Projects
Study on the interactions between wheat bran and flour constituents responsible for the quality loss when bran incorporation into grain-based foods. KU Leuven
The aim of this doctoral research was to investigate and unravel mechanisms which are responsible for wheat bran’s negative impact on bread making. Fortification of cereal based products such as bread in wheat bran is increasingly explored due to increased awareness of the health benefits that are related to consumption of bran. However, its incorporation causes various problems during bread production and towards end product quality for ...
Role of microbial biodiversity in the aromatic quality of artisan fermented foods Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The nutritional quality of street foods and their role in the diet of school-going adolescents in urban Benin Institute of Tropical Medicine
Identification of valid and multidimensional quality indicators in diabetic foot care, useful to study quality of care in diabetic foot clinics KU Leuven
Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is a common late-stage complication, experienced by up to 25% of diabetics in their lifetime.1,2 Its impact, both on quality of life3 and on resource utilization4, drives diabetic foot clinics (DFCs) and national healthcare systems to improve foot care organization. Monitoring of performance and providing feedback to care providers (audit-feedback), which includes benchmarking, is one strategy to improve quality ...
Tree and wood quality research for the Flemish forest and wood sector: evaluation of properties and uses of wood from sustainably managed stocks, supporting the research assignments of INBO Ghent University
This project includes the following priority research points: A. In the context of sustainable forest management and ecological afforestation, longer operating times and more hardwoods are central, is a techno-economic evaluation of the production of the under this policy produce wood necessary. B. Within the framework of the various selection programs programs at the Institute for Forestry and Game Management is looking for cooperation for ...
Examining barriers to providing good quality postnatal care:A mixed-methods study of global configurations of care and local clinical practice adaptations in Tanzania and Guinea. Institute of Tropical Medicine
and this problem is most urgent in low-resource contexts such as
sub-Saharan Africa. Close monitoring of women and babies during
the first hours and days after childbirth (the postnatal period) can
save many lives. More than half of births in low-resource countries
now occur in health facilities, which should make it easier to provide
postnatal ...
How auditors' internal and external interactive relationships impact their judgment and decision-making: Experimental evidence on the underlying causes of good and poor audit quality KU Leuven
The intention of the studies centered around my PhD is to acquire a better understanding what exactly drives audit quality or could potentially impact it. In particular, the first study aims to investigate whether imitation behavior could to some extent have an impact. In particular, it is likely that junior auditors will mimic a senior when they first start on the job and thus issues could arise when this senior is not knowledgeable. It will ...
Research into the wood quality boxers (Prunus avium L.) Ghent University
Objective Taking into account the "aesthetic" toepassingnen cherry wood, the investigation into timber quality involves not so much determining mechanical properties or - to determine the proportion of heartwood - the quantification and appreciation of the color of the heartwood The objective of the research project is two-fold: 1. the determination of the two above features for a number of genotypes selected in the basic collection of ...
Growth dynamics and wood quality of trees (WOODLAB) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
(a) Study of the growth dynamics (based on annual ring analysis) of native oaks in the Limburg dunes. The aim of this research is to gain insight into the reaction of oak to the predicted dryer summers. This knowledge is also important for drawing up the right management measures in the light of climate adaptation.
b) ...