Publications by authors named "G A van den Berg"

Background: Patients receiving chemotherapy require ongoing symptom monitoring and management to optimize their outcomes. In recent years, digital remote monitoring interventions have emerged to provide enhanced cancer care delivery experiences to patients and clinicians. However, patient and clinician experiential evaluations of these technologies are rare.

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Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] is a lipoprotein with multiple deleterious characteristics and is a recognized cardiovascular (CV) risk factor. The pro-atherogenic, pro-thrombotic, and pro-inflammatory features of Lp(a) are associated not only with atherosclerotic vascular disease but also with aortic valve calcification and all-cause mortality. One of the most interesting aspects of Lp(a) is that its level is determined by genetics in more than 90% of cases, with lifestyle habits having very little influence.

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In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards industrialization in food production, resulting in the implementation of higher hygiene standards globally. Our study focused on examining the impact of hygiene standards on tempeh, a popular Rhizopus-based fermented soybean product native to Indonesia, and now famous around the world. We observed that tempeh produced with standardized hygiene measures exhibited a microbiome with comparable bacterial abundances but a markedly different community structure and function than traditionally produced tempeh.

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  • * It involved 496 healthcare professionals from three hospitals, analyzing hair cortisol levels as a chronic stress biomarker and finding significant associations between high cortisol levels, workload, age, and emotional exhaustion.
  • * The research concludes that burnout in 11% of participants correlates with increased stress and lower social support, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to enhance healthcare workers' well-being.
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Sadeq Hedayat (1903-1951) is an Iranian author known for his short stories and his novel (The Blind Owl). An intellectual from an influential family, Hedayat traveled abroad at a young age and became a vegetarian in his youth. He wrote the essay (Human and animal) in 1924, when he was only 21 years old.

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