Background & aim Adequate protein intake is essential during recovery from illness to prevent complications such as malnutrition, sarcopenia, and delayed wound healing. Mobile applications may support self-monitoring and early detection of inadequate intake. This study evaluated the concurrent validity …

Introduction: – Whether person-centered pain education approaches for Physical Therapist (PT) students elicit positive guideline-consistent changes in knowledge, attitudes, and clinical behavior is unknown. This study aims to evaluate the effects of enhanced-education compared to standard-education among …

Chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP) is a major problem and a leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide, with its burden expected to increase further. Disability represents a particularly important outcome in CNSLBP, as it is more strongly associated with reduced quality of life, work …

The Amazon Basin contains some of the most biodiverse tropical forests on Earth, yet floodplain forests, despite their ecological importance, remain understudied at fine spatial scales. Rapid anthropogenic disturbances such as illegal gold mining, selective logging, and forest clearing in the Madre de …

This study examined how school diversity perspectives (multiculturalism, critical consciousness, color-evasion) may enhance student outcomes (school belonging, well-being, intercultural contact) and whether a strong diversity climate among classmates (openness and appreciation of diversity) may moderate …

Introduction: As obesity continues to escalate to pandemic levels worldwide, innovative approaches for early diagnosis, risk stratification, and disease monitoring are urgently needed. Saliva presents a promising non-invasive method for biomarker-based screening in obesity. Objective: This study aimed …

Background The increasing demands of an aging population, healthcare workforce shortages, financial constraints, and a shift in care perspectives call for rethinking geriatric rehabilitation (GR). To ensure GR remains sustainable, a transition towards home-based GR is proposed, reducing the need for …

This article discusses variations in the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music-making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. It answers the research question “Which variations of ‘Dutch identity’ are there for the participants and how does music-making relate to …

The Dutch national CO2 emission targets for heritage buildings are a 60% reduction by 2040. However, holistic insights on the impact of this reduction on heritage values, energy performance, and CO2 emissions are understudied. In this article, the impact in four heritage buildings by comparing the situation …

Many higher education institutions organize summer bridge programs (SBPs) to prepare students for university. However, what a SBP should contain is unclear because few studies directly compare different theoretical approaches. This study evaluated two types of SBPs offered at a Dutch university: (A) …