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Like me, like you : relative importance of peers and siblings on children's fast food consumption and screen time but not sports club participation depends on age Ghent University
Background Lifestyle interventions to prevent paediatric obesity often target family and peer settings; their success is likely to depend on the influence that peers and families exert on children's lifestyle behaviors at different developmental stages. Objective First, to determine whether children's lifestyle behavior more closely resembles their peers' or siblings' behaviors. Secondly, to investigate longitudinally whether children's ...
Like brother, like sister? Disentangling the intertwined associations between siblings’ life course trajectories University of Antwerp
Sibling relationships have been a subject of great interest in research due to their unique and long-lasting nature. Scholars have recognized the significance of sibling ties in providing social support, emotional connection, and shared experiences throughout different life stages. Understanding the dynamics of sibling relationships is important to uncover their potential influence on various aspects of individuals’ lives, including their ...
While We Wait for Life, Life Passes: The Time Metaphors Questionnaire-Short Form KU Leuven
The aim of the present study was to develop a short version of the Time Metaphors Questionnaire (TMQ; Sobol-Kwapinska & Nosal, 2009 ). The original TMQ consists of 95 items and was designed to measure time conceiving. Because completing the TMQ is very time-consuming, this research develops a short form of this questionnaire-Time Metaphors Questionnaire-Short Form (TMQ-SF). A sample of 990 Polish adults completed the TMQ. One-half of the ...
Does wearing an orthotic device of the lower limb influence the quality of life of patients? A systematic review Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction: Wearing an orthotic device (OD) could allow patients to re-run the daily activities of the past and therefore could have a significant impact on quality of life (QOL), both positively and negatively.
However, at present no systematic literature review has investigated the QOL of lower limb OD users.
Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for English papers in the online databases Pubmed and Web of ...
However, at present no systematic literature review has investigated the QOL of lower limb OD users.
Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for English papers in the online databases Pubmed and Web of ...
Influence of time dependency of chloride diffusion coefficient on resulting service life of concrete structures Ghent University
The chloride diffusion coefficient of concrete is strongly decreasing in time. Neglecting this aspect in the modelling of the diffusion process will overestimate the chloride penetration depth and thus lead to an uneconomic design. In order to get an accurate insight in this decreasing process, 16 self-compacting concrete mixes (SCC) and 4 traditional concrete mixes (TC) were made. Four types of cement, three types of filler and two types of ...
Motor fatigability in persons with multiple sclerosis : Relation between different upper limb muscles, and with fatigue and the perceived use of the arm in daily life. Hasselt University
Background Motor fatigability is increasingly acknowledged in persons with MS (pwMS). It is unknown whether fatigability is generalized across upper limb muscles and relates to fatigue and perceived difficulties in upper limb use. Methods This observational case-controlled study included twenty PwMS (median EDSS = 3, range 1.5–6.5) and twenty healthy controls who performed 30″ sustained maximal muscle contractions for index finger abduction, ...