Association between sucking performance and developmental outcomes. Research question 1. Are sucking skills in a specific period (in weeks post menstrual age, PMA) associated with an abnormal development at age 2? Research question 2: Do preterm infants with abnormal sucking patterns differ in motor …

Worden we met z’n allen steeds gekker? In DSM-5, de nieuwe versie van het handboek van de American Psychiatric Association (APA), maken we kennis met een reeks nieuwe, weinig afgebakende stoornissen. Een daarvan is de Somatische Symptoom Aandoening (SSD). Met dit nieuwe label ligt slodderdiagnostiek …

The aim of this study was to assess the association between prescription changes frequency (PCF) and hospital admissions and to compare the PCF to the Chronic Disease Score (CDS). The CDS measures comorbidity on the basis of the 1-year pharmacy dispensing data. In contrast, the PCF is based on prescriptionchanges …

In J. Bauer, The integrated world of excellence. Symposium op het tweejaarlijks internationaal congres European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI): Responsible teaching and sustainable learning, München, Duitsland, augustus 2013.

Every year more than 140 million visitors visit EAZA member zoos. To promote conservation to this enormous public of zoo visitors, EAZA launches annual conservation campaigns. Since the start of EAZA’s first campaign in 2000 they have been running 10 campaigns with a variety of issues that affect certain …

To be able to keep sustainable populations which are independent from wild populations zoos need to cooperate in collection planning. To aid this cooperation the Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGS) of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) design Regional Collection Plans (RCPs). These RCPs contain …

Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the smallest cetaceans in the North Sea. They have recovered from being rare to nowadays being present throughout the year in numbers reaching to 80 000 in the Dutch sector or the North Sea. The only area where studies were conducted prior to the disappearance …

From artist to art teacher. The paper is based on a pilot study connected to my PhD research which is a case study focusing on how Artist becomes Artist/Teacher. The participants are students in a two years teacher-training program for Artists held by the Icelandic Academy of The Arts. The research …

There is no strong evidence to support the claim that 80% to 90% of patients with low back pain (LBP) become pain-free within 1 month; on average, 62% (range42%–75%) of the patients still experienced back pain after 12 months.1 Studies following patients over a 12-month period have shown that LBP is …

With changing retirement ages and an aging workforce, interest is growing on the potential contribution of relevant bundles of HR practices in eliciting well-being and performance among aging workers. Drawing on theories on lifespan development and self-regulation, we distinguished two bundles of HR …