Projects
The emergence of a 'modern' labour market? Tracing rural labourers in an early modern commercial farming system: the Waasland polder area (1650-1850) University of Antwerp
Development of a system for awareness, early detection and notification of organisms harmful to plants in Belgium (BEWARE&NOTE) Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
ILVO, PCS and Natuurpunt have joined forces to set up a web platform for awareness, early detection and notification of 'alien' quarantine organisms harmful to plants in Belgium. The focus is on quarantine or Q organisms that are relatively easy to identify (insects) or whose damage symptoms (fungi, bacteria and viruses) are very typical and clearly recognisable. Since these organisms can ...
Intelligent decision and prediction methods using fuzzy sets in warning systems Ghent University
This project has two objectives: (1) To develop a general framawork of integrated warning system (WS). This framework will contain both technical and organisational elements and their relationships, which will particulary look at both an early warning generation from information fusion and decision making from warnings. (2) To develop a new fusion methodology to manage uncertain information (using fuzzy sets and fuzzy case-based reasoning) in ...
European Information System for Alien Species Meise Botanic Garden
Derailment of the affective system: Measurement, early detection, and underlying mechanisms KU Leuven
Flood hazard assessment and early flood forecasting for the Kon and Ky Lo rivers along the South-Central Coast of Vietnam KU Leuven
Major flooding of rivers often causes serious consequences such as human lives and economic damage. Due to climate change and urbanization trends, the frequency of flooding is increasing, as well as in Vietnam. Located in the tropical monsoon region, Vietnam is affected by multiple types of natural disasters every year. Floods cause the greatest impact in terms of frequency of occurrence, economic damage, and other impacts on the environment ...
Dissecting the immunological and molecular mechanisms of gain-of-function NOD2 mutations in Blau Syndrome and Early Onset Sarcoidosis. KU Leuven
This work focuses on the identification of disease-causing genetic variants in paediatric patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) and/or autoimmune/autoinflammatory disease. Although paediatric immune pathology is rare, these disorders are associated with a high morbidity and mortality and decreased quality of life. Treatment is often accompanied with serious side-effects and can hold risks on its own. Understanding the genetic cause of ...
Development of a drought monitoring and early-warning system for the central highlands of Vietnam Ghent University
This study aims at developing a Drought Monitoring and Early-Warning (DMEW) system for the Central
Highlands in Vietnam based on the satellite observations which can evaluate drought condition at near
real-time. In order to reduce the uncertainties of satellite measurements, multiple satellite data sources
will be integrated using data fusion techniques, and then calibrated using in-situ data. For the drought
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