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An Alternative Method Validation Strategy for the European Decision 2002/657/EC
ISO 11843 standards are used to set up an experimental validation plan that minimizes the number of samples without increasing the uncertainty of the performance characteristics. At each level (0.5, ...
Quantifying the changes in activity level of neuromuscular patients using the ACTIVLIM questionnaire: A 5-years study
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Corinne Bleyenheuft; Simeon Wanyama; P. Van Damme; N. Goemans; J. De Bleecker; R. Van Coster; P. De Jonghe; D. Beysen; P. Van den Bergh; S. Paquay; L. Servais; A. Maertens de Noordho ...
RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fisher) technology. The normalized expression levels are combined to one numeric value which determines the drug susceptibility of the investigated strain. Results We successfully developed 8 primary sets ...
A novel approach to model 4 decades of marine chemical data
regulation in Europe started with the Oslo and Paris convention in the seventies, later on leading to the OSPAR commission. At national level, extended research on chemical pollutants in marine sediments and ...
Do more people in Europe need treatment for problems related to cocaine use? An analysis of cocaine treatment demand in 10 Western European countries
more than 20% (around 4000 clients) between 2014 and 2017. At a lower level, increases in the number of first time treatment entrants for crack cocaine were also reported by several countries. ...
Impact of the (Non-) Built Environment on Mental Health in Brussels : The NAMED PROJECT
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/impact-non-built-environment-mental-health-brussels-named-project
elements at the regional scale. Secondly, PM 2.5, BC and NO2 exposure levels provided by IRCELINE will be interpolated for each participants residential address, based on the X,Y coordinates. Finally, the ...
Trends in primary substance mentioned by patients entering treatment for illicit substance use in Belgium between 2012 and 2018
treatment entrants among the older age groups (30-44 and 45+). At regional level there is a significant increase in treatment demands in Wallonia but no significant trend in Flanders and in Brussels. ...
Disentangling the Link between Built/Non-Built Environment and Mental Health in Brussels
association between mental health and environmental indicators will be presented at three levels : the residential level (view of green, garden coverage, building characteristics), the street level (vegetation ...
Development and validation of a targeted LC-MS/MS quantitation method to monitor cell culture expression of tetanus neurotoxin during vaccine production
vaccine production. One of the major critical points in the manufacturing of these vaccines is the stable and reproducible production of high levels of toxin by the bacterial seed strains. In order to ...
The influence of lifestyle choices (food, alcohol, smoking) on the blood concentration of Cd, Pb and Hg of newborns, adolescents and adults from Wallonia
smoking status, but also age and gender show effects. Participants from all age categories who report fish consumption 4 days prior sampling (including mothers of newborns) show a median blood Hg level ...