BACKGROUND: Little is known about the practice of ventilation management in patients with COVID-19. We aimed to describe the practice of ventilation management and to establish outcomes in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 in a single country during the first month of the outbreak. METHODS: …

Background and aims: Malnutrition screening is a first step in the nutrition care process for hospitalized patients, to identify those at risk of malnutrition and associated worse outcome, preceding further assessment and intervention. Frequently used malnutrition screening tools including the Malnutrition …

High-pressure anaerobic digestion is an appealing concept since it can upgrade biogas directly within the reactor. However, the decline of pH caused by the dissolution of CO2 is the main barrier that prevents a good operating high-pressure anaerobic digestion process. Therefore, in this study, a high-pressure …

De druk op de langdurige ouderenzorg neemt toe. Mede door de forse vergrijzing, het tekort aan personeel én de voortdurende implementatie van innovaties, ligt er een enorme uitdaging om de langdurige ouderenzorg toekomstbestendig te maken. Digitale en technologische ontwikkelingen spelen hierbij een …

Effects of climate change in cities are evident and are expected to increase in the future, demanding adaptation. In order to share knowledge, raise awareness, and build capacity on climate adaptation, the first concept of a “ClimateCafé” has been utilized since 2012 in 25 events all over the world. …

This study originates from an increasing demand for seaweed cultivation. HZ University of Applied Sciences, together with farmers, under the umbrella “Living Lab Schouwen Duiveland” will conduct a field study to assess the possibilities for introducing brown seaweed cultivation at or near existing mussel …

In dit onderzoek is onderzocht hoe de melkveehouderij door toepassing van eiwitteelt stappen kan zetten in het verbeteren van de kringloop. Om antwoord te geven op deze vraag is onderzocht welke teelten in de melkveehouderij in Nederland kunnen zorgen voor een verbetering van de kringloop. Daarbij zal …

Hoewel er al eeuwen lang kaas wordt gemaakt, zijn er nog steeds problemen waar de hedendaagse zelfzuivelaar tegenaan kan lopen. Bacteriologische afwijkingen in de kaas is een voorbeeld van een probleem waar een kaasmaker tegenaan kan lopen. Bacteriën zorgen mogelijk voor smaakafwijkingen in het product …

Calcium phosphate and struvite crystallization has been widely studied for phosphate removal and recovery from urban wastewater. In this study, calcium phosphate and struvite crystallization were carried out in a fluidized-bed reactor. Experimental values of the P concentration ranged from 117-1000 mg …

This research is to investigate to what extend the NIOSH-7605 and ISO-16740 methods can be used to determine insoluble hexavalent chromium in air. The methods were tested and optimized on the extraction and sample preparation steps. After optimization the methods were validation on limit of detection …