Review
Engineering, Environmental
Felix Panis, Annette Rompel
Summary: Wetlands have accumulated a significant amount of carbon over the past millennia, with phenolic compounds playing a key role in inhibiting soil organic matter degradation. Climate change threatens to alter anoxic conditions in wetland soils, potentially impacting the release of stored carbon back into the atmosphere.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Elisabeth Tanner, Nina Buchmann, Werner Eugster
Summary: Mires in the Swiss Alpine foothills are negatively affected by eutrophication caused by excessive nitrogen inputs, particularly from ammonia emissions in agriculture. This study found that the nitrogen inputs to a mire exceeded critical loads, which could lead to ecosystem instability and biodiversity loss.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Yu Gong, Jianghua Wu, Nigel Roulet, Thuong Ba Le, Chen Ye, Quanfa Zhang
Summary: This study examines the interactions of climate warming, elevated N deposition, and vegetation composition change on the carbon sink function of peatlands. The results show that vegetation composition plays a crucial role in regulating net CO2 flux in peatlands. If peatlands shift to shrub-dominated ecosystems, the net CO2 uptake would decrease under climate warming and elevated N deposition. However, if peatlands shift to graminoid-dominated ecosystems, the net CO2 uptake would be unaffected by climate warming and elevated N deposition.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yu Gong, Jianghua Wu, Albert Adu Sey, Thuong Ba Le
Summary: The interaction between nitrogen deposition and warming significantly affected methane emission in boreal peatlands, with nitrogen addition reducing the positive effect of warming on methane fluxes. Soil temperature, moisture, DOC and TN were identified as main controls on methane fluxes. The study emphasizes the importance of considering the combined effects of nitrogen deposition and warming on methane emissions in future climate change scenarios.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zongxu Yu, Tianye Wang, Ping Wang, Jingjie Yu
Summary: This study analyzed the vegetation dynamics and response to changes in precipitation and soil moisture in midlatitude drylands of the Northern Hemisphere. The results showed an overall greening trend in the dryland vegetation over the past 38 years, with strong correlations between precipitation/soil moisture and vegetation growth.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ram C. Dalal, Craig M. Thornton, Diane E. Allen, Peter M. Kopittke
Summary: Climate change and associated factors have significant impacts on soil organic carbon and soil total nitrogen stocks. A study on subtropical soil showed an increase in both organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks over the past three decades, with a significant correlation with the increasing trend of mean annual temperatures. Additionally, the rise in CO2 and atmospheric nitrogen deposition also contributed to the net increase in soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Erica Stroud, Breanna L. H. Craig, Hugh A. L. Henry
Summary: In long-term global change experiments, the cumulative effects of treatments on soil and plant responses can emerge over time. We found that warming had a greater impact on enzyme activity in the long-term plots, while nitrogen addition had consistent effects across all plots.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Luke O. Andrews, James G. Rowson, Simon J. M. Caporn, Nancy B. Dise, Eleanor Barton, Ed Garrett, W. Roland Gehrels, Maria Gehrels, Martin Kay, Richard J. Payne
Summary: By comparing experimental and palaeoecological records from a Welsh peat bog, it was found that vegetation underwent multiple changes over the past 1500 years, primarily in response to human disturbance. The responses of vegetation to climate change in the experiments and the palaeo record were not entirely consistent, possibly due to differences in the importance of drivers of vegetation change over varying timescales.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yu Gong, Jianghua Wu
Summary: Through a 5-year experiment in a peatland in Canada, it was found that climate warming mitigated the influence of nitrogen on N2O fluxes under intact vegetation, but strengthened it in the absence of graminoids or shrubs. Additionally, these effects were not observed under conditions of low carbon availability.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Junxiang Cheng, Ligang Xu, Jianghua Wu, Jiaxing Xu, Mingliang Jiang, Wenjuan Feng, Yuao Wang
Summary: This study investigates the effects of warming and nitrogen deposition on ecosystem respiration and methane emission in subtropical wetland ecosystems. The results show that these effects vary with seasons and tend to suppress carbon dioxide and methane emission in the short term.
Article
Agronomy
Aya Permin, Anders Michelsen, Kathrin Rousk
Summary: The study found that long-term warming negatively affects moss ground cover and associated nitrogen-fixation activities, while a shift in dominant shrub species did not impact moss cover or nitrogen-fixation activity. Interestingly, it was observed that H. splendens was more sensitive to warming compared to P. schreberi in terms of both cover and nitrogen-fixation activity.
Article
Geography, Physical
Jia Peng, Linghan Zeng, Xianyu Huang, Xu Chen
Summary: Atmospheric deposition and climate change are causing significant changes in alpine lake ecosystems. This study investigated the response of diatoms to these changes in two lakes in China using sedimentary records. The results showed shifts in diatom communities and an increase in accumulation rate in the 21st century. Catchment processes were found to be more important than climate warming and nutrient supply in explaining these changes. The study highlights the need to prioritize the protection of headwater systems, especially in rapidly developing regions.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tomasz Mieczan, Wojciech Plaska, Malgorzata Adamczuk, Magdalena Toporowska, Aleksandra Bartkowska
Summary: Disturbances in the functioning of peatlands, due to human impact, climate change, and alien invasive species, are becoming more common. This study examined the impact of an alien and invasive fish species on microbial communities and small metazoa in peat pools. The presence of the invasive fish species, combined with climate change, led to changes in the microbial community structure, potentially affecting the carbon cycle.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Paolo Zuccarini, Jordi Sardans, Loles Asensio, Josep Penuelas
Summary: Soil enzymes play a crucial role in mediating ecosystems' responses to environmental drivers. Understanding their sensitivity to global change drivers can help predict future scenarios and design tailored interventions. However, assessing the interactions between different drivers remains a challenge, as the direct, indirect, and combined effects need to be disentangled. This review examines the effects of global change drivers on soil enzyme activities and identifies knowledge gaps and challenges for future research and biomanipulation techniques. The overall increase in soil enzyme activities and biogeochemical cycles will continue, but factors like shifts in microbial communities and changes in carbon use efficiency can cause inflection points.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Matthias Volk, Matthias Suter, Anne-Lena Wahl, Seraina Bassin
Summary: Climate change has a negative effect on soil organic carbon stocks, leading to a significant decrease in grassland ecosystem carbon storage. However, the impact of climate change on carbon fluxes is relatively small.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Estela Camus-Garcia, Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Monique Heijmans, Ena Nino de Guzman, Claudia Valli, Jessica Beltran, Hector Pardo-Hernandez, Lyudmil Ninov, Valentina Strammiello, Kaisa Immonen, Dimitris Mavridis, Marta Ballester, Rosa Sunol, Carola Orrego
Summary: By developing the COPD COS for the evaluation of SMIs, consistency in outcome measurement and reporting across trials will be increased. This will lead to more personalized healthcare and informed health decisions in clinical practice, as patients' preferences regarding COPD outcomes are more systematically included.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marla T. H. Hahnraths, Monique Heijmans, Torsten M. Bollweg, Orkan Okan, Maartje Willeboordse, Jany Rademakers
Summary: The study translated the HLS-Child-Q15 questionnaire into Dutch and explored the distribution of health literacy in a sample of Dutch schoolchildren. The findings indicated some comprehension issues among children, with higher health literacy scores observed in ten-to-eleven-year-olds. The results support the idea that health literacy evolves throughout life and highlight the importance of schools in this process.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marieke van der Gaag, Monique Heijmans, Cristina Spoiala, Jany Rademakers
Summary: Patients with limited health literacy face difficulties in specific domains of self-management, particularly in medical management (especially adherence), communication, and knowledge. Other associations between health literacy and self-management are inconclusive.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mieke Rijken, James Close, Juliane Menting, Manon Lette, Annerieke Stoop, Nick Zonneveld, Simone R. de Bruin, Helen Lloyd, Monique Heijmans
Summary: This study evaluated the internal and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Person-Centred Coordinated Care Experience Questionnaire (P3CEQ) and found that it is a valid instrument for assessing the experience of person-centred coordinated care among people with chronic conditions in the Netherlands. The study also identified disparities in care experience based on gender, education level, health literacy, and patient activation.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laxsini Murugesu, Monique Heijmans, Jany Rademakers, Mirjam P. Fransen
Summary: Insights into the challenges healthcare providers face in serving low health literate patients are lacking. This study explores the perceived challenges of healthcare providers and offers strategies for communication with low health literate patients. Survey results show that providers need more support in recognizing and discussing low health literacy, adapting communication, and assessing patient comprehension.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marieke van der Gaag, Monique Heijmans, Marta Ballester, Carola Orrego, Ena Nino de Guzman, Lyudmil Ninov, Jany Rademakers
Summary: The study found that patients with limited health literacy prioritize satisfaction with healthcare, symptom management, and improving competences for self-management as outcomes of self-management. Building a strong patient-provider relationship is crucial for successful self-management.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Jany Rademakers, Marla T. H. Hahnraths, Onno C. P. van Schayck, Monique Heijmans
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of Dutch children's health literacy on their BMI, dietary behavior, and physical activity. The results revealed a significant positive association between children's health literacy and their engagement in physical activity.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Yil Severijns, Maartje W. F. Heijmans, Christine E. M. de Die-Smulders, Emilia K. Bijlsma, Nicole Corsten-Janssen, Sara J. R. Joosten, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Klaske D. Lichtenbelt, Cecile P. E. Ottenheim, Kyra E. Stuurman, Gita M. B. Tan-Sindhunata, Hein de Vries, Liesbeth A. D. M. van Osch
Summary: This study examines the effects of an online decision aid (DA) on the reproductive decision-making process of couples at risk of transmitting a genetic disease to their offspring. The results suggest that the use of this tool can reduce decisional conflict, increase knowledge, improve realistic expectations, enhance deliberation, and increase decisional self-efficacy.
JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Monique Heijmans, Rune Poortvliet, Marieke Van der Gaag, Ana Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jessica Beltran Puerta, Carlos Canelo-Aybar, Claudia Valli, Marta Ballester, Claudio Rocha, Montserrat Leon Garcia, Karla Salas-Gama, Chrysoula Kaloteraki, Marilina Santero, Ena Nino de Guzman, Cristina Spoiala, Pema Gurung, Saida Moaddine, Fabienne Willemen, Iza Cools, Julia Bleeker, Angelina Kancheva, Julia Ertl, Tajda Laure, Ivana Kancheva, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios, Jessica Zafra-Tanaka, Dimitris Mavridis, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Stella Zevgiti, Georgios Seitidis, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Oliver Groene, Rosa Sunol, Carola Orrego
Summary: This study systematically describes the components and characteristics of interventions related to COPD self-management, using the COMPAR-EU taxonomy as a framework. The study found that there is a lot of room for improvement in the design and description of self-management interventions for COPD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Janneke Noordman, Maaike Meurs, Rune Poortvliet, Tamara Rusman, Carola Orrego-Villagran, Marta Ballester, Lyudmil Ninov, Ena Nino de Guzman, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Oliver Groene, Rosa Sunol, Monique Heijmans, Cordula Wagner
Summary: This study aims to identify and describe the contextual factors that have a significant impact on the successful implementation of self-management interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity, COPD, and/or heart failure. A qualitative review of reviews was conducted, revealing a wide range of factors on different levels, with a focus on patients, professionals, and interactions. There were fewer factors identified on the levels of intervention, organization, setting, and national level. There were no differences in the main themes of factors across the four diseases. Thus, it is crucial to consider multiple levels of contextual factors simultaneously for the successful implementation of self-management interventions.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Juliane Menting, Femke van Schelven, Claire Aussems, Monique Heijmans, Hennie Boeije
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the changes in self-management behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors contributing to these changes. The results showed that the majority of people with chronic diseases maintained stable self-management behaviors, while about 15% experienced improvements and 14% experienced deterioration. Factors such as gender, physical disability, mental health, daily stressors due to COVID-19 (patient level), changes in healthcare access (organization level), and social support (environment level) were significantly associated with changes in self-management.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rosa Sunol, Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Claudia Valli, Marta Ballester, Laura Seils, Monique Heijmans, Rune Poortvliet, Marieke van der Gaag, Claudio Rocha, Montserrat Leon-Garcia, Karla Salas-Gama, Ena Nino de Guzman, Chrysoula Kaloteraki, Marilina Santero, Cristina Spoiala, Pema Gurung, Saida Moaddine, Fabienne Wilemen, Iza Cools, Julia Bleeker, Angelina Kancheva, Julia Ertl, Tajda Laure, Ivana Kancheva, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Stella Zevgiti, Jessica Beltran, Carlos Canelo-Aybar, Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka, Georgios Seitidis, Dimitris Mavridis, Oliver Groene, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Carola Orrego
Summary: The objective of this study was to conduct an evidence map on self-management interventions and patient-relevant outcomes for adults living with overweight/obesity. The majority of the research focused on clinical outcomes and behaviors adherence, while empowerment skills, quality of life, and satisfaction were less targeted. The most frequent techniques used were sharing information, goal setting, and self-monitoring training. The study highlights the need to widen the scope of research by focusing on outcomes important to patients, assessing emotional/social/share-decision support, exploring remote techniques, and including vulnerable populations.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2023)
Article
Primary Health Care
Bart Knottnerus, Monique Heijmans, Jany Rademakers
Summary: This study investigated the difficulties faced by individuals with limited health literacy in acquiring information about COVID-19 and governmental measures, and made recommendations on the role of primary care in informing and supporting these patients.
Article
Surgery
Jany Rademakers, Marlon Rolink, Monique Heijmans
Summary: People with limited health literacy in the Netherlands require specific information on organ donation to make informed decisions. They need easy-to-understand information on choice options, eligibility, the role of partners/family, impact on quality of care, and the process of organ donation. Improved personal support and practical assistance for registration are suggested.
TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ena Nino de Guzman Quispe, Laura Martinez Garcia, Carola Orrego Villagran, Monique Heijmans, Rosa Sunol, David Fraile-Navarro, Javier Perez-Bracchiglione, Lyudmil Ninov, Karla Salas-Gama, Andres Viteri Garcia, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Summary: The research summarized the preferences and experiences of patients and caregivers regarding self-management in chronic diseases, as well as the relevant outcomes of interventions. The study found that the process of self-management and experiences with interventions influenced the perspectives of patients and caregivers.
PATIENT-PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(2021)