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Plant signaling: The sugar-coated story of root growth

Hajibehzad, Shahram Shokrian; Romanowski, Andres; Pierik, Ronald (Cell Press, 2023-08-07)

A new study draws attention to photosynthetically produced sucrose as a major shoot-derived and auxin-dependent regulator of root growth and development in plants.
The influence of nudge transparency on the experience of autonomy

Wachner, J.; Adriaanse, M.A.; De Ridder, D.T.D. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021)

While nudges have been shown to be effective and are already being implemented, there is still a debate on the ethics of nudging. This debate specifically refers to the potential of nudges negatively affecting autonomy. ...
Field investigations and reactive transport modelling of biodegrading coal tar compounds at a complex former manufactured gas plant

Faber, Suzanne Catherina (Utrecht University, 2023-10-06)

Groundwater contamination by coal tar and other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures is a global issue with significant environmental and public health implications. Coal tar, a dense liquid, can persist as a long-term source of ...
Putting up with a pandemic

Koppert, Tim Yannick (Utrecht University, 2023-10-06)

The COVID-19 pandemic created a unique opportunity to examine health as a function of multiple real-life stressors, especially in people with a chronic disease. Early studies indicated that the pandemic had an impact on ...
Green Hydrogen in the Global South: Opportunities and Challenges

Gavaert, Stefan; Lioba Pause; Cezne, Eric; O'Connell, Amanda-Leigh; Otsuki, Kei (Utrecht University, 2023-03)

Green hydrogen, derived from renewable electricity, has emerged as a promising solution to accelerate the global energy transition. Several countries in the Global South are supposed to play a vital role in the future of ...
Reasons for, and factors associated with, positive HIV retesting: a cross-sectional study in Eswatini

Olislagers, Quint; van Leth, Frank; Shabalala, Fortunate; Dlamini, Njabuliso; Simelane, Njabulo; Masilela, Nelisiwe; Gomez, Gabriela B; Pell, Christopher; Vernooij, Eva; Reis, Ria; Molemans, Marjan (Routledge, 2023)

Eswatini has a high HIV prevalence but has made progress towards improving HIV-status awareness, ART uptake and viral suppression. However, there is still a delay in ART initiation, which could partly be attributed to ...
An agent-based model of COVID-19 dynamics during enhanced community quarantine: Exploring the role of food relief system in the presence of two SARS-CoV-2 variants

Yap, Paula Ann Gabrielle; Lachica, Zython Paul; Paras, Abel Leandro; Panogalinog, Ivy Grace; Tubay, Jerrold M.; Mata, May Anne (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-02-16)

Introduction: The onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic alerted the Philippine government to impose the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as a means to hamper human mobility and interaction and eventually diminish transmission. ...
Changes in need-supportive teaching over the course of one school year: differences between students with special educational needs and typically developing students

Loopers, J.H. (Judith); Kupers, W.E. (Elisa); de Boer, A.A. (Anke); Minnaert, A.E.M.G. (Alexander) (Routledge, 2023)

According to self-determination theory, need-supportive teaching is an important aspect of teacher-student interactions. It involves supporting the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In ...
Mapping public support for the varieties of differentiated integration

Schuessler, Julian; Heermann, Max; Leuffen, Dirk; de Blok, Lisanne; De Vries, Catherine E (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2023-03)

This article maps and investigates public support for different types of differentiated integration (DI) in the European Union. We examine citizens’ preferences for DI using novel survey data from eight EU member states. ...
When they cry: Tears facilitate responses toward members of socially disadvantaged groups.

Bobowik, Magdalena; Doroszuk, Marta; Slawuta, Patrycja; Basabe, Nekane (American Psychological Association, 2022-04-07)

Emotional tears are vehicles for bonding between individuals, even with those belonging to different social categories. Yet, little is known about the reactions they provoke toward members of underprivileged groups such ...
Chronic pain relief after receiving affective touch: A single case report

Meijer, Larissa L.; Ruis, Carla; van der Smagt, Maarten J.; Dijkerman, H. Chris (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023-09)

Affective touch is gentle slow stroking of the skin, which can reduce experimentally induced pain. Our participant, suffering from Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, received 1 week of non-affective touch and 1 week of ...
Refining the Early Devonian time scale using Milankovitch cyclicity in Lochkovian–Pragian sediments (Prague Synform, Czech Republic)

da Silva, Anne-Christine; Hladil, J.; Chadimová, L.; Slavík, L.; Hilgen, F.J.; Bábek, O.; Dekkers, M.J. (Elsevier, 2016-12-01)

The Early Devonian geological time scale (base of the Devonian at , Becker et al., 2012) suffers from poor age control, with associated large uncertainties between 2.5 and 4.2 Myr on the stage boundaries. Identifying orbital ...
Doubling up: The Influence of Native and Foreign Language Cues in Foreign Language Double Consonant Spelling

van de Ven, Marco; Hofman, Abe D.; de Bree, Elise; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo; van der Maas, Han L.J. (Universiteit Antwerpen, 2022-10)

In this study, we investigated which spelling cues are used in word-medial consonant spelling by learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Previous research has shown that native speakers of English rely on different ...
School Trajectory of Elementary Newcomer Students: Early Tracking System and Norm Accommodation

Le Pichon - Vorstman, Emmanuelle; Baauw, Sergio; Kang, Sohee; Vorstman, Jacob (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023-08-23)

The increase in the number of newcomer students in countries across the world has underscored the importance of effective transition strategies in education. Many students encounter difficulties in acquiring academic ...
'They are wallowing in luxury, but complain about the struggles of lockdown': A field study of audiences’ responses to celebrity COVID-19 posts.

Ouvrein, Gaëlle; Vandebosch, Heidi; De Backer, Charlotte (Hogrefe Publishing, 2023-01)

Many people are fascinated by celebrities and like to follow them and leave positive comments online about the luxurious lives they lead. There are doubts and concerns, however, about whether celebrity posts regarding ...
A framework for reviewing laws and policies for climate resilience – The case of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Du, Haomiao; Dang, Khoi; Nguyen, Hong Quan; van Rijswick, Helena (Routledge, 2023)

This article proposes a framework for reviewing to what extent laws and policies of a legal system support climate resilience. This article adopts the social-ecological system (SES) resilience theory and translates its ...
Dropout from psychological treatment for borderline personality disorder: A multilevel survival meta-analysis

Arntz, A.; Mensink, Kyra; Cox, Wouter; Verhoef, Rogier; van Emmerik, Arnold A P; Rameckers, Sophie; Badenbach, Theresa; Grasman, Raoul P P P (NLM (Medline), 2023-02-01)

BackgroundDropout from psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a notorious problem. We investigated whether treatment, treatment format, treatment setting, substance use exclusion criteria, proportion ...
The Good and the Bad: Do Immigrants’ Positive and Negative Evaluations of Life After Migration Go Hand in Hand?

Geurts, Nella; Lubbers, Marcel (Springer, 2023-09)

Research on migration and integration has informed us about the systemic inequalities and disadvantages that migrants face in the residence country. Less is known about migrants’ positive experiences, and whether these ...
The Role of Education in Native Dutch Adolescents’ Muslim Population Size Perceptions

Mulders, Anne Maaike; van Tubergen, Frank (Springer, 2023-09)

This study investigates competing explanations for the effect of education on native adolescents’ Muslim population size perceptions. Drawing on theories about heuristic reasoning, we analyze to what extent the effect of ...
The heterogenous relationship between migration and innovation: Evidence from Italy

Pinate, Adriana C.; Faggian, Alessandra; Berardino, Claudio Di; Castaldi, Carolina (Routledge, 2023)

This paper offers a novel take on the relationship between migration and regional innovation by analysing the impact of both international and internal migration flows across Italian provinces, by skill level, and on three ...

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