Het onderzoek bestaat uit een nauwkeurigheidsvergelijking die is gemaakt van verschillende bodemvochtsensoren en zuigspanningsmeters die Eijkelkamp aanbiedt. De hoofdvraag van dit onderzoek is: Welke bodemvochtsensor en zuigspanningsmeter geeft onder verschillende omstandigheden (grondsoort en bodemvochtpercentage) …

De performance van een groot streekziekenhuis is gebaat met de empowerment van verpleegkundigen. Empowerment moet dan worden opgevat als facilitering van verpleegkundigen om verantwoordelijkheid te aanvaarden niet alleen voor professionele, maar ook voor organisatorische issues. Dat is nu niet het geval. …

Previous research has shown clinical effectiveness of dermal substitution; however, in burn wounds, only limited effect has been shown. A problem in burn wounds is the reduced take of the autograft, when the substitute and graft are applied in one procedure. Recently, application of topical negative …

The present study examined whether performance characteristics discriminated between selected and deselected players in talent development programmes. This examination was carried out in talented soccer players, aged 16-18 years using objective measurement instruments. Four domains of multidimensional …

BACKGROUND: Burns occur frequently in young children. To date, insufficient data are available to fully describe the functional consequences of burns. In different patient populations and countries, the WeeFIM instrument ("WeeFIM") often is used to measure functional independence in children. OBJECTIVE: …

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility and validity of gait parameters measured with an electronic walkway system in predicting short-term fall risk in nursing home residents with dementia. Methods 57 ambulatory nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia participated in this prospective …

Enige tijd geleden presenteerde de commissie Lemstra haar rapport over het Maasstad ziekenhuis Rotterdam, waar de klebsiella bacterie heerste. Opvallend uit het rapport is de dominante rol die de lijstjes met de 'beste ziekenhuizen' van Elsevier en het Algemeen Dagblad vervullen binnen de strategie van …

Single Fiber Reflectance spectroscopy (SFR) can be used to determine tissue optical properties such as scattering and absorption. The SFR technique employs a semi-empirical modal, which contains a parameter that is dependent on the fiber numerical aperture, NA . However, the NA is a wavelength dependent …

Nowadays, companies are facing the problem of data overload. The Internet is an environment filled in with numbers that should indicate the path for business actions. The aim of this project is to generate Digital Marketing and Measurement Model for the company that needs a hand in achieving the success …

From an evidence-based perspective, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a well-supported assessment technique in both the United States (US) and Europe. The combination of standard exercise testing (ET) (ie, progressive exercise provocation in association with serial electrocardiograms [ECG], hemodynamics, …