Background and Aims The establishment of bioenergy plantations as short-rotation coppice poplar systems has been proposed as a sustainable strategy to mitigate climate change through carbon capture. This study evaluates changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) after 12 years of poplar cultivation on former cropland and grassland in Belgium using repeated soil sampling to assess SOC stock changes and in-growth cores to identify car...

Aims Species-rich grasslands are proposed to promote biodiversity and reduce nitrogen (N) fertilization while maintaining productivity. However, the effectiveness of this strategy remains uncertain, particularly since grasslands with varying species richness are managed differently. We compared biomass yield and forage quality of three grassland management types varying in species richness and N fertilization levels in an on-f...

Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) for oligometastatic breast cancer (≤ 5 metastases) has shown little effect in specific scenarios of randomized trials. Therefore, we aimed to assess outcomes after metastasis-directed stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) in various clinical scenarios. We conducted an international retrospective cohort study in thirteen centers including breast cancer patients receiving SRT to any metastatic site. O...

Lung cancer patients have a high symptom burden that negatively affects their quality of life. Increasing patient self-efficacy to deal with treatment side effects can ameliorate their symptom burden. Education programs can help enhance patient self-efficacy by giving patients more control over their condition through increased disease literacy. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of microlearning for delivering lung...

Increasing depletion of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea intensifies conflicts between fisheries and marine mammals, such as the common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus , Montagu, 1821). To increase the knowledge of such interactions in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, fishing activities of commercial fisheries and biomass of fish families targeted by fisheries and T. truncatus were analysed to identify areas that are...