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All articlesMohammad Ali Nilforooshan
Nowadays, single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) is the most popular methodology for livestock genetic evaluation. It simultaneously evaluates genotyped and nongenotyped animals using an augmented genotype and pedigree relationship matrix. In most livestock species, a small…
Mette Elise Tunset, Francis Combes & Hanne Haslene-Hox
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is hypothesized to play a role in the pathophysiology of psychosis. However, studying this structure in living humans is challenging due to limitations in current methods that fail to identify subtle changes or dysfunctions. We aimed to develop a method to isolate…
Falk Hübner, Gjilke Keuning & Marijke Lucas
In this article, the authors reflect on the co-creative processes of three artistic research residencies in an elderly care institution in Leiden, The Netherlands. The artists were asked to immerse themselves in the institution for half a year, 2 days a week, to carry out practice-based and…
Robert P.L. Wisse, Cathrien A. Eggink, Bart T.H. van Dooren & Allegonda van der Lelij
The purpose of this research was to report on the surgical safety and outcomes of two distinct techniques of anterior lamellar corneal surgery: the Big Bubble Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) versus Busin’s Partial ENdothelial Trepanation (PET) in addition to anterior lamellar keratoplasty…
Helge Giese & Laura M König
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study participation is usually incentivized using monetary (e.g., fixed or performance-contingent payment) or non-monetary (e.g., feedback) compensation. This study investigates the impact of this incentivization on recruitment, retention, data quality, and…
Ana Borrego Escartín, María Gómez-Cañas, Soledad García Gómez-Heras, Patricia Marín-García, Javier Fernández-Ruiz & Amalia Diez
Malaria is a most important parasitic disease due to its highest impact worldwide. It results in around 200 million clinical cases and 0,5-1 million deaths per year, mainly due to cerebral malaria (CM), a life-threatening neurological syndrome that predominantly affects predominantly children under…
Maja Batorek & Ivana Hromatko
Intermittent fasting is being popularized as a method beneficial not only for weight loss, but also for overall psychological functioning and well-being. However, there is only a handful of studies examining the latter claims. The aim of this open-label study was to contribute to the understanding…
Monika N. Lind, Michelle L. Byrne, Sean Devine & Nicholas B. Allen
Background : This study examined the relationship between (1) participant smiling in daily “selfie” videos and (2) self-reported distress. Given the extensive use of digital devices for sharing expressions of non-verbal behavior, and some speculation that these expressions may reveal psychological…
Marije aan het Rot, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, D. Elisabeth Eckardt, Nils Simonsen & Brian D. Ostafin
Background and Objectives: Empathic accuracy, i.e., the degree to which one is able to accurately infer the emotions of others, may be acutely malleable. We examined this idea by testing the immediate effect of a brief mindfulness intervention or facial emotion recognition training. Methods:…
Fieke Terstappen, Torsten Plösch, Jorg J.A. Calis, Wessel Ganzevoort, Anouk Pels, Nina D. Paauw, Sanne J. Gordijn, Bas B. van Rijn, Michal Mokry & A. Titia Lely
Objective: Fetal growth restricted (FGR) offspring are more susceptible to develop cardiovascular and renal disease. The potential therapeutic value of sildenafil to improve fetal growth has recently been evaluated in several randomized clinical trials. Here we investigate whether administration of…
Folco Panizza, Piero Ronzani, Carlo Martini, Lucia Savadori & Matteo Motterlini
In this report we outline the null findings of a pre-registered experiment on vaccine hesitancy in the United Kingdom. The experiment targeted vaccine misconceptions common among participants by presenting a correction to such claims endorsed by a group of medical experts. The experiment had the aim…
Håvard Toft, Alexey Sirotkin, Markus Landrø, Rune Verpe Engeset & Jordy Hendrikx
Outdoor recreation continues to increase in popularity. In Norway, several avalanche fatalities are recorded every year, but the accurate calculation of a fatal accident rate is impossible without knowing how many people are exposed. We attempted to employ signaling data from telecom network data to…
Floor van Meer, Stephen Murphy, Wilhelm Hofmann, Henk van Steenbergen & Lotte F. van Dillen
When individuals eat while distracted, they may compensate by consuming more afterwards. Here, we examined the effect of eating while driving, and explored potential underlying mechanisms. Participants (N = 116, 73.3% female) were randomly allocated to complete a driving simulation (distraction…
Trisha Harjani, Melisa-Sinem Basol, Jon Roozenbeek & Sander van der Linden
Although the spread of misinformation is a pervasive and disruptive global problem, extant research is skewed towards “WEIRD” countries leaving questions about how to tackle misinformation in the developing world with different media and consumption patterns unanswered. We report the results of a…
James Bartlett, Rebecca Jenks & Nigel Wilson
Both daily and non-daily smokers find it difficult to quit smoking long-term. One factor associated with addictive behavior is attentional bias, but previous research in daily and non-daily smokers found inconsistent results and did not report the reliability of their cognitive tasks. Using an…
Joshua W. Maxwell, Lin Fang & Joshua M. Carlson
Threatening stimuli are often thought to have sufficient potency to bias attention, relative to neutral stimuli. Researchers and clinicians opt for frequently used paradigms to measure such bias, such as the dot-probe task. Bias to threat in the dot-probe task is indicated by a congruency effect…
Tamal Kumar De, Victoria J. Madden, Johan W. S. Vlaeyen & Patrick Onghena
Single-case experiments are increasingly popular in the behavioral sciences. Due to their flexibility, single-case designs can be customized to test a variety of experimental hypotheses. We were interested in using a single-case experimental approach to test whether pain thresholds can be influenced…
Georgios Ampatzidis
Linda Hartman, Marc R. Kok, Esmeralda Molenaar, Ed N. Griep, Jaap M. Van Laar, Jan Maarten Van Woerkom, Cornelia F. Allaart, Hennie G. Raterman, Yvonne P. M. Ruiterman, Marieke J. H. Voshaar, João Redol, Rui M. A. Pinto, L. Thomas Klausch, Willem F. Lems & Maarten Boers
Medication adherence, which is the extent to which patients take their medication as prescribed, is essential in treating chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Therefore, we nested a subproject in the two-year multicenter Glucocorticoid Low-dose Outcome in Rheumatoid…
Caroline Fischer
Based on data triangulation, open-ended questions can be used to overcome a typical problem with data collection using surveys: Human behavior can only be captured as stated or intended, but not as real behavior. In this study on knowledge sharing in the workplace, a quantitative measure of…
Wendy Ross & Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau
Insight problems are sometimes designed to encourage an incorrect and misleading interpretation that veils a simple answer. The socks problem is one such problem: Given black socks and brown socks in a drawer mixed in a ratio of four to five, how many socks will you have to take out to make sure…
Paweena Diloksumpan, Florencia Abinzano, Mylène de Ruijter, Anneloes Mensinga, Saskia Plomp, Ilyas Khan, Harold Brommer, Ineke Smit, Miguel Dias Castilho, P. René van Weeren, Jos Malda & Riccardo Levato
Articular cartilage damage is a major challenge in healthcare due to the lack of long-term repair options. There are several promising regenerative implant-based approaches for the treatment, but the fixation of the implant remains a significant challenge. This study evaluated the potential for…
Juliane Traxler, Roxane V. Philips, Andreas von Leupoldt & Johan W. S. Vlaeyen
Pain can be considered as a signal of “bodily error”: Errors — discrepancies between the actual and optimal/targeted state — can put organisms in danger and activate behavioral defensive systems. If the error relates to the body, pain is the warning signal that motivates protective action such as…
Julie Leboeuf, Stine Linden-Andersen & Jonathan Carriere
Alcohol and its effects on aggression have been the subject of many discussions and research papers. Despite this fact, there is still a debate surrounding what it is exactly about alcohol that causes aggression. The current study sought to replicate the past finding by Bartholow and Heinz (2006),…
