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Publish yet perish. On the pitfalls of philosophy in an age of impact factors KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. In many countries publications in Web of Knowledge journals are dominant in the evaluation of educational research. For various purposes comparisons are made between the output of philosophers of education in these journals and the publications of their colleagues in educational research generally, sometimes also including psychologists and/or social scientists. Taking its starting-point from ...
Risk factors for large-for-gestational age infants in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes KU Leuven
The rate of neonatal overweight remains generally high in type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Since glycemic control has improved over time other contributors need to be identified. Our aim is to evaluate the risk factors for large-for-gestational age infants (LGA) in women with T1DM and to evaluate whether the rate of LGA decreased over time.
Influence of exercise at lower and higher intensity on blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors at older age KU Leuven
OBJECTIVE: It is not well known which exercise intensity is needed to obtain blood pressure reductions in response to endurance training. We therefore compared the effect of training at lower and higher intensity on blood pressure, and, in addition on other cardiovascular risk factors, in at least 55-year-old sedentary men and women. METHODS: We used a randomized crossover design comprising three 10-week periods. In the first and third periods, ...
Prevalence and risk factors of enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. in pigs at slaughter age Ghent University
Aetiological factors and perception of anaemia in Tunisian women of reproductive age Institute of Tropical Medicine
Hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis disruptions in older men are differentially linked to age and modifiable risk factors: The European Male Aging Study KU Leuven
CONTEXT The cause of declining testosterone (T) in aging men and their relationships with risk factors are unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between lifestyle and health with reproductive hormones in aging men. DESIGN Baseline cross-sectional survey on 3200 community - dwelling men aged 40 - 79 yr from a prospective cohort study in 8 European countries. RESULTS Four predictors were associated with distinct modes of altered ...