Projects
An exotic taste. The allocation of value in exotic groceries - the Low Countries, ca. 1250-1750. University of Antwerp
SPINAL (Scanning Probe in a Network for Advanced Layers) - an ultra-high vacuum cluster tool with scanning probe microscope Ghent University
The SPINAL project concerns the installation of a ultra-high vacuum cluster tool for studying surfaces, thin films and nanostructures. The system consists of a scanning probe microscope, to study surfaces and nanostructures with atomic level resolution, and a vacuum transfer line (the U+201CSPINAL cordU+201D of the tool), which allows for transferring samples between deposition and characterization chambers under ultra-high vacuum conditions. ...
The added value of a theory-based design for the development, the implementation and the evaluation of HIV-education programmes in sub-Sahara Africa. A case-study in secondary schools in Rwanda Ghent University
The research aims at developing a model of determinants of sexual risk behaviour. Also instruments for measuring these determinants, both quantitatively and qualitatively, will be developed. The study investigates whether such theoretical model contributes to raising the impact of HIV-education.
Biochar's Added value in Sustainable land use with Targeted Applications in processes, growing media & (future proof) openfield cultivation Hasselt University
Sociolinguistic gatekeeping with indexical variation: a quantitative-qualitative investigation of the endexical value of Standard and Colloquial Belgian Dutch variation in 'elderspeak' in Flemish nursing homes KU Leuven
In many Western societies, elders (>65 years) are gradually becoming a larger demographic (OECD Data, 2016), yet at the same time, a complaint frequently heard among the older generations is that people no longer respect their elders. This complaint is supported by a linguistic phenomenon studied in Sociolinguistics known as ‘elderspeak’ (Kemper, 1994). Elderspeak refers to a cluster of linguistic features utilized by younger adults to ...
On the role of investment banks in M&As in Europe: Deal completion, deal certification, or just value creation? KU Leuven
The role of financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) has received only little attention by researchers over the last two decades. Also, this research has mainly focused on US and UK M&As. Moreover, no clear conclusion was drawn on the question as to whether financial advisors add value to the transactions that they assist. There are two main theories on the role of financial advisors. First, the ‘deal-completion ...
The role of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons in the anticonvulsive effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in the intrahippocampal pilocarpine model. Ghent University
The aim of this project is to elucidate the role of the locus coeruleus and the hippocampal noradrenergic transmission in the anti-epileptic effect of VNS in the intrahippocampal pilocarpine model, and to define the activation of hippocampal noradrenergic transmission as biomarker for efficacy of VNS. Therefore, we make us of selective laesies, specific antagonists and state-of-the-art neurophysiological technics.