Introduction A rapidly increasing patient group is older adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The risk of accelerated muscle loss is prominent in this patient group. This population could benefit from weight loss, at the cost of increased risk of muscle loss and sarcopenia. Previous studies showed …

Background: Frailty is considered highly prevalent in older age. Frailty causes a high risk of falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. This eventually might be the turning-point for older patients to shift from independent living to assisted living. Poor nutritional status might be an important …

QUOTE “Many green fashion brands make significant efforts to communicate to their consumers about brand’s responsible practices through hang tags, but their investment is not sufficiently returned. According to my research, their key consumers often perceive them unclear, illegible and overwhelming. …

QUOTE “‘Resculpted by Peter Do’ is about seeing masculinity from different angles. Unlike a flat painting, a sculpture from its volumetric nature and relation to space could never be limited to a single point of view. Rather than seeing masculinity from a single-point perspective, ‘Resculpted’ places …

Dit onderzoek is opgezet en uitgevoerd omdat er een discrepantie is tussen het huidige leesniveau van zwakke 4 Havo leerlingen en het niveau dat zij nodig hebben om te slagen. Volgens het vooronderzoek en de eerdere resultaten heeft meer dan 1/3e van de leerlingen niet het benodigde niveau om te slagen …

Keynote given during the 5th International Conference on New Business Models on the topic of sustainable, inclusive and circular new business models. New business models have been widely touted for their promise of sustainability. However, conceptual approaches to new business models by and large fail …

This booklet shows the urban metabolism of five different cities around the globe. From small, Venice, to extra large, New York. We took the city as the human body; integral, dependent on multiple organs and based on comprehensive flows. Mobility, typology, nature and history go hand in hand in the total …

Children with spina bifida who are wheelchair-users are less physically active than their typically developing peers. It is important to understand relations between physical activity and other factors, so approriate interventions can be developed. We explored relations between physical activity and …

Background: Infantile hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 is characterized by onset in the first 6 months of life and severe and progressive muscle weakness. Dysphagia is a common complication but has not been studied in detail. Objective: To study feeding and swallowing problems …

Property sharing is one of the most prominent examples of the rapidly expanding sharing economy. Travelers around the world often opt to stay at a stranger's apartment instead of any other tourism accommodation. Trust is essential in this choice, because staying with, or taking in, strangers can entail …