Publications
Controlling swine influenza viruses through assessments of a live attenuated vaccine strain and their relative zoonotic risk Ghent University
Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are a major cause of respiratory disease in swine as well as in humans. In swine, multiple distinct lineages of IAVs circulate, and currently available vaccines fail to protect against all variants. Therefore, more broadly protective influenza vaccines for swine are needed. Most IAVs of swine are derived from influenza viruses that circulated in humans in the past. Due to a separate IAV evolution in both species, ...
Understanding public acceptance of elite sport policy in japan: a structural equation modelling approach Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INTRODUCTION
Increased investment in elite sport often results in the achievement of more medals in international sporting events (Hogan & Norton, 2000; Li, Meng, & Wang, 2009), or is essential even to maintain existing performance levels (De Bosscher, Bingham, Shibli, van Bottenburg, & De Knop, 2008). This generates a weighty debate about the 'never-ending spending race' (Mitchell, Spong, & Stewart, 2012). The current ...
Increased investment in elite sport often results in the achievement of more medals in international sporting events (Hogan & Norton, 2000; Li, Meng, & Wang, 2009), or is essential even to maintain existing performance levels (De Bosscher, Bingham, Shibli, van Bottenburg, & De Knop, 2008). This generates a weighty debate about the 'never-ending spending race' (Mitchell, Spong, & Stewart, 2012). The current ...
Identification of a second genotype within european populations of Cylindrocladium buxicola Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The fungus Cylindrocladium buxicola causes box blight in Buxus species. Symptoms of box blight include dark circular lesions on the leaves (often with a pale center ), black longitudinal lesions on stems and in advanced stages, intense defoliation. Under warm and humid conditions, disease symptoms can increase rapidly, causing substantial economic losses to the boxwood industry.
In 2010, a collection of 33 European C. buxicola isolates was ...
In 2010, a collection of 33 European C. buxicola isolates was ...
Junot Díaz y el canon University of Antwerp
Inlet sluices for flood control areas with controlled reduced tide in the Scheldt estuary University of Antwerp
Flood Control Areas (FCAs) are one of the measures to protect the Flemish part of the Scheldt estuary against storm surges. Recently, in some of these FCAs a Controlled Reduced Tide (CRT) was introduced by means of simple sluice constructions, aiming at a combination of flood control with nature development and the ecological functions of intertidal areas. This paper gives an overview of the different types of inlet sluices and energy ...
The social identity approach to sport and exercise: Key principles and hypotheses KU Leuven
ICSIS2 bears testimony to the fact that interest in the social identity approach to sport and exercise has burgeoned in recent years. Building on contributions to ICSIS1 (notably Reicher, 2017) and a systematic review of this body of work, this presentation seeks organize the distinctive contribution of social identity theorizing to this domain around research that explores five key themes (the 5Ps) and five core hypotheses: H1, that ...
Overheidscontracten in het Belgische recht University of Antwerp
Lateral flow assays are essential tools in the battle against infectious diseases and are crucial in the long-term control of sleeping sickness University of Antwerp
Sleeping Sickness or Human African Trypanosomosis (HAT), and related Animal African Trypanosomosis (AAT) diseases, are parasitic infections that are still causing significant human suffering in sub-Sahara Africa. Through the introduction of point-of-care lateral flow diagnostic assays (LFAs), the surveillance of trypanosomosis has improved in recent years, leading to a significant reduction in the number of human infections. While this in itself ...
When conscience wavers: some reflections on the normalization of euthanasia in Belgium University of Antwerp
This chapter evaluates from a philosophical perspective the ongoing discussions in the Belgian civil society on the euthanasia law and its implementation since 2002. The author challenges the idea that the normalization of euthanasia is an established fact: he contends that discussions on the possible abuses of the law will continue for at least three reasons. First, in contrast with what some think, euthanasia can never become a ‘normal’ ...