Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique for collecting depth resolved information in human tissue based on an interferometer. With an imaging depth of between 1 and 2 mm, OCT is only used to investigate (near) surfaces. But with an axial (depth) resolution of between 2 and 10 μm, and …

Doel: Evaluatie van de sensitiviteit en specificiteit van Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) ten opzichte van fluorescentie angiografie (FAG) in het aantonen van choroïdale neovascularisatie (CNV) bij leeftijd gerelateerde maculadegeneratie (LMD). Methode: Resultaten van wetenschappelijke …

Doelstelling De ziekte van Alzheimer is een degeneratieve neurologische aandoening die zorgt voor degeneratie van zenuwcellen in de hersenen en mogelijk ook in de retinale zenuwvezellaag. Mogelijk is er een verband tussen de verdunning van de retinale zenuwvezellaag en de ziekte van Alzheimer. Materiaal …

The European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is an endemic, non-social, hibernating rodent, distributed through several Pan-European countries. Its habitat is semi-arid grass steppes and analogical man-made landscapes with short vegetation layers, such as meadows and golf courses. Since 1996, …

Full text via link. De moderne samenleving stelt andere eisen aan burgers én dus ook aan de rol van sociaal werk. Sociaal werkers moeten niet therapeutiseren, medicaliseren of onderwijzen, maar socialiseren. Een pleidooi van Hans van Ewijk voor een pragmatische aanpak van sociaal werk, met een sense …

In this dissertation the changes that are made by the Lisbon Treaty in the field of foreign policy are examined. The conflict in Libya in 2011 is used as a case study. The objective of this dissertation is to examine if the actions and decisions that were made by the European Union and its Member States …

In this dissertation, the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty to Common Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) in order to address and improve the coherence of the EU's external action are examined. In order to understand the coherence problem that existed in the EU's external action before the Lisbon Treaty …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the appreciation of written education about pain neurophysiology in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and its effects on illness perceptions and perceived health status. METHODS: A booklet explaining pain neurophysiology was sent to participants with FM. Appreciation was assessed …

This thesis examines the following central question: Are EU migration policies contradicting with EUs development objectives aiming to tackle the problem of brain drain in the African health sectors? Furthermore, it deals with the phenomenon of brain drain in the African health sector and EUs contribution …

Will the Netherlands be able to keep its sovereignty in the current episode of European security and defence policies? More and more cooperation takes place at the international level in a globalised world. The European institutions get more and more control over Member States policies. All nation-states …