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Transcriptome analysis in peripheral blood of humans exposed to environmental carcinogens: a promising new biomarker in environmental health studies Ghent University
Environmental risk factors and nonpharmacological and nonsurgical interventions for obesity: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of cohort studies and randomized controlled trials KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Multiple environmental factors have been implicated in obesity, and multiple interventions, besides drugs and surgery, have been assessed in obese patients. Results are scattered across many studies and meta-analyses, and they often mix obese and overweight individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched through 21 January 2017 for meta-analyses of cohort studies assessing ...
Governance of the illegal trade in E-Waste and tropical timber: case studies on transnational environmental crime Ghent University
This book responds to the call for more research on transnational environmental crime and its governance by investigating the illegal trade in electronic waste (e-waste) and tropical timber, major forms of transnational environmental crime. The book is based on a qualitative multi-method research combining document analysis, interviews with key informants and field visits. Bisschop focuses on the flows that pass through the research setting of ...
Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Valuation of Biochar Production: Two Case Studies in Belgium Hasselt University
It is unclear whether the production of biochar is economically feasible. As a consequence, firms do not often invest in biochar production plants. However, biochar production and application might be desirable from a societal perspective as it might entail net environmental benefits. Hence, the aim of this work has been to assess and monetize the environmental impacts of biochar production systems so that the environmental aspects can be ...
Combining quantitative (palaeo-)pedological, palaeo-environmental studies and modelling: an important step on the way to predict soil reactions to environmental change Ghent University
A study on a Holocene soil chronosequence in S-Norway is used to test the capability of the model SoilGen to model the development of soils with clay illuviation. SoilGen models soil formation as a function of the soil forming factors. Thus, the latter had to be reconstructed for the time span of soil development. The factors ‘relief’ and ‘parent material’ were obtained by field and laboratory analyses, the factor ‘time’ was derived from ...
Developments of Tertiary Level Studies in Biotechnologies and Their Applications in Environmental Bioengineering Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Physical environmental factors related to walking and cycling in older adults : the Belgian aging studies. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Environmental sustainability assessment of pharmaceutical synthesis steps : case studies and resource consumption modeling Ghent University
Challenges and opportunities in genome-wide environmental interaction (GWEI) studies Ghent University KU Leuven
The interest in performing gene-environment interaction studies has seen a significant increase with the increase of advanced molecular genetics techniques. Practically, it became possible to investigate the role of environmental factors in disease risk and hence to investigate their role as genetic effect modifiers. The understanding that genetics is important in the uptake and metabolism of toxic substances is an example of how genetic ...