Expanding Neonatal Bloodspot Screening: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Neonatal bloodspot screening (NBS) aims to detect treatable disorders in newborns. The number of conditions included in the screening is expanding through technological and therapeutic developments, which can result in health gain for more newborns. NBS expansion, however, also poses healthcare, ethical and societal challenges. This qualitative...

Offshore wind competitiveness in mature markets without subsidy

Offshore wind energy development has been driven by government support schemes; however, recent cost reductions raise the prospect of offshore wind power becoming cheaper than conventional power generation. Many countries use auctions to provide financial support; however, differences in auction design make their results difficult to compare....

Neighborhood-based PA and its environmental correlates: A GIS- and GPS based cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

Background: To improve our understanding of the neighborhood environment - physical activity (PA) relationship, it is of importance to assess associations between neighborhood environmental characteristics and neighborhood-based PA. Methods: Participants' (N = 308; 45-65 years) light PA (LPA) and moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) within a 400, 800,...

Naar een beweegvriendelijke omgeving: een onderzoek naar kenmerken van de woonomgeving en beweeggedrag van ouderen in Spijkenisse [To an ‘activity-friendly’ living environment: A study on characteristics of the living environment and physical activity of older people in Spijkenisse]

Background: Many older persons prefer to live independent as long as possible. A living environment facilitating physical activity may be important for this purpose, but the design of ‘activity-friendly’ living environments for older persons remains less clear. In a study in Spijkenisse (the Netherlands), characteristics of the living...

Sports facilities, shopping centers or homes: What locations are important for adults’ physical activity? A cross-sectional study

Physical activity (PA) is influenced by the built environment. However, little is known about the types of built environment where adults spend their time, and at what levels of PA they engage in those environments. Understanding the effect of the built environment on PA requires insight into PA behavior at different types of locations (e.g.,...

Het rendement van geluk

Plaatste je twintig jaar geleden een zonnepaneel op je dak of deelde je de auto met de buren, dan behoorde je al snel tot de uitzonderingen in de samenleving, die elke vorm van financieel gewin de rug leek toe te keren. Dat maatschappelijke betrokkenheid en rendement hand in hand kunnen gaan, is een idee dat pas de laatste jaren echt vorm heeft...

A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: Insights from a vertebrate concentration lagerstätte in Mauritius

The dodo Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758, an extinct and flightless, giant pigeon endemic to Mauritius, has fascinated people since its discovery, yet has remained surprisingly poorly known. Until the mid-19th century, almost all that was known about the dodo was based on illustrations and written accounts by 17th century mariners, often of...

Consortium Instruments for integrated action (i4i)

Veel kennis over en ervaringen met IGB en KT was tot op heden gefragmenteerd, verspreid over diverse onderzoeksgroepen in Nederland. In het door het RIVM gecoördineerde consortium i4i komt deze kennis en ervaringen bij elkaar. Negen onderzoeksgroepen werken samen aan zowel conceptuele verheldering als praktische onderzoeksinstrumenten voor IGB...

Progress on EUV Pellicle development

As EUV approaches high volume manufacturing, reticle defectivity becomes an even more relevant topic for further investigation. Current baseline strategy for EUV defectivity management is to design, build and maintain a clean system without pellicle. In order to secure reticle front side particle adders to an acceptable level for high volume...

Efficacy and safety of oxandrolone in growth hormone-treated girls with turner syndrome

Context and Objective: GH therapy increases growth and adult height in Turner syndrome (TS). The benefit to risk ratio of adding the weak androgen oxandrolone (Ox) to GH is unclear. Design and Participants: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-response study was performed in 10 centers in The Netherlands. One hundred thirty-three...

Influence of organic diet on the amount of conjugated linoleic acids in breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands

The aim of the present study was to find out whether the incorporation of organic dairy and meat products in the maternal diet affects the contents of the conjugated linoleic acid isomers (CLA) and trans-vaccenic acid (TVA) in human breast milk. To this purpose, milk samples from 312 breastfeeding mothers participating in the KOALA Birth Cohort...

Gezondheidsvoordelen van groenten en fruit op de kortere termijn

Zo eten jonge peuters in Nederland

Foliumzuur in Nederland: Wat is de gebruikelijke inneming?

Aerobic turnover of dimethyl sulfide by the anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

Aerosol Production in the Surf Zone

Quantitative assessment of surf-produced sea spray aerosol

The first results are presented from a quantitative model describing the aerosol production in the surf zone. A comparison is made with aerosol produced in the surf zone as measured during EOPACE experiments in La Jolla and Monterey. The surf aerosol production was derived from aerosol concentration gradients measured downwind from the surf zone...