Projects
Granularity of white matter microstructure in the brain: its role in brain function and motor behavior KU Leuven
In many daily life activities such as buttoning up a blouse, tying your shoelaces or washing your hair, excellent coordination between the hands is crucial. During such movements, good collaboration (i.e., communication) within and between both sides of the brain is of great importance. This neural communication is accomplished via white matter pathways (structural connectivity) and functional interactions between relevant brain areas ...
Decision making in critical medical situations in hospitals within the context of an increasing multicultural (patient/relatives and caregiver) population Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Previous research has shown that values and preferences concerning ...
The origin of the tadpole intestinal and skin microbiomes and their role in the development of immunocompetence against a fungal pandemic in amphibians Ghent University
Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease that has severely impacted the amphibians populations worldwide. Amphibian tadpoles play a key role in chytridiomycosis mediated amphibian declines. In fact, B. dendrobatidis infected tadpoles support the persistence of the fungus in the amphibian community and have the potential to carry over infection to the metamorph life stage, which is often most susceptible to the lethal effects of ...
Moral orderings in talk about online sexual reputations: A qualitative study into digital youth cultures' struggles for a 'good' online reputation related to sexual, gendered, ethnic and religious identity intersections in Flanders Ghent University
In young people’ everyday life-worlds, online sexual reputations are becoming increasingly important to consider; digital technologies such as smartphone camera’ and social media can capture and distribute intimate and sexual experiences, often beyond the user’ control. Therefore, media literacy experts and organisations advise young people to carefully ‘anage’online reputations by warning for taking ‘exy’ or (semi-)nude pictures, etc.; a ...
Red Cross research project Blood as a gift, blood in practice: multiple enactments and politics of blood in the blood economy Ghent University
Drawing on an in-depth qualitative case study of the blood economy in Flanders, this research project explores different socio-cultural, techno-scientific and commercial settings and material-semiotic practices involved in the donation and globalized circulation of blood and blood products. The research aims to articulate multiple meanings, performances and values of donated blood, and to analyze the political mechanisms that coordinate this ...
Recordings in premotor and posterior parietal cortex in monkeys and human patients during grasping. KU Leuven
Evolutionary-ecotoxicological study of the sensitivity to pesticides in aquatic systems under global warming: effects of temperature variation and temperature extremes KU Leuven
In natural ecosystems animals encounter several environmental stressors that furthermore can interact with pollutants and potentially increase their toxicity. This is considered one of the underlying reasons why current ecological risk assessment is possibly failing to protect natural ecosystems as it may be lacking realism by being based on pesticide toxicity testing under standard laboratory conditions. While it is widely known that an ...
Towards climate resilient building: strategies to design future-proofed medium-sized offices in Flanders KU Leuven
There is a twofold interaction between our built environment and climate change. On the one hand, the building sector contributes to an important extent to the emission of greenhouse gases and, by extension, the total environmental impact. On the other hand, building performance is strongly influenced by climate change. This dissertation links climate and life cycle modelling and aims to develop a methodology to identify climate robust office ...