salt marshes are created or restored. Which fish use …

We welcome the comment by Heymann & Fuzessy to our recent paper onpalm fruit colours and primate colour vision. Heymann & Fuzessy question whether palms (Arecaceae) are a good model system to understand thediversification of (trichromatic) primates. We used a macroecological and macro-evolutionary comparative …

Background Gastrointestinal symptoms are common during chemotherapy, but underlying disturbances in gut function and their impact on daily life are unclear. This study investigates gut function in a heterogenous group of cancer patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during chemotherapy and its relation …

Context: Malnutrition in institutionalized patients is associated with adverse outcomes and increased costs. Nurses have a crucial role in the recognition and treatment of malnutrition and empowering patients in nutritional care. Objective: This systematic review provides an overview of the effectiveness …

Even in a less eventful year, it’s no easy feat: working to make our food supply healthy and sustainable. But 2020 brought a spate of new challenges. It was the year of Brexit, Black Lives Matter, and the COVID-19 pandemic. A year of hope and loss and solidarity, of masks and worries and Zoom calls. …

In Osun State, Nigeria, live birds from smallholder farmers dominate the market. Live birds are sold unprocessed at live weight prices to traders in the chain. Extended feeding of broiler chickens, continuous consumption of other resources and high transaction cost forces broiler farmers to patronize …

Eten en drinken is niet voor iedereen vanzelfsprekend, maar wel van levensbelang. In Nederland heeft één op de vijf kinderen tussen de tien maanden en twee jaar een eet- of drinkprobleem. Er zijn drie belangrijke risicogroepen die een verhoogde kans hebben op eet-/drinkproblemen, namelijk: 1) prematuren, …