Laurens

Trajectories of device-assessed physical activity and sleep in ICU- and non-ICU-treated patients up to 2 years after hospitalization for COVID-19, and their association with health-related quality of life

Julia C. Berentschot, G W M Broeren, L. Martine Bek, Merel E. Hellemons et autres

Abstract Purpose Severe COVID-19 may have lasting effects on physical and sleep behaviors, which could affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to assess 2-year trajectories of device-assessed physical and sleep behaviors post-hospitalization, comparing ICU- and non-ICU-treated patients, and to …

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From diagnosis to dialogue: a call for support of older adults with a late autism diagnosis

Marije Blok, F Jacobs, Arjan C. Videler, Hilde M. Geurts et autres

Although both in autism and gerontological research the attention for aging well with autism is growing, little attention has been paid to the impact of receiving an autism diagnosis in later life. This is unfortunate, as nowadays many of the older adults …

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Sustainable STEAM Implementation in a Small Rural High Poverty School District

Ginny Cartee

Public School leaders are aware of the need to promote STEM instruction and accessibility for students in high poverty rural public schools. Working with a focus on addressing critical awareness among stakeholders, the district used STEAM strategies to leverage Arts and STEM …

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Roles and Tasks of Physiotherapists in Nursing Homes: A Survey

Shanty Sterke, Ana Paula Nascimento da Cunha, Lennard Voogt, Marleen Goumans

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Physiotherapists in nursing homes perform a diversity of roles and tasks. But the delivery of physiotherapy services varies widely between organizations and between individual physiotherapists. This depends on both organizational and personal factors. This study aims to investigate to …

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Development of a Predictive 6 Minute Walk Score in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

S.D. Nathan, Jingjing Gao, Hao Chen, Xiaoming Li et autres

Abstract Introduction: The six minute walk test (6MWT) provides a functional assessment and has been employed in many trials as an endpoint. The ISABELA studies were two large replicate IPF studies that included a regimented 6MWT protocol with multiple variables recorded. Objective: …

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Non-binary ecosystems: Fashioning a queer ecology

Laura Laurens

This reflection explores our shared humanity and invites us to reconsider what it means to create and consume. How can we design fashion by drawing from the voices, knowledge and memories of our territory, using a holistic approach that supports local initiatives …

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Recognition of malnutrition in geriatric rehabilitation patients

N. Bulstra, Luuk Rietbergen, P. de Vreede – Wassenaar, J.A.E. Langius

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GUT MICROBIOME DIVERSITY OF THREE RHINOCEROS SPECIES IN EUROPEAN ZOOS

Roy M. van der Meijs, Willem van Leeuwen, Casper Prins, Floyd Wittink et autres

The wild rhinoceros populations have declined drastically in the past decades because the rhinoceros are heavily hunted for their horns. Zoological institutions aim to conserve rhinoceros populations in captivity, but one of the challenges of ex situ conservation is to provide food …

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Science-informed Policy Making for Protecting People and the Environment from Radiation

David Borrego, Jonathan Nagata, Michael Boyd, Sara D. DeCair et autres

ABSTRACT: The process to arrive at the radiation protection practices of today to protect workers, patients, and the public, including sensitive populations, has been a long and deliberative one. This paper presents an overview of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) …

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Appropriate medication use in Dutch terminal care: study protocol of a multicentre stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (the AMUSE study)

Marte A.M van Hylckama Vlieg, Irene Pot, Hein P. J. Visser, M.A.C. Jong et autres

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is common among patients with a limited life expectancy, even shortly before death. This is partly inevitable, because these patients often have multiple symptoms which need to be alleviated. However, the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in these patients …

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Association Between Self‐Rated Medication Adherence and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Hypertension

Shirin Ibrahim, Nick S. Nurmohamed, Didier Collard, Anouk de Weger et autres

BACKGROUND: Medication nonadherence contributes to poor health outcomes but remains challenging to identify. This study assessed the association between self-rated adherence and systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial). METHODS …

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ANGPTL3 (Angiopoietin‐Like 3) Preferentially Resides on High‐Density Lipoprotein in the Human Circulation, Affecting Its Activity

Jordan M Kraaijenhof, Tycho R. Tromp, Nick S. Nurmohamed, Laurens F. Reeskamp et autres

Background ANGPTL3 (angiopoietin‐like protein 3) is an acknowledged crucial regulator of lipid metabolism by virtue of its inhibitory effect on lipoprotein lipase and endothelial lipase. It is currently unknown whether and to which lipoproteins ANGPTL3 is bound and whether the ability of …

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