Purpose: Parentally transmitted germ-line chromothripsis (G-CTH) has been identified in only a few cases. Most of these rearrangements were stably transmitted, in an unbalanced form, from a healthy mother to her child with congenital abnormalities probably caused by de novo copy-number changes of dosage …

The goal of this thesis is to see if education and experience, or a combination of both, influence the acceptance of eating crickets. This information could be used to start selling cricket containing products in Amsterdam. Eighty participants from Amsterdam collected at three different food events are …

Het doel van dit afstudeeronderzoek was het optimaliseren, valideren en implementeren van de dermatofyten Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) voor het real-time PCR apparaat LightCycler 480. De detectie van de dermatofyten vindt plaats door middel van de amplificiatiecurve en de determinatie gebeurt aan …

Bulgaria has been trying to catch up with fellow Western European countries since its admission in the EU. However, issues from the transition crisis since 1989 persist to the present day. The country has suffered in many forms from the rapid change from a communist regime to a democratic sovereign state. …

Het poliovirus bestaat uit drie serotypen. Deze serotypen kunnen poliomyelitis veroorzaken bij mensen en primaten. Dit kan resulteren in spierverlammingen met lichaamsmisvorming of dood tot gevolg. Om poliomyelitis te voorkomen zijn er in de loop der jaren twee soorten vaccins ontworpen. Het geïnactiveerde …

In het St. Antonius ziekenhuis(AZN) is er een onderzoek gestart om de klonale verwantschap tussen twee longtumoren, afkomstig van één patiënt, te bepalen met Next Generation Sequencen (NGS). Er wordt hierbij in 50 genen gezocht naar mutaties. Als de twee longtumoren overeenkomende mutaties hebben in …

Background: The progression of medial knee osteoarthritis seems closely related to a high external knee adduction moment, which could be reduced through gait retraining. We aimed to determine the retraining strategy that reduces this knee moment most effective during gait, and to determine if the same …

In reaction to the lack of intrinsic motivation of construction site workers, to wear their safety helmets at all times, a series of research projects studied causes and possible solutions. Goal is to gain an inspirational discussion to get the design onto the next level. This paper describes a study …

The recycling of post consumer cotton textile waste is highly requested, due to the high environmental impact of cotton production. Often cotton is mixed in blends with polyethylene terephthalate (PET). For the generation of high value products from recycled cotton, it essential that PET is separated …

Purpose With current diagnostic methods, the majority of patients with symptomatic colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) is identified approximately 1 week after operation. The aim of this study is to determine whether real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of Escherichia coli and …