Projects
Giles of Rome's Metaphysical Thought. The Relationship Between Esse and Essence KU Leuven
The aim of my doctoral research is to study the relationship between esse and essence as it is understood by Giles of Rome (d. 1316). Although Giles is famously known to hold the view that esse and essence are really distinct as two things (duae res) are distinct, this doctrine of real distinction between esse and essence has to a certain extent eclipsed other aspects of Giles’ metaphysical thought in modern scholarship. My dissertation ...
The origin of cosmic dust in galaxies Ghent University
CHASE: Unraveling fine dust chemistry in Queen Maud Land: from atmosphere to snow area Ghent University
Beyond Collinear Factorization: Precision Measurement Era with Predictions from the Parton Branching TMDs. University of Antwerp
Disturbed energy metabolism in critical illness: role in organ failure and mortality, underlying mechanisms, and therapeutic perspectives. KU Leuven
The central aim of this research project is to thoroughly characterize the mitochondrial abnormalities during critical illness, with elucidation of a number of detrimental or protective mechanisms embedded in the ultimate goal of improving patient care and outcome. The results are anticipated to be of multidisciplinary importance, of interest not only to critical illness but also diabetes and every field of medicine with an organ-specific ...
Activating Autophagy by Alternative Feeding Strategies and Functional Outcome of ICU and Major Surgery Patients: ACT-FEED KU Leuven
Impact of acute and possibly permanent neuro-endocrine changes on critical illness induced muscle weakness and its legacy KU Leuven
Patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for developing muscle weakness, jeopardizing short-term and long-term recovery, up to years after the initial event. Treatment options are very limited. We recently performed a large
randomized clinical trial (EPaNIC) that demonstrated that accepting low caloric intake in the first week in ICU (intervention) reduced the incidence of weakness compared to early artificial ...
ICU-FM: design and validation of a fasting mimicking diet for the critically ill: Extending the borders of autophagy-activation and monitoring and broadening the beneficial application of nutrition restriction in acute illness. KU Leuven
Sustainable cultivation in container and open field using materials of local origin with enhanced microbial life and ready for use growers of ornamental plants Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In the horticultural sector, the almost exclusive use of peat as a growing substrate is receiving more and more critical attention from society as this is a fossil-based raw material. In addition, for the cultivation of ornamentals in open field, mainly farm manure is used; a carbon source and soil improver with a narrow base. Growers of ornamentals are also now required to adapt crop ...