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Overall aim: to determine the extent and risk factors for farm-based and individual acquisition of Coxiella burnetii infections on ruminant farms to improve veterinary, occupational and public health by providing leads for primary (reduce…
The primary objective is to investigate how autistic adolescents integrate multisensory information within the temporal domain. The following assessments will be made:Experiment 1: Perception of audiovisual temporal synchrony (an audiovisual…
To quantify the contribution of Dutch PE to physical activity (PA) of adolescents (~13-18 yr). In addition, the amount of PA that is accumulated throughout the week will be assessed, including the contributions of sports, travelling to and from…
We hypothesize that expiratory VOC-analysis by electronic nose is capable of: a.) discriminating CF-/PCD-patients with and without pulmonary infections and b.) discriminating CF-/PCD-patients and healthy controls.
The objective is to study the trends and the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in the age of 4 - 13 years in the city of Zwolle. Moreover, sociodemographic, lifestyle and environmental factors associated with overweight and obesity…
The primary objective of this study is to determine the association between HRQoL and the rate of perceived exertion in children with overweight or obesity. The secondary goals are 1) investigation of the association between physical activity,…
Our aim is to find methods to effectively reduce the caries incidence during orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. A secondary aim is to study the effect of fixed orthodontic appliances on the plaque ecology in relation to caries development.
The prime objective of this research project is to get an impression of a low-threshold, accessible preventive cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention with parental support for grieving children and their parents.
Our objective is to validate multiple diagnostic instruments, especially the pCAM-ICU. By comparing these instruments, we can develope an algoritm which can be used by nursing staff to diagnose the pediatric delirium as soon as possible so that…
a) To investigate the differences in adipokines and inflammatory markers between obese and normal weight children; b) to study these differences over age, and c) to correlate adipokine/inflammatory marker profiles to clinical parameters for obesity…
Primary objective: To determine the dynamics of MRSA carriage in persons working on or living at pig and veal farms.Secondary objectives: To determine the amount of disease associated with carriage of MRSA-CC398. To determine the role of exposure to…
Objective of the study:1) To assess insulin sensitivity and response in critically ill septic neonates and children.2) To determine protein balance in septic, critically ill children at baseline and during a HyperinsulinemicEuglycemic Clamp, while…
The objective is to investigate differences and/or similarities in the lack of empathy with several psychiatric disorders, in which this deficiency is a known core symptom. It will be investigated which aspects op empathy are disturbed.
The objective of this study is to obtain whole blood from patients with S. aureus infections and/or patients whose wounds are colonized by S. aureus for in vitro development of human monoclonal antibodies against S. aureus.
The primary objectives of the iSPOT-A trial are to use Brain Resource's standardized 'Integrative Neuroscience' test batteries to 1) Identify objective markers of ADHD compared with healthy controls, using cognitive, brain and genetic…
The present study aims to assess the long-term outcome of patients who suffered from GBS during childhood. This outcome at least six months after diagnosis will be determined in patients previously seen at the department of Paediatric Neurology of…
Objective:This study has as its aim to examine the short-term effect of a robotic-facilitated play therapy within occupational therapy on the level of playfulness of children with developmental disabilities aged 2-16 years.
Research Goals: During the pre-study several clues indicated that hunger isnot increased when tubefeeding is administered. This couldpoint to a lower ghrelin production during tubefeeding,indicating that tubefeeding is the next step in…
To obtain the reproducibility of the standing posture using with Der Wippe, a balancing device, with adjustable holder and acquire the 3D ultrasound of the spine of scoliotic patients
The main objective is to assess the causational factors (genetic factors within r(X) or the marker chromosomes, genetic factors within the other X chromosome and genetic factors within the autosomes) in the development of mental retardation,…