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Block-level Bayesian diagnosis of analogue electronic circuits

Krishnan, S. (author), Doornbos, K.D. (author), Brand, R. (author), Kerkhoff, H.G. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Daily experience with product designers, test and diagnosis engineers it is realized that the depth of interaction among them, ought be high for sucessfull diagnosis of analogue circuits. With this knowledge in mind, a responsibility was undertaken to choose a popular diagnostic method and define a systematic procedure that binds together the...

conference paper 2010

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Energie in glastuinbouw, beeld van de toekomst. In 2020 telen zonder fossiele brandstoffen

Brand, R. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)

article 2008

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Social Lifestyle, Risk-taking Behavior, and Psychopathology in Young Adults Born Very Preterm or with a Very Low Birthweight

Hille, E.T.M. (author), Dorrepaal, C. (author), Perenboom, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Objective: To assess social lifestyle, risk-taking behavior, and psychopathology in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birthweight. Study design: This study was part of the 19-year follow-up in a large ongoing collaborative study in the Netherlands (the POPS study) on the long-term outcome of prematurity and dysmaturity. 656...

article 2008

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Outcome of perinatal care for very preterm infants at 5 years of age: A comparison between 1983 and 1993

de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Koll, E.L.A.A. (author), Ilsen, A. (author), van Wassenaer, A.G. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Perinatal mortality in very preterm infants has decreased by up to 50% during the last decades. Studies of changes of long-term outcome are inconclusive. We studied the visual, auditory, neuromotor, cognitive and behavioural development of two geographically defined populations of very preterm, singleton infants, born in 1983 and in 1993, and...

article 2007

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Lower mortality but higher neonatal morbidity over a decade in very preterm infants

de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), Ilsen, A. (author), van Wassenaer, A.G. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Better perinatal care has led to better survival of very preterm children, but may or may not have increased the number of children with cerebral and pulmonary morbidity. We therefore investigated the relationship between changes in perinatal care during one decade, and short-term outcome in very preterm infants. Perinatal risk factors and their...

article 2007

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Changes in neonatology: Comparison of 2 cohorts of very premature infants (GA<32 wks) the project on preterm and small for gestational age infants 1983 and the Leiden follow-up project on prematurity 1996-1997

Stoelhorst, G.M.S.J. (author), Rijken, M. (author), Martens, S.E. (author), van Zwieten, P.H.T. (author), Brand, R. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), Veen, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

article 2005

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Is attrition bias a problem in neonatal follow-up?

Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Stuifbergen, M.C. (author), Verrips, G.H.W. (author), Vogels, A.G.C. (author), Brand, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Aim: To assess whether attrition rate influences outcome in the follow-up of very preterm infants. Study design: In a national follow-up study of infants born alive in 1983 in the Netherlands with a gestational age less than 32 weeks and/or a birth weight less than 1500 g, outcome was assessed separately for adolescents who responded early or...

article 2005

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Nonresponse bias in a follow-up study of 19-year-old adolescents born as preterm infants

Hille, E.T.M. (author), Elbertse, L. (author), Bennebroek Gravenhorst, J. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Objective. To assess the effect of demographic and neonatal risk factors and outcome at the last available assessment on the probability of full responders, postal responders (those who only responded to the mailed questionnaire), or nonresponders in a follow-up study of 19-year-old adolescents who were born as preterm infants. Design. The 19...

article 2005

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Catch-up growth up to ten years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight

TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Knops, N.B.B. (author), Sneeuw, K.C.A. (author), Brand, R. (author), Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author)

Background: Improved survival due to advances in neonatal care has brought issues such as postnatal growth and development more to the focus of our attention. Most studies report stunting in children born very preterm and/or small for gestational age. In this article we study the growth pattern of these children and aim to identify factors...

article 2005

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Sudden infant death syndrome in child care settings in the Netherlands

de Jonge, G.A. (author), Lanting, C.I. (author), Brand, R. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), Semmekrot, B.A. (author), van Wouwe, J.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Background: In the Netherlands, there is a very low incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) due to effective preventive campaigns. Methods: During the period September 1996 to August 2002, nationwide 161 deaths from SIDS (about 85% of all cases of SIDS during that time) were investigated by the Cot Death Committee of the Dutch...

article 2004

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Changes in perinatal care and survival in very preterm and extremely preterm infants in the Netherlands between 1983 and 1995

Anthony, S. (author), Ouden, L.D. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, P. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author)

Objective: To evaluate changes in obstetrical and neonatal care for very preterm and extremely preterm infants between 1983 and 1995 in The Netherlands and to evaluate the effect of those changes. Study design: Data on all very preterm or VLBW infants from the linked national obstetrical and neonatal databases of 1995 (N=2066) were compared to...

article 2004

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Development and evaluation of a follow up assessment of preterm infants at 5 years of age

de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), van der Nijhuis - Sanden, M.W.G. (author), Sondaar, M. (author), Kessel van - Feddema, B.J.M. (author), Knuijt, S. (author), van Baar, A.L. (author), Ilsen, A. (author), Breur-Pieterse, R. (author), Briët, J.M. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author)

Background: Long term follow up shows a high frequency of developmental disturbances in preterm survivors of neonatal intensive care formerly considered non-disabled. Aims: To develop and validate an assessment tool that can help paediatricians to identify before 6 years of age which survivors have developmental disturbances that may interfere...

article 2003

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Randomised clinical trial on the effect of the Dutch obstetric peer review system

Elferink-Stinkens, P.M. (author), Brand, R. (author), Amelink-Verburg, M.P. (author), Merkus, J.M.W.M (author), Ouden, A.L den (author), Hemel, O.J.S van (author)

The project 'Obstetric Peer Review Interventions' (Verloskundige Onderlinge Kwaliteitsspiegeling Interventies, VOKSINT) was set-up in The Netherlands in 1994. It provided annual comparison data (quality ranking, league tables) for secondary care obstetric departments adjusted for population differences, based on the data registered in the...

article 2002

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The Dutch Folic Acid Campaign: Have the goals been achieved?

van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), de Walle, H.E.K. (author), Jeeninga, W. (author), de Rover, C. (author), Cornel, M.C. (author), de Jong-van den Berg, L.T.W. (author), Schouten, J. (author), Brand, R. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author)

Periconceptional folic acid use considerably reduces the risk of neural tube defects. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of the national and the local 'Folic Acid Campaign' on periconceptional folic acid use. Before (1995 survey) and 1 year after the campaign (1996 survey), the awareness and use of folic acid was measured among...

article 2000

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Length velocity acceleration at 9 months of age in a representative birth cohort of Dutch infants

van den Broeck, J. (author), Brand, R. (author), Massa, G. (author), Herngreen, W.P. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

According to the ICP (infancy-childhood-puberty) growth model, statural growth can be divided into three partially superimposed components assumed to represent different physiologic mechanisms. This model predicts a sudden acceleration of length velocity (LV) at the onset of the childhood component around 9 months. The existence of such an...

article 2000

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The relation between neonatal thyroxine levels and neurodevelopmental outcome at age 5 and 9 years in a national cohort of very preterm and/or very low birth weight infants

den Ouden, A.L. (author), Kok, J.H. (author), Verkerk, P.H. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Transient neonatal hypothyroxinemia is very common in preterm infants. The literature on the effect of this hypothyroxinemia is, however, controversial, and large or long-term follow-up studies are not available. In a nationwide prospective follow-up study on very preterm and (or) very low birth weight infants (n = 717), we studied the...

article 1996

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Sex difference in disability and handicap at five years of age in children born at very short gestation

Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Veen, S. (author), Ens-Dokkum, M.H. (author), Schreuder, A.M. (author), Brand, R. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Objective. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between sex and disabilities or handicaps at 5 years of age in infants born at less than 32 weeks gestation. Design. From the nationwide collaborative survey starting in 1983, including perinatal data obtained during routine perinatal care and follow-up assessments by the...

article 1994

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Percentielgrenzen voor geboortegewicht van vroeggeborenen moeten worden herzien [The birthweight percentiles of preterm infants need to be updated]

Kwan, A.L. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Verwey, R.A. (author), Brand, R. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Objective. To analyse whether the conventional so-called Kloosterman charts for birthweight of preterm infants based on data from 1931-1965 are still valid. Design. Descriptive investigation. Location. The Netherlands. Methods. Data were obtained from the 'project of the premature and small for gestational age' (POPS) survey in 1983. The...

article 1994

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School performance at nine years of age in very premature and very low birth weight infants: Perinatal risk factors and predictors at five years of age

Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Bauer, L. (author), van den Oudenrijn, C. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author)

To assess the impact of both perinatal disorders and developmental problems identified at preschool age on school performance, we followed a virtually complete birth cohort of very premature (<32 completed weeks of gestation) and very low birth weight infants until they were 9 years of age. In 84% of the survivors (n = 813), data on school...

article 1994

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Vergelijking van het Van Wiechen-schema en de Bayley-ontwikkelingsschalen bij veel te vroeg geboren kinderen op de leeftijd van 2 jaar en de relatie tot de uitkomst op 5 jaar

den Ouden, A.L. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Brand, R. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Bij 117 te vroeg geboren kinderen werden op de gecorrigeerde leeftijd van 2 jaar de uitkomsten van het Van Wiechen-onderzoek vergeleken met de uitkomsten van ontwikkelingsonderzoek volgens de Bayley-ontwikkelings schalen. De Spearman-correlatiecoefficient tussen de beide uitkomsten op de leeftijd van 2 jaar bedroeg 0,64. De relatie met handicap...

article 1994