BACKGROUND: Diazepam-binding inhibitor (DBI) controls feeding behaviour and glucose homeostasis. Individuals born small-for-gestational-age (SGA) with excessive postnatal catch-up in weight are at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To assess serum concentrations of DBI (0-2 years) in appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA, n = 70) vs SG...
Water-in-salt electrolytes (WiSEs) are a class of super-concentrated electrolytes that have shown much promise in replacing organic electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries. At the extremely high salt concentrations of WiSEs, ionic association is more complicated than the simple ion pair description. In fact, large branched clusters can be present in ...
Background The effects of pharmacological blood pressure lowering at normal or high-normal blood pressure ranges in people with or without pre-existing cardiovascular disease remains uncertain. We analysed individual participant data from randomised trials to investigate the effects of blood pressure lowering treatment on the risk of major cardiova...
Published in Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: Although nocturia is a risk factor for incident falls in the community, studies are required to gain an understanding of incident falls related to nocturnal toileting in hospitals. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence and characteristics of incident falls in adult hospitalized patients related to nocturnal toileting.Metho...
Aim To estimate the associations between risk factors and cognitive decline (CD)/dementia, and the sex differences in these risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes, while accounting for the competing risk of death. Materials and Methods The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluati...
Published in European heart journal
Randomized clinical trials initially used heart failure (HF) patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to select study populations with high risk to enhance statistical power. However, this use of LVEF in clinical trials has led to oversimplification of the scientific view of a complex syndrome. Descriptive terms such as 'HFrEF' (...
The use of molecular solvents has been proposed as a simple solution to reduce the high viscosities of neat ionic liquids (ILs) and extend the practical applications of ILs. A proper understanding of the structure and intermolecular interaction is of vital importance for the design, optimization and synthesis of ILs systems with tailored properties...
The use of molecular solvents has been proposed as a simple solution to reduce the high viscosities of neat ionic liquids (ILs) and extend the practical applications of ILs. A proper understanding of the structure and intermolecular interaction is of vital importance for the design, optimization and synthesis of ILs systems with tailored properties...
In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, the aim of the current set of studies was to examine if attitudes towards terrorists and-by extension-uninvolved outgroups (i.e., Muslims, refugees, and immigrants) changed before vs. after these attacks. In a Belgian student sample (Study 1a), we investigated the impact of the Paris a...
Published in Disability and rehabilitation
Purpose: Sedentary behaviour is any waking behaviour in sitting, lying or reclining postures with low energy expenditure. High sedentary behaviour levels, common after stroke, are associated with poor health and higher levels of mobility disability. The aim of this study was to undertake a behavioural diagnosis of sedentary behaviour in the early p...
