• The climate, land, energy, water and food nexus challenge in a land scarce country: Innovations in the Netherlands 

      Janssen D.N.G., Ramos E.P., Linderhof V., Polman N., Laspidou C., Fokkinga D., E Sousa D.M. (2020)
      The Netherlands has the ambitious target of transitioning to a low-carbon economy by 2050. One factor that may constrain this progress, however, is the large spatial requirements of renewable energy technologies, and ...
    • A genome-wide association study identifies an osteoarthritis susceptibility locus on chromosome 7q22 

      Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Lories, R. J.; Meulenbelt, I.; Jonsdottir, I.; Valdes, A. M.; Arp, P.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jhamai, M.; Jonsson, H.; Stolk, L.; Thorleifsson, G.; Zhai, G.; Zhang, F.; Zhu, Y.; Van Der Breggen, R.; Carr, A.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Felson, D. T.; Gonzalez, A.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hart, D. J.; Hauksson, V. B.; Hofman, A.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Kloppenburg, M.; Lane, N. E.; Loughlin, J.; Luyten, F. P.; Nevitt, M. C.; Parimi, N.; Pols, H. A. P.; Rivadeneira, F.; Slagboom, E. P.; Styrḱarsd́ottir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Van De Putte, T.; Zmuda, J.; Spector, T. D.; Stefansson, K.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Van Meurs, J. B. J. (2010)
      Objective. To identify novel genes involved in osteoarthritis (OA), by means of a genome-wide association study. Methods. We tested 500,510 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1,341 Dutch Caucasian OA cases and 3,496 ...
    • Quality and best practice in medical laboratories: Specific requests for autoimmunity testing 

      Sack U., Bossuyt X., Andreeva H., Antal-Szalmás P., Bizzaro N., Bogdanos D., Borzova E., Conrad K., Dragon-Durey M.-A., Eriksson C., Fischer K., Haapala A.-M., Heijnen I., Herold M., Klotz W., Kozmar A., Tesija Kuna A., López Hoyos M., Malkov V.A., Musset L., Nagy E., Rönnelid J., Shoenfeld Y., Sundic T., Tsirogianni A., Uibo R., Rego Sousa M.J., Damoiseaux J. (2020)
      Special conditions associated with laboratory autoimmune testing are not well compatible with recent developments in regulatory frameworks such as EN/ISO 15189 accreditation or in vitro diagnostic medical device regulation ...
    • Re-estimating the interconnectedness between the demand of energy consumption, income, and sustainability indices 

      Ozcan B., Tzeremes P., Dogan E. (2019)
      In this study, we analyze the time-varying causality linkages between energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental degradation in 33 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, spanning the ...
    • Recovery of Salmonella enterica from seropositive finishing pig herds 

      Lo Fo Wong, D. M. A.; Dahl, J.; Van Der Wolf, P. J.; Wingstrand, A.; Leontides, L.; Von Altrock, A. (2003)
      The aim of this study was to assess the probability of detecting Salmonella from pen faecal samples in seropositive classified finishing pig herds. The study involved 77 herds from Denmark (20), The Netherlands (20), Greece ...
    • Repository of intra- and inter-run variations of quantitative autoantibody assays: A European multicenter study 

      Dragon-Durey M.-A., Bizzaro N., Senant M., Andreeva H., Bogdanos D.P., Bonroy C., Bossuyt X., Eriksson C., Fabien N., Heijnen I., Herold M., Musset L., Kuhi L., Lopez-Hoyos M., Berki T., Roozendaal C., Sack U., Sundic T., Taylor L., Kuna A.T., Damoiseaux J. (2022)
      Objectives: No reference data are available on repositories to measure precision of autoantibody assays. The scope of this study was to document inter- and intra-run variations of quantitative autoantibody assays based on ...
    • Resuming hip and knee arthroplasty after COVID-19: ethical implications for wellbeing, safety and the economy 

      Kort N.P., Zagra L., Barrena E.G., Tandogan R.N., Thaler M., Berstock J.R., Karachalios T. (2020)
      Reinstating elective hip and knee arthroplasty services presents significant challenges. We need to be honest about the scale of the obstacles ahead and realise that the health challenges and economic consequences of the ...
    • The temporary and permanent effects of unemployment on mortality in Europe 

      Bender, K. A.; Economou, A.; Theodossiou, I. (2013)
      Recent research on the relationship between unemployment and mortality is inconsistent. The statistical methodology used in this study decomposes the effect of unemployment on mortality into temporary and permanent effects ...
    • Understanding the gap between reality and expectation: Local social engagement and ethnic concentration 

      Tselios V., McCann P., van Dijk J. (2017)
      It is widely known that there is a strong relationship between local ethnic concentration and local social engagement. This article attempts to take a step forward by analysing the gap between the real and the expected ...
    • Using Foursquare place data for estimating building block use 

      Spyratos S., Stathakis D., Lutz M., Tsinaraki C. (2017)
      Information about the land use of built-up areas is required for the comprehensive planning and management of cities. However, due to the high cost of the land use surveys, land use data is out-dated or not available for ...