We present the results of a study that focuses in on issues of validity of the motivation towards the environment scale (MTES) in the context of Flanders (the Flemish-speaking community in Belgium). The instrument was developed almost two decades ago in Canada, and is designed to measure the self-determined motivation of people for performing pro-environmental behaviors, but has not yet been ap...

The objective of this study was to compare food group intakes among preschool children with food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) and to determine the proportion of children meeting these guidelines. Food consumption of preschool children (2.5-6.5 years) living in Flanders (Belgium) were assessed in a cross-sectional study, using proxy reported 3d estimated dietary records (EDR) (n 696). Statist...

Let V be an w-dimensional vector space over some field F, \F\ ^ n, and let SC be a space of linear mappings from V into itself {SC ^ Horn (V, V)) with the property that every mapping has at least r zero eigenvalues. If r = 0 this condition is vacuous but if r = 1 it states that SC is a space of singular mappings; in this case Flanders [1] has shown that d im#"^n(n — 1) and that if dim #" = n(n ...

Attractive landscapes are diverse and resilient that provide a multitude of essential ecosystem services. The development landscape policy to protect improve attractiveness, thereby ensuring the provision services, is ideally adapted region specific characteristics. In addition, trends in attractiveness may be linked certain policies, or absence policies over time. A spatial temporal evaluation...

BACKGROUND Current literature shows that people with a disability have a lower income than people without a disability. Disabled people often experience difficulties with health care access.The objective of this study is to assess the current financial situation and poverty rate amongst disabled people in Flanders. Furthermore we wanted to analyze factors that contribute to the risk of poverty ...

Dialect loss is a relatively new but by now quite general phenomenon in Flanders (i.e., Dutch-speaking Belgium). Although the processes of dialect change and dialect loss have proceeded with great regional di¤erences in speed and intensity in the past decades, there is a general tendency toward replacing primary dialect features of a relatively local scope by secondary dialect features that hav...

AIM The Belgian medical world has acknowledged the diagnosis of transsexualism and accepted Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) as one of the steps in the treatment of choice since 1985. This prevalence and demographic study analyses data on all Belgian individuals who have undergone SRS since that year. METHODS All (188) plastic surgeons as well as all gender teams (Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, and Li...

BACKGROUND In Europe, a comparable scope of training in GP can be observed especially in the field of knowledge. This feasibility study determines if a knowledge test is suitable in the context of a neighboring country. METHODS A Dutch knowledge multiple choice test was used after validation of its content in Flanders (Belgium) in the academic year 2010-2011. Satisfaction with the test format...

Dupuytren's disease has been the subject of numerous epidemiological surveys attempting to expand our knowledge on its origin and spread. In Flanders, although numerous studies on surgical outcome have been reported, information on prevalence of Dupuytren's disease is lacking. Therefore, Flanders' population in a non-hospital environment was studied by a clinical evaluation performed by a singl...

In this paper, by using properties of Baer subplanes, we describe the construction of a minimal blocking set in the Hall plane of order q2 of size q2 + 2q + 2 admitting ∗This author has been supported as a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium) (FWO). †This author was supported by a Visiting Professor grant of the Special Research Fund Ghent University (BOF project nu...