© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. Creating agents that are capable of emulating similar socio-cultural dynamics to those found in human interaction remains as one of the hardest challenges of artificial intelligence. This problem becomes particularly important when considering embodied …

Onderzoek naar de vraag hoe verpleegkundigen uit algemene ziekenhuizen binnen de specialismen Cardiologie, Neurologie, Interne geneeskunde en Chirurgie hun competentie voor het verlenen van spirituele zorg beoordelen en welke factoren daarop van invloed zijn.

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) may be used to assess fat free mass (FFM) with reasonable validity based on mean-level comparisons, but differences between BIA and DXA may vary by about 4 kg in an individual patient. These results require confirmation in a larger sample of HNC (Head and neck cancer) …

Health care professionals responsible for patients with complex wounds need a particular level of expertise and education to ensure optimum wound care. However, uniform education for those working as wound care nurses is lacking. We aimed to reach consensus among experts from six European countries as …

De afgelopen jaren is het aantal webwinkels in Nederland sterk gegroeid. Tegelijkertijd is de winkelleegstand in veel winkelgebieden fors gestegen. Waar webwinkels vaak worden gezien als een bedreiging voor winkelgebieden, kunnen ze ook een bijdrage leveren aan het terugdringen van de leegstand. Webwinkels …

BACKGROUND: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used as a treatment for acute wounds (such as those arising from surgery and trauma). However, the effects of HBOT on wound healing are unclear. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of HBOT on the healing of acute surgical and traumatic wounds. SEARCH METHODS: …

This study describes field investigations designed to compare the infiltration capacities of 55 permeable pavement systems installed in the Netherlands and in Australia. The ages of the pavements varied from 1 to 12 years. Using infiltrometer testing, the performance of the pavements has been compared …

In Galaten bestrijdt Paulus waarschijnlijk joods-christelijke predikers die zowel Paulus’ apostelschap als zijn evangelie aanvielen. Zij hadden de Galaten verkondigd dat het noodzakelijk was voor hun behoud en om bij Gods volk te horen dat zij de joodse wet gingen gehoorzamen door besnijdenis, sabbatsobservantie …

Purpose: To determine the most effective practices for quadriceps strengthening after ACL reconstruction. Methods: An electronic search has been performed for the literature appearing from January 1990 to January 2012. Inclusion criteria were articles written in English, German or Dutch with unilateral …

PURPOSE: Advanced radiotherapy treatments require appropriate quality assurance (QA) to verify 3D dose distributions. Moreover, increase in patient numbers demand efficient QA-methods. In this study, a time efficient method that combines model-based QA and measurement-based QA was developed; i.e., the …