Projects
Unraveling the effects of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Branding: Developing a composite measure and investigating its effect on diversity attraction and retention. University of Antwerp
Environmental (and human health) risk approach as an integrated framework to study the occurrence and effects of microplastics in the marine environment - Ecologiclas aspect of microplastics Ghent University
GHentToxLab - UGent has proven and internationally recognized expertise in the field of microplastic detection and monitoring and in the evaluation of the uptake and (adverse) effects of these particles in biota. It also has long-standing and extensive research and regulatory expertise/experience in the area of environmental risk assessment of chemicals and other contaminants. The publication record of GhentToxLab is available on ...
Anlaysis of the genetic defect in melorheostosis and the study of the molecular and biological effects of LEMD3 haploinsufficiency Ghent University
In 2004, we demonstrated that loss-of-function mutations in LEMD3 can lead to osteopoikilosis, the Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (BOS) and non-sporadic melorheostosis. This project aims 1) to identify the causal genetic defect in sporadic melorheostosis though a candidate gene approach, and 2) to study the biological effects of LEMD3 haploinsufficiency and the pathways that lead to the hyperostotic lesions in these skeletal dysplasias.
Affectometrics - Examining and improving the validity of the measurement of affect KU Leuven
The project aims to examine the processes that underly the self-report of affect. To this end, the factors believed to be influencing affect will be examined in a probabilistic reward task, including goal relevance, actual and anticipated goal incongruence and congruence, as well as reward prediction errors. To closely examine the effect of these factors on the affect responses, drift diffusion models (DDMs) will be applied to model the ...
Incidental collocation learning from different modes of input and factors that affect learning KU Leuven
Collocations, i.e., words that habitually co-occur in texts (e.g., strong coffee, heavy smoker), are ubiquitous in language and thus crucial for second/foreign language (L2) learners to master. However, previous research shows that L2 learners tend to have limited knowledge of collocations and underuse or misuse them. Given the limited classroom time for deliberately teaching all L2 collocations, incidental learning, i.e., learning ...
Neural Gating of Bodily Sensations: Relationships with Subjective Perception and Negative Affect KU Leuven
Recurrent and debilitating symptoms such as pain and breathlessness in chronic health conditions represent a significant burden to the affected individuals and the society at large. How acute sensations transition into chronic complaints has been a central question in the field of health psychology, with popular and enduring models suggesting that negative affect, namely fear of symptoms and the general anxious predisposition, can affect how ...
Regression approaches for modeling affect dynamics: Leveraging on context and serial dependence KU Leuven
The field of affect dynamics studies how affect processes evolve over time. By collecting many repeated measurements of such processes over time, rich time series of intensive longitudinal data (ILD) become available. These data are analyzed in order to quantify features which could shed light on an individual’s affective functioning. To do so requires the formulation of a model, and the use of statistics to estimate model parameters. An ...
Understanding strain to strain interactions that affect the bioaugmentation success of a pesticide degrading bacterium in a microbial community KU Leuven
In Europe, pesticide residue concentrations in freshwater used for drinking water production although present at trace concentrations of below-μg/L levels (designated as micropollutant concentrations), often exceed the threshold concentration of 0.1 μg/L for an individual compound. As a consequence, expensive treatment steps are included in drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs). Microbial degradation is considered as a sustainable ...
With a little help from my friends: How CEO-compensation committee ties affect the pay setting process. KU Leuven
The aim of this dissertation is to provide insight into how the composition of the compensation committee affects the design of executive compensation contracts.
The fact that companies award generous compensation packages to executives when financial results are under pressure raises many questions in the eyes of legislators, stock exchange commissions and the public at large. Over the course of the past forty years, U.S. CEO ...