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Impact of black cherry on pedunculate oak vitality in mixed forests: Balancing benefits and concerns KU Leuven
Measurement properties of instruments to measure the fatigue domain of vitality capacity in community-dwelling older people Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Vitality capacity (VC) is a key domain of intrinsic capacity (IC) and is the underlying biophysiological aspect of IC. Energy and metabolism (E&M) is one of the domains of VC. Fatigue is one of the main characteristics of E&M.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this umbrella review are (i) to identify the available instruments suitable for measuring fatigue in community-dwelling older adults and (ii) to critically review the ...
Seeking for nourishing growth within a context of unnatural growth : west Tanzanian reflections on cultivating the vitality of soils, plants, animals and humans Ghent University
This paper offers an analysis of the ambivalent discourse on growth that occupies Tanzanian everyday life and public debate. Interlocutors blame the intensification of agriculture for forcing livestock, crops and soils to grow in excessive and unnatural ways. Plants, animals and the humans who consume them are said to grow ‘before their time’, resulting in bodies that are ‘older than their age’. At the same time, striving for the growth of ...
Effect of anaerobic soil disinfestation on tuber vitality of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) Ghent University
Cyperus esculentus is considered the sixteenth worst weed in the world. The weed causes huge losses in arable crops. Current control strategies are based on combinations of chemical and mechanical methods, repeated over years, and aim to deplete the belowground bud bank. However, this is a slow process. Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) using readily decomposable carbon sources may be a promising innovative method to quickly deplete the bud ...
Unsystematic vitality : from early modern beeswarms to contemporary swarm intelligence Ghent University
Testing Demands and Resources as Determinants of Vitality among Different Employment Contract Groups. A Study in 30 European Countries KU Leuven
The aim of this study was to investigate the relative importance of four job demands and five job resources for employee vitality, i.e., work engagement and exhaustion, in three different employment groups: permanent, temporary and temporary agency workers. We employed data from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) collected in 2015 comprising 28,042 employees from 30 European countries. We used linear regression analyses and ...
The use of laser Doppler flowmetry in the diagnosis of pulp vitality of traumatized permanent teeth Ghent University
An early determination of pulpal vitality is crucial with respect to a correct differential diagnosis of revascularisation or necrosis and its treatment. The use of sensibility tests (cold, heat, electrical pulp test) in combination with X-ray is commonly promoted. However, these tests are arbitrary, based on sensations and therefore not always reliable. In such situation registration of pulpal blood flow will be more than an added value. The ...