Publications by authors named "E Heinen"
Domestic Use of E-Cargo Bikes and Other E-Micromobility: Protocol for a Multi-Centre, Mixed Methods Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2024
Physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Climate change is now regarded as the biggest threat to global public health. Electric micromobility (e-micromobility, including e-bikes, e-cargo bikes, and e-scooters) has the potential to simultaneously increase people's overall physical activity while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions where it substitutes for motorised transport.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChitosan is a linear biopolymer composed of D-glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine units. The percentage of D-glucosamine in the polymeric chain can vary from one sample to another and is expressed as the degree of deacetylation (DDA). Since this parameter has an impact on many properties, its determination is often critical, and potentiometric titration is a common analytical technique to measure the DDA.
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- - The study focused on hospitalized COVID-19 patients with no prior neurological issues to examine the prevalence of neurological problems using objective tests, finding that 66% showed peripheral nerve issues and 33% had central nervous system problems.
- - It highlighted that 63% of patients assessed for cognitive function demonstrated cognitive impairments, indicating a significant impact on brain health.
- - Additionally, the research identified specific neurological abnormalities, like issues with somatosensory evoked potentials, as independent risk factors for increased mortality, suggesting that these tests could help predict patient outcomes.
Objective: To investigate the degree of synaptic plasticity in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients during acute relapses compared to stable MS patients and healthy controls (HCs) and to analyze its functional relevance.
Methods: Facilitatory quadripulse stimulation (QPS) was applied to the primary motor cortex in 18 acute relapsing and 18 stable MS patients, as well as 18 HCs. The degree of synaptic plasticity was measured by the change in motor evoked potential amplitude following QPS.
Ghrelin is a hormone that induces orexigenic effects in mammals. However, in avian species, there is scant and conflictive results on the effect of ghrelin on feed intake (FI). Therefore, we evaluated the effect of a ghrelin receptor agonist (capromorelin) on FI, ADG, water intake (WI), animal behavior and concentrations of ghrelin, glucose, growth hormone (GH) and insulin in broiler chickens.
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