Research projects (13000 - 13500 of 26984)

Researchers:
• Maria Cornelissen
• Peter Dubruel
Usability of deposition measurements of dioxins and Pcbs for CALUX
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Abstract: The aim of this project is to find out whether the Calux-method can be used to analyse deposition samples. Deposition measurements say
something about the quality of the ambient air and about the distribution of dioxins and PCBs in the environment.
Organisations:
• Chemistry
Researchers:
• WILLY BAEYENS
Elective surgery planning and scheduling: problems, formulations and algorithms.
K.U.Leuven
Abstract: This project considers two fundamental problems that occur during the construction of surgery schedules in hospitals. In the first problem,
patients have to be assigned to operating rooms over a certain planning horizon. Two versions of this assignment problem can be identified. First,
there is the static version in which patients are chosen from a waiting list and are assigned to days and operating rooms. In this version, the
complete patient population is known at the art of the planning problem.The second problem is a dynamic version in which the assignment decision
is taken in real time and where there is unvertainty about the arrivalof future patients. This dynamic version constitutes the first researchtrack in this
project. After the patients have been assigned to days and operating rooms, the sequence of the surgeries within each operating room has to be
determined. This problem constitues the second research track in this research project. Both research tracks are considering e
Organisations:
• Research Centre for Operations Managemen
Researchers:
• Erik Demeulemeester
• Brecht Cardoen
In vivo non-invasive imaging of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) immunotherapy in mice.
University of Antwerp
Abstract: In this project we will examine the effect of an autologous tumor vaccine on survival in a mouse model of acute myeloid leukemia. The
vaccine will consist of autologous tumor cells, injected together with Toll-like receptor ligands. The tumor and its environment will be studied using
bioluminescence and flow cytometry.
Organisations:
• VAXINFECTIO
Researchers:
• Evelien Smits
Food fermentation processes: (meta)genomics and microarray analysis
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Abstract: The research group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO) has been established in October 1994. IMDO's central
research mission is 'Research and Development for a Healthy Diet' through the study of the whole of microbial factors that influence (fermented)
food quality, in particular with respect to starter cultures (and adjunct- or co-cultures, bioprotective cultures, and other functional starter cultures)
and gut health.
The three major research lines are:
- Food fermentation processes: ecosystem analysis (Prof. Dr ir. Luc De Vuyst)
- Functional starter cultures: predictive modelling (Prof. Dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy)
- Food fermentation processes: (meta)genomics and microarray analysis (Dr. Stefan Weckx).
The main research objectives of 'Food fermentation processes: (meta)genomics and microarray analysis'are.
- exploration of the species diversity (plating and incubation, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, metagenomics) and functional analysis
(metabolite target analysis, transcriptome analysis) of traditional, artisan fermented foods (dairy products, meat products, sourdoughs, cocoa,
vegetables, sour beers): food ecosystem biodiversity, taxonomy, new taxa, new molecules (metabolites);
- polyphasic analysis of the community dynamics (culture-dependent and culture-independent) and metabolite kinetics of microbial food ecosystems.
Organisations:
• Applied Biological Sciences
Researchers:
• STEFAN WECKX
Smart Media in Flanders.
K.U.Leuven
Abstract: The media landscape is changing drastically and traditional media companies are now competing with alternative business models that
are operating from an international context. The major question is what will be therole of the media companies in the future and how should the
business evolve?The aim of SMIF is to investigate the future models applicablein the meida industry that can create sustainable growth. The
consortium groups both major and minor players in the industyr, such as publishers, service providers and technology providers. ICRI provides legal
advice with regard to the design of an innovative system that uses existing retrieval and mining technology to monitor the activity of unauthorized
distribution of their content.
Organisations:
• Research Unit Law and Information Techno
Researchers:
• Joseph Dumortier
• Peggy Valcke
APECON.
K.U.Leuven
Abstract: No English Abstract