Statistics Belgium

Validation of a Revised V-Slope Algorithm for Automated First Ventilatory Threshold Detection in Healthy Adults

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The first ventilatory threshold (VT1) is a key indicator of submaximal aerobic fitness. Its determination typically relies on visual assessment, which is time-consuming and subject to interobserver variability. Automated solutions may offer a more objec...

How Do Savings Groups Respond to Agricultural Shocks?

ABSTRACT Negative aggregate shocks lead to persistent rural poverty. Access to credit and insurance can help, but is often lacking. How do informal financial institutions, dependent on locally sourced capital, respond to shocks? We study the response of savings groups—locally run...

Financial Transparency Certification and Interorganizational Network Ties—An Empirical Study

ABSTRACT In this study, we examine the role of interorganizational network ties (being board interlocks and auditor ties in particular) in explaining external financial transparency certification among Belgian nonprofit organizations (NPOs). As a voluntary quality signal, externa...

Current Use, Monitoring and Reversal of Neuromuscular Block in Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care: A Web‐Based Cross‐Sectional ESAIC Survey

BACKGROUND: Neuromuscular blocking agents are recommended by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and European Society of Paediatric Anaesthesia (ESPA) for facilitating tracheal intubation in children. Despite these recommendations, real-world data o...

Longitudinal characterization of medial gastrocnemius muscle growth deficits throughout childhood in spastic cerebral palsy

The prospective longitudinal study compared muscle growth in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) with typically developing (TD) peers and across Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)-groups, and investigated muscle deficit trajectories across GMFCS-groups. Thre...