Rationale: Lean body mass, including muscle, is known to decrease with age, which may contribute to loss of physical function, an indicator of frailty. Moreover, low muscle thickness is considered an indicator of frailty in critically ill patients. However, little is known about the relationship between …

Rationale: Malnutrition is a common problem in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Whereas estimation of fat-free muscle mass index (FFMi) with bio-electrical impedance is often used, less is known about muscle thickness measured with ultrasound (US) as a parameter for malnutrition. …

Rationale: Currently use of muscle thickness measured with ultrasound is suggested as an indicator for overall muscle mass in nutritional assessment. However, not much is known about how the muscle thickness measured in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compares to the muscle …

Authors in previous studies pointed out that the professional competences of managers overlap with the competences and skills that are attributed to entrepreneurs. The goal of this study is to analyze the correlation between the actual market demand for competences to develop new businesses and the competence …

Op dit moment is het rioolstelsel in de gemeente Veere zo ingericht dat het een norm Bui08 (19,8mm in 60 minuten) tijdig kan verwerken zonder dat er water op straat blijft staan. De extreme neerslaggebeurtenissen van de laatste jaren (Kennisportaal Ruimtelijke adaptie, 2018; Gemeente Veere, 2019) geeft …

Courchesne (1995) heeft gesuggereerd dat personen met autisme tekortkomingen vertonen in de zelfregulatie. Studenten van ITvitae met een autismespectrumstoornis (ASS) vertonen tekortkomingen in het goed afstemmen op anderen (sociale interactie), zelfregulatie en ze ervaren moeilijkheden in de prikkelverwerking. …

Hoofdstuk 6 in HRM Heden en Morgen Het creëren van werk en aantrekkelijke banen is en blijft een actueel vraagstuk. Gezien de demografische ontwikkelingen is te verwachten dat werkgevers het in de nabije toekomst moeilijk zullen vinden voldoende gekwalificeerd personeel aan te trekken, al zal veel afhangen …

Tijdens ons jaarlijks event HAS Expo hebben wij in 2020 de HAS Talkshow geïntroduceerd. Tijdens de HAS Talkshow 2020 praten 3 lectoren van HAS Hogeschool je in deze interactieve talkshow bij over de impact van Covid-19 op de sector agrofood en leefomgeving. De presentatie is in handen van alumna Froukje …

Many people on Earth are hungry or do not have a reliable source of drinking water. Drought-tolerantcrops do not need much water to grow and therefor usable in regions where water is an issue. Cropbreeders are working on crops that are more drought-tolerant and grow faster. Corp …

BACKGROUND: The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is highest among the elderly. An important treatment modality is surgery. After surgery, due to poor functional recovery, some elderly have an increased risk for complications and prolonged length of hospital stay (LOS). Preoperative elevated levels …