Organisations
Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group KU Leuven
MISSION
The general mission of the Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group is to conduct and provide high quality research and education in the field of human kinesiology, including sports economics, sports history, sports management, sports marketing, sports policy, sports politics and sports sociology.
The research group strives to understand the relation between human movement and society both from a ...
Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Overview of the main research activities: Pierre Lievens and Philip van der Veen - Edema after mastectomy : In order to optimalise the physical therapy treatment of edema after mastectomy, the existance of new formed lympho-lymphatic anastomosises is searched on animal models; - The influence of physical means on the lymphatic vasomoticity is investigated; - In the field of electrotherapy we are searching for the optimal parameters for ...
Cardiovascular Sciences, Kulak Kortrijk Campus KU Leuven
Research in the Laboratory for Thrombosis Research (Karen Vanhoorelbeke, Simon De Meyer, Hans Deckmyn) at the Kulak campus of KU Leuven focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which the hemostatic proteins von Willebrand factor (VWF) and its cleaving enzyme ADAMTS13 contribute to health and disease. We perform fundamental research to understand the role of VWF and ADAMTS13 in hemostasis, bleeding, thrombosis and (thrombo)inflammatory ...
Van Den Bosch Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Cardio & organ systems Hasselt University
Laboratory for Experimental Psychology KU Leuven
* Problems concerning knowlegde-based visual information processing: visual extraction of information in situations where much information is available. Equipement for monitoring the eye-movements of a viewer in a free visual field, at a 50 or 1000 Hertz sampling rate. * Artificial intelligence and vision: research on object recognition as embedded in a visual scene. Computational approaches of perception where low and high-level vision are ...
Greek Studies, Leuven KU Leuven
Research in the unit Greek Studies is not limited to antiquity but focuses on the study of Greek language and the analysis and edition of Greek literary texts through the centuries. Key research domains are the historiography of linguistics, literary and paraliterary papyri, Byzantine and Early Christian studies and comparative Indo-European linguistics. Some research activities guarantee the continuity of these domains, for example the study ...
Laboratory of Dermatology KU Leuven
The research of the Laboratory of Dermatology is situated in the domain of cutaneous oncology (melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer) and encompasses an epidemiological and a clinical-fundamental aspect. The latter aspect focuses on research in photoprotection and non-melanoma skin cancer (cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma).
Research topics include:
- Photoprotective and therapeutic effects of flavonoids on ...
Statistics and Risk KU Leuven
Research in the areas of probability, statistics, stochastic processes, information theory, coding theory, numerical mathematics. Collaboration with other sections of the university, in particular engineering, medicine, social science, psychology, actuarial studies. Some current research topics: - Simulation, Monte Carlo methods, queueing theory, networks. - Nonparametric statistics, extreme value theory, insurance math. - Statistical design ...