Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is a fast and reliable method for the identification of bacteria from agar media. Direct identification from positive blood cultures should decrease the time to obtaining the result. In this study, three different …

Purpose: to find parameters that predict which head and neck patients benefit from a sequentially delivered boost treatment plan compared to a simultaneously deliverd plan, with the aim to spare the salivary glands.

Battering as a consequence of power and powerlessness. Men learn to talk about domestic violence and their relationships with women and children through group work This article reports on a working visit of a week (in September 2010), to three domestic abuse programmes aimed at male perpetrators of abuse, …

Although sustainability is often discussed solely in ecological terms, it cannot be disconnected from the way humans behave in their social environment. This article presents a theoretical approach toward sustainability that takes a human behavior and knowledge view on sustainability as a starting point. …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In the Western world, the Bobath Concept or neurodevelopmental treatment is the most popular treatment approach used in stroke rehabilitation, yet the superiority of the Bobath Concept as the optimal type of treatment has not been established. This systematic review of randomized, …