News
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Expertise Centre ITEM is glad to have become a member of TEIN (Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network), the network for cross-border institutes and universities. With its membership, they will strengthen its cooperation with other institutes and universities in border regions.
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Almost everyone will have low back pain at some point in their lives. It can affect anyone at any age, and it is increasing – disability due to back pain has risen by more than 50% since 1990.
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A legislative change is needed to prevent 'marital captivity', says attorney Pauline Kruiniger of Maastricht University (UM) in a final report published this week on the MARICAP study titled Niet langer geketend aan het huwelijk ('Breaking the chains of marriage').
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UM alumna Aukje Kuypers (Economics and Business Administration) was named Businesswoman of the Year 2018 this week.
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UM researchers find that sensation seeking is a decisive factor in participating in painful experiments.
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CIN new interfaculty cooperation for Integrative Neuroscience launched
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Ana Ramalho (Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property Law) has been awarded a grant within the framework of the WUN Research Mobility Programme. She will be conducting research in collaboration with the University of Auckland. The topic of the project is "Reconciliation of intellectual property policies in the framework of EU-New Zealand trade relations".
The project will be carried out next year, exact dates to be confirmed.
Find more information on Ana's background and research on our website.
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On 16 March, prof. dr. Angelique de Rijk will have her inaugural lecture (in Dutch) titled “Arbeidsre-integratie blijft mensenwerk” at 4.30 p.m. at Minderbroedersberg 4-6.
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Based on two international review articles published this week, professor Fred Brouns of Maastricht University (UM) concludes that reducing one’s intake of carbohydrates is fine, but a drastic reduction is best avoided.
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Insomnia is a serious social problem, which affects more than one in ten Dutch people. The sustainable solution is called ‘cognitive behavioural therapy’. Merijn van de Laar, behavioural scientist at the UM department of General Practice, obtained his PhD on this subject at Maastricht University last year.