Background: Previous studies found that 40-60% of the sarcoidosis patients suffer from small fiber neuropathy (SFN), substantially affecting quality of life. SFN is difficult to diagnose, as a gold standard is still lacking. The need for an easily administered screening instrument to identify sarcoidosis-associated …

Background: Follow-up of stroke survivors is important to objectify activity limitations and/or participations restrictions. Responsive measurement tools are needed with a low burden for professional and patient. Aim: To examine the concurrent validity, floor and ceiling effects and responsiveness of …

In these uncertain times, politicians and society have been voicing high expectations from teacher education asking for evidence of added value and impact on the student. In this study a longitudinal mixed-methods approach was used to determine the impact of in-service Master of Education programmes …

Background and Objectives This qualitative study applied a resilience perspective to socioeconomic inequalities in the functioning of older adults. We aimed to gain insight into how some older adults managed to age successfully despite having a low socioeconomic position (SEP) throughout their lives. …

Previous research has concluded that currently humanitarian organisations are not communicating their knowledge effectively to communities and they have a lack of insight in existing knowledge exchange strategies to improve the adaptation of knowledge in communities. The purpose of this study was …

BACKGROUND: Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. OBJECTIVE: Determine the psychometric …

This study provides an exploratory analysis on the topic of online buying behavior of buyers in the packaging industry. To add, this research longitudinally analyzes the existing information on the topic, which has been gathered in the years 2014 to 2017. In addition, this information is then compared …

Mild steel is relatively low-cost and easily accessible material to fabricate some structural members. It would be a significant advantage if seismic energy dissipaters that are used in structures constructed in the earthquake prone areas, could also be produced on site. In this paper, a promising seismic …

Organizations have invested in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems expecting to obtain benefits of the system and realize a healthy return on investment. Nonetheless, research indicates that employees rarely use ERP to its full potential. To tackle the challenge of underutilization, this article …

Introduction: Intractable epilepsy can be treated with the Ketogenic diet (KD). One of the side-effects of the KD is poor bone health. Experience from the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital (EMCS) shows that the status of bone mineral density (BMD) is unknown in many cases. This makes it difficult …