What makes an educational game good? This paper describes three research directions that could provide insight in the underlying principles of effective educational games. These aspects are 1) The importance of distinguishing between types of to-be-learned knowledge, 2) the need to understand the relationship …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Higher interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) is associated with higher predialysis blood pressure and increased mortality. IDWG is also increasingly being recognized as an indicator of nutritional status. We studied in detail the associations of various patient factors and nutritional parameters …

This report presents a detailed analysis of the German market concerning bakeries as well as a detailed recommendation to Bakker Bart on whether they should enter the German market. This research evolved from five years of experience as a floor manager at the store Bakker Bart in Gouda. As a European …

Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Erwachsene mit einer Autismus-Spektrum-Storung (ASS) ohne intellektuelle Beeintrachtigung (d. h. eine normale Sprachentwicklung und ein Intelligenzquotient von =85 liegen vor), weisen haufig Einschrankungen in der sozialen Interaktion und Kommunikation auf (American Psychiatric …

Lebensqualität gewinnt in der logopädischen Diagnostik und Therapie immer mehr an Bedeutung. Um eine patientengerechte Behandlung zu ermöglichen, ist es primär notwendig die von Betroffenen empfundene Lebensqualität zu erfassen. Patienten, bei welchen aufgrund eines Schlaganfalls eine Aphasie entstanden …

In medical education, student distress is known to hamper learning and professional development. To address this problem, recent studies aimed at helping students cope with stressful situations. Undergraduate students in clinical practice frequently use experiences of surrounding peers to estimate their …

Studies about clinical pain in schizophrenia are rare. Conclusions on pain sensitivity in people with schizophrenia are primarily based on experimental pain studies. This review attempts to assess clinical pain, that is, everyday pain without experimental manipulation, in people with schizophrenia. PubMed, …

Een conclusie kunnen trekken of er temperospatiele veranderingen in het looppatroon zijn m.b.t. de parameters loopsnelheid, schredelengte en stapfrequentie bij mensen met knieartrose. Dit in vergelijking met mensen zonder knieartrose en of de graad van knieartrose invloed heeft op de mate van temperospatiele …

Thirty to sixty per cent of older patients experience functional decline after hospitalisation, associated with an increase in dependence, readmission, nursing home placement and mortality. First step in prevention is the identification of patients at risk. The objective of this study is to develop and …

To report on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Radboud Oral Motor Inventory for Parkinsons Disease (ROMP), a newly developed patient-rated assessment of speech, swallowing, and saliva control in patients with Parkinsons disease (PD). To evaluate reproducibility, 60 patients completed …