J. Jacobs

Publication List Details

Period

1911 - 2009

Number

49

Co-Authors

Coarse Woody Debris Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Black Spruce Forests of North-Western Quebec (2009)

Jacobs, J., Work, T. T.

Dead wood is an important component of forest ecosystems. It has been demonstrated to be a crucial component to support biodiversity and has the potential to play a role within nutrient cycles of...

Test characteristics of two rapid antigen detection tests (SD FK50 and SD KF60) for the diagnosis of malaria in returned travellers (2009)

Gillet, P., Bottieau, E., Cnops, L., Van Esbroeck, M., Jacobs, J.

BACKGROUND: Two malaria rapid diagnostic tests were evaluated in a travel clinic setting: the SD FK50 Malaria Ag Plasmodium falciparum test (a two-band test) and the SD FK60 Malaria Ag P....

Evaluation of the SD FK70 malaria Ag Plasmodium vivax rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting (2009)

Gillet, P., Bosselaers, K., Cnops, L., Bottieau, E., Van Esbroeck, M., Jacobs, J.

BACKGROUND: For clinical and epidemiological reasons, it is interesting to diagnose non-falciparum malaria to the species level. This retrospective study assessed the performance of the SD BIOLINE...

Antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens in Central Africa: a review of the published literature between 1955 and 2008 (2009)

Vlieghe, E., Phoba, M. F., Muyembe Tamfum, J. J., Jacobs, J.

A systematic review of the published literature on bacterial resistance in Central Africa between 1955 and 2008 was performed. Eighty-three publications from seven countries were retrieved, the...

High Volume Colour Image Processing with Massively Parallel Embedded Processors (2008)

J. Jacobs, W. Bond, R. Pouls, G. R. Joubert, W. E. Nagel, ...

Permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for personal or classroom use is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and...

Results of a European dose survey for mammography (2008)

Michielsen, K., Jacobs, J., Lemmens, K., Nens, J., Zoetelief, J., Faulkner, K., ...

For the dose study, a semi-automated method of data collection is used in this study. The participating centres were asked to fill out a spreadsheet with all necessary data and return it. For direct...

A quantitative method for evaluating the detectability of lesions in digital mammography (2008)

Zanca, F., Van Ongeval, C., Jacobs, J., Marchal, G., Bosmans, H.

This study presents a quantitative method for evaluating the detectability of microcalcifications in digital mammography. Four hundred and twenty microcalcifications (with various morphology, size...

TYPETESTING OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS: FIRST EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE FLEMISH BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME (2007)

Thierens, Hubert, Bosmans, Hilde, Buls, Nico, Bacher, Klaus, De Hauwere, An, Jacobs, J, ...

To avoid the purchase of a digital mammography system by radiologists with intrinsic characteristics not able to fulfil the physical-technical quality requirements of the acceptance tests of the...

Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in tropical countries in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: do we know enough? (2007)

Lynen, L., Jacobs, J., Colebunders, R.

Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV-infected persons is beyond doubt one of the cheapest and most important interventions, next to antiretroviral therapy (ART), to improve survival. However, many...

Image quality measurements and metrics in full field digital mammography: an overview (2006)

Carton, A-K, Rogge, F, Zanca, F, Jacobs, J, Van Ongeval, C, ...

This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...

IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)

Bosmans, H., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...

This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...

IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)

Bosmans, H., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...

This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...

Image quality measurements and metrics in full field digital mammography: an overview (2005)

Bosmans, H., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...

This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...

The Aristotle score: a complexity-adjusted method to evaluate surgical results (2004)

Clarke, D, Jacobs, J, Comas, J, Daebritz, S, ...

OBJECTIVES: Quality control is difficult to achieve in Congenital Heart Surgery (CHS) because of the diversity of the procedures. It is particularly needed, considering the potential adverse outcomes...

Samen werken aan duurzaamheid (2001)

Jacobs, J.

http://library.wur.nl/wda/abstracts/ab3008.html

Primary autosomal recessive microcephaly: MCPH5 maps to 1q25-q32 (2000)

Jacobs, J, Abramowicz, M J

Primary microcephaly is thought to result from genetic defects of the developmental program that generates large brain hemispheres in humans. Autosomal recessive inheritance is likely in most...

Variation among 41 Genotypes of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill.) for Crossability toL. peruvianum(L.) Mill. (1997)

SACKS, E. J., GERHARDT, L. M., GRAHAM, E. B., JACOBS, J., THORRUP, T. A., ST. CLAIR, D. A.

Even with the aid of tissue culture, crosses betweenLycopersicon esculentum(E) andL. peruvianum(P) typically yield few progeny. To determine whether some E genotypes produce more progeny per fruit...

ATRIAL DEMAND PACING TO PROTECT AGAINST VAGAL OVERACTIVITY IN SYMPATHETIC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY (1986)

BANNISTER, R., COSTA, D. F. DA, HENDRY, W. G., JACOBS, J., MATHIAS, C. J.

The clinical features, investigation and management of a patient with a subacute autonomic neuropathy are described. A series of physiological and biochemical studies indicated severe but selective...