Projects
The role of peers for youth with type 1 diabetes: A developmental perspective KU Leuven
Adolescence and emerging adulthood are life phases that present challenging normative tasks, such as becoming independent from parents and developing supportive relationships with peers. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease that significantly impacts the daily lives of youth, adding an extra layer of complexity to an already challenging journey to adulthood. From childhood onwards, peers become an increasingly important and influential ...
'No world without the stars': Astrology and Society in the SpanishHabsburg Netherlands during the Dutch Revolt (1560s-1640s). University of Antwerp
Mechanical pathways in the onset and progression of cartilage lesions of the hip joint. University of Antwerp
The point of (no) return? An ethnographic study of forced removal practices in immigration detention centres. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
MICRO: Methods for Individual Claims Reserving Operations KU Leuven
Insurance offers individuals and companies the possibility to manage their risk by transferring future losses to the insurance company in exchange for a deterministic premium. In turn, insurers collect and analyse detailed information on claims and policyholders using predictive analytics to manage these acquired risks. For new policyholders, insurers determine risk-based premiums by predicting their future claim count and size using ...
Objective measurement of speech intelligibility with a cochlear implant KU Leuven
A growing number of people with profound hearing loss benefit these days from a cochlear implant (CI). It allows them to (re)gain access to sound through electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. Today, the benefit of a CI is evaluated by asking the CI user to recall words or sentences, which is not always optimal. The required active participation of the listener can make these measurements challenging or even impossible, e.g., in young ...
Planned Obsolescence: In Search of a Refined Legal Framework KU Leuven
Our today‘s society is often called a “throwaway society” based on a linear “take-make-use-dispose” economy. Many studies point out that median lifespans of certain consumer products are in decline. One of the main sources of this problem is the phenomenon of “premature obsolescence”, covering all practices that reduce product lifetime so that the product does not reach its optimal lifetime (from an environmental point of view), without it ...
SpotVLC for Safe and Low-latency Dense Wireless Communication KU Leuven
Wireless networks are dominating our daily lives. By 2023, over 70% of the global population will have mobile connectivity and there will be 3.6 networked devices per capita. To accommodate this increasing density in wireless devices, further advancements in communication technologies are required. Despite the continuous efforts spent on Radio Frequency (RF) technologies, they lack the sufficient RF spectrum to meet this ongoing and ...
Identification of patient-specific parameters for bolus calculators in type 1 diabetic patients KU Leuven
In type 1 diabetes (T1D) the individual’s immune system attacks the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas and destroys them. Therefore, people with T1D need exogenous insulin to survive, however, achieving optimal glycaemic control while avoiding hypoglycaemia remains a challenge despite rapid advancements in insulin administration technology and better insulin preparations. To inject the right dose of insulin, it is essential that the ...