Publications

With the 2003 Communication on Integrated Product Policy 1 , the European Commission started focusing more on 'greening' Member States' public procurement law, by encouraging the adoption of National Action Plans (NAPs). Subsequently, with the 2008 Communication 2 , green public procurement (GPP) criteria were developed. Since then, the Commission has developed more than 20 standard GPP criteria, which are currently applied voluntarily. Recently ...

Objective Eating disorder (ED) symptoms and transdiagnostic vulnerability characteristics play a crucial role in the aetiology and maintenance of EDs. Over the last decade, researchers have started to model complex interrelations between symptoms using network models, but the literature is limited in that it has focused solely on symptoms and investigated-specific disorders while ignoring transdiagnostic aspects of mental health. Method This ...

In this contribution we discuss the consequences of the contract when it has been modified in a substantial manner. On a European level there has been provided in the sanction of the ineffectiveness of the contract, which procedure can be initiated within six months after the change has happend. In Belgian law there is also the sanction of the annulment of the contract, whereby the contract can be declared null, which can be invoked even after ...

Purpose. This study measured the impact of articulation exercises using a cork and articulation exercises for lip spreading on the formant frequencies of vowels and listener perceptions of femininity in transgender women. Methods. Thirteen transgender women were recorded before and after the cork exercise and before and after the lip spreading exercise. Speech samples included continuous speech during reading and were analyzed using Praat ...

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic immensely impacted care provision, including quality of care in general practice. This paper aimed: (1) to assess how Belgian general practices acted upon the six dimensions of quality of care during COVID-19; (2) to study differences between the three Belgian regions; and (3) to benchmark the performance of the Belgian practices against the performance in other European countries.MethodsThe data collected from ...

The growing demand for sustainable solutions in agriculture, which are critical for crop productivity and food quality in the face of climate change and the need to reduce agrochemical usage, has brought biostimulants into the spotlight as valuable tools for regenerative agriculture. With their diverse biological activities, biostimulants can contribute to crop growth, nutrient use efficiency, and abiotic stress resilience, as well as to the ...

Introduction: In radiology, low X-ray energies (<140 keV) are used to obtain an optimal image while in radiotherapy, higher X-ray energies (MeV) are used to eradicate tumor tissue. In radiation research, both these X-ray energies being used to extrapolate in vitro research to clinical practice. However, the energy deposition of X-rays depends on their energy spectrum, which might lead to changes in biological response. Therefore, this study ...

Background: The integrity and reliability of clinical research outcomes rely heavily on access to vast amounts of data. However, the fragmented distribution of these data across multiple institutions, along with ethical and regulatory barriers, presents significant challenges to accessing relevant data. While federated learning offers a promising solution to leverage insights from fragmented data sets, its adoption faces hurdles due to ...

Introduction: Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) using cryoablation is an established method to treat atrial fibrillation. The KODEX-EPD wide band dielectric imaging system (Philips, Best, The Netherlands) is a novel, open platform, three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping system, supporting cryo ablation procedures with the Occlusion Viewer. Ensuring proper cryoballoon occlusion without leaks between the pulmonary vein and left atrium is ...