Projects
Chlamydia infecties bij varkens Ghent University
The project is on Chlamydia infections in swine. The project is on epidemiology and different diagnostic assays will be compared for their sensitivity and specificity.
Novel protein markers as early diagnostic or prognostic markers in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases KU Leuven
Pragmatic markers in native and non-native Englishes: A study into the use of and attitudes to pragmatic markers KU Leuven
The project is set to contribute to our understanding of the use of pragmatic markers (such as so, well, you know, like) by three different types of language users: native speakers of English, learners of English as a foreign language whose mother tongue is Dutch, and speakers who use English as a means of communication on a day-to-day basis. Its main research objective is to compare these three types of speakers of English in terms of their: ...
Pragmatic markers in native and non-native Englishes: A study into the use of and attitudes to pragmatic markers KU Leuven
The project is set to contribute to our understanding of the use of pragmatic markers (such as so, well, you know, like) by three different types of language users: native speakers of English, learners of English as a foreign language whose mother tongue is Dutch, and speakers who use English as a means of communication on a day-to-day basis. Its main research objective is to compare these three types of speakers of English in terms of their: ...
Impact of air quality on health: exploiting relevant markers of exposure, effect markers and gene expression data from Flemish human biomonitoring data and other databases. Hasselt University
Precursor ion scanning for the detection of new steroid markers and the development of an LC-MS screening method for these markers Ghent University
Anabolic steroids are amongst the most misused substances in doping control and are intensively metabolized in humans. Adequate screening for misuse of these substances therefore relies on the detection of metabolites in urine samples collected from athletes.
Most of the studies investigating the metabolism of pharmaceutically available steroids were performed in the 1980U+2019s via gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This ...
Modeling of Energy Systems and Markets KU Leuven
Energy system models are often used to gain insight in these challenges (technical, economic, policy) and explore possible options/designs/pathways. In this PhD, focus is on the modeling of integrated multi-energy systems and corresponding markets. This position is part of a larger project (with various other partners both from academia and industry) focusing on sector-coupling.
Gardens of Fear and Fame. Ecophobia and biophilia in the early modern 'hofdicht'. Ghent University
This project explores the early modern attitude toward nature through the popular literary medium of the "hofdicht". In this genre the gardens and country houses of the elite are celebrated. By praising the gardens, the poets express a desire for a life in nature, but through the production of geometrical and enclosed gardens, man tries to control nature. I aim to find out how these biophilic and ecophobic tendencies in garden culture of the ...