Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Psychological interventions to improve maternal mental health and resilience during pregnancy in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women experienced increased psychological distress, while access to routine mental health care was often disrupted. Psychological interventions may provide an effective strategy to support maternal mental health under these circu...

Clinical practice on treatment of primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation: a multidisciplinary guideline

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations are common and can have long-term personal implications for quality of life and the use of the arm for occupational activities and sport participation. A patient care pathway has been reported to contribute...

The State of Peer Review in Empirical Software Engineering: A Community Survey on Review Load, Quality, and GenAI Use

The scientific peer review system has been slowly deteriorating over the last years, and not just within empirical software engineering (ESE) research. Increased submission numbers, high workload, and the rise of generative AI use with all its associated issues have made many cra...

Developing Empathy Quest: A Digital Game Based Learning Tool About Teachers’ Emotional Intelligence

Socio-emotional skills are essential for teachers’ wellbeing, classroom functioning, and promotion of students’ social–emotional development. Digital game-based learning (DGBL) represents a promising approach to promote these competencies through engaging and experiential learnin...

Inception Display Calculi

Abstract Display calculi were introduced by Nuel Belnap in [3] as a natural extension of Gentzen’s sequent calculi, as a uniform and modular framework capable of encompassing broad classes of logics. In [28], the properly displayable (D)LE-logics are syntactically characterized a...

Comparison of different approaches to assess fascicle length using 3D ultrasound with cadaveric dissection as a reference for the human biceps femoris long head

Abstract Purpose The biceps femoris long head (BFlh) has a complex architecture, posing challenges for accurately assessing its fascicle length. This study compared four 3D ultrasound (3DUS)-based methods for estimating mid-belly BFlh fascicle length in human cadavers (n = 6 legs...

A literature overview of age- and Tanner stage-specific reference intervals for sex hormones for children aged 0 – 18 years

Abstract Study objective This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of age- and Tanner stage-specific reference intervals (RIs) for testosterone, estradiol, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in children...

Surviving linguistic violence: The role of equality, diversity and inclusion in reactionary times

In recent years, the term ‘woke’ has increasingly become controversial in Dutch public discourse, where cultural protectionism, anti-multiculturalism, anti-immigration, and anti-gender narratives have been amplified by the far right. Particularly within academia, ‘woke’ is increa...

Elective admissions and treatments in the final three months of life: a nationwide retrospective study of older adults

PURPOSE: Research on potentially inappropriate care at the end of life in older adults rarely distinguishes between acute and elective care. As elective care is plannable, it allows for timely deliberation on its appropriateness. This study aimed to explore elective hospital care...

Multifeature sequencing-based liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis and monitoring

Abstract Liquid biopsy has emerged as a transformative development in oncology, enabling the minimally invasive detection and monitoring of cancer through the analysis of tumor-derived material in blood. Moving beyond single-variable analysis, multifeature sequencing-based liquid...

Increased risk of early failure of multiply revised total hip arthroplasty

Aims: As the demand for revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) grows, understanding how successive revision procedures influence implant survivorship and patient outcomes becomes increasingly important. This study aimed to evaluate the association between revision number and impl...

Computational Gallerte : Compressions of culture

In Capital , Marx describes ‘abstract human labor’ as a jelly-like, amorphous substance: Gallerte , often translated as ‘gelatinous blob’. Turning from questions of consumption (or outputs) in debates on ‘AI slop’ to the ‘sloppy’ side of AI production (or inputs), this essay draw...