“It’s my life and it’s now or never”:Transplant recipients empowered from a service-dominant logic perspective

Patient well-being after an organ transplant is a major outcome determinant and survival ofthe graft is crucial. Before surgery, patients are already informed about how they caninfluence their prognosis, for example by adhering to treatment advice and remainingactive. Overall, effective selfmanagement of health-related issues is a major factor insuccessful long-term graft survival. As such, organ transplant recipients can be consideredas co-producers of their own health status. However, although keeping the graft in goodcondition is an important factor in the patient’s well-being, it is not enough. To have ameaningful life after a solid organ transplant, patients can use their improved health statusto once again enjoy time with family and friends, to travel and to return to work -in short toget back on track. Our assertion in this article is twofold. First, healthcare providers shouldlook beyond medical support in enhancing long-term well-being. Second, organ recipientsshould see themselves as creators of their own well-being. To justify our argument, we usethe theoretical perspective of service-dominant logic that states that patients are the truecreators of real value-in-use. Or as Bon Jovi sings, “It’s my life and it’s now or never.”<br/

Effect of methanogenic substrates on anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction by an anaerobic methanotrophic enrichment

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to sulfate reduction (SR) is assumed to be a syntrophic process, in which methanotrophic archaea produce an interspecies electron carrier (IEC), which is subsequently utilized by sulfate-reducing bacteria. In this paper, six methanogenic substrates are tested as candidate-IECs by assessing their effect on AOM and SR by an anaerobic methanotrophic enrichment. The presence of acetate, formate or hydrogen enhanced SR, but did not inhibit AOM, nor did these substrates trigger methanogenesis. Carbon monoxide also enhanced SR but slightly inhibited AOM. Methanol did not enhance SR nor did it inhibit AOM, and methanethiol inhibited both SR and AOM completely. Subsequently, it was calculated at which candidate-IEC concentrations no more Gibbs free energy can be conserved from their production from methane at the applied conditions. These concentrations were at least 1,000 times lower can the final candidate-IEC concentration in the bulk liquid. Therefore, the tested candidate-IECs could not have been produced from methane during the incubations. Hence, acetate, formate, methanol, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen can be excluded as sole IEC in AOM coupled to SR. Methanethiol did inhibit AOM and can therefore not be excluded as IEC by this study

Biomethanation potential of biological and other wastes

Anaerobic technology has been traditionally applied for the treatment of carbon rich wastewater and organic residues. Anaerobic processes can be fully integrated in the biobased economy concept for resource recovery. After a brief introduction about applications of anaerobic processes to industrial wastewater treatment, agriculture feedstock and organic fraction of municipal solid waste, the position of anaerobic processes in biorefinery concepts is presented. Integration of anaerobic digestion with these processes can help in the maximisation of the economic value of the biomass used, while reducing the waste streams produced and mitigating greenhouse gases emissions. Besides the integration of biogas in the existing full-scale bioethanol and biodiesel production processes, the potential applications of biogas in the second generation lignocellulosic, algae and syngas-based biorefinery platforms are discussed.(undefined

Groepsdruk bij jongeren

Groepsdruk is een belangrijke aanleiding voor risicogedrag bij jongeren. Maar hoe komt die tot stand? En blijkt groepsdruk hardnekkiger dan verwacht? Promotie: Kim Pattiselanno (2016). At your own risk: The importance of group dynamics and peer processes in the adolescent peer groups for adolescents' involvement in risk behaviors. Groningen: ICS-dissertation

Sociale cohesie in diverse buurten

In steeds meer Nederlandse buurten is de etnische diversiteit toegenomen. Joran Laméris laat zien dat dit gevolgen heeft voor de sociale cohesie. Promotie: Joran Laméris (19 januari 2018), Living together in diversity: Whether, why and where ethnic diversity affects social cohesion. Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit

Sociale veranderingen in perspektief

Item does not contain fulltextDe samenstelling van de Nederlandse bevolking is de afgelopen decennia sterk veranderd. Nederlanders zijn minder religieus en hoger opgeleid geworden. Paula Thijs onderzoekt de gevolgen voor de sociale en culturele opvattingen. Promotie: Paul Thijs (31 januari 2019), Trends in cultural conservatism: The role of educational expansion, secularisation, and changing national contexts. Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit.2 p