Single-Step Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping using Total Generalized Variation and 3D EPI Kristian Bredies, Stefan Ropele, Benedikt A Poser, Markus Barth, and Christian Langkammer Institute of Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht Universit...

1DCAR French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint Maurice, France; 2National Health Service, Leeds, United Kingdom; 3Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Iceland; 4French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, Lyon, France; 5Public health of England, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 6Smittskyddsinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 7Statens Serum Institut, Copenhage...

Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Italy; Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, CARI...

Abstract While all EU Member States can join the group's monetary union, euro area, some members are far more ready for adoption and use of single European currency. Here, we construct a new Monetary Union Readiness Index (MURI) States. The theoretical framework index is built on economic theory Optimal Currency Areas regulations such as Treaty Maastricht criteria, Regulation Macroeconomic Imba...

The Shapley-Ichiishi result states that a game is convex if and only if the convex hull of marginal vectors equals the core. In this paper we generalize this result by distinguishing equivalence classes of balanced games that share the same core structure. We then associate a system of linear inequalities with each equivalence class, and we show that the system defines the class. Application of...

In this study, we compared one hundred patients with autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) due to silicone implant incompatibility syndrome diagnosed in 2014 in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with one hundred historical patients with adjuvant breast disease diagnosed in the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, between 1985 and 1992. Similarities and differences between...

INTRODUCTION Stroke care is complex and often provided by various healthcare organisations. Integrated care solutions are needed to optimise stroke care. In this paper, we describe the development of integrated stroke care in the region of Maastricht during the last 15 years. DESCRIPTION OF INTEGRATED CARE CASE Located in the south of the Netherlands, the region of Maastricht developed integr...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of feedback on the test ordering behaviour of general practitioners. DESIGN Comparison of requests at two diagnostic centres, and internal comparison between tests which were discussed in feedback and tests which were not. SETTING A diagnostic centre in Maastricht giving feedback and another elsewhere in the Netherlands (laboratory A) not giving feedback. SU...

A core concept is a solution concept on the class of balanced games that exclusively selects core allocations. We show that every continuous core concept that satisfies both the equal treatment property and a new property called independence of irrelevant core allocations (IIC) necessarily selects egalitarian allocations. IIC requires that, if the core concept selects a certain core allocation ...

We examine a dynamical system consisting of two distinct, but interactive, subsystems, namely population dynamics and learning dynamics. The population dynamics formalize that the population shares of fitter groups increase relatively to those of less fit groups. The learning dynamics describe that each subgroup adapts its strategy, by placing more weight on activities contributing more than av...