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Mitochondrial DNA replication is initiated at blastocyst formation in equine embryos

Hendriks, W Karin; Colleoni, Silvia; Galli, Cesare; Paris, Damien B B P; Colenbrander, Ben; Stout, Tom A E (CSIRO, 2019)

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection is the technique of choice for equine IVF and, in a research setting, 18-36% of injected oocytes develop to blastocysts. However, blastocyst development in clinical programs is lower, ...
Evolving novelty strategies for the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma in deceptive tournaments

Noordman, Stan (C.R.); Vreeswijk, G.A.W. (Elsevier, 2019-09)

This paper proposes that the concept of deception brought forward by novelty search research can be applied to the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma problem, and in doing so simultaneously fights the claim that Zero-determinant ...
Profibrotic effects of angiotensin II and transforming growth factor beta on feline kidney epithelial cells

van Beusekom, Cyrina D; Zimmering, Tanja M (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2019)

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of angiotensin II (AT-II) and its main mediator, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1), in the development of feline renal fibrosis. METHODS: Expression of ...
Differential subsidence in the urbanised coastal-deltaic plain of the Netherlands

Koster, K.; Stafleu, J.; Stouthamer, E. (Cambridge University Press 2010, 2018-12)

The urbanised peat-rich coastal-deltaic plain of the Netherlands is severely subsiding due to human-induced phreatic groundwater level lowering, as this causes peat layers to compress and oxidise. To determine the potential ...
Non-adjacent Dependency Learning in Humans and Other Animals

Wilson, Benjamin; Spierings, Michelle; Ravignani, Andrea; Mueller, Jutta L.; Mintz, Toben H.; Wijnen, Frank; van der Kant, Anne; Smith, Kenny; Rey, Arnaud (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-07)

Learning and processing natural language requires the ability to track syntactic relationships between words and phrases in a sentence, which are often separated by intervening material. These nonadjacent dependencies can ...
Anton Wilhelm Amo’s Philosophy of Mind

Meyns, Chris (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-03)

One of Anton Wilhelm Amo's core contributions to philosophy is his study of the human mind. Amo argues that the human mind is a purely active, immaterial substance that always acts spontaneously and cannot itself be acted ...
Distinguishing extensive and intensive properties for meaningful geocomputation and mapping

Scheider, S.; Huisjes, Mark (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2019)

A most fundamental and far-reaching trait of geographic information is the distinction between extensive and intensive properties. In common understanding, originating in Physics and Chemistry, extensive properties increase ...
Automated time series modeling for piezometers in the national database of the Netherlands

Zaadnoordijk, Willem J; Bus, Stefanie A R; Lourens, Aris; Berendrecht, Wilbert L (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-11)

The Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO-GSN) maintains a public national database of groundwater head observations. Transfer function-noise modelling has been applied to the time series in order to extract the impulse ...
Metamorality without Moral Truth

Kraaijeveld, Steven; Sauer, H.C. (Springer Netherlands, 2019)

Recently, Joshua Greene has argued that we need a metamorality to solve moral problems for which evolution has not prepared us. The metamorality that he proposes is a utilitarian account that he calls deep pragmatism. Deep ...
Evaluation of an incentive program to stimulate the shift from car commuting to e-cycling in the Netherlands

de Kruijf, Joost; Ettema, Dick; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Dijst, Martin (Elsevier BV, 2018-09)

This paper reports on the effects of an e-cycling incentive program in the province of North-Brabant, The Netherlands, in which commuters could earn monetary incentives when using their e-bike. The study used a longitudinal ...
The Necessity of Discretion: A Behavioral Evaluation of Bottom-Up Implementation Theory

Thomann, Eva; van Engen, N.A.M.; Tummers, L.G. (Oxford University Press, 2018-10)

The topic of discretion continues to be hotly debated in policy design and policy implementation. In top-down theories, discretion at the frontline is often seen as a control problem: discretion should be avoided as it can ...
It only takes two to tango: against grounding morality in interaction

de Maagt, S. (Springer Netherlands, 2019)

Most Kantian constructivists try to ground universal duties of interpersonal morality in certain interactions between individuals, such as communication, argumentation, shared action or the second-person standpoint. The ...
Third Factor Explanations and Disagreement in Metaethics

Klenk, M.B.O.T. (Springer Netherlands, 2020)

Several moral objectivists try to explain the reliability of moral beliefs by appealing to a third factor, a substantive moral claim that explains, first, why we have the moral beliefs that we have and, second, why these ...
Can the Land Use Master Plan Control Urban Expansion and Protect Farmland in China? A Case Study of Nanjing

Shao, Zinan; Spit, T.J.M.; Wu, Qun; Jin, Z.; Bakker, Martha M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-09)

Urbanization represents a challenge for plans aimed at controlling urban expansion and protecting farmland, such as the land use master plan (LUMP) instituted by the Chinese national government. This paper studies the ...
Celebrating 50 years of SWIMs (Salt Water Intrusion Meetings)

Post, Vincent E.A.; Oude Essink, G.H.P.; Szymkiewicz, Adam; Bakker, Mark; Houben, Georg; Custodio, Emilio; Voss, Clifford (Springer Heidelberg, 2018)

The Salt Water Intrusion Meetings, or SWIMs, are a series of meetings that focus on seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers and other salinisation processes. 2018 marks the 50th year of the SWIM and the 25th biennial meeting. ...
Distribution of tourists within urban heritage destinations: a hot spot/cold spot analysis of TripAdvisor data as support for destination management

van der Zee, E.L.; Bertocchi, Dario; Vanneste, Dominique (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

The emergence of social media and Web 2.0 has a notable impact upon the tasks of destination managers as these platforms have developed into influential mechanisms affecting tourist behaviour. This paper shows how Destination ...
Simultaneous Micropatterning of Fibrous Meshes and Bioinks for the Fabrication of Living Tissue Constructs

Ruijter, Mylène de; Ribeiro, Alexandre; Dokter, Inge; Castilho, Miguel; Malda, Jos (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019-04-11)

Fabrication of biomimetic tissues holds much promise for the regeneration of cells or organs that are lost or damaged due to injury or disease. To enable the generation of complex, multicellular tissues on demand, the ...
Reality Shock and Public Service Motivation: A Longitudinal, Qualitative Study Among Dutch Veterinary Inspectors

Schott, C.; Steen, Trui; Van Kleef, Daphne (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2019)

To this day little is known about the mechanisms that help explain the mixed findings of longitudinal public service motivation (PSM) research. This study aims to deepen our understanding of post-entry PSM dynamics by ...
Onbehandelbaar?: De morele plicht tot effectieve Forensische Orthopedagogiek

Asscher, J.J. (2018-03)
Error in air pollution exposure model determinants and bias in health estimates

Vlaanderen, Jelle; Portengen, Lützen; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc; Szpiro, Adam; Gehring, Ulrike; Brunekreef, Bert; Hoek, Gerard; Vermeulen, Roel (Nature Publishing Group, 2019)

BACKGROUND: Land use regression (LUR) models are commonly used in environmental epidemiology to assign spatially resolved estimates of air pollution to study participants. In this setting, estimated LUR model parameters ...

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