BACKGROUND: Low back pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Exercise therapy is widely recommended to treat persistent non-specific low back pain. While evidence suggests exercise is, on average, moderately effective, there remains uncertainty about which individuals might benefit …

This report discusses the easy and cheap preparation of SnCl2 exchanged Brønsted acidic Amberlyst-15 ion exchange resin prepared by ion exchange of an aqueous SnCl2 solution at room temperature. The prepared materials were tested in the conversion of sugars, being glucose, fructose and saccharose to …

It can be concluded that the HBM4EU serum sample preparation method is suitable for Effect-Directed Analysis. The method allows a recovery of all bioactive compounds of interest from serum in the EDA products, with little loss of compounds: bioassay spectra and chromatograms. Nevertheless, the HBM4EU …

Bestraling van longtumoren blijft een voortdurende uitdaging door beweging tijdens ademhaling (1). Een tumor kan, afhankelijk van de locatie, tot wel 20 millimeter bewegen in inferior-superior richting (2). Een afname van deze beweging kan resulteren in een lagere dosis in omliggende organen, ofwel Organs …

Aanleiding: Schouderpijn is de derde meest voorkomende musculoskeletale klacht in Nederland. Klachten aan de schouder komen veel voor en kunnen bovendien lang aanhouden, de jaarlijkse prevalentie voor schouderpijn in de Nederlandse bevolking is 31%. Voornamelijk bij bovenhandse sporters is deze klacht …

Deliberate practice, an iterative process that leads to expertise, is found to be positively associated with superior performance in domains such as sports, education, and entrepreneurship. At the same time, deliberate practice is also seen as being less than enjoyable and difficult to pursue consistently. …

The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice. There have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

During my first visit to Japan in 1990 I got acquainted with the Toshiba DynaBook. Unlike earlier laptops, this one was small, elegant and easily fitted into a backpack. A year later I was able to purchase one. This wonder of compact technology accompanied me during my travels to Berlin and Eastern Europe …

This paper presents the results of a study regarding the cyclic bending over sheave fatigue life of five different type of small diameter cables (d <=2.5 mm) in a simple bending test around a D = 10 mm sheave. The goal of the study is to estimate the lifespan of cables in prosthetic applications. Three …

Background: An effective and tolerable bowel preparation is important to secure quality of colonoscopies. It remains unclear if sodium picosulphate with magnesium citrate (SPMC), which is considered a tolerable bowel preparation agent, is also an effective alternative for polyethylene glycol (PEG) and …