Projects
Residential heating using heat pumps and hot water storage tanks - Tank sizing to minimize environmental impact in a renewable energy context KU Leuven
Global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission is expected to have long lasting effects on the environment, ecosystems and human society in the near future unless emissions are decreased. Electrifying residential heating loads through the use of heat pumps, can contribute to reducing residential greenhouse gas emissions. The addition of a dedicated thermal energy storage tank can provide additional flexibility to the ...
Investigation of nutritional and/or environmental epigenetic modulators in health and disease. University of Antwerp
Model-based prediction of outbreak dynamics of nephropathia epidemica using climate and vegetation data KU Leuven
Wildlife-originated zoonotic diseases in general are a major contributor to emerging infectious diseases. Fifteen emerging zoonotic or vector-borne infections with increasing impact on humans in Europe were identified during the period 2000-2006. Global climate change may be a major contributor to the spread of these zoonotic diseases. Rodent borne hantavirus infections are part of this list. Puumala virus (PUUV), hosted by the bank vole ...
Influence of distinct process-induced (micro)structures on the in vitro starch digestibility of common beans: A kinetic approach KU Leuven
Transitioning towards food systems favourable for both human health and environmental sustainability has been recently identified as an immediate challenge. In this context, a significant increase in consumption of plant-based foods (e.g. cereals, fruits, legumes, nuts, vegetables) is being strongly promoted to improve health and environmental benefits. Consequently, the development of safe and nutritious food products from ...
Impact of exposome on the course of lung diseases KU Leuven
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) are two very debilitating non-communicable diseases that are of particular interest to consider in parallel in a human exposome study. Their roots are opposite: COPD is currently considered to be mainly related to the external exposome, while factors outside of the exposome play a major role in CF. However, COPD and CF share common characteristics such as high phenotypic ...
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 ...
Molecular and Cellular Basis for Beta Cell Therapy in Diabetes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...
Dynamics of natural hazards and disasters in tropical Africa Vrije Universiteit Brussel
making due to the increasing impacts of climate change and natural hazards. In
parallel, land use changes due to the deforestation and the expansion of urban
areas and human infrastructures in general lead to more disasters, both in space
and time. In the present work, we propose to support a PhD research dedicated
to the study of the ...