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Community schools: what is the long term impact of project funding? Ghent University
Community schools are schools that open up to the world and where collaboration between different partners, linked to the lives of children and youngsters and their families, is a central point. In Flanders and Brussels, this development is called ‘broad school’ (brede school), a term adopted from the Netherlands. The development of community schools is stimulated by the (Flemish) government in different phases. A first literature study (Pirard ...
Impact of long term compost amendments on soil fertility, soil organic matter distribution and nitrogen mineralization KU Leuven
Soil organic matter is a major carbon pool and can play a significant role in carbon mitigation measures. It is also a crucial factor for several soil physical properties and a major nutrient source for crops. To obtain an understanding of the changes that occur in the soil following long term annual compost application, the Soil Service of Belgium started a long term field trial in Boutersem, Belgium in 1997. Here 12 different treatments ...
Long term use of different organic fertilizer types and impact on phosphorus leaching Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Many agricultural soils in Flanders were overfertilized in the past decades, leading to such high phosphorus (P) status , that P leaches to the aquatic environment, causing eutrophication. Although there were large restrictions in P fertilization since the 1990s and despite large efforts of farmers, the P leaching losses are continuously high. Simultaneously, soil organic carbon levels decreased in the last two decades. Action is needed to ...
Impact of an oral nutrition protocol in patients treated with elective radical cystectomy: a long term follow-up KU Leuven
Background After radical cystectomy, delayed return of bowel function is relatively common. Although studies investigating on the best modality for delivering nutritional support to this patient group are limited, parenteral nutrition was standard of care in those patients at the urological ward of the University Hospitals Leuven. In 2015, we published the findings from our study conducted in patients undergoing elective regular radical ...
Short and long term impact of a high-tech STEM intervention on pupils' attitudes towards technology University of Antwerp
STEM presents a challenge to education at large. The enrollment numbers in higher education STEM tracks are ever-decreasing numbers all around the globe. More so, young people’s interest in and attitudes towards STEM seem to be free falling. Educational interventions that can help boost the attractiveness of STEM are therefore needed, and diverse such interventions are implemented worldwide. We present a longitudinal impact study of a STEM ...
How can large scale integrated surface - subsurface hydrological model be used to evaluate long term climate change impact on groundwater reserves KU Leuven
Estimating climate change impacts on groundwater represents one of the most difficult challenges faced by water resources specialists. One difficulty is that simplifying the representation of the hydrological system often leads to discrepancies in projections. Simplified functions can still be used for specific conditions if they are verified with calibration, but their use becomes uncertain if applied stresses go beyond the calibration ...