BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Traditional malnutrition screening instruments, including the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), strongly rely on low body mass index (BMI) and weight loss. In overweight/obese patients, this may result in underdetection of malnutrition risk. Alternative instruments, …

Previous research conducted by the WaardenMakers has shown that the collaboration between water management organisations in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch is not reaching its full potential and that they do not have a shared ambition for water management in the future. The chances of the duration of projects …

BACKGROUND:Many patients visiting physiotherapists for musculoskeletal disorders face psychosocial challenges which may form a large barrier to recover. There are only a limited number of evidence based psychosocial therapies, but they are mainly based on breathing exercises. OBJECTIVE: to study which …

Knee joint instability is frequently reported by patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Objective metrics to assess knee joint instability are lacking, making it difficult to target therapies aiming to improve stability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare responses in neuromechanics to …

Cumulative assessment refers to interspersed testing in which each assessment covers all previous content and the mean assessments’ grade weighs in for the final exam grade. The effect of cumulative assessment on motivation and performance might differ between summative (i.e. assessment grades weigh …

Publicatie in het internationale peer reviewed tijdschrift American Politics Research (SSCI Ranking Political Science, 2019, 84/181, Journal Impact Factor 1.442). Citizen exposure to political incivility is increasing. Studies have found heterogeneous responses to incivility, but we know little about …

Introduction: Various subjects in child and youth social care, such as sexuality and sexual violence, are quite sensitive, and professionals may experience a certain reluctance to discuss these subjects with their clients (e.g., the young people they work with, as well as their families) and colleagues. …

Abstract Background: The benefit of MR-only workflow compared to current CT-based workflow for prostate radiotherapy is reduction of systematic errors in the radiotherapy chain by 2–3 mm. Nowadays, MRI is used for target delineation while CT is needed for position verification. In MR-only workflows, …

With French domestic consumption declining for more than 10 years, small winegrowers need to look beyond the French market to ensure the development of small wineries. However, the Loire region is unable to export, as only 20% of production is exported. Moreover, the small winegrowers of the Loire cannot …

Optimizing protein intake is a novel strategy to prevent age associated loss of muscle mass and strength in older adults. Such a strategy is still missing for older adults from ethnic minority populations. Protein intake in these populations is expected to be different in comparison to the majority of …