BACKGROUND: The evidence on prophylactic use of negative pressure wound therapy on primary closed incisional wounds (iNPWT) for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) is confusing and ambiguous. Implementation in daily practice is impaired by inconsistent recommendations in current international …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if using surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for paralyzed lower-limb muscles results in an increase in energy expenditure and if the number of activated muscles and duty cycle affect the potential increase. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. RESULTS: Energy expenditure …

Within NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, a choice for a new virtual learning environment was made in mid-2021, primarily on policy and management grounds. Early in the migration process, it became clear that this approach could perturb the further rollout of the Design-Based Education (DBE, …

Differentiates between clinical reasoning for diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and for interventions. Includes basic knowledge about clinical reasoning and more in-depth knowledge, illustrated with videos. Helps to understand and to critical appraise the common research designs in healthcare scientific …

BACKGROUND: In the last decades, autologous fat grafting has been used to treat adherent dermal scars. The observed regenerative and scar-reducing properties have been mainly ascribed to the tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction (tSVF) in adipose tissue. Adipose tissue's components augment local angiogenesis …

De energieopgave dwingt corporaties om goed te kijken naar de investeringsruimte. Deze investeringsruimte van corporaties is niet oneindig en raakt een keer op. Dat terwijl corporaties veel geld nodig hebben voor de betaalbaarheid van de huurwoningen, de beschikbaarheid van nieuwe woningen en de kwaliteit …

In this chapter, the authors elaborate on serious games and playful interactions in modern scientific practices, and on the way they can engender mutual scientific growth. They use a research-through-design approach, in which three possible scenarios and prototypes are studied to envisage the new role …

Werkleerbedrijf (WLB) De Ambachten geeft mensen met een afstand op de arbeidsmarkt de mogelijkheid om te werken en te leren in een beschutte werkomgeving. Het WLB richt zich op mensen van achttien jaar en ouder. Zij hebben ofwel een ernstige psychiatrische aandoening (EPA), psychosociale problematiek …