Objective: Dialysis patients frequently report a change of taste that is reversible after renal transplantation, suggesting that uremic toxins may negatively influence taste. Currently, frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis (NHHD) is the most effective method of hemodialysis, and is associated with the …

Primary schools are challenged to continuously improve their teachers' teaching and their students' learning. Through an iterative process, we have developed a method to stimulate teachers to collectively collect and analyze data, derive consequences from their analyses, take actions and evaluate outcomes. …

A few years ago the Maritime Pilots Institute Netherlands (MPIN) was asked to carry out practical research aimed at developing a simple method to predict wind loads on huge constructions. For practical reasons the method should not be time consuming. Some reasons for the initiative were the following. …

Purpose In the Netherlands 43% of nursing home residents have visual impairments1. Visual impairments can be a result of the normal ageing process or specific diseases. Vision impairment can result in the loss of basic visual abilities: acuity, contrast sensitivity, or visual field 2. In 56% of the cases …

In the Da Nang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Centre (DNORC) many below-knee prosthesis are prescribed. These modular prostheses are developed and designed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). For many years, the prostheses are used successfully. In the current situation, it is assumed …

Aim and method: To examine in obese people the potential effectiveness of a six-week, two times weekly aquajogging program on body composition, fitness, health-related quality of life and exercise beliefs. Fifteen otherwise healthy obese persons participated in a pilot study. Results: Total fat mass …

The objective of this study was to produce a valid Danish translation of the Dutch "Occupational therapy guideline for assessment and treatment of apraxia in CVA clients"; to investigate the inter-rater reliability of the assessment instrument in terms of ADL observations; and to determine the content …

Summary Introduction The introduction is intended to explain the subject of the project and give some insight into the reason for choosing this subject. This is also where the main question will be presented. Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework provides the knowledge base from …

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This article presents the results of a pilot of a cross-national learning process within the context of social work education. The pilot was carried out in the electronic environment by students from four European universities (Hogeschool Utrecht, Sheffield, Tartu and Vilnius). The analysis of the social …