Projects
Technology, value chains, and development: Evidence from Ethiopia. KU Leuven
The four chapters in this dissertation rely on unique data from a large-scale survey of the different value chain actors in Ethiopia for teff and coffee-arguably the most important crops in Ethiopia. While teff is the most widely grown cereal -accounting for about 24% of total crop area by itself (CSA, 2017/18), coffee is by far the most important single export item - accounting for about 30% of total export over last decade (NBE, ...
FOCuS - New test method enabling future developments in floor coverings Centexbel - Scientific and Technical Centre of the Belgian Textile industry
Hormones and neuroplasticity: image guided discoveries of molecular mechanisms in neuroplasticity KU Leuven
During juvenile development, male songbirds exhibit a high amount of neuroplasticity in the brain regions responsible for song learning and production, called the 'song control nuclei'. Additionally, seasonal learners display a cycle of song control nucleus growth and regression throughout a year: song control nuclei increase in volume when the days get longer in early spring and regress again when days get shorter. Both neuroplastic ...
Towards higher methodological fit in Dark Triad research: Introducing and testing the Dark Triad Core (DTC) model in the work context Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Scientific support fund: Universal Compassion and Prosociality: An Interdisciplinary Project on the Variation and Cultivation of Universal Compassion and Its Relationship to Social Emotions, Prejudice and Prosocial Behavior in Youth (VOPPU95) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
challenge to develop cooperative social relationships within groups
and, especially in increasingly diverse societies, between groups.
Scientific research on meditation- and mindfulness-based mental
training interventions has grown and has shown positive effects on
both well-being and prosocial behavior. However, little research
exists that ...
Industrial policy-making in mineral-rich developing countries KU Leuven
This dissertation investigates policy-making in mineral-rich developing countries with a focus on policies that seek to promote the value add to mineral products before export (also known as beneficiation policy). Firstly, it explores how mineral value chains may be conceptualised to frame the debate around beneficiation policy and enable a holistic contextualisation of such policy. Secondly, it presents two novel/adapted analytical ...
On the long-term footprint of pediatric critical illness and how this is affected by acute macronutrient restriction KU Leuven
Children are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) when they acutely need vital organ support to avoid imminent death. Although most of the children need intensive care for only a few days and most of them seemingly recover well from the acute insult, many of them are confronted with long-term consequences after critical illness as observed years after hospital discharge. This legacy, which remains largely unexplained, broadly ...
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 ...
EPISTOP Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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