Projects
Assessment of exposure to diisocyanates and safety management in industries KU Leuven
Diisocyanates have risen in global productions and they are used in diverse industries. Diisocyanates are an important cause of occupational asthma and increase the risk of occupational asthma. Workers come into contact with diisocyanates by dermal and inhalation exposure and this can be under the form of the particles, vapour, or aerosol, depending on the type of diisocyanates used and the process for which it is used. Moreover, skin contact ...
Kinematic Assessment of Real-time Motion Acquisition of the human Musculoskeletal System by Dynamic 4D Transveral Imaging (KARMA-4D) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Towards Virtual NVH Performance Assessment of Tires: Prediction of Dynamic Tire/Road Contact and Hub Forces Using a Fully Predictive Efficient Simulation Approach KU Leuven
Since it is reported that environmental noise has negative effects on the public health in the European Union, the European Commission has set a road traffic noise reduction target of 10 dB(A) by 2020. As a result, vehicle manufacturers are continuously working towards refining their car designs to help reduce traffic noise. Tire/road noise is an important contributor to the overall road traffic noise and can be divided into two categories: ...
Novel Assessment Techniques for in vivo Bladder Physiology KU Leuven
Neurological and functional bladder disorders cause significant morbidity and detriment to the quality of life. These disorders cause lower urinary tract symptoms which affect up to 45.7% of the world population. Neurological bladder disorders due to spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis in some cases cause life-threatening urological complications. Functional bladder disorders in the absence of nervous system pathology present with ...
Effort to Reduce Listening Effort in Hard-of-Hearing Children: A Novel Assessment Paradigm KU Leuven
A reliable and practical measure of listening effort is crucial in the aural rehabilitation of children with communication disorders. In this article, we propose a novel behavioral paradigm designed to measure listening effort in school-age children based on different depths and levels of verbal processing. The paradigm consists of a classic word recognition task performed in quiet and in noise coupled to one of three additional tasks asking ...
Study of preharvest sprouting of wheat and assessment of postharvest technologies to reduce its impact on wheat and bread quality KU Leuven
Wheat is an important raw material for the production of staple food in the Western world. Therefore, uncontrolled variations in wheat yield and quality are of major concern for farmers and the wheat processing industry. Such variations are often caused by adverse climatological conditions like repeated and prolonged rainfall shortly before or during harvest. Preharvest sprouting (PHS) of wheat is the germination of the seed in the ear of the ...
Objectifying Assessment of Human Emotional Processing and Expression of Clinical and Psychotherapy Applications (EMO-App) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Model-based active thermography for contactless quality assessment in the agro-food industry KU Leuven
In the agro-food industry, there is an increasing demand for non-destructive quality inspection tools that allow to inspect every individual product. This is the result of an increased focus on food safety and quality over the past decades. Several fast, non-destructive and contactless technologies have been studied for food quality inspection, many of them based on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the food product. ...
Prediction models and peptide profiling in the assessment of the implant ation potential of early embryos KU Leuven
Summary
In IVF/ICSI treatments, two or more embryos are often transferred to maximize the chance of success, which brings results in a high incidence of multiple pregnancy. Multiple pregnancies are associated with an increased incidence of mortality, a higher percentage of birth defects, increased incidence of low birth weight and premature deliveries. Performing single embryo transfers is the only way to avoid multiples pregnancies. ...