Projects
The Role of Data Visualization in Urban Studies KU Leuven
As large volumes of data become increasingly available, new opportunities arise to harness their potential for urban studies. Data visualization is vital for this purpose, particularly in tackling fuzzy problems that require an explorative process of discovery to re-frame. This research investigates how data visualization can be used to harness big data for domain specific challenges in urban studies. To address this question, I demonstrate ...
Multi-epistemic negotiation in the study of Islam: Overcoming incommensurability between Western and Islamic approaches in Islamic studies in- and outside university in the Low Lands. KU Leuven
Modern technologies in the assessment and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse - experimental and clinical studies KU Leuven
In this project, we aim to use modern assessment techniques to study certain risk factors related to the development of pelvic floor prolapse in a clinical setting as well as in an experimental model. Pelvic floor prolapse is a bothersome condition when the vaginal wall or the uterus protrudes through the vaginal opening. It affects mainly women who were at least once pregnant and delivered vaginally. The project includes clinical part during ...
Unchaining Classicism: Aby Warburg (1866-1929) and Classical Reception Studies KU Leuven
Why would someone use forms and ideas from Greco-Roman antiquity? For a long time, the answer was obvious: because ancient art and literature represented an ideal of balanced beauty and wisdom. This project explores an early alternative to this ‘Classicist’ answer and traces its implications for today’s classical reception studies, or the study of post-antique engagements with antiquity. Instead of paying lip service to Classicism, the art ...
Metabolic Balance Studies in Short Bowel Syndrome with Colon-in-Continuity KU Leuven
The project aims at investigating novel treatment strategies for patients suffering from short bowel syndrome with colon-in-continuity. Previous studies have shown that a glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog, teduglutide, promotes the growth of the intestinal villi in subjects with short bowel syndrome without a remaining colon and decreased the need for intravenous nutritional support. The impact of this drug was also investigated in ...
Synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies of CCR8 agonists as a novel treatment option for autoimmune diseases KU Leuven
Chemokines (chemoattractant cytokines) are a group of small (8 –10 kDa) and predominantly basic proteins that play an important role in the human immune system by regulating the migration and activation of immune cells. These chemokines are divided into three subfamilies based on the location of the first two cysteine (C) residues: CC-chemokines, CXC -chemokines, and CX3Cchemokines (with X being a variable amino acid). C-chemokines are ...
New strategies for corrosion inhibition coatings for lead and its characterization by in-situ spectroelectrochemical studies. Ghent University
We develop corrosion protective coatings for lead heritage objects. The development of novel nanoparticle-based materials and physiocochemical studies at the nanoscale create new approaches to conservation science. We study monocarboxylate based microemulsions, polymeric networks (gels) and nanoparticles as alternative coatings. The coating formation and its corrosion resistance is characterized by surface analyses techniques, including ...
Housing Financialization in European Cities: Case Studies of Brussels and Warsaw KU Leuven
Policy Interventions for the Private Rental Sector in Chinese Megacities based on Empirical Studies from the Netherlands, Germany, and France KU Leuven
A well-operating private rental housing market is a necessity for postindustrial economies worldwide, particularly for residents in megacities. However, financialized housing markets led to increasing difficulties to realize housing property ownership for both the local young generation and newcomers which we called ‘Generation rent’. Taking Shanghai as an example, a 60 square meters apartment downtown is worth approximately ninety-eight ...