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Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study

Baratin, Clarissa; Beune, Erik; van Schalkwijk, Daan; Meeks, Karlijn; Smeeth, Liam; Addo, Juliet; de-Graft Aikins, Ama; Owusu-Dabo, Ellis; Bahendeka, Silver; Mockenhaupt, Frank P; Danquah, Ina; Schulze, Matthias B; Spranger, Joachim; Boateng, Daniel; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Stronks, Karien; Agyemang, Charles (D. Steinkopff-Verlag, 2020-01)

PURPOSE: Psychosocial stress is associated with obesity in some populations, but it is unclear whether the association is related to migration. This study explored associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among ...
Cartilage Quality (dGEMRIC Index) Following Knee Joint Distraction or High Tibial Osteotomy

Besselink, Nick J; Vincken, Koen L; Bartels, L Wilbert; van Heerwaarden, Ronald J; Concepcion, Arno N; Marijnissen, Anne C A; Spruijt, Sander; Custers, Roel J H; van der Woude, Jan-Ton A D; Wiegant, Karen; Welsing, Paco M J; Mastbergen, Simon C; Lafeber, Floris P J G (SAGE Publications Inc., 2020-01)

Objective High tibial osteotomy (HTO) and knee joint distraction (KJD) are treatments to unload the osteoarthritic (OA) joint with proven success in postponing a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). While both treatments demonstrate ...
The TOSCA Registry for Tuberous Sclerosis—Lessons Learnt for Future Registry Development in Rare and Complex Diseases

Marques, Ruben; Belousova, Elena; Benedik, Mirjana P.; Carter, Tom; Cottin, Vincent; Curatolo, Paolo; Dahlin, Maria; D'Amato, Lisa; Beaure d'Augères, Guillaume; de Vries, Petrus J.; Ferreira, José C.; Feucht, Martha; Fladrowski, Carla; Hertzberg, Christoph; Jansen, Anna C.; Jozwiak, Sergiusz; Kingswood, John C.; Lawson, John A.; Macaya, Alfons; O'Callaghan, Finbar; Qin, Jiong; Sander, Valentin; Sauter, Matthias; Shah, Seema; Takahashi, Yukitoshi; Touraine, Renaud; Youroukos, Sotiris; Zonnenberg, Bernard; Nabbout, Rima; TOSCA Consortium and TOSCA Investigators (Frontiers Media S. A., 2019-11-13)

Introduction: The TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) is an international disease registry designed to provide insights into the clinical characteristics of patients with Tuberous Sclerosis ...
Residential surrounding green, air pollution, traffic noise and self-perceived general health

Klompmaker, Jochem O.; Janssen, Nicole A.H.; Bloemsma, Lizan D.; Gehring, Ulrike; Wijga, Alet H.; van den Brink, Carolien; Lebret, Erik; Brunekreef, Bert; Hoek, Gerard (Academic Press Inc., 2019-12-01)

Self-perceived general health (SGH) is one of the most inclusive and widely used measures of health status and a powerful predictor of mortality. However, only a limited number of studies evaluated associations of combined ...
Correction of rotational deformity and restoration of thoracic kyphosis are inversely related in posterior surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Acaroglu, E.; Doany, M.; Cetin, E.; Castelein, R. (Churchill Livingstone, 2019-12-01)

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a complex three dimensional deformity the treatment of which remains to be surgical correction of the deformity as it had progressed over certain thresholds. The main focus in ...
Coping styles in patients with hypospadias

Rynja, Sybren P.; Bosch, J. L.H.Ruud; de Jong, Tom P.V.M.; van der Werf-Kok, Esther T.; de Kort, Laetitia M.O. (Elsevier, 2019-12-01)

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to investigate the coping styles used by patients with hypospadias. Long-term hypospadias studies generally show satisfying outcomes, but some report a lower quality of life (QoL) ...
In search of good care: the methodology of phenomenological, theory-oriented ‘N=N case studies’ in empirically grounded ethics of care

Timmerman, Guus; Baart, Andries; Vosman, Frans (Springer Netherlands, 2019-12-01)

This paper proposes a new perspective on the methodology of qualitative inquiry in (care) ethics, especially the interaction between empirical work and theory development, and introduces standards to evaluate the quality ...
Effect of unfocused extracorporeal shockwave therapy on bone mineral content of twelve distal forearms of postmenopausal women: a clinical pilot study

Koolen, Marianne K.E.; Kruyt, Moyo C.; Öner, Fetullah C.; Schaden, Wolfgang; Weinans, Harrie; van der Jagt, Olav P. (Springer London, 2019-12-01)

Summary: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy showed a pronounced effect on bone mass in previous animal studies. We showed in this pilot study that a single treatment with unfocused shockwave therapy in unselected patients ...
Development of an algorithm to discriminate between plasmid- and chromosomal-mediated AmpC β-lactamase production in Escherichia coli by elaborate phenotypic and genotypic characterization

Coolen, Jordy P.M.; Den Drijver, Evert P.M.; Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.; Verweij, Jaco J.; Lamberts, Bram A.; Soer, Joke A.C.J.; Verhulst, Carlo; Wertheim, Heiman F.L.; Kolwijck, Eva (Oxford University Press, 2019-12-01)

Objectives: AmpC-β-lactamase production is an under-recognized antibiotic resistance mechanism that renders Gram-negative bacteria resistant to common β-lactam antibiotics, similar to the well-known ESBLs. For infection ...
CRISPR Craze to Transform Cardiac Biology

van Kampen, Sebastiaan Johannes; van Rooij, Eva (Elsevier Limited, 2019-09-01)

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) has revolutionized many research areas and has rapidly become the gold standard in genome editing by outrivaling all other available tools. Its unprecedented ...
Live imaging of mRNA using RNA-stabilized fluorogenic proteins

Wu, Jiahui; Zaccara, Sara; Khuperkar, Deepak; Kim, Hyaeyeong; Tanenbaum, Marvin E.; Jaffrey, Samie R. (Nature Research, 2019-09-01)

Fluorogenic RNA aptamers bind and activate the fluorescence of otherwise nonfluorescent dyes. However, fluorogenic aptamers are limited by the small number of fluorogenic dyes suitable for use in live cells. In this ...
The therapeutic potential of targeting CD40-TRAF6 pathway in cardiovascular Diseases

Bosch, Lena; de Haan, Judith J.; Seijkens, Tom T.P.; van Tiel, Claudia M.; Brans, Maike A.D.; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Lutgens, Esther; de Jager, Saskia C.A. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020-02-01)
MR imaging in discriminating between benign and malignant paediatric ovarian masses: a systematic review

van Nimwegen, Lotte W E; Mavinkurve-Groothuis, Annelies M C; de Krijger, Ronald R; Hulsker, Caroline C C; Goverde, Angelique J; Zsiros, József; Littooij, Annemieke S (Springer-Verlag, 2020-02)

OBJECTIVES: The use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in differentiation between benign and malignant adnexal masses in children and adolescents might be of great value in the diagnostic workup of sonographically indeterminate ...
A multicentre cohort study of serum and peritoneal biomarkers to predict anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer resection

Sparreboom, C L; Komen, N; Rizopoulos, D; Verhaar, A P; Dik, W A; Wu, Z; van Westreenen, H L; Doornebosch, P G; Dekker, J W T; Menon, A G; Daams, F; Lips, D; van Grevenstein, W M U; Karsten, T M; Bayon, Y; Peppelenbosch, M P; Wolthuis, A M; D'Hoore, A; Lange, J F (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-01-01)

AIM: Anastomotic leakage (AL) is one of the most feared complications after rectal resection. This study aimed to assess a combination of biomarkers for early detection of AL after rectal cancer resection. METHOD: This ...
Persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome (PICS) after polytrauma: A rare syndrome with major consequences

Hesselink, Lillian; Hoepelman, Ruben J.; Spijkerman, Roy; de Groot, Mark C.H.; van Wessem, Karlijn J.P.; Koenderman, Leo; Leenen, Luke P.H.; Hietbrink, Falco (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-01-10)

Nowadays, more trauma patients develop chronic critical illness (CCI), a state characterized by prolonged intensive care. Some of these CCI patients have disproportional difficulties to recover and suffer from recurrent ...
18F-FDG-PET/CT-based treatment planning for definitive (chemo)radiotherapy in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma improves regional control and survival

van den Bosch, Sven; Doornaert, Patricia A H; Dijkema, Tim; Zwijnenburg, Ellen M; Verhoef, Lia C G; Hoeben, Bianca A W; Kasperts, Nicolien; Smid, Ernst J; Terhaard, Chris H J; Kaanders, Johannes H A M (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020-01)

Background and purpose: Multimodality imaging including 18F-FDG-PET has improved the detection threshold of nodal metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The aim of this retrospective analysis is to ...
Dosimetric impact of soft-tissue based intrafraction motion from 3D cine-MR in prostate SBRT

de Muinck Keizer, D M; Kontaxis, C; Kerkmeijer, L G W; van der Voort van Zyp, J R N; van den Berg, C A T; Raaymakers, B W; Lagendijk, J J W; de Boer, J C J (IOP Publishing Ltd., 2020-01-17)

To investigate the dosimetric impact of intrafraction translation and rotation motion of the prostate, as extracted from daily acquired post-treatment 3D cine-MR based on soft-tissue contrast, in extremely hypofractionated ...
High intensity interval training after cardiac resynchronization therapy: An explorative randomized controlled trial

Spee, Ruud F.; Niemeijer, Victor M.; Schoots, Thijs; Tuinenburg, Anton; Houthuizen, Patrick; Wijn, Pieter F.; Doevendans, Pieter A.; Kemps, Hareld M. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020-01-15)

BACKGROUND: CRT leads to improvement in exercise capacity, cardiac function and mortality in selected CHF patients. Exercise capacity improves even greater when combining CRT with moderate-intensity exercise training (ET). ...
Field drift correction of proton resonance frequency shift temperature mapping with multichannel fast alternating nonselective free induction decay readouts

Ferrer, Cyril J.; Bartels, Lambertus W.; van der Velden, Tijl A.; Grüll, Holger; Heijman, Edwin; Moonen, Chrit T.W.; Bos, Clemens (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2020-03-01)

Purpose: To demonstrate that proton resonance frequency shift MR thermometry (PRFS-MRT) acquisition with nonselective free induction decay (FID), combined with coil sensitivity profiles, allows spatially resolved B0 ...
Apparent therapy-resistant hypertension as risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Holtrop, Joris; Spiering, Wilko; Nathoe, Hendrik M; De Borst, Gert J; Kappelle, Laurens J; De Valk, Harold W; Visseren, Frank L J; Westerink, Jan; SMART Study Group (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020-01)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the relationship between hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is different for patients with uncontrolled hypertension, controlled hypertension or patients with apparent ...

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