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The political weight of carrying Christ's wounds. Stigmatics in Europe, c.1800-1950. University of Antwerp

Tine Van Osselaer
Research centre Ruusbroec Institute
Rather than analyzing medical and theological expert discourses and single cases, this project focuses on the popular response to stigmatics in Europe in the nineteenth- and early-twentieth century and studies their 'cluster moments', reception radius and impact. This project draws attention to the politico-religious context in which stigmatics were reported and the political meaning some of them were given. We believe that by analyzing the ...

Towards diagnostic use of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) measurements in patient samples by pairing novel biomarker measurements with established microscopy readouts KU Leuven

Kim Martinod
Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Semmelweis Egyetem
Without a doubt, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have led to a paradigm shift in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, and broadly in other disease pathologies. However, in terms of measuring NETs in blood samples, the field suffers from a lack of standardization of methodology, with methods using unspecific readouts often interpreted as NETs (i.e. DNA which could come from other cell death). Our aim is thus to provide scientific backing ...

Statistical inference for varying coefficient functions and qualitative constraints Hasselt University

Anneleen VERHASSELT
Centre for Statistics
We consider models with varying coefficients, i.e. linear models in which the response and/or explanatory variables vary with another variable, for example time. These types of models can for example be used in HIV research, where the number of T-cells decreases over time and in addition depends on the number of T-cells at the time of infection. Moreover we study ordinary differential equations with varying coefficients that allow describing the ...

Statistical inference for varying coefficient functions. University of Antwerp

Anneleen Verhasselt
Applied mathematics, Statistics and data analysis
We consider models with varying coefficients, i.e. linear models in which the response and/or explanatory variables vary with another variable, for example time. These types of models can for example be used in HIV research, where the number of T-cells decreases over time and in addition depends on the number of T-cells at the time of infection. Moreover we study ordinary differential equations with varying coefficients that allow describing the ...

Early neighbourhood effects on the performance of trees in experimental plantations varying in tree species richness Ghent University

Biodiversity can affect the functioning of ecosystems and the services ecosystems can provide for

humans. A better understanding of the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem

functioning will support conservation and sustainable management of nature. In the proposed

research, we will examine how tree species diversity affects the growth of young trees in two tree

species diversity ...

Foaming and antifoaming from emulsions - structure development from emulsion concentration, drying, or freezing KU Leuven

Deniz Gunes
Soft Matter, Rheology and Technology (SMaRT)
Food emulsions generally have complex interfacial structures and rheological properties, which are of high importance to many end food product properties. This holds true in particular for foaming properties of food emulsions, whereby their strength or weakness may either enhance foam stability, or induce their catastrophic collapse: in the latter case emulsions are called “anti-foaming” (Denkov et al., Adv. Coll. Int. Sci., 2014). We will study ...

Chemically similar but physically different: Investigation of phase behaviour and granulation of amorphous solid dispersions prepared with electrospinning and spray drying KU Leuven

Guy Van den Mooter
Drug Delivery and Disposition, Budapesti Mûszaki és Gasdasagtudomanyi
Nowadays, 60-70% of all approved drugs can be categorized as “poorly soluble” resulting in low and variable bioavailability and thus reduced therapeutic efficiency. Polymer-based amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) have emerged as a viable solution to tackle this issue. However, today it is not clear what is the best ASD manufacturing technology for a given drug-polymer system. Investigation of the differences/similarity in the physical structure ...

Oxidative and lipolytic stability of lipids in autotrophic microalgal biomass during storage and drying. KU Leuven

Imogen Foubert
Microbial and Molecular Systems, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

Autotrophic microalgae are unicellular aquatic organisms that immobilize CO2 from atmosphere and produce oxygen by photosynthesis. Microalgae contain a relatively high amount of lipids and are consequently a promising alternative source of biodiesel. The lipids from several microalgae contain also nutritionally interesting omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which makes them interesting for several food and other high value ...

SPATIO-TEMPORAL AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC MODELING OF DRYING AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY OF TROPICAL WOOD Ghent University

Department of Environment, Department of Forest and water management

This research focuses on drying tropical hardwood species more effectively and with higher yields. This will be done by using a mathematical model linking micro-, meso- and macro-level for dimensional changes under subsequent drying process conditions, calibrated using a matrix of quantifiable parameters derived from multi-scale mapping of the transient processes linked to physical and anatomical characterization of the wood.