Projects
FUTURE CLIMATE ACTION. THESES AND SYNTHESIS OF PRO-POOR ADAPTATION KU Leuven
Studies show that preparing pro-poor climate action in urban centres requires that lessons from the lived experience of climate varibility are combined with insights about the larger physical context of places, both significant for understanding a broad range of sources of vulnerability (Roy, Cawood, Hordijk & Hulme 2016). Approaches dealing with these distinct appreciations, nevertheless, pertain to different scales, disciplines and ...
Vascular-disrupting agents (VDA): mechanism of action and anti-tumor activity KU Leuven
Despite more than 50 years of anti-cancer studies, most cancer patients are still being treated with chemotherapeutics that not only kill cancer cells but also healthy, rapidly proliferating cells throughout the body. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop novel therapeutic agents with improved efficacy and tolerance. As such, Vascular Disrupting Agents (VDAs) have been used in anti-cancer therapy as a viable strategy. They cause direct ...
Mud and sand transport under current-and-wave action in coastal areas: numerical simulation and guidelines for its integration into decision making processes KU Leuven
Sand and mud sediments play a central role in coastal ecosystem services such as abundant food supply, ease of transportation, and safe and healthy locations for human settlements. But due the complexity of processes such as tides, waves, sediment transport, etc. mixed sediments are often difficult to account for in applications such as coastal protection, port maintenance and impact assessment.
This project approaches said complexity, ...
Numerical modeling of particulate transport under combined current-and-wave action along coastal areas KU Leuven
The study of the transport of particles in coastal areas is of importance with regard to coastal morphodynamics and pollutant transport. This study focuses on fine particles (i.e. clay and biofilm-covered microplastic particles) which have the tendency to stick together and aggregate to form flocs which settle faster than the original individual particles. An important implication of greater settling velocities of suspended sediment is the ...
Strategic Research Programme: Social and Cognitive Brain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“Nothing about us, without us.” Developing a Community Engaged Research Format for Belgian and European Prisons Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Research on administrative enforcement in the environmental planning Hasselt University
ACTION: Advance care planning – een innovative palliative care intervention to improve quality of life in oncology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Value of Large-Scale Offshore Energy Storage in the Future Electricity Market KU Leuven
Electricity is a real-time product. Supply and demand, or generation and consumption, have to match exactly at any instance to support the stable operation of the power system. This results from the fact that electricity is not economically storable on a large scale. While this is challenged by techno-economic developments leading to increased and improved storage capacities, storage levels remain well below that of other energy commodities. ...