Projects
Strategy to evaluate health risks of air pollution episodes in vulnerable individuals Hasselt University
Subcontracting Bill & Melinda Gates: Design of the STH pilot study: Evaluate cfDNA as a biomarker of STH infection Ghent University
The gastrointestinal tract of a child living in a low income country is highly likely to be parasitized with at least one of three main Soil- transmitted helminths (STH; Ascaris /umbricoides (roundworms), Trichuris trichiura (whipworms), Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus (hookworms). Ascaris a·nd Trichuris are the most prevalent infecting 800-1100 million people and 600-800 million people respectively. The disease burden ...
Development of standard methods to evaluate the efficiency of self-healing concrete Ghent University
Development of a differential LAPS-based monitoring system to evaluate the metabolic response of bacteria in biogas process analyses KU Leuven
The independence of fossil fuels as energy carriers is an essential future-oriented aim for all nations around the world. The negative influences of global climate changes are strongly noticeable in our daily life. Reports on unexpected natural catastrophes reach many people and make them contemplative finding proper and novel strategies to overcome related future disasters. In this context, scientific efforts and methodologies are in demand ...
Development, validation and application of a novel foot-ankle model to evaluate ligament behaviour in patients with ankle instability KU Leuven
Ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, often resulting in lateral ankle ligament tears or ruptures. Thirty to fifty percent of the patients develop chronic ankle instability (CAI) after a first ankle sprain, including persistent complaints of pain, swelling and/or the feeling of giving way in combination with recurrent sprains. CAI may be caused by mechanical (MAI) or functional ankle instability (FAI) or a ...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging to evaluate the relationship between obesity and kidney disease, and to assess therapeutic effects of weight loss and nutritional management (with omega-3 fatty acids), in a dog model. Ghent University
In humans, obesity-related kidney disease tends to be an under-recognized problem. In this dog model, quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, correlated with other renal function tests, will be used to determine the (early) effects of obesity on renal perfusion. Subsequently, the therapeutic effects of weight loss and omega-3 nutritional management on renal perfusion in obese dogs will be evaluated.
Development of an indicator of soil quality to evaluate the ecological sustainability of the use of lignocellulosic agricultural streems in the Flemish bioeconomy Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Life Cycle Assessments or LCAs were originally designed to evaluate the sustainability of the fossil fuel based industry. Since the 1990s, the method has been applied to food products to calculate the ecological footprint of a product and its packaging. Subsequently, entire agricultural production systems were also studied, which revealed the difficulty in evaluating their environmental ...
Zebrafish as a model system to evaluate the causality of variants of unknown clinical significance in hereditary breast cancer Ghent University
In hereditary breast cancer, knowledge of the genetic cause provides the opportunity to include high risk individuals in surveillance programs and may tailor therapeutics. Since the implementation of next generation sequencing in molecular diagnostics, the number of variants of unknown clinical significance (VUS) increased dramatically. The finding of such a variant creates a lot of uncertainty. Therefore, development of reliable functional ...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging to evaluate the relationship between obesity and kidney disease, and to assess therapeutic effects of weight loss and nutritional management (with omega-3 fatty acids), in a dog model. Ghent University
In humans, obesity-related kidney disease tends to be an under-recognized problem. In this dog model, quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, correlated with other renal function tests, will be used to determine the (early) effects of obesity on renal perfusion. Subsequently, the therapeutic effects of weight loss and omega-3 nutritional management on renal perfusion in obese dogs will be evaluated.