Projects
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. University of Antwerp
The H boson gateway to physics beyond the Standard Model Ghent University
In 2012, a scalar particle has been discovered at the LHC (CERN). As of today, its properties
match those of the Higgs boson of the Standard Model (SM), the current theory of
fundamental interactions. This discovery has crowned 50 years of research, including seminal
work done in Belgium by Brout and Englert. It has also opened a new era for particle
physicists, with more-than-ever pressing mysteries to face, including ...
Innovative search for heavy neutral leptons using parked datasets at CMS Ghent University
The current knowledge in particle physics is gathered in the so-called Standard Model. One of the primary objectives of modern experimental particle physics is the search for phenomena that can not be explained by the Standard Model. This research addresses the experimental confirmation or rejection of a theory that can solve some of the problems of the Standard Model related to neutrinos. Neutrinos are very light particles. In fact, the ...
Effect of maternal Pneumococcal vaccination on early life Institute of Tropical Medicine
Advanced Solutions for Neonatal Sleep Analysis and the Effects of Maturation KU Leuven
Worldwide approximately 11% of the babies are born before 37 weeks of gestation. The survival rates of these prematurely born infants have steadily increased during the last decades as a result of the technical and medical progress in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The focus of the NICUs has therefore gradually evolved
from increasing life chances to improving quality of life. In this respect, promoting and supporting optimal ...
Impact of NICU environmental stress on mother-infant attachment and neurodevelopment outcome. KU Leuven
Screening to improve health in very preterm infants in Europe (SHIPS). University of Antwerp
Development of a Neonatal EEG Monitor for Automated Brain Analysis KU Leuven
A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a specialized unit for intensive care of the critically ill or premature newborn babies. This unit is equipped with incubators and different bedside systems to monitor and nurse the infants for several days or weeks. In the last decade, the electroencephalogram (EEG) has been considered as an important monitoring system in the NICUs. Different types of rhythms and patterns which manifest in the EEG ...
Advances in the management of Obstetric Fistulae KU Leuven
In this thesis research on obstetric fistula is being presented. Obstetric fistula are complications of obstructive labour, where the foetal head compresses tissues against the bony pelvis. This induces ischaemia and necrosis of these tissues and subsequent fistulisation. The high prevalence of obstetric fistula in certain regions of developing countries is a hallmark of poor perinatal care
Epidemiological studies have shown that the ...