Dit onderzoek bedraagt een kwalitatief onderzoek, waarin is onderzocht welke visuele prikkels een activerende werking hebben bij mensen met een ernstige meervoudige beperking. Het antwoord op de hoofdvraag is ontstaan door middel van participerende observaties bij drie respondenten met gevalideerde vragenlijsten, …

From previous research in the western Wadden Sea it is clear that mussel plots are important hotspots for biodiversity. When the density of a mussel plot is higher, the biodiversity appears to be higher as well. This final thesis project was a part of the bigger project, ‘Added value with Mussels’, executed …

Urban green and shading are adaptation measures that reduce urban heat. This is evident from meteorological measurements and investigations with surveys and has been described in many papers (e.g. Klemm et al., 2015). The cooling effect of these adaptation measures is reflected by lower air temperatures …

Background: A crucial but often overlooked impact of early life exposure to trauma is its farreaching effect on a person’s relationship with their body. Several domains of body experience may be negatively influenced or damaged as a result of early childhood trauma. Objective: The aim of this study …

Lymphoedema is a common complication of breast cancer surgery with or without adjuvant cancer treatments.1 Fluid accumulates because of damage to the lymphatic system, most commonly after axillary lymph node dissection. Box 1 shows factors associated with lymphoedema. Swelling is commonly in the arm …

The International Protein Summit in 2016 brought experts in clinical nutrition and protein metabolism together from around the globe to determine the impact of high-dose protein administration on clinical outcomes and address barriers to its delivery in the critically ill patient. It has been suggested …

Objective Despite the increasing recognition in clinical practice of body image problems in other than appearance related mental disorders, the question remains how aspects of body image are affected in different disorders. The aim of this study was to measure body image in patients with a variety of …

Evaluating protein kinetics in the critically ill population remains a very difficult task. Heterogeneity in the intensive care unit (ICU) population and wide spectrum of disease processes creates complexity in assessing protein kinetics. Traditionally, protein has been delivered in the context of total …

The primary aims of this study were (1) to evaluate whole-body mechanical efficiency (ME) in a large group of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with a wide range of degrees of illness and (2) to examine how ME in COPD is related to absolute work rate and indices of disease severity …