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Physiological, biochemical and morphological tolerance mechanisms of faba bean (Vicia fabaL.) to the combined stress of water deficit and phosphorus limitation Universiteit Gent
Water deficit and phosphorus (P) deficiency are among the most severe factors limiting agricultural productivity. In this study, two contrasting faba bean (Vicia faba L.) varieties for their response to water deficit were used to identify some agro-physiological and biochemical traits involved in the tolerance mechanisms to combined water deficit and P limitation. Plants were grown under greenhouse conditions in agronomic soil, under two P ...
Phosphorus use efficiency of improved faba bean (Vicia faba) varieties in low-input agro-ecosystems Universiteit Gent KU Leuven
Break-it, hack-it, make-it: the ‘Hack-a-Thing’ workshop series as a showcase for the integration of creative thinking processes into FabLab Genk Universiteit Hasselt
FabLabs are mostly known for their problem-solving approach since they allow people to develop and perfect a prototype of ‘almost any product’, using the available infrastructure, facilities and knowhow (Mandavilli, 2006). Since 2012, FabLab Genk too has become a hotbed for problem-solving activities. FabLab Genk is situated in a creative context and is used by many media, arts and design students, researchers, designers and artists, for ...
Foregrounding backstage activities for engaging children in a FabLab for STEM education KU Leuven
© 2019 Elsevier B.V. To tackle the worldwide shortage of graduates with a STEM diploma, governments are allocating funds to STEM education. This article focuses on the potential of FabLabs in relation to STEM education for non-expert users; more specifically, children of 6–16 years old. We describe two case studies – ‘Wa Make?’ and ‘Making Things!’ – that are part of a long-term process of engaging local non-expert users in FabLab Genk. Although ...
Three Strategies for Engaging Non-experts in a FabLab KU Leuven
© 2018 Association for Computing Machinery. Non-expert users are often impeded to enter digital fabrication spaces such as FabLabs. Challenges lie among other things in the unfamiliarity of tools and machines, a lack of skills and experience and the fact that most digital fabrication tools are not appropriated for non-expert users. Illustrated by case studies, this paper reports three strategies of involving non-expert users in a specific ...
Break-it, hack-it, make-it: the ‘Hack-a-Thing’ workshop series as a showcase for the integration of creative thinking processes into FabLab Genk KU Leuven
FabLabs are mostly known for their problem-solving approach since they allow people to develop and perfect a prototype of ‘almost any product’, using the available infrastructure, facilities and knowhow (Mandavilli, 2006). Since 2012, FabLab Genk too has become a hotbed for problem-solving activities. FabLab Genk is situated in a creative context and is used by many media, arts and design students, researchers, designers and artists, for ...
On the importance of backstage activities for engaging children in a FabLab KU Leuven
To tackle the worldwide shortage of graduates with a STEM diploma, governments are allocating funds to STEM education. This article focuses on the potential of FabLabs in relation to STEM education for non-expert users; more specifically, children of 6 - 16 years old. We describe two case studies - 'Wa Make?' and 'Making Things!' - that are part of a long-term participation process of engaging local non-expert users in FabLab Genk. Although the ...
From Hacking Things to Making Things. Rethinking making by supporting non-expert users in a FabLab KU Leuven
When discussing maker culture, much attention is dedicated to how making can be beneficial for specific fields (e.g. healthcare, education) or various communities of makers (e.g. educators, crafters). The democratic ideal of personal fabrication and the maker culture movement - represented by the growth of open makerspaces (e.g. FabLabs, makerspaces) and online communities (e.g. ‘Instructables’, ‘Thingiverse’) worldwide - provides everyone with ...