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Connected and satisfied. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Laora Noémie Mastari, Gil Antoine Keppens, Bram Spruyt, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Laura Emery, Jessy Siongers

For young people with a migration background it has never been easier to create and maintain a bond with their country of origin (further: feelings of ethnic connectedness). Previous research has already revealed the importance of such feelings of ethnic connectedness for (young) people's subjective well-being. In this study we investigate whether the relationship between the presence and the degree of ethnic connectedness and life ...

COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Yuki Yamada, Dominik Borna Ćepulić, Tao Coll-Martín, Stéphane Debove, Guillaume Gautreau, Hyemin Han, Jesper Rasmussen, Thao Tran, Giovanni A. Travaglino, Angélique M. Blackburn, et al.

This N = 173,426 social science dataset was collected through the collaborative COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey – an open science effort to improve understanding of the human experiences of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic between 30th March and 30th May, 2020. The dataset allows a cross-cultural study of psychological and behavioural responses to the Coronavirus pandemic and associated government measures like cancellation of public functions and stay ...

A real time image-guided reposition system for the loosed bone graft in orthognathic surgery. KU Leuven

Xiaojun Chen, Yang Li, Lu Xu, Yi Sun, Constantinus Politis, Xiaoyi Jiang
In traditional orthognathic surgery, the dental splint technique is typically used to assist surgeons to reposition the maxilla or mandible. However, the design and manufacturing of dental splints is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the templates may not applicable for some complicated cases due to the anatomic intricacies in the maxillofacial region. During recent years, computer-aided navigation technology has been widely used in oral ...

SARS-CoV-2 genomic characterization and clinical manifestation of the COVID-19 outbreak in Uruguay. KU Leuven

Victoria Elizondo, Gordon W Harkins, Batsirai Mabvakure, Sabine Smidt, Paul Zappile, Christian Marier, Matthew T Maurano, Victoria Perez, Natalia Mazza, Carolina Beloso, et al.
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and declared by the World Health Organization a global public health emergency. Among the severe outbreaks across South America, Uruguay has become known for curtailing SARS-CoV-2 exceptionally well. To understand the SARS-CoV-2 introductions, local transmissions, and associations with genomic and clinical parameters in Uruguay, we sequenced ...