Publications by authors named "M Haldimann"
The Role of Dyadic Teacher-Student Relationships for Primary School Teachers' Well-Being.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2023
Teacher well-being is not only relevant for the effectiveness of individual teaching and student learning but also for general school quality and societal functioning, because teacher well-being is related to lower burnout risks and lower attrition. Previous research identified social relationships in school as a crucial source of teacher well-being. However, studies investigating the role of teacher-student relationships as a determining factor for teacher well-being are still scarce.
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- The decline in liquid milk consumption in Western countries is being offset by a rise in processed dairy products and plant-based milk alternatives, which are frequently marketed as substitutes for cow's milk.
- A study compared the nutritional content of 27 plant-based drinks to cow's milk, analyzing factors like protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals, as well as harmful residues such as glyphosate and arsenic.
- The findings indicated that while soy drinks contained more protein and certain vitamins than milk, most plant-based alternatives were low in protein and did not match the nutrient profile and quality of cow's milk, highlighting the need for better fortification in these products.
Development of a Belt-actuated Robotic Platform for Early Rehabilitation.
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot
July 2022
In order to promote early rehabilitation, we proposed a system which provides full-body arm-leg training for patients in a bed-lying position. As the preliminary development, a platform for leg movement was investigated. An innovative system with four servo drives was designed and manufactured.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomonitoring of mycotoxins and their metabolites in biological fluids is increasingly used to assess human exposure. In this study, biomarkers of ochratoxin A (OTA) and citrinin (CIT) exposure were determined in a large number of serum samples from healthy blood donors in Switzerland. In 2019, 700 samples from different regions were obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn light of the globally increasing prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases, new scalable and non-invasive dietary monitoring techniques are urgently needed. Automatically collected digital receipts from loyalty cards hereby promise to serve as an objective and automatically traceable digital marker for individual food choice behavior and do not require users to manually log individual meal items. With the introduction of the General Data Privacy Regulation in the European Union, millions of consumers gained the right to access their shopping data in a machine-readable form, representing a historic chance to leverage shopping data for scalable monitoring of food choices.
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