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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Musician’s Wellbeing and Mental Health
(2023)Objective: The present study experimentally investigated any difference the impact COVID- 19 pandemic had on the wellbeing and mental health of musicians and non-musicians in Cyprus. Furthermore, differences on the mental ... -
The association between neighborhood walkability and cardiovascular diseases in older adults: a systematic review
(2023)ABSTRACT AIM: This systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the studies investigating the association between neighborhood walkability and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in older adults. METHODS: ... -
Hybrid Meetings and Employee Well-being Post-COVID-19 Era: A Comparative Analysis of Stress and Engagement between Greece and the Netherlands
(2023)After the outbreak of COVID-19, organizations have adopted several hybrid work arrangements like hybrid meetings to combat the restrictions created during the pandemic, to continue with information sharing, managing complex ... -
Risk factors associated with the abundance of antimicrobial resistance gene tet(W) and class 1 integron (intl1) in pigs in the Netherlands
(2023)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a substantial threat to public health in the 21st century. This research investigates the relationship between the abundance of antimicrobial resistance gene( tet(W) and class 1 integron ... -
Wosuna, Wong, WOTRO, and other acronyms: A History of Dutch Tropical research organisations in Suriname and beyond
(2023)The period between 1945 and 1975 saw the slow decolonisation of the Dutch colony of Suriname. Yet, this period also saw the coming into existence of several Dutch organisations for tropical research in Suriname. Why did ... -
Deciphering carbon catabolite repression in bacteria
(2023)Carbon catabolite repression (CCR) is a common strategy adopted by microorganisms which preferentially select and metabolize one carbon source before uptaking another. This gives rise to the famous diauxic growth curves. ... -
Mitigating Popularity Bias in Music Recommender Systems: Effects on Fair Exposure, User Perception, and Motivation for Exploration
(2023)Recommender Systems (RS) filter an immense array of options to provide us with the most suitable and relevant items. However, certain items are recommended excessively while others receive minimal exposure from the algorithms. ... -
Assessing the pro-viral role of STING in human rhinovirus infections
(2023)Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the predominant cause of the common cold by infecting the upper respiratory tract and may lead to exacerbation of asthma and COPD. The human immune system has developed innate antiviral ... -
Exploring the interaction between MemBright-488 stained human milk extracellular vesicles and gingival epithelial cells (Ca992)
(2023)Breastfeeding supports the developing infant. In the oral cavity, extracellular vesicles in human milk (hmEVs) have been shown to interact with gingival epithelial cells. EVs are nanosized highly heterogeneous spherical ... -
Speak Up! Analyzing the Voice of Dutch Students in Countercultural Movements of the 1960s
(2023)This project aims to nuance the history of Dutch countercultural (student) movements of the 1960s. Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man (1964) will be used to set the context of countercultural movements that were active ... -
Trust in human robot collaboration: an exploration of the dynamic s of trust violation and repair
(2023)Human robot interactions are ever increasing, and tasks requiring collaboration between humans and robots are becoming prevalent in a varied number of fields such as education, healthcare, in the workplace or in our own ... -
‘These footprints are leading us nowhere!’ investigation of the usage of footprinting analysis for ATAC-seq data to find regulatory elements
(2023)ATAC-sequencing is a popular method to measure and sequence the accessible parts of the DNA in a cell. The accessible parts of the DNA are called open chromatin. The closed chromatin is the part of the DNA that is inaccessible. ... -
De rol van de relatie tussen kinderen op het deelgedrag van jonge kinderen en de invloed van sekse en leeftijd.
(2023)Aim: Current research focused on young children’s sharing behavior, as an aspect of prosocial-behavior. The influence of the relationship between sharer and recipient and child characteristics such as age and sex on sharing ... -
The Role of Force Feedback and Vibrotactile Feedback in Learning and Retaining Procedural and Factual Knowledge in an Immersive Virtual Training Simulation
(2023)Immersive Virtual reality (IVR) has been adopted for training systems across different domains. However, its impact and effectiveness on learning are inconclusive and contradictory. Based on the existing literature, ... -
Expression of pleiotrophin and Ki-67 in canine pheochromocytoma: a step forward in the development of prognostic markers
(2023)In this study we investigated two potential prognostic markers, Ki-67 and pleiotrophin (PTN). We determined the Ki-67 proliferation index using immunohistochemistry and assessed PTN mRNA expression using RT-qPCR in 35 ... -
Opinions of Dutch veterinarians on domestic cat identification and registration and stray cat prevention: a questionnaire-based study.
(2023)This study investigates the perspectives of veterinarians in the Netherlands regarding the proposed legislation on mandatory cat identification and registration as a measure to combat stray cat issues. The research aims ... -
A prospective cohort study on seroprevalence and seroconversion of Ehrlichia canis in imported dogs from endemic regions to the Netherlands and other vector-borne coinfections
(2023)Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia canis, poses a significant health concern in dogs, particularly in regions with a high prevalence of the disease, such as the Mediterranean basin. This prospective cohort ... -
Unsupervised drift detection in accounting data
(2023)As machine learning becomes more popular and available to all sectors ML models have to be maintained and their performance has to be mon- itored. Large-scale disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have a big ...