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Teachers’ work is influenced by teachers’ personal biographies. Key experiences in this biography give insights in teachers’ personal interpretations, which reflect what they think is “good education”.  This study reports on student teachers’ and new teachers’ personal interpretations in their teaching practice, during and after an international teaching internship, and how this influences new teachers’ professional development. The international teaching experience interrupted existing, familiar ways of thinking or acting and gave the beginning teachers a new or different perspective on their teaching practice or the type of teacher they want to become.  The study also explored how the interruption of an international in..

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A syndrome is a collection of symptoms which occur together and may point to a single underlying cause for these symptoms. In case of nephrotic syndrome the symptoms are massive protein loss via the urine (i.e. proteinuria of more than 3.5 grams per 24 hours), low serum protein level, in particular low serum albumin, and as a consequence severe edema and high serum lipid levels...

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Since 1980, the worldwide prevalence of obesity has doubled, with a subsequent increase of the risk for life threatening comorbidities accompanied with a severe economic burden (2,3). In fact, 65% of the world's population live in countries where obesity kills more people than underweight...

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We argued that the fetal brain may be particular sensitive to developmental programming since the brain is subject to dramatic developmental processes during the prenatal life period and introduced the developmental origins of behavior, health and disease (DOBHaD) hypothesis. The central aim of this dissertation was to examine the effect of exposure to maternal anxiety during pregnancy on neurocognitive functioning in infants and young children. Because research in the DOBHaD field almost exclusively focused on the effects of negative maternal states and traits we also included a potential positive/protective factor in our study: maternal mindfulness...

This thesis addresses three topics in obesity research: a. alterations in the obese brain and b. insulin resistance and inflammation. The studies described in this thesis are performed in humans with the major aim to translate findings from rodents and explore new pathways that might be targeted for future medical treatment...

The world has become a global village. This statement represents more than just a phrase. When Karinthy published his “Six degrees of separation” theory more than 80 years ago, it sounded almost unbelievable. Despite the fact that the human population grew several times larger in the meantime, that theory sounds more true today than ever before (although, strictly speaking it is not true if we consider isolated Amazonian tribes, for example)...

The Dutch law, Passend Onderwijs (2014), and the Flemish M-Decree (2015) have a common goal: offering appropriate education for all children under 18 years. A policy objective is that students participate in mainstream education as much as possible. Both Passend Onderwijs and the M-Decree present a vision on providing appropriate learning environments for students, but putting these laws into practice has led to challenges that both pupils and teachers face. This dissertation attempts to discuss co-teaching as a substantive practical approach to create a powerful learning environment in a diverse educational context by gathering qualitative data...

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is a hereditary cardiomyopathy characterized by an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and ventricular arrhythmias with primarily right ventricular (RV) involvement. However, predominant left ventricular (LV) forms are increasingly recognized. Moreover, on the molecular level, both ventricles are affected in a similar manner...