Projects
Structural and functional comparisons of MMP-9 forms KU Leuven
Non-noble metal catalysis for Cross-coupling reactions: Computational insights KU Leuven
Catalysis plays a pivotal role in our society since we are critically dependent on plastic materials and pharmaceutical products of which many steps of their industrial production are led by catalyzed processes.
Accordingly, the development of a new catalytic systems based on transition metals is very active.
However, catalysts are, nowadays, mainly made by organometallic complexes based on rare and precious noble metals such as Pd, ...
Unravelling the functionality of biopolymers and related water mobility during bread making KU Leuven
Bread is the main food product prepared from wheat and a staple food in the Western world. It fits well in a balanced diet since it is an excellent source of energy, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, of all bread produced, about 25% is wasted. The loss of bread in a home environment represents the largest share of this waste. Consumers indeed prefer fresh bread with a soft, but sliceable crumb, a crispy crust and a desired flavor. ...
Transport infrastructure and regional development in China during the Maoist era KU Leuven
1. Introduction
This project aims to investigate the link between transport infrastructure and regional economic development in China during the Mao era. Economists argue that public investments have a positive impact on economic growth for a number of reasons. As we will elaborate in what follows, the Chinese story contains many unique and intriguing elements which complicate this statement. A thorough investigation of the topic will ...
Exploring the dialectic relation between narrative and context from an interactional sociolinguistic perspective: The case of World War II-testimonies KU Leuven
This project scrutinizes the relation between the way narrators construct their stories and identities in relation to the dominant discourses circulating in the global context. Only recently have interactional sociolinguists increasingly examined this dialectic relation between the local interactional level of narrative and the surrounding socio-cultural context and its ‘big D’-discourses (Gee 1999). This is also thanks to positioning ...
Celfi: Development,production, application and recycling of Wood Plastic Composites Centexbel - Scientific and Technical Centre of the Belgian Textile industry
Results and conclusions
During the last decades, wood plastic composites (WPC) have become popular in the construction of deckings, sidings, but also in the automobile industry. The reason for this is twofold. First of all, they consist of low-cost plastics such as PVC, PP, PE…, which are easy processable due to their good melt flow at elevated temperatures. On the other hand, they contain wood fibres, which are cheaper, ...
Students, history teachers and the national past. Research into students' and history teachers' representation of and beliefs about the national past: an exploration regarding context, methodology and strategy. KU Leuven
Food quality, safety, and trust since 1950: Societal Controversy and Biotechnical Challenges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Near-infrared spectroscopy in the neonatal intensive care unit: can it change treatment decisions? KU Leuven
I. Introduction and background
In this proposal for PhD project we present clinical studies in different patient groups to assess cerebral oxygenation as measured with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Near-infrared spectroscopy has evolved from a purely research instrument to a monitor that is increasingly introduced into the clinical environment and especially in the neonatal intensive care unit. It has mainly been used for the ...