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Vox Pops or Polls? Effects of Vox Pops and Opinion Polls on Perceived Public Opinion, Personal Opinion and News Item Evaluation. University of Antwerp

Kathleen Beckers
Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC)
How news media frame and portray public opinion contributes to what audiences perceive to be the majority opinion. Journalists have several means at their disposal to present public opinion in the news. Opinions polls and vox pops—interviews with the ordinary man or woman on the street—are possibly the most common and recognized representations of the public in the news. Surprisingly, little is known about how these public opinion displays ...

Effect of climate on the fate and trophic transfer of POPs and mercury. A comparison of accumulation between organisms of the same trophic level in a temperate, subtropical and tropical region. University of Antwerp

Lieven Bervoets
Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research (SPHERE)
The overall objectives of this study are (1) to assess the effect of climate on the fate of POPs and Hg in aquatic ecosystems, (2) to investigate food web magnification of Hg and POPs in a temperate, subtropical and tropical freshwater aquatic system and (3) to compare accumulation levels of Hg and POPs in organisms of the same trophic level from 3 distinct climatic regions.

Pope Francis’ “Culture of Encounter” and Its Social Dialogue Model: Implications for Rethinking Catholic Peacebuilding Strategies in Nigeria’s Niger Delta KU Leuven

Ellen Van Stichel
Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics

This dissertation critically studies Pope Francis’ ‘culture of encounter’ as a paradigm for social dialogue and peacebuilding in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Using multiple methodologies (contextual, hermeneutical-critical, interdisciplinary, and practical approaches) this research critically investigates the nature, causes, and consequences of the violent conflict in the Niger Delta and the theological-ethical undersThis ...

Pope Francis: a new insight in Incarnation which shakes up the Church KU Leuven

Johan Verstraeten
Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics

Pope Francis' new approach is based on the concept of Incarnation as developed in Dei Verbum. In

Jesus, God has taken the initiative to come and meet us, to start a dialogue of salvation, and to give

an example of mercy and service. Incarnation, through “encounter, dialogue and mercy” is the guiding

principle of Pope Francis’ pontificate. Pope Francis applies what Dei Verbum says about God to ...

Constat or non constat - did the promulgation of Mitis ludex Dominus lesus and Mitis et Misericors lesus impact the outcome of marriage nullity trials? Assessing the implications of the changes introduced to the marriage nullity process by Pope Francis' m KU Leuven

Hildegard Warnink
Faculty of Canon Law
On December 8, 2015, the reform of the procedural law regulating marriage nullity cases (MIDI and MM) went into effect. One of its declared goals was to safeguard the Church's teaching on the indissolubility of the marital bond. Already in the lead-up to the promulgation and even more so after it, canonists warned however about destabilizing the presumption of validity. lmplicitly - and at times explicitly - they expressed their concern that ...

Development of alternative chromatographic strategies for enhanced AOPs analyses Ghent University

Frederic Lynen
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry

In this project, temperature-responsive liquid chromatography (TRLC) is exploited for the analysis of

 

micropollutants in wastewater. The work includes the synthesis and packing of TRLC columns as well

as the development of novel techniques for the analysis of water contaminants, such as the coupling

of TRLC with refractive index detector and the use of TRLC as first dimension in 2D-LC.

 

Development and testing of an observation and scoring tool for pups to map their social skills towards humans VIVES

Joke Monteny
VIVES Zuid, Agro- en biotechnologie
The social skills of dogs and the extent to which dogs cope with both inter- and intra-species conflict situations are the result of genetic and environmental factors such as early socialization and maternal care. Knowledge of the individual possibilities of a puppy with regard to its social skills can on the one hand contribute to a better match between puppy and future owner, on the other hand they can help in the selection of breeding animals ...

Fractal analysis of slow-fast Van der Pol's equation and singular perturbation theory Hasselt University

Dynamical Systems, University of Zagreb
The goal of the project is to study planar slow-fast systems using so-called box dimension approach. A prototypical example is the slow-fast Van der Pol's equation. We combine geometric singular perturbation theory, including the family blow-up, with the box dimension of orbits generated by the unit-time map attached to the equation. We also study elliptic, saddle and saddle-node bifurcations of any codimension.

Identification of key patho-mechanisms underlying bicuspid aortic valve-related aortopathy using primary endothelial cells isolated from embryonic Madh6 pups. University of Antwerp

Ilse Luyckx
Medical Genetics (MEDGEN)
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart malformation affecting 1-2% of the population. This aortic valve defect is characterized by two leaflets instead of the normal three. While most BAV patients remain asymptomatic, approximately 35% of patients develop cardiovascular complications including dangerous thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) and lethal dissections. To date, BAV/TAA remains a serious health problem due to the ...

Assessing the applicability of ozonation and CuO based AOP’s in the degradation of recalcitrant organic compounds from wastewater KU Leuven

Raf Dewil
Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS), Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS)

The availability of freshwater resources has become one of the huge challenges worldwide due to ever-increasing water quality problems. Emerging micro-pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PPCPs) and other synthetic organic components largely contribute to this issue. Hence, the removal of these micro-pollutants from wastewater and their presence in reclaimed water have received a lot of attention. They are ...