Publications

Intramountain basins are the preferred locations for agricultural and socio-economical development in mountain regions. They often consist of considerable subsurface sedimentary fillings which hold an aquifer system suitable for groundwater exploitation. In semi-arid climates with distinct dry and wet seasons, groundwater is the main source of irrigation water in the dry periods. The risk for overdrafting of these basins is realistic when ...

Falls are a recognized risk factor for unintentional injuries among older adults, accounting for a large proportion of fractures, emergency department visits, and urgent hospitalizations. Human balance and gait research traditionally uses linear or qualitative tests to assess and describe human motion; however, human motion is neither a simple nor a linear process. The objective of this research is to identify and to learn more about what ...

Global production network (GPN) analysts argue that workers actively contribute to the shaping of GPNs through different forms of agency. In this contribution I extend this argument to the tactical agency of small producers. By focusing on the phenomenon of side-selling among Filipino banana contract farmers, I show that these tactics have contributed to the emergence of alternative trade networks that undermined traditional lead firm behaviour ...

During re-identification of Fusarium strains in the BCCM™/IHEM fungal collection by multilocus sequence-analysis we observed that five strains, previously identified as Fusarium verticillioides, were Fusarium musae, a species described in 2011 from banana fruits. Four strains were isolated from blood samples or biopsies of immune-suppressed patients and one was isolated from the clinical environment, all originating from different hospitals in ...

Zijn onze lerarenopleidingen in staat leraren af te leveren die ICT op een adequate manier kunnen inschakelen in hun onderwijspraktijk? Dat is de initiële vraag van het onderzoek dat in deze bijdrage wordt voorgesteld. Sinds 2007 dienen leraren immers vakoverschrijdende ICT-eindtermen na te streven (in het Vlaamse basisonderwijs en de eerste graad van het secundair onderwijs). Centrale gedachte bij het beleid van de overheid is ervoor te zorgen ...

The European Commission publishes bi-annual internal market scoreboards which show the member states’ performance in realizing internal market rules. Timely and correct transposition of internal market directives is a crucial part hereof. Member states are regarded as unitary actors, consequently the Commission does not differentiate the performances of their constituent sub-national entities. This article constructs the internal market ...

Zowel het Hof van Justitie als het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens zijn van oordeel dat de aansprakelijkheid van tussenpersonen dient benaderd te worden vanuit de optiek van de eerlijke balans tussen botsende grondrechten. In dit artikel sluiten wij ons, na kritische analyse van de EHRM-rechtspraak, bij dit oordeel aan. We geven echter een specifieke invulling aan de eerlijke balans, die we interpreteren in de zin van een compromis ...