Het doel van dit afstudeeronderzoek was het optimaliseren, valideren en implementeren van de dermatofyten Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) voor het real-time PCR apparaat LightCycler 480. De detectie van de dermatofyten vindt plaats door middel van de amplificiatiecurve en de determinatie gebeurt aan …

Een mallet finger is een zeer veel voorkomend letsel. Tot op heden is de Stack spalk de meest gangbare manier om dit conservatief te behandelen. Deze spalk betreft echter een lomp stuk plastic dat ervoor zorgt dat de vinger niet goed meer te gebruiken is. In dit onderzoek is er gezocht naar een alternatief …

Marine litter is cited by UNEP as “Any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of, or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment”, and includes metal, glass, paper, cardboard, processed wood, cloth and plastic. This report focuses mainly on the plastic fraction of …

Anticipatory force planning during grasping is based on visual cues about the object’s physical properties and sensorimotor memories of previous actions with grasped objects. Vision can be used to estimate object mass based on the object size to identify and recall sensorimotor memories of previously …

This bachelor thesis reports on a study conducted at the research institute IMARES in the Netherlands. It focused on plastics ingested by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) around the North Sea region as a contribution to a better understanding of the fulmar in its role as an indicator for marine …

BACKGROUND: The face is a very frequent site of burn injuries. This multicenter, randomized, controlled trial thus investigates the effectiveness of cerium nitrate-silver sulfadiazine in the treatment of facial burns compared with silver sulfadiazine. METHODS: Adult patients with acute facial burns admitted …

We present a novel method to achieve light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells. Unlike the commonly used surface textures, such as Asahi U-type TCO, that rely on light scattering phenomena, we employ embossed periodically arranged micro-pyramidal structures with feature sizes much larger than the …

Nederland raakt langzamerhand vertrouwd met het scheiden van plastic afval. De campagne „Plastic Heroes? maakt burgers bewust van het belang hiervan. „Plastic Heroes? moet ertoe leiden dat eind 2012 42% van al het Nederlandse plastic verpakkingsafval efficiënt wordt gerecycled. Tijdens het WK Voetbal …

BACKGROUND: Burn survivors are frequently faced with disfiguring scars. Various techniques exist to improve scar appearance, such as laser treatment and dermabrasion. Next to that, surgical reconstruction, such as scar excision is an option. This randomized controlled trial investigates whether a larger …