Projects
Multi-league sport scheduling Ghent University
This project focuses on the question how to organize and schedule a vast number of sports leagues simultaneously, which is highly relevant in various youth and amateur sports competitions. We study how this can be done in a sustainable way (e.g. by reducing travel distance), while respecting the capacity of the available sports infrastructure, and several fairness criteria.
Influence of a lesson series including a bobble track in each lesson on motor learning outcome and motivation of children (5-12 years) in elementary school HOGENT
SWVG-EF43 Adapted living and supportive care. KU Leuven
In 2017, the Flemish government launched two calls directed at the mental health networks (GGZ) for adults with regard to Function 5: “Specific types of housing and housing support”.
The two calls focused on “Specific forms of housing for young adults with mental health problems” and “Outreaching care for persons with mental health problems avoiding care and who live in social housing”.
Eleven projects have been set up since ...
MDR Context. KU Leuven
In mental health care, the family perspective is helpful to meet the needs of clients within their own context.
LUCAS is developing a multidisciplinary guideline (MDG) on involving the context of mental health care. With this guideline, mental health care workers receive support in including the perspective of the context.
The MDG is intended for the entire Flemish mental health care sector (including mobile, ambulatory and ...
English as a medium of instruction in education: Academic achievement and student factors. Ghent University
Over the past decades, there has been an increase in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) programs in higher education. Nevertheless, the question remains whether EMI has a (negative) impact on academic achievement (e.g., test scores or course grades) in comparison to education in the mother tongue. In the current project, we will run several studies, using a variety of research methods, to investigate (a) the relation between education ...
Antibiotic-prescribing rate after Optimal Near-patient testing in children in primary care. KU Leuven
Enhancing engagement in digital physical activity interventions: a test of the effectiveness of online social interaction and gamification Ghent University
Healthy adults aged 18 to 64 should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (PA) per week. In Flanders, a significant proportion of the population fails to meet this requirement. This puts a significant proportion of the population at risk of lifestyle related health
conditions. Interventions targeting sedentary behavior attempt to incite people to be more physically active and increasingly, digital behavior ...
Improving weaning from mechanical ventilation: understanding the role of inspiratory muscle training in difficult to wean patients. KU Leuven
A majority of mechanically ventilated patients develop respiratory muscle weakness during critical illness. Rehabilitation efforts in the ICU have so far largely been focused on peripheral muscle dysfunction, whereas respiratory muscle rehabilitation has received relatively less attention. The potential value of implementing rehabilitative interventions for respiratory muscle conditioning are supported by observations showing that respiratory ...