"Kleur. Colours of Maastricht." Maastricht 2018

Alexander Sebald University of Maastricht

Different to other scientific disciplines traditional economic theory has remained remarkably silent about procedural aspects of strategic interactions. Much to the contrast, among psychologists there is by now a broad consensus that not only expected outcomes shape human behaviour, but also procedures that are used to take decisions. It is argued that procedural concerns are especially pervasi...

Book review: Supersizing science. On building large-scale research projects in biology, by Niki Vermeulen, Maastricht: Universitaire Pers Maastricht [Maastricht University Press]

Walking into a McDonald’s restaurant and ordering a Big Mac meal, one used inevitably to be asked whether to ‘supersize’ the meal, resulting in a larger portion of fries and a larger soda to accompany a Big Mac burger. The burger itself would be left unchanged. The key feature of supersizing according to McDonalds is to provide a supersized periphery to an unaltered core. Supersizing according ...

Maastricht type 2 donors: unrealized opportunities.

The 2006 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), titled “Organ Donation, Opportunities for Action” (1) estimated that 22 000 of the 335 000 individuals who die annually from cardiac arrest outside of a medical facility would be suitable for organ donation. Currently donation after cardiac death (DCD) in the United States usually occurs in Maastricht Type 3 donors that die after planned withd...

The health of the public--from Cos to Maastricht.

The medical profession above all others has reason to be grateful that health has been and remains of vital importance to the individual and the public. Throughout history, health and hygiene have been recurrent topics in literature and philosophy, even featuring in early mythology: the Greek god Asclepios had a large family, most of whom had health and medical functions. One daughter, Hygeia, ...

The Maastricht Aging Study: Determinants of cognitive aging