Abstract: There is growing evidence for the beneficial effects of starting oral health prevention early in life. Preventing dental caries in very young children requires considerable investment from parents. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to explore parents’ willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness …

Marktleider ‘Van Oord’ heeft veel innovatieve ideeën binnen de Subsea Rock Installation (SRI). De vloot bestaat uit o.a. valpijpschepen die worden ingezet voor het stabiliseren en beschermen van kabels, leidingen en andere installaties. Van Oord heeft sinds vorig jaar een nieuw schip bij de vloot toegevoegd …

BACKGROUND: Hospital stays are associated with high levels of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity. To objectively investigate physical behavior of hospitalized patients, these is a need for valid measurement instruments. The aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of three accelerometers …

Objectives To report (1) the injury incidence in recreational runners in preparation for a 8-km or 16-km running event and (2) which factors were associated with an increased injury risk. Methods Prospective cohort study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Participants (n=5327) received a baseline survey …

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia affecting over 46 million worldwide, yet contemporary medication is unable to prevent or slow its neurodegeneration. Recently, fucosterol and saringosterol, two phytosterols from brown macroalgae, have emerged as possible mediators of the disease. …

BACKGROUND: The mixing ability test (MAT) as an outcome measure of masticatory performance is largely used in studies with adults, but not yet with children. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test the construct validity and the test-retest reliability of the MAT in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) …

De Wet tijdelijk huisverbod is een bestuursrechtelijke maatregel die door de burgemeester kan worden opgelegd indien er een vermoeden bestaat van huiselijk geweld binnen een gezin. Een tijdelijk huisverbod houdt in dat de persoon aan wie het verbod is opgelegd, in eerste instantie gedurende tien dagen …

Voor goed onderwijs moet er volgens onderwijspedagoog Biësta (2015) verder worden gekeken dan alleen naar meetbare opbrengsten. Goed onderwijs is volgens hem niet leerstofgericht of kindgericht, maar wereldgericht. Wanneer er enkel ingezet zou worden op leerstof, wordt er het risico gelopen voorbij te …

From the website of the publisher: "Use of ED medication can be seen as a marker for ED. ED is associated with increasing age, exposure to traumatic events and physical injuries in military veterans. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of use of ED medication in Dutch military personnel …

Background: The pressure in out-of-hours primary care is high due to an increasing demand for care and rising health-care costs. During the daytime, substituting general practitioners (GPs) with nurse practitioners (NPs) shows positive results to contribute to these challenges. However, there is a lack …