Projects
Sense-IT: Evaluating new sensor technology for energy and growth optimization inornamental crops Ornamental plant research
De doelstelling van het Sense-IT project was via toepassing van sensortechnologie een antwoord bieden op twee vragen die de laatste jaren met regelmaat gesteld worden binnen de sierteeltsector: (1) 'Wat is het effect van mijn teeltmaatregelen en hoe kan ik de groei, ontwikkeling en kwaliteit van mijn gewas nauwlettend opvolgen?' en (2) 'Hoe kan ik het energieverbruik van mijn teeltsturing inschatten en waar mogelijk reduceren?'. Deze vragen ...
The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factors in Bronchial Remodeling and Angiogenesis KU Leuven
Repair of Earth Constructions by Means of Grout Injection KU Leuven
Improving crop production by field management strategies using crop water productivity modeling: Case study of tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) production in Tigray, Ethiopia. KU Leuven
Increasing food production to feed the fast growing world population particularly in developing countries relies on two options: either increase the arable land or improve the productivity of the existing cultivated land. This research focuses on the highly populated highlands ofTigray (northern Ethiopia), where improving the productivity of land isthe only option for sustainable food production. In the drought-prone and highly ...
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 ...
The palaeodemographic and palaeopathological study of the St.Rombout's cemetery, Mechelen KU Leuven
Contextual archaeo-anthropological studies – whereby skeletal and archaeological analyses are treated as one whole – are still uncommon. The detailed study of a sub-sample of 400 individuals from the excavation of St. Rombout’s cemetery in Mechelen, Belgium (10th-18th centuries AD) nevertheless demonstrates its enormous potential. A macroscopic study of mortality patterns and age and sex composition (palaeodemography) and the investigation of ...
Agricultural development, technology and value chains in developing and transition countries. KU Leuven
This thesis is about agricultural development, technology adoption and value chains in developing countries. It first focuses on the transition economies of Central Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe before exploring the dairy market in India. Though they display great heterogeneity, what joins these two regions is a strong dependency on their respective agricultural sectors to alleviate poverty and maintain food security.
The first ...
Exploring the biology of heparanase-1 en heparanase-2 in zebrafish: towards novel insights into the molecular mechanism of non-enzymatic mammalian heparanase 'activity' KU Leuven
Nitrogen fertilization in ornamental plant production based on in-season demands through proximal sensing and soil modelling KU Leuven
The ornamental plant production sector produces high quality products, but faces challenges in times of increasing environmental constraints.
Growth patterns and nitrogen uptake dynamics of five ornamental crops were determined during three growing seasons (2016-2018). This resulted in nitrogen uptake quantities sufficient for optimum plant quality.
Open field production of herbaceous and woody ornamentals is characterized by a ...