INTRODUCTION: In the Netherlands, Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) have not been based on a national survey as proposed by ICRP. Instead, local exposure data, expert judgment and the international scientific literature were used as sources. This study investigated whether the current DRLs are reasonable …

Recently, multiple studies have been published about the mental wellbeing of seafarers. It turned out that the mental wellbeing is not good, and it has been deteriorating for multiple years. One of these reports was published, by Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) in October …

The Challenge Me intervention aimed to indirectly involve parents in a school-based intervention, by challenging primary school children to perform physical activity (PA) and nutrition-related activities with their parents. The aim of this study is to gain insight in whether this was a feasible strategy …

Door recente verlaging van de equivalente dosis van de ooglens van 150 mSv naar 20 mSv per jaar, is het belang van goed monitoren van ontvangen dosis nog belangrijker geworden. In deze studie is onderzocht wat de stralenbelasting is van interventiecardiologen, cardio-thoracaalchirurg, cardio-anesthesiologen …

Article only: CC-BY licence. As a consequence of climate change and urbanization, many cities will have to deal with more flooding and extreme heat stress. This paper presents a framework to maximize the effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for flood risk reduction and thermal comfort enhancement. …

The Nieuw Statendam is equipped with a program called ENIRAM. This program calculates the optimal engine configuration and load expressed in revolutions per minute of the propellers. The issue with this program is that it only looks at the main power plants and does not take the waste heat recovery system …

In this research several methods were developed and validated using the Supermini 200 wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. A multielement was calibrated containing 26 elements and corrected for interference according to the de Jongh algorithm. The limits of detection and quantification …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess physiotherapists’ clinical use and acceptance of a novel telemonitoring platform to facilitate the recording of measurements during rehabilitation of patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Additionally, suggestions for platform improvement …

BACKGROUND: Patients' self-care behaviour is still suboptimal in many heart failure (HF) patients and underlying mechanisms on how to improve self-care need to be studied. AIMS: (1) To describe the trajectory of patients' self-care behaviour over 1 year, (2) to clarify the relationship between the trajectory …

Background & aims:  Low muscle mass and -quality on ICU admission, as assessed by muscle area and -density on CT-scanning at lumbar level 3 (L3), are associated with increased mortality. However, CT-scan analysis is not feasible for standard care. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) assesses body …