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FaultBit : Generic and Efficient Wireless Fault Detection Using the Internet of Things KU Leuven

Koustabh Dolui, Sam Michiels, Danny Hughes
The timely monitoring and maintenance of industrial machines is critical to prevent expensive disruptions and down-time. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers a solution to instrument production processes at lower cost and complexity. However, wireless IoT networks are bandwidth constrained, which precludes the transmission of high frequency signals such as vibration or electrical current. Prior approaches to tackling this problem require a high ...

Restoration rocks: The long-term impact of rock dust application on soil, tree foliar nutrition, tree radial growth, and understory biodiversity in Norway spruce forest stands KU Leuven

Robrecht Van Der Bauwhede, Karen Vancampenhout, Bart Muys
Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) forests are experiencing severe dieback due to drought and related bark beetle infestations. These disturbances are amplified by poor tree vitality, which is linked to acidification in soils and exacerbated by atmospheric deposition. However, the large-scale deployment of rock dust as a soil-restoring amendment is hampered by uncertainties about its benefits in the long term. This study reassessed an experiment ...

Opportunities and Challenges in Cross-Country Collaboration: Insights from the Beneluxa Initiative. KU Leuven

Liese Barbier
National pricing and reimbursement agencies face growing challenges with complex health technologies, prompting European policy advancements. Beneluxa is a cross-country collaboration involving Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Austria, and Ireland that aims to address sustainable access to medicines. In view of the soon-to-be-implemented EU HTA Regulation, insights and experiences from stakeholders with Beneluxa cross-country collaboration ...

Screening and management of hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease referred to Hypertension Excellence Centres among 27 countries. A pilot survey based on questionnaire Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Jean-Michel Halimi, Pantelis Sarafidis, Michel Azizi, Grzegorz Bilo, Thilo Burkard, michael bursztyn, Miguel Camafort, Neil Chapman, Santina Cottone, Tine De Backer, et al.

OBJECTIVE: Real-life management of hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unclear.

METHODS: A survey was conducted in 2023 by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) to assess management of CKD patients referred to ESH-Hypertension Excellence Centres (ESH-ECs) at first referral visit. The questionnaire contained 64 questions with which ESH-ECs representatives were asked to estimate preexisting CKD management ...

Improving outcome measures in late onset Pompe disease: Modified Rasch-Built Pompe-Specific Activity scale. KU Leuven

Kristl Claeys
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Rasch-Built Pompe-Specific Activity (R-PAct) scale is a patient-reported outcome measure specifically designed to quantify the effects of Pompe disease on daily life activities, developed for use in Dutch- and English-speaking countries. This study aimed to validate the R-PAct for use in other countries. METHODS: Four other language versions (German, French, Italian, and Spanish) of the R-PAct were created and ...

Over the river and into the hills: locals and non-locals at Inzersdorf, a late Bronze Age cemetery in the Traisen Valley (Austria) Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Michaela Fritzl, Lukas Waltenberger, Hannah James, Christophe Snoeck, Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
The Late Bronze Age is characterized by the increasing homogenization of material culture and the prevalence of urn burials. The cemetery of Inzersdorf, located in the Lower Traisen Valley, Austria, is used to investigate whether changes in burial practices during the Late Bronze Age were locally driven or influenced by external factors. This study interprets strontium isotope data from 215 calcined human bone samples in the context of a local ...

Rationale and Design of the Australasian Registry of Screening ECGs in National Athletes Project. KU Leuven

Andre La Gerche
BACKGROUND: Cardiac screening of elite athletes is widely recommended by Australasian sporting federations, but data are not structured to be shared. Data are lacking from underrepresented groups to inform ECG interpretation guidelines. The ARENA (Australasian Registry of Screening ECGs in National Athletes) project is a retrospective and prospective, multicenter, longitudinal, observational registry of athlete cardiac screening results and ...

Mode and Characteristics of Arrhythmia Initiation in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation: A THESIS Substudy Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Bernard Belhassen, Giulio Conte, Christian Steinberg, John Whitaker, Habib R. Khan, Mikael Laredo, Florian Doldi, Reginald Ho, Rafik Tadros, Boris Dinov, et al.
Background: There is limited information on the mode of arrhythmia initiation in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF). A non–pause-dependent mechanism has been suggested to be the rule. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the mode and characteristics of initiation of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) in patients with short or long-coupled PVT/IVF included in THESIS (THerapy Efficacy in Short or long-coupled idiopathic ...

Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Mario Fischer-Gödde, Jonas Tusch, Steven Goderis, Alessandro Bragagni, Tanja Mohr-Westheide, Nils Messling, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Birger Schmitz, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Wolfgang D Maier, et al.

An impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, occurred 66 million years ago, producing a global stratigraphic layer that marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene eras. That layer contains elevated concentrations of platinum-group elements, including ruthenium. We measured ruthenium isotopes in samples taken from three Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sites, five other impacts that occurred between 36 million to 470 million years ago, and ...