Projects
Multi-scale monitoring and modelling for the analysis of the hydrologic response of southern Ecuadorian Andean páramos KU Leuven
The present research is focused on an “alpine” Neotropical grassland ecosystem, situated between ca. 3500 and 4500 m a.s.l. –locally known as “páramo”– which covers the Andean mountains. Below the páramo, the study area hosts other types of high-altitude Andean ecosystems, such as: tropical montane cloud forest and grasslands. The study area is located in the south-west highlands of the Paute River basin that drains to the Amazon River. These ...
Tracing and Integrated Modelling of Natural and Anthropogenic Effects on Hydrosystems: towards sustainable solutions - TIMOTHY 2 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The general objective is to develop, validate and apply tools to describe and evaluate the past (1970 for ...
Impact of land use on silica fluxes: an ecosystem signature study. University of Antwerp
Stem Cell and Stromal Vascular Fraction Treatment for Penile Tunica Albuginea and Urethral Fibrosis KU Leuven
Fibrosis is a wound healing disorder and it is defined by the excessive accumulation of fibrous connective tissue, such as collagen and fibronectin, in and around inflamed or damaged tissue. Although collagen and fibronectin deposition is an indispensable and, typically, reversible part of wound healing, normal tissue repair can evolve into a progressively irreversible fibrotic response if the tissue injury is severe or repetitive or if the ...
Greenways as a New Planning Strategy in the Pearl River Delta, China KU Leuven
The term of greenway is a derivation from greenbelt and parkway, which refer to linear green open spaces that serve for ecological, recreational, cultural, aesthetic, or other purposes compatible with the concept of sustainable land use. In the 1990s, the greenway movement in the world arose as a response, driven by basic human needs, to urbanization. In the diverse contexts, greenways have been an adaptive ...
Pathophysiology of cholestatic liver dysfunction during critical illness KU Leuven
Merit Vrije Universiteit Brussel
MERIT consists of 3 main phase