Background & aims: The year 2019 marked the centenary of the publication of the Harris and Benedict equations for estimation of energy expenditure. In October 2019 a Scientific Symposium was organized by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate …

The main purpose of this final thesis project was to investigate how The Hague University of Applied Sciences can improve the university website according to the users’ viewpoint. To achieve this objective, a thorough review of the literature on the multidimensional concept of website quality, previous …

BACKGROUND: Estimates for dead space ventilation have been shown to be independently associated with an increased risk of mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome and small case series of COVID-19-related ARDS. METHODS: Secondary analysis from the PRoVENT-COVID study. The PRoVENT-COVID is …

Rationale: It is well established that resting energy expenditure (REE) decreases with age. Data derived from indirect calorimetry (IC) are still limited with respect to the number of high aged individuals, BMI groups and health conditions. Therefore, IC generated REE of the BASAROT sample and those …

The focus of this chapter is the customer journey, a concept that has emerged from business practice and that now commands the attention of practitioners and academics alike. The customer journey is defined as the sum total of all customer interactions with a product, brand or organization across multiple …

The aspirational luxury industry is moving beyond its current capacities. Research has indicated that the average age of the luxury consumer has gone down from 48 to 34 (Popomaronis, 2017). With an average of four devices each, the Generation Y and Z consumer want to be engaged in a seamless shopping …

Muziek is behalve kunst, cultuur of entertainment ook een biologische eigenschap. Het vermogen om muziek te maken berust op een unieke combinatie van neurale kenmerken die bijna alleen bij de mens voorkomt. De mens is niet aleen talig, zij is ook muzikaal. Muziek is een percept i.e. een product van …

De relatie tussen conservatorium en werkveld werd toegelicht. De afstand tussen opleiding en werkveld is groot. Dat probleem doet zich bij meer opleidingen voor. Er moet niet alleen naar samenwerking worden gestreefd, maar ook partnerschap. Opleiding en werkveld moeten beide midden in de beroepspraktijk …

In this chapter we discuss the implications of our research in the wider context of current models of brain function, endeavoring to understand the consequences of score-dependence and improvisation in terms of the ‘predicting brain’, the dual-stream model of perception and action, the procedural-declarative …

Background: A higher protein intake is suggested to preserve muscle mass during aging and may therefore reduce the risk of sarcopenia. Objectives: We explored whether the amount and type (animal or vegetable) of protein intake were associated with 5-y change in mid-thigh muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) …