Projects
Elucidating the structure of soft matter fat systems by multiscale analysis approach Ghent University
Fat crystal stabilized water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions are systems used in several industries, including foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, and coatings, and therefore their study is of great industrial relevance. In order to maintain their structure, these emulsions depend on the combined action of two different phenomena, fat crystallization and water phase dispersion, both of which are intricate mechanisms. Hence, through ...
Analysis of the relationship between landscape characteristics and fauna traffic victims Research Institute for Nature and Forest
(1) Fine-tuning the methodology to detect patterns from the available data on fauna traffic victims (location, time, species, number and possible additional characteristics) in combination with available map layers.
(2) Analyse these patterns in relation to landscape characteristics, seasonal changes and species/groupings. As far as the latter is concerned, a distinction will certainly be made between large mammals (which also ...
Analysis of multispectral brain images in the presence of pathology. KU Leuven
Brain tumor lesions, MS white matter lesions and ischemic stroke lesions are all similar in the sense that they appear in MR images as a collection of spatially coherent voxels that are hyper-intense, hypo-intense or a combination of these with respect to the healthy tissue. Moreover, these lesions evolve relatively smoothly over time.
This work presents a collection of methods that tackle the problems of single-temporal ...
On-line time-series analysis of data from intensive livestock production KU Leuven
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) involves the continuously automated measurements directly on the animal or its environment. These systems can be applied to farm level to create value for the farmers and other stakeholders (consumers, veterinarians...). The monitoring and management of PLF data, through data-analysis and data-based modelling, will allow us to translate it into key indicators on animal welfare, animal health, productivity and ...
Deep learning for automated movement analysis using motion capture: Case studies on detecting and assessing gait impairments in people with Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait KU Leuven
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting an estimated 6 million people worldwide. PD causes degeneration of dopamine-generating neurons, which leads to progressively worsening gait impairments. One of the most debilitating gait impairments is freezing of gait (FOG). FOG is common in PD and is defined as a "brief, episodic absence or marked reduction of forwarding ...
Exploiting space weather simulations and observations with data analysis KU Leuven
The field of space weather studies the effects of highly energetic phenomena created by the Sun on the near Earth space environment. High velocity plasma emanated by the Sun travels through the interplanetary space and interacts with the magnetic field of the Earth. Sometimes it causes magnetic reconnection, a restructuring of the magnetic field lines. This disturbs our natural magnetic field, allowing high-energetic particles from the solar ...
Wavelet methods in classical and functional analysis Ghent University
The project aims to develop new wavelet tool in the analysis of various problems from classical and functional analysis. Our specific objectives are to:
• Reveal the multifractal nature of lacunary Fourier series from classical analysis.
• Give a wavelet description of ultradifferentiability.
• Characterize generalized Besov spaces in terms of the wavelet transform.
• Obtain applications in regularity theory for ...
The Institutional Response to Crises and European Identity: A Quantitative Analysis of Public’s (un)Responsiveness in Times of Crisis KU Leuven
Since the early 1990s, the European Union (EU) has experienced international and domestic crises of different nature, – financial, terroristic, migration and health issues –, which encouraged the exacerbation of a political convergence and a sense of Europeanness among European citizens (Checkel & Katzenstein, 2009), gradually transforming the “permissive consensus” for European integration into a “constraining dissensus” (Hooghe & ...
PhD student in image analysis for behaviour and pain detection in horses. KU Leuven
This PhD project is focused on development of automated methods for image based monitoring of pain in horses. The project will have several phases. In the first phase, the focus will be on a post hoc investigation of videos to develop an algorithm for automated classification of horse behaviour. This will allow establishing the technological foundation and will help to acquire basic knowledge about the influence of pain on behaviour. In a ...