Publicaties

Reasons for performing study: Standard methods for culturing equine synovial fluid (SF) are often unrewarding. Evidence-based information on the relative efficiency of different systems used for optimisation of isolation of microorganisms from equine SF is lacking.Objectives: To compare the results of different culture systems performed in parallel on SF samples from horses clinically diagnosed with synovial sepsis.Methods: Synovial fluid ...

STUDY QUESTION Does the type of in vitro culture medium or the duration of in vitro culture influence singleton birthweight after IVF/ICSI treatment?

SUMMARY ANSWER In a comparison of two culture media, neither the medium nor the duration of culture (Day 3 versus Day 5 blastocyst transfer) had any effect on mean singleton birthweight.

WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Previous studies indicated that in vitro culture of human embryos ...

Individual culture of bovine embryos is usually associated with low blastocyst development. However, during preliminary experiments in our laboratory we observed high blastocyst development after individual embryo culture in a serum-free culture system. We therefore hypothesised that serum has a negative effect on embryos cultured individually whereas embryos in groups can counteract this. First, we determined whether the timing of removal of ...

PURPOSE: The importance of a safety culture to maximize safety is no longer questioned. However, achieving sustainable culture improvements are less evident. Evidence is growing for a multifaceted approach, where multiple safety interventions are combined. Lean management is such an integral approach to improve safety, quality and efficiency and therefore, could be expected to improve the safety culture. This paper presents the effects of lean ...

A prevalent concern with the integration of Turkish minorities is that large cultural differences hinder integration. Many majority members doubt that Turkish minority members can combine host culture adoption and heritage culture maintenance, although research has shown that most Turkish minority members experience no conflict between these orientations. The present study investigates experimentally whether majority group members perceive ...

Imprinted genes are differentially methylated during gametogenesis to allow parent-of-origin specific monoallelic expression. We previously demonstrated normal imprinting establishment at four key imprinted genes in mouse MII oocytes after in vitro follicle culture. Commercially available culture media feature a wide range of methyl donor levels. The aim was to study the effect of low methyl donor (methionine, vitamin B12, folic acid, choline ...

Starting from the present knowledge society with its social overvaluing of cognition and white-collar jobs at the expense of manual labour, this article examines whether school typeU+2014academic versus technical/vocational schoolsU+2014relates to studentsU+2019 sense of futility. It assesses the schoolsU+2019 culture of futility and investigates the explanatory value of sense of futility and culture of futility in the relation of school type ...

The amelioration and augmentation of cultural participation is one of the major cornerstones of the current cultural policy in Flanders . Research has shown that the public participation level in Flanders is slightly higher than the European level. It is situated between countries with a lower participation level such as France, Portugal and Greece and countries with high participation level like the Scandinavian Countries and especially our ...

© 2015 Association ALTER. In contemporary disability studies, questions with regard to disability culture and disability identity occupy an important place. Generally speaking, the notions 'culture' and 'identity' refer to the manifold and divergent attempts and attitudes of persons with disabilities to resist the oppressive and often medically inspired strategies and discourses, which depict the person with disability as a dependent and ...