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Obesity is a growing world wide problem. In The Netherlands, about 10% of all men and women have a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more. Obesity is a chronic, uncurable metabolic disorder, which is characterised by excessive fatstorage at unfavorable places.…
The aim of this study is to identify barriers and facilitators for successful implementation of the care pathway, to ultimately inform national scale-up of the pathway.
We hypothesize that exogenous, enterally provided glutamine contributes substantially to the de novo synthesis of arginine in critically ill patients.
Hypersalivation or sialorrhea is one of the most frequently occuring side effects of clozapine use with an incidence ranging from 30 to 90%. In most cases it occurs at the start of clozapine treatment, mostly at night and persists during further…
This study aims to establish a plasmakinetic profile of GABA from tomatoes in healthy men and compare it to the kinetic profile of GABA from a supplement. In addition, the effects of glutamate (precursor of GABA) on the plasma-time curves of GABA…
1. Methylphenidate (MPH) increases activation in task relevant areas and task performance 2. Hydrocortisone (HC) increases activation in task relevant areas and task performance 3. MPH + HC increase activation in task relevant areas, but might…
Spinal anesthesia induces several alterations in normal brain processes. Firstly, loss of afferent information increases pain sensitivity. In our previous study on the effects of spinal anesthesia (P11.221) we showed that subjects felt more pain…
We hypothesize that inhalation of helium gas induces release of protective factors in the blood, which can be used to protect different cell types against ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Addition of Partner for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) to individual treatment will result in a significant decrease of drop-out compared to individual treatment without PCOMS in a forensic outpatient clinic in the Netherlands. A sub-…
In line with results from recent pharmacological studies, it is expected that: 1. Inhibiting the cholinergic system by Inversine (Mecamylamine Hydrochloride) results in an impairment of disengagement, but will not affect bias; 2. Inhibiting the…
1. Cysteine is an essential amino acid for newborn preterm infants; 2. Cysteine requirements change rapidly with postnatal age; 3. The change in cysteine requirement with age is based upon cystathionase activity; 4. Intestinal cystathionase activity…
Suppression of SWS, without changing total sleep time, may affect total energy expenditure (TEE), activity induced energy expenditure (AEE), non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT), endocrinological parameters and energy intake.
The objective is to identify a formulation of ModraCape001 that will release capecitabine in vivo over a time-period of about 18 hours. We hypothesize that prolonged exposure, without a high peak exposure to capecitabine, improves the benefit/risk…
This study was therefore designed to determine whether cinnamon lower postprandial blood glucose, and insulin levels in subjects with type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance.
We hypothesize that consumption of mixtures of 400 grams vegetables and/or fruits for 2 weeks will result in lower ex-vivo induced oxidative DNA damage, increased antioxidant capacity of blood plasma, reduced levels of reactive oxygen species in…
A four day adminstration of N-acetylcysteine (3600 mg/day) will reduce craving, withdrawal symptoms and the bias towards nicotine related cues compared to a four day administration of placebo in nicotine dependent subjects.
We hypothesized that FFA loading could impair mitochondrial function and that the potency of FFA to disturb mitochondrial function and glucose uptake would depend on the degree of desaturation of the fatty acids infused.
We hypothesize that there is no difference between the survival and follow of the uncemented and cemented ABG THA.
1. TGF-beta protects childhood cancer patients against chemotherapoy induced damage in the digestive tract; 2. TGF-beta can safely be administered to childhood cancer patients.
The optimal management of locoregionally advanced NSCLC is evolving. Multimodality treatment is rapidly becoming the most common approach to stage III NSCLC. ASCO guidelines recommend initial chemotherapy (platinum-based, 2 or 3 cycles) combined…