Projects
Impact evaluation of the development education program of G3W-M3M, SOLIDAGRO, and KIYO: 'mobilizing young people around the right to health, food and children's rights' KU Leuven
This project concerns the implementation of an impact assessment of the ‘Youth Engagement’ component within the development education program of the Consortium G3W-M3M, Solidagro, and KIYO. This impact assessment includes three measurement points: baseline, mid-term review and final measurement. Besides assessing the project’s impact the evaluation also seeks to carry out an in-depth analysis of the programme’s contribution towards this ...
Evaluation of the effects of pod storage and roasting on Ghanaian cocoa and chocolate quality KU Leuven
The flavor characteristics of cocoa are highly relevant for its market (economic) value as well as the overall acceptability of the end-chocolate product. For this reason ‘fine’ flavor cocoa is highly valued and priced over ‘bulk’ flavor cocoa, due to its acclaimed unique and desirable flavor attributes. Meanwhile, the latter alone accounts for over 95% of the total global cocoa supply. This presents an opportunity for exploring means by ...
Synthesis and biological evaluation of C-nucleoside analogues KU Leuven
C-Nucleosides are an important family of compounds with promising biological activities. In C-nucleosides, the labile C-N glycosidic linkage of classical N-nucleosides is replaced by a more stable C-C bond, which makes C-nucleosides resistant against hydrolysis. Some naturally occurring C-nucleosides such as formycin and showdomycin are potent antibiotics, while pseudouridine, an isomer of uridine, is able to stabilize RNA duplexes by ...
MR spectroscopy quantitation results' evaluation KU Leuven
The main topic of this PhD project is to assess fitting quality for MR Spectroscopy data. This aim should be achieved by statistical evaluation.
Cognitive Functional Therapy in nurses with persistent low back pain: an intervention based on an individualised multidimensional evaluation KU Leuven
Nurses perform essential healthcare tasks within our healthcare system and adequate nursing health is crucial for the provision of effective, empathic and efficient health care. However, occupational Low Back Pain (LBP) is very common among nurses. Lifetime prevalence ranges from 35 to 84% and annual prevalence is approximately 70%. LBP is worldwide the leading cause of disability and has a significant personal, social and economic impact. ...
Synthesis, conformational study and biological evaluation of pentopyranoside nucleoside phosphonates KU Leuven
Synthetic analogues of nucleosides, nucleotides and oligonucleotides have found application in the life-saving treatment of cancers and viral infections. High-affinity binding oligonucleotides have potential in the development of antisense, siRNA, aptamer and xeno nucleic acids (XNAs) research. These synthetic mimics usually carry modifications of either one or more of the essential components of the nucleic acid, such as nucleobase, sugar ...