Projects
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 ...
A "housing monitor" for the city of Mechelen (Malines). KU Leuven
When the going gets tough: the impact of coaches' and athletes' leadership on team resilience and the development of mental skills in youth sport teams KU Leuven
Athletes’ resilience refers to the psychological processes that protect individuals from potential performance decrements when the stakes are high. At team level, a sports team’s resilience refers to the processes that protect the group, as a whole, from stressors collectively encountered. It has been found that a team’s resilience is more than the sum of the individual athletes’ resilience. Team resilience is rather determined by the group’s ...