Praxisbeobachtungen zeigen, dass es in Deutschland keine einheitlichen Richtlinien bezüglich der Anwendung und Durchführung von Dysphagie-Screenings an spezialisierten Schlaganfallstationen, den so genannten Stroke Units, gibt. Diese Praxisbeobachtungen sollen mit Hilfe dieser Studie genauer inventarisiert …

BACKGROUND: Depression in later life is a common mental disorder with a prevalence rate of between 3% and 35% for minor depression and approximately 2% for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The most common treatment modalities for MDD are antidepressant medication and psychological interventions. Recently, …

BACKGROUND: Total body surface area (TBSA) burned, expressed as percentage is one of the most important aspects of the initial care of a burn victim. It determines whether transfer to a burn centre is necessary as well as the need for, and amount of, intravenous fluid resuscitation. Numerous studies, …

Bangladesh, een van de armste landen ter wereld heeft het moeilijk om adequate huisvesting en basisvoorzieningen te bieden voor de armen die gedwongen worden om accomondatie in de hoofdstad te vinden. Dagelijks komen nieuwe inwoners in de stad en veilig en betaalbaar wonen lijkt een moeilijke opgave …

The current paper is aimed at identifying the social enterprises according to EMES criteria by investigating the social economy actors in Romania. As an emerging field of study, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have captured the attention of both practitioners from Europe and North America, …

To what extent will future demands of worldwide operating parties, regarding the (tertiary) packaging of their freight flows, determine or influence the future dimensions of freight trucks? That is the question we address to in this paper. In this study we have studied what container sizes may fit in …

Bij het Scheepvaart en Transport College (STC) in Brielle worden MBO-studenten in een oefenfabriek opgeleid tot Operator. Deze oefenfabriek is een chemische fabriek op kleine schaal. De oefenfabriek is onderverdeeld in meerdere 'Units' die op verschillende DCS-systemen draaien. Eén van deze onderdelen, …

‘Panta rhei’ was the immortal wisdom, spoken over 2,500 years ago by the Greek philosopher Herakleitos. ‘Everything flows’; everything changes and nothing remains the same. More than ever, this is true for the competitive environment of many organizations. Whether resulting from technological progress, …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is a fast and reliable method for the identification of bacteria from agar media. Direct identification from positive blood cultures should decrease the time to obtaining the result. In this study, three different …