Numerous databases containing information about DNA, RNA, and protein variations are available. Gene‐specific variant databases (locus‐specific variation databases, LSDBs) are typically curated and maintained for single genes or groups of genes for a certain disease(s). These databases are widely considered …

Objectives To identify distinct sets of disability trajectories in the year before and after a Medicare qualifying skilled nursing facility (Q-SNF) admission, evaluate the associations between the pre–and post–Q-SNF disability trajectories, and determine short-term outcomes (readmission, mortality). …

BACKGROUND: Limited research has examined what is actually done in the process of care by nursing staff in long-term institutional care. The applied instruments employed different terminologies, and psychometric properties were inadequately described. This study aimed to develop and test an observational …

Over the past few years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the huge volume of data available in the cloud, and machines’ and software’s increasing capacity for learning have prompted an ever more widespread debate on the social consequences of these developments. Autonomous cars or the …

This chapter describes the use of a scoring rubric to encourage students to improve their information literacy skills. It will explain how the students apply the rubric to supply feedback on their peers’ performance in information problem solving (IPS) tasks. Supplying feedback appears to be a promising …

Sinds ongeveer vier maanden, logt Ampelmann Operations B.V. data van de PLC die in hun systemen zit naar een industriële computer ofwel Box-PC. Deze Box-PC is een computer die goed tegen schokken en vibraties kan in een ruige zee omgeving. Deze gelogde data is in een BIN file formaat en er is een tool …

In the Netherlands, over 40% of nursing home residents are estimated to have visual impairments. This results in the loss of basic visual abilities. The nursing home environment fits more or less to residents’ activities and social participation. This is referred to as environmental fit. To raise professional …

Maintaining energy balance is a challenge shared by all animals which has resulted in an enormous variety of strategies for maintaining this vital balance. One of these is torpor, a mechanism that slows down basic metabolic rate (BMR) which results in a low expenditure of energy otherwise used to maintain …

This chapter argues that critical discourse analysis (CDA) provides a fruitful methodology for CES. This is due both to its eclectic, abductive research methodology that engages in a dialogue between, theory(ies), methodology(ies), data and the socio-historical context (Reisigl and Wodak 2009). Secondly, …

Er is veel onderzoek gedaan naar de relatie tussen de leerpsychologische basisbehoeften van leerlingen en hun leermotivatie. Er is echter nog nauwelijks gekeken naar de samenhang tussen deze basisbehoeften en uiteenlopende vormen van ongewenst gedrag in de klas, terwijl ongewenst gedrag in de klas wel …