This study addresses the challenges facing the City of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in adapting to climate changes and reducing the effects of flash floods. Praia is highly vulnerable to these extreme weather events, due to its volcanic scenery, uncontrolled urbanization, and insufficient infrastructure, …

Permacomputing is a nascent concept and a community of practice centred around design principles that embrace limits and constraints as a positive thing in computational culture, and on creativity with scarce computational resources. As a result, permacomputing aims to provide a countervoice to digital …

Objective To evaluate the incidence, diagnostic management strategies and clinical outcomes of women with spontaneous haemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) and reassess the definition of SHiP. Design A population-based cohort study using the Netherlands Obstetric Surveillance System (NethOSS). Setting Nationwide, …

Background: During placements abroad, healthcare students are confronted with different personal and professional challenges, related to participation in practice. This study investigates when and how students respond to such challenges, and which coping and support mechanisms students use to overcome …

The imperative of community-based hospitality has become indispensable for businesses from various perspectives. In particular, community-based hospitality has garnered constant attention, owing to a heightened focus on mitigating the negative impact of hospitality through community building. Community-based …

This report is an advisory report with an action plan as a conclusion about the implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals into the daily work routine of Landhotel Voshövel. Landhotel Voshövel is a 4**** superior wellness hotel in Schermbeck, Germany. The report is split into five main …

Background: Ventilation with lower positive end–expiratory pressure (PEEP) may cause loss of lung aeration in critically ill invasively ventilated patients. This study investigated whether a systematic lung ultrasound (LUS) scoring system can detect such changes in lung aeration in a study comparing …

Moral food lab: Transforming the food system with crowd-sourced ethics

BACKGROUND: Acute admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) can negatively affect quality of life for patients and their relatives. Relatives play an important caregiving role after the patient's admission. More knowledge and understanding of their needs are necessary as the patient transitions home. …