Projects
Restoration of Old Ethiopian Audio Recordings KU Leuven
1. Introduction Since the invention of the cylinder phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877 and it commercialization in 1887, humanity has used several storage media to record and store audio data. Vast amount of audio recording including entertainment, cultural, educational and research have been stored in these media and their current status is not well known. The stored data in these storage medium is faced with two important and unavoidable ...
Purchase of small laboratory equipment for the "Water and Environmental Engineering Department, Arba Minch University", Project: "Identification of Anthropogenic Causes of Eutrophication, Fish Kill of Southern Ethiopia, Lake Chamo" Ghent University
The promotor of the ICP Environmental Sanitation opts for a small resarch fund for 2 graduated ICP scholars employed at the same institution (i.e. Water and Environmental Engineering Department, Arba Minch University). With this fund, small laboratory equipment can be purchased for the department, so that the graduates can put the acquired knowledge into practice. In the first instance, the laboratory equipemnt will be used in the framework ...
Identification of risk factors and prediction of adverse treatment outcomes in visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Molecular characterization and vaccine matching studies of circulating strains of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) in Ethiopia for improved diagnostics and vaccination strategies KU Leuven
In Ethiopia, infectious bursal disease was first reported in 2002 in a privately owned commercial poultry farm in Bishoftu town. Subsequently, it became one of the most important diseases affecting the national poultry industry. Research findings and case reports from various regions of the country showed the occurrence of outbreaks of IBD in commercial farms, breeding and multiplication centers despite regular vaccination practices and ...
Increasing Apple Production in The Tropical Highlands of Southern Ethiopia : Varietal Characterization and Methods to Overcome Flower Bud Dormancy KU Leuven
The ome-3 Jim Study: n-3 LCPUFA for healthy growth and development of infants in Ethiopia Ghent University
The Ome³Jim study aims to provide evidence that an increased intake of w3 LCPUFAs through complementary foods and human milk has an effect on infant growth and development in a context of high malnutrition rates and low w3 LCPUFAs intake, such as Ethiopia.
Investigating the Human Mycobolome through Uniting Large-scale Epidemiological and Mechanistic Poly-omic Designs Ghent University
Mycotoxins, toxic fungal secondary metabolites, known to be the most hazardous of all food contaminants in terms of chronic toxicity, have the potential to contribute to a diversity of adverse health effects in humans, and are unfortunately ubiquitously present in our daily diet. Chronic low-dose intake of multiple mycotoxins are hypothesized to be associated with an increased risk of developing human carcinomas. HuMyco refers to a unique, ...
Fair Anneleen Decock: Pioneering the neuroblastoma DNA methylome: identify biological differences between subgroups and optimization biomerkerdetectie plasma. Ghent University
Neuroblastoma is a rare childhood tumor that arises from immature sympathetic neurons. In diagnosis, patients are assigned to a specific risk, a classification based on a combination of specific clinical and biological parameters am so for each patient to establish the most appropriate treatment protocol. Follow-up studies have shown that the current classification can lead to over- or under-treatment, so that am optimize the system further ...
The MesoBreath Study: exhaled Breath as Diagnostic Tool for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Ghent University
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but very lethal tumour of the serous membranes of the lungs with a
dismal prognosis and is linked to exposure to asbestos fibres (1, 2). Treatment strategies for MPM include radiation
therapy, chemotherapy, surgery and a combination of these methods. There are several chemotherapy treatment
regiments available including single-arm and combination regimes and. more ...