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Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
a diameter smaller 1 µm, called nanoplastics (NP s) that could be found in food matrices and environmental samples, by means of specific measurement techniques. Therefore, the aim of this work is to develop ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
strands to be sequenced preferably. The combination of metagenomics and adaptive sampling could allow to circumvent the isolation but also the enrichment of the food sample. Materials and Methods As ...
Multidimensional chromatographic fingerprinting combined with chemometrics for the identification of regulated plants in suspicious plant food supplements
multiclass models could be made. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the combination of chemometrics and multi-wavelength chromatographic fingerprinting is a promising approach for identifying plants using ...
Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
faster presentation to the MDFC with less severe DFU, the outcome did not change over time and even a slight decrease in healed DFU after 6 months could be observed. A negative trend towards less ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
criterion validity could be confirmed. However, the construct validity was not optimal and the scale was not sensitive to ulcer change during follow-up in our patient population. The LEFS provided only minor ...
COMBINATION OF CHEMOMETRICS AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL FINGERPRINTING FOR DETECTION OF REGULATED PLANTS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
Even though both models showed good correct classification rates (%), the multiclass model could give problems when two or more of the targeted plants are present, since it is only able to classify with ...
Spectroscopic approaches for conformity analysis of e-liquids
classify samples according to nicotine and present additives. So, their presence in new suspected samples could be detected. In a second step, PLS regression was applied to estimate the nicotine ...
Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium
prime-boost vaccination, and no significant effect modification of the Omicron sub-lineage could be observed. Conclusions Our results suggest that there is no difference in protection against severe disease ...
Daily heart rate characteristics, allergy symptom severity and mood in adults with allergic rhinitis
acute, daily changing factors that could underlie these cardiac alterations. Aim: To estimate associations between daily heart rate characteristics (i.e. resting heart rate, autocorrelation and sample ...
Multidimensional Fingerprint Development for the Detection of Tribulus terrestris in Plant Food Supplements
triturations, Tribulus could visually be detected from concentration 1/10 onwards, by comparing the fingerprints with the reference plant. A market study of a total of 20 samples (with potency enhancement as ...