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Sustainable Adsorptive Separation of Arbutin from Pear Leaves
This research project focuses on developing an efficient and sustainable adsorptive separation process for extracting arbutin—a high-value bioactive compound with applications in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and skincare—from pear leaves, an underutilized agricult
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Sustainable Biorefining of Biowaste for Advanced Biofuels and Biochemicals
This research project focuses on developing an efficient and sustainable biorefinery framework to convert biowaste (e.g., agricultural residues, food waste, lignocellulosic biomass) into advanced biofuels (bioethanol, biobutanol, biodiesel) and high-value biochemicals (organic acids, biopolymers)
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System identification with missing data: A behavioral approach
The behavioral approach to systems and control, put forward in the late 70s by Jan C. Willems, has a number of advantages.
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The “constructivist turn” in the literature on political representation
Increasingly, scholars working on the subject of political representation emphasize its constitutive aspects. Representation does not simply mirror socio-political realities (an understanding of re- praesentare that centres on the spatial-temporal gap between the citizenry and its leaders).
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The Acquisition of Reference and Anaphora Resolution
Referring to entities is a fundamental issue in communication. To refer to persons and things in the world, speakers can opt for different kinds of referential expressions (e.g. proper names, noun phrases, apposition, overt and null pronouns, etc.).
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The addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy as an immune stimulator to a multimodal immunotherapeutic approach in oligometastatic NSCLC patients
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) being the most common subtype, accounting for approximately 85% of lung cancers.
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The affective dyadic processes underlying leadership
Leadership, being a social influencing process aimed at obtaining cooperation from others to achieve organizational goals, puts connecting to others front and center.
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The combinatorics of the Yang-Baxter equation
The research team investigates mathematical structures that are important in the study of the Yang-Baxter equation (YBE). Although the YBE has its origin in physics, it is now a fundamental mathematical object.
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The design, construction and exploitation of the R&D Field Lab `Einstein Telescope Pathfinder’
The next (3rd ) generation of gravitational wave detectors will make gravitational wave astronomy a fact. Indeed, with the current generation about one event a week is observed while with the 3rd generation this will be hundreds of events a day!
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The main research question for Brussels Center for Competition Policy
How can we advance national and European competition policies in a methodologically sound manner, looking particularly at legal soundness and consistency, the treatment of efficiencies and sector-specific considerations and political aspects?
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