Projects
Development of a forensic molecular clock to determine time of death and blood trace deposition time KU Leuven
The time and date of a person’s death are two of the major questions police detectives and investigative judges ask a forensic pathologist as it provides a specific time frame in which the investigators can base their further investigations on. The current time of death estimation techniques produce large error ranges as environmental and endogenous factors have to be taken into account. The most widely accepted and accurate model is based on ...
TIME for change in health promotion research: a focus on the DYNAMIC nature of individual and environmental determinants of physical activity and sedentary time Ghent University
Engaging in sufficient physical activity (PA) and limiting sedentary time (ST) have major physical and mental health benefits Despite many previous theory-based interventions, the population prevalence of physical inactivity and ST remains high Three major shortcomings of previous behavior change interventions are (1) they do not consider the dynamic (time- and context-varying) nature of determinants, (2) they neglect the role of the ...
Decreasing total sedentary time and prolonged/continued sedentary time in adults with a sedentary occupation: a randomized controlled trial. Ghent University
Prospective observational studies show that sedentary behaviour (e.g. occupational sitting) is a novel, independent risk factor for obesity, type 2 diabetes, CVD, specific cancers and all-cause mortality, independently of physical activity. We develop a randomised controlled trial to decrease sedentary time in adults with a predominantly sedentary occupation and evaluate it`s effectiveness in terms of behaviour change and cardio-metabolic ...
Experimental implementation of extremely sensitive defect localisation techniques based on non-linear elastic wave spectroscopy and time reversal principles. KU Leuven
The 30-hour workweek: the temporal impact of a collective working time reduction on the daily life of employees and their families Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Clustering Time Series KU Leuven
The notion of similarity is becoming more and more important in data analysis.
Comparing two objects quantitatively is a fundamental building block of most
machine learning algorithms, be it supervised or unsupervised. While for simple
mathematical objects, the notion of similarity might be intuitively clear (when
comparing how different two integers are, for example, we can just look at
the absolute difference ...
A dynamical analysis of the regulation of the cell cycle in space and time KU Leuven
The cell division cycle is a crucial biological process, essential for development and survival of all organisms. In eukaryotes, the cell cycle is regulated by an intricate network of genes and proteins that controls the progress of the cycle. All of these interactions give rise to dynamical features such as bistability and time delay which aid in the coordination of cell cycle events. Understanding this complex interplay has been helped by ...
Time and The Political: Navigating the Temporalities of Climate Change KU Leuven
Time figures centrally in the climate debate today, from the IPCC’s elaboration of divergent future scenarios to the hourglass symbol of Extinction Rebellion. Advocates of large-scale technological interventions, like geoengineering, argue these could buy us time or be an escape route in case of a climate emergency. Striking pupils carry signs that ‘it is our future’ and turn climate change into an intergenerational struggle. This project ...
CYBERNETIC: Overcoming cybersickness in immersive multimedia experiences using subjective time perception Ghent University
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) have the potential to provide the required interactivity and immersiveness to enable lifelike remote presence. However, to cope with the need for interactivity during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, people have turned to traditional video conferencing tools, even if these have been deemed insufficient for an experience comparable to real interactions. The reason for not selecting AR/VR solutions is the ...