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Antiretroviral treatment as catalyst for achieving AIDS competence in local South African communities: developing a multidimensional intervention to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. University of Antwerp

Edwin Wouters
Centre for Population, Family and Health
Background: Although the initial outcomes of the South African public antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme are promising, there are still important challenges to be met to successfully fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the long term, namely (1) HIV/AIDS care as chronic disease care requires psychosocial care on top of biomedical care to ensure long-term adherence and patient retention and (2) HIV incidence levels need to drop by positively ...

Signal processing for hearing aids motivated by auditory perception. KU Leuven

Marc Moonen
ESAT - STADIUS, Stadius Centre for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, Research Group Experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology
The major problems of hearing aid users are understanding speech in background noise, a reduced spatial hearing and the occurrence of acoustic feedback between the receiver and the microphone of the hearing aid. This project envisages the design of objective evaluation procedures and signal processing techniques that are based on models of auditory perception in normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects. In order to increase the robustness of ...

3D video based navigation aids for visually impaired. Hasselt University

Philippe BEKAERT
Applied Computer Science Lab
This research aims to develop new navigation aids for the blind, so their mobility and independence, and their quality of life will be increased. The tools we want to develop are based on the principle of sensory substitution. This means that the characteristics for one sense can be simulated by stimuli in another sense. More specifically it is possible to allow certain observations, which are normally associated with vision (failure to blind), ...

Indoor Landmarks: the study and implementation of navigational aids Ghent University

Philippe De Maeyer
Department of Geography

Landmarks play an important role in facilitating human navigation, especially indoors. The objectives are the following. Determining the characteristics of indoor landmarks. Verifying if a specific building has an influence on the identification and use of indoor landmarks. Determining the most adequate method to collect indoor landmark information. The creation of an indoor landmark-based wayfinding app.

Downstream processing of carboxylic acids from fermentation broths Ghent University

Steven De Meester
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology

The objective is to develop and optimise the downstream processes for purifying bio-based carboxylic acids from fermentation broths. Research combines simulations in the Aspen software with experimental studies. Currently, the evaporation process is being investigated. Other purification techniques such as membrane separation, liquid-liquid extraction, distillation, etc. will also in focus after finishing the paper on evaporation.

Modulation of human psychobiology by gut bacterial metabolites: The role of short-chain fatty acids. KU Leuven

Boushra Dalile
Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders
When we consume foods rich in dietary fiber such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereals, we rely on the gut bacteria to break it down for us in a process called fermentation. This results in the production of specific bacterial metabolites, called short-chain fatty acids that we absorb and that affect our health. We established that gut-derived short-chain fatty acids reduce the physiological reactivity of the major stress response system ...

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them their cultures count in school is best: The role of teachers in immigrant-origin adolescents’ development of cultural orientations KU Leuven

Karen Phalet
Social and Cultural Psychology
With increasing cultural diversity in schools it is ever more critical to understand how immigrant-origin youth develop dual orientations towards heritage and mainstream cultures (i.e., integration). Although the critical role of schools is increasingly acknowledged, teachers arguably play a key role by creating a welcoming environment where youth can explore and express heritage and mainstream cultures. The present project therefore examines ...

Mapping the route of short-chain fatty acids along the human gut-brain axis KU Leuven

Kristin Verbeke
Translational Research in GastroIntestinal Disorders, Laboratory for Biological Psychology
Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are the major products of bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber in the colon and can modulate brain function in preclinical studies. During my PhD, I found that administration of SCFAs to healthy men reduced the cortisol response to psychosocial stress. In this project, I will further investigate how SCFA affect the brain. I propose to conduct an observational study utilizing samples from 220 participants ...

Legislating with the best intentions? Judicial review of the legitimacy of the legislatorU+2019s aims. Ghent University

Toon Moonen
Department of European, Public and International Law

If the Constitutional Court evaluates the constitutionality of a law, which infringes upon constitutional values, it must consider the goals pursued by the legislator. This project proposes to develop a conceptual framework for judicial review of legislative intent, to analyze the existing case law of the Court and to tailor the developed general theory to the Belgian context.