Background: In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the dosing and timing of corticosteroids vary widely. Low-dose dexamethasone therapy reduces mortality in patients requiring respiratory support, but it remains unclear how to treat patients when this therapy fails. In critically ill patients, high-dose …

"Door schaalvergroting en verstedelijking in de laatste eeuw is ongeveer 60% van de landschapselementen, waaronder watergangen, verdwenen. Tegenwoordig verdwijnen er nog steeds landschapselementen door onder meer het dempen van watergangen. Met het dempen van watergangen gaan functies verloren zoals …

While Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is recognised as an effective approach worldwide, its implementation in foreign language (FL) classrooms remains difficult. Earlier studies have identified factors impeding CLT implementation, such as a lack of communicative lesson materials or teachers' more …

Aanleiding: Motion capture is een waardevol meetinstrument binnen de bewegingsanalyse. Markerless motion capture is een betaalbare variant van motion capture die de laatste jaren veel ontwikkeld is. Dit type motion capture bespaart onderzoekers veel tijd in de voorbereiding en dataverwerking en kan soms …

Er is nog geen specifiek onderzoek gedaan naar valhelmen voor epilepsiepatiënten, waardoor het beschermingsniveau van deze helmen onbekend is. Het ontbreken van specifieke criteria belemmert de overstap naar moderne productiemethoden voor OIM. Voor dit probleem is een valmeetopstelling ontwikkeld, gebaseerd …

Introduction: There is currently no standardized method for measuring wrist kinematics in a 4D CT scanner. Various methods of wrist motion during a 4D CT scan have been reported in the literature, including asking the patient to move the wrist or using a motion guidance device. No research was done into …

Artificial sweeteners are promoted as a healthier alternative to sugar, with the aim of reducing sugar consumption. However, conflicting research findings regarding the benefits and drawbacks of these sweeteners create challenges for the general public in making informed choices. In particular, marketing …

Background The closing of schools and sports clubs during the COVID-19 lockdown raised questions about the possible impact on children’s motor skill development. Therefore, we compared motor skill development over a one-year period among four different cohorts of primary school children of which two …

The SDGs provide an important framework for businesses to address sustainable development and grand challenges (Kolk, Kourula and Pisani, 2017; Montiel et al, 2021) and SMEs, as major contributors to economic and entrepreneurial activity, are key actors in achieving national SDG targets (Sonntag et al, …

Many nature-based solutions are seen as favourable and effective measures to increase urban resilience during more extreme weather events, by for example decrease high temperatures in summer. Since space is often scarce in urban environments, roofs have received increased attention in mitigating the …