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Patient empowerment, patient participation and patient-centeredness in hospital care: A concept analysis based on a literature review KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
OBJECTIVES: The concepts of patient empowerment, patient participation and patient-centeredness have been introduced as part of the trend towards a more participatory health care and have largely been used interchangeably. Although these concepts have been discussed for a number of years, their exact meaning in hospital care remains somewhat unclear. This absence of theoretical and conceptual clarity has led to (1) poor understanding and ...
Childhood trauma and HPA axis functionality in offspring of bipolar parents KU Leuven
Children of a parent with bipolar disorder (bipolar offspring) have an increased risk for mood disorders. While genetic factors play a significant role in this population, susceptibility to environmental stress may also significantly contribute to this vulnerability for mood disorders. Childhood trauma has consistently been found to increase the risk for mood disorders, with persisting consequences for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis ...
DESyne novolimus-eluting coronary stent is superior to Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent at five-year follow-up: final results of the multicentre EXCELLA II randomised controlled trial Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Aims: Newer-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have been shown to be superior to first-generation DES. Current-generation DES have zotarolimus, everolimus or biolimus as antiproliferative drugs. Novolimus, a metabolite of sirolimus, has been specifically developed to provide efficacy similar to currently available agents at a lower dose and thus requires a lower polymer load. We report the final five-year outcomes of the EXCELLA II trial ...
Bike Desks in the Office Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal effect of implementing bike desks in an office setting on physical health, cognition, and work parameters.
METHODS: Physical health, cognitive function, work engagement, and work performance measured before (T0) and after (T2) the intervention period were compared between office workers who used the bike desk (IG, n = 22) and those who did not (CG, n = 16).
...Supervising automated journalists in the newsroom : liability for algorithmically produced news stories KU Leuven
Algorithmic processes that convert data into narrative news texts allow news rooms to publish stories with limited to no human intervention1. The new trend creates many opportunities, but also raises significant legal questions. Aside from financial benefits, further refinement could make the smart algorithms capable of writing less standard, maybe even opinion, pieces. The responsible human merely needs to define clear questions about what the ...
Daily longitudinal self-monitoring of mood variability in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Traditionally, assessment of psychiatric symptoms has been relying on their retrospective report to a trained interviewer. The emergence of smartphones facilitates passive sensor-based monitoring and active real-time monitoring through time-stamped prompts; however there are few validated self-report measures designed for this purpose. METHODS: We introduce a novel, compact questionnaire, Mood Zoom (MZ), embedded in a customised ...
A comparison of linear and branched wormlike micelles using large amplitude oscillatory shear and orthogonal superposition rheology KU Leuven
In this study, we present a comparative investigation of linear and branched wormlike micelles using two nonlinear rheological tools: orthogonal superposition rheology and large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) rheology. The surfactants were a series of mixtures of octyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (C8TAB) and sodium oleate (NaOA). A transition from linear to branched wormlike micelles was obtained by either varying the relative ratio of NaOA ...
Simultaneous calculation of three optical surfaces in the 3D SMS freeform RXI optic Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Freeform RXI collimator is a remarkable example of advanced nonimaging device designed with the 3D Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) Method. In the original design, two (the front refracting surface and the back mirror) of the three optical surfaces of the RXI are calculated simultaneously and one (the cavity surrounding the source) is fixed by the designer. As a result, the RXI perfectly couples two input wavefronts (coming from the edges ...
The Influence of Intense Combined Training on Upper Extremity Function in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: Does Initial Ability Matter? KU Leuven
AIM: To examine whether level of manual ability modifies the response to an intensive program combining modified constraint and bimanual training on arm functioning children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). METHODS: Thirty-four children aged 6-11 years, with Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) levels I-III (I:8, II:15, III:11), participated in a 2-week program, combining an hour of modified constraint with 5 hr of bimanual practice ...