Projects
Drivers of individual and temporal variation in host infectiousness: a bird-specific Borrelia as a model system. University of Antwerp
Individual variation in grammatical coherence: an empirical study of spoken Netherlandic Dutch Ghent University
This project focuses on the issue of linguistic coherence, i.e. the question how much systematicity can be found in everyday linguistic heterogeneity. This is actually an old issue, however still causing much controversy today. The point of departure is that to address the issue thoroughly, the level of the individual has to be the prime focus of concern, contrary to the common practice of immediately aggregating over multiple speakers. The ...
Individual variation in feeding behavior and mechanics in songbirds. University of Antwerp
'It's like y'know my mother tongue'. The impact of L1 and individual variation on the use of pragmatic markers by learners of English in peer-to-peer interaction KU Leuven
'It's like y'know my mother tongue'. The impact of L1 and individual variation on the use of pragmatic markers by learners of English in peer-to-peer interaction KU Leuven
Super-resolved analysis of lamin-mediated DNA damage repair after high LET irradiation and its applicability to predictive modelling of individual radiation sensitivity in cancer patients. University of Antwerp
Optimizing performance and welfare of fattening pigs using High Radio Frequency Identification (HF RFID) and synergistic control on individual level Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
How can we use an individual fattening pig’s eating and drinking pattern to automatically detect problems as soon as they occur? Pig farms have to be highly efficient to stay profitable. The pig farmer needs to closely monitor every individual pig to prevent and minimize diseases and behavioural problems, because these result in diminished growth and economic loss. One of the best indicators for ...
Individual heterogeneity in dispersal as a driver of spatial ecological dynamics Ghent University
Dispersal is the movement of organisms that can alter gene flow. While being an individual behaviour, it is typically studied at the population level, and averaged over all individuals to make predictions on processes like range expansion, invasions and population persistence. There is however increasing evidence of the importance of individual variation for spatial dynamics. This variation may be related to dispersal distance (e.g., ...
Early Warning System for improvement of the welfare and performance of individual fattening pigs. KU Leuven
A pig farmer aims to maximize profit whilst maintaining the health and welfare status of the animals at optimal level. This requires adequate follow-up of each individual animal to spot and treat upcoming or present health, welfare and productivity problems. Currently, this follow-up is done through visual observation of the animals. However, with the economically-driven trends towards larger farms and larger groups of pigs in one pen, this ...