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Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy
Our research is focused on 'Exercise and the Brain in Health & Disease' on three levels: fundamental, applied/clinical and policy-making/benchmarking.
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Human-environment interactions at Hala Sultan Tekke, SE Cyprus: changing landscapes, human impact and sustainability
The archaeological site of Hala Sultan Tekke has been excavated for more than 40 years by the Swedish archaeological expeditions, in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel since 2001.
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Identifying and targeting the support of never healing wounds, cancer associated fibroblasts in liver tumors
Chronic liver disease results in fibrosis, thereby creating a suitable environment in which primary liver tumors develop. Furthermore, the liver is an important site for metastasis of other tumors such as colon, breast, lung and melanoma cancer.
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Improving health for people suffering from chronic pain
Chronic (post- and non-cancer) pain affects up to 30% of the Belgian population and its prevalence is much higher than any other chronic disease1,2 , thereby far outnumbering diseases like cancer and diabetes.
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Inspection of engineered composites for sustainable construction
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Non-destructive Inspection (NDI) are two concepts, strongly connected to sustainability.
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Interactive Paper and Augmented Reality
Over the last 15 years, a number of frameworks and toolkits for the design of hybrid paper- digital user interfaces and applications based on Anoto's Digital Pen and Paper as well as other technologies have been proposed.
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to European Security
The return to power politics due to the ongoing erosion of the architecture for transatlantic security has created the need for interdisciplinary collaboration on identifying and addressing existing and emerging challenges to the European security.
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Interlanguage Pragmatics and Intercultural Communication
The primary focus of interlanguage pragmatics is on speech acts, politeness, conversational routines and intercultural communication.
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Intermedial networks of photography
Photography is a ubiquitous practice that steadily entrenches itself in different spheres of the everyday, becoming part of complex networks of agents and uses.
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Intermediality and Hybrid Writings in Hispanic Literary Studies
The construction of identity (both individual and collective) as well as historical narratives are one of the main leitmotifs of Hispanic literature.
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