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View article: Friendship With Immigrants and Inclusive Policies Correspond to More Positive Perceptions of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis Across North America and Europe
Friendship With Immigrants and Inclusive Policies Correspond to More Positive Perceptions of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis Across North America and Europe Open
Relational and societal exclusion of immigrants in Western countries fuels negative perceptions of immigrants among non‐migrants. We investigated how relational and societal inclusion in the form of friendship and immigrant integration pol…
What does Italianness stand for? The use of ethnic resources among Italian migrant entrepreneurs in Brussels Open
Research on migrant entrepreneurship has extensively focused on the ethnic dimension of these economic activities, especially entrepreneurs’ use of ethnic resources. Many scholars have tended to reify ethnicity and overlook migrant entrepr…
View article: Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity
Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity Open
Increasing ethnic and racial diversity often fuels feelings of threat among ethnic-racial majorities (e.g., self-identified white Americans and European nationals). We contend that these threat perceptions depend on the policy context. Acr…
Refusal Risk Due to Interviewers’ Characteristics and Dealing with Racism in Metropolitan Areas: A Face-to-Face Survey Research in Brussels Open
In this case study we discuss the challenge of dealing with refusal risk due to ‘role-independent interviewer’ effects, with a focus on ethnicity. When undertaking a face-to-face survey in a middle-class neighborhood of the Brussels-Capita…
Differential Expression of Synaptic Biomarkers in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Differentiates Behavioural Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia from Primary Psychiatric Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease Open
Background The lack of early molecular biomarkers in sporadic behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and its clinical overlap with primary psychiatric disorders (PPD) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) hampers its diagnostic dist…
Contested concepts in a predominantly anglophone publication market Open
Critical readers of the book “Contested concepts” have pointed out the choice of concepts that are being treated is debatable. It has also been said that the book suffers from “European parochialism”. However, it could be argued that a mor…
View article: A Combination of Neurofilament Light, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, and Neuronal Pentraxin-2 Discriminates Between Frontotemporal Dementia and Other Dementias
A Combination of Neurofilament Light, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, and Neuronal Pentraxin-2 Discriminates Between Frontotemporal Dementia and Other Dementias Open
Background: The differential diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is still a challenging task due to its symptomatic overlap with other neurological diseases and the lack of biofluid-based biomarkers. Objective: To investigate the di…
A Novel Neurofilament Light Chain ELISA Validated in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Subjective Cognitive Decline, and the Evaluation of Candidate Proteins for Immunoassay Calibration Open
Neurofilament light chain (Nf-L) is a well-known biomarker for axonal damage; however, the corresponding circulating Nf-L analyte in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is poorly characterized. We therefore isolated new monoclonal antibodies against…
A Novel Neurofilament Light Chain ELISA Validated in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Subjective Cognitive Decline, and the Evaluation of Candidate Proteins for Immunoassay Calibration Open
Neurofilament light chain (Nf-L) is a well-known biomarker for axonal damage, however the corresponding circulating Nf-L analyte in CSF is poorly characterized. We, therefore, isolated new monoclonal antibodies against synthetic peptides, …
Comparing the clinical utility and diagnostic performance of cerebrospinal fluid P‐tau181, P‐tau217 and P‐tau231 assays Open
Background Several studies indicate that increases in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) phosphorylated tau (P‐tau) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) occur in response to very early amyloid‐β (Aβ) pathology and precede widespread tau aggregation. Thus fa…
Comparing the Clinical Utility and Diagnostic Performance of CSF P-Tau181, P-Tau217, and P-Tau231 Assays Open
This study provides Class II evidence that p-tau217 provides higher diagnostic accuracy for diagnosis of AD dementia than p-tau181 or p-tau231.
Economic development, attitudes towards migration and the (lack of) willingness to help refugees: insights from the Aurora Humanitarian Index Open
In this paper Jacobs examines the connection between attitudes on migration, perceived threats linked to migration and the (lack of) willingness to help refugees using a data set of twelve countries from a survey project called the Aurora …
Transnationalism and Belonging: The Case of Moroccan Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam and Milan Open
Research on migrant transnationalism has mostly focused on particular transnational activities, their salience in various contexts and populations, and their relationship with migrant incorporation. Less attention has been paid to the inte…
Mapping & enhancing substance use treatment for migrants and ethnic minorities Open
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P2‐256: NPTX2 LEVELS IN CSF AS POTENTIAL PREDICTOR OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN THE AD CONTINUUM Open
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of several synaptic proteins are currently being investigated in subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) as biomarker tools that change before onset of neurodegeneration or as potential biochemical correlates of co…
Synaptic biomarkers in CSF aid in diagnosis, correlate with cognition and predict progression in MCI and Alzheimer's disease Open
Introduction Amyloid, Tau, and neurodegeneration biomarkers can stage Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Synaptic biomarkers may help track cognition. Methods In cognitively normal controls, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and AD, we investigated C…
Neurogranin and BACE1 in CSF as Potential Biomarkers Differentiating Depression with Cognitive Deficits from Early Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study Open
Background/Aims: Major depressive disorder (MDD) can cooccur with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or may cause memory problems independently of AD. Previous studies have suggested that the AD-related cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers tau…
Supplementary Material for: Neurogranin and BACE1 in CSF as Potential Biomarkers Differentiating Depression with Cognitive Deficits from Early Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study Open
Background/Aims: Major depressive disorder (MDD) can cooccur with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or may cause memory problems independently of AD. Previous studies have suggested that the AD-related cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers tau…
Neurogranin and tau in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients with acute ischemic stroke Open
These findings indicate that although plasma and CSF neurogranin may reflect the volume of acute cerebral ischemia, this synaptic protein is less likely to be a potential AIS biomarker. Levels of tau correlated with severity and outcome of…
Opportunities, obstacles and resistances. The political participation by Brussels based Belgian Moroccan, Belgian Turkish and Belgian Congolese organisations Open
The central goal of this dissertation has been mapping, discussing and making sense of the political activities undertaken by Belgian Moroccan, Belgian Turkish and Belgian Congolese organisations based in Brussels. I therefore identified t…
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Achievement: From Measurement Clarifications to Multilevel Regression Modeling Open
Le Sentiment d'Efficacité Personnelle (SEP) des enseignants fait référence aux croyances que se font ces derniers de leur capacité à accomplir avec succès les tâches liées à leur mission d'enseignement. Le premier objectif de notre recherc…
Is Using a Form Processing Application Cost Saving? A Real-Life Example Open
A form processing application (such as HP TeleForm) allows transforming scanned forms in an electronic format. The aim of the contribution is to present the whole development of such a solution in a practical project where the team had no …
Implementing Community-based Participatory Research in the study of substance use and service utilisation in Eastern European and Turkish communities in Belgium Open
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is an effective strategy to promote action research regarding health and substance use issues. The London-based Centre for Ethnicity and Health's CBPR model was replicated in Belgium to study s…
Additional file 2: of Neurogranin and tau in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients with acute ischemic stroke Open
Plasma AIS biomarker tau.xls. Value of tau as plasma AIS biomarker reflecting stroke severity and long-term outcome. Severity (NIHSS) or outcome at 12 months (mRS 12 m) were first dichotomized: patients with NIHSS scores ≤7 were pooled ver…
Substance use among people with a migration background: A Community-Based Participatory Research study Open
Professionals working in addiction care in both Belgium and other European countries have identified a discrepancy between the prevalence of problem substance use among people with a migration background, and the presence of people with a …
Substance use among people with migration background Open
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The Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurogranin/BACE1 Ratio is a Potential Correlate of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease Open
Background: In diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ratios of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers, such as CSF Aβ 1-42 /tau, have an improved diagnostic performance compared to the single analytes, yet, still a limited value to predict co…