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Showing 1 to 20 of 601 for “"Ghent"”.
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Brave Belgians of the Belle Époque : a study of the late-romantic Ghent horn playing tradition
… of a flourishing legacy of horn playing in Ghent at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. In around 1870 Belgian horn playing undertook a drastic stylistic volte-face. The earlier joyful and elegantly ornamented manner instigated by such eminent musicians as …
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La visione delle città delle Fiandre negli scrittori fiamminghi di lingua francese (1881-1922)
… the main cities of Flanders: Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Leuven and Furnes. Our attention is focused on the cities of Bruges and Antwerp above all, because of their main presence in the Belgian literature in authors like Georges Rodenbach and Georges Eekhoud. They dedicated their entire …
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Psycho-endocrinological aspects in aging males and transsexual persons
… transsexual persons in the multidisciplinary Ghent Gender Team it has been decided to advise a dual-phase hormonal schedule, with a first reversible part where sex specific features are suppressed together with starting the real life test. In the second phase cross-sex hormones are given …
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Concealing and revealing: Visions of transcendence in Jan Van Eyck and Mark Rothko
Jan Van Eyck in The Ghent Altarpiece and Mark Rothko in his late abstractions sought to bridge the gap between the visible, palpable earthly world and the invisible, unknowable spiritual world to create an experience of transcendence for their viewers. Researching the critical and analytical data …
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Female agency and the sacramental vision of early modern Catholicism
… religious women in the Benedictine community at Ghent reveal about these women’s identity, spirituality, and sense of self.</p>
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The Hartford Convention; or, New England opposition to the War of 1812
… not even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, The United States was exceedingly fortunate to retain its status quo, considering the fact that we did not win one important victory until after the terms of peace had heen reached! This is difficult to comprehend when we learn that the …
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Conformable light emitting modules
… and less stringent tolerancing). Developed by Ghent University, the SMI (Stretchable Molded Interconnect) technology attempts to address these demands and has been the main focus of this work. With the SMI technology it was possible to design highly conformable circuits using fabrication …
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APPLY LADDER OF CHEMICAL CIRCULARITY: RECYCLING OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RECOVERED FROM ELETRONIC WASTE AS A CATALYST IN ORGANIC REACTION.
… abroad in the group of Prof. C. Stevens at Ghent University, I further investigated the synthesis of aminotriazoles via a sequential Cu(I)-catalyzed dipolar cycloaddition (between azido pyridine and propiolate) followed by Cu(II)- catalysed C-H amination (through reaction with an amine), …
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Fiber Type-specific Desmin Content in Human Single Muscle Fibers
<p>Contractile and cytoskeletal protein concentrations have been shown to differ on the basis of fiber type in whole muscle homogenates. The purpose of this study was to compare the content of the intermediate filament protein, desmin, between type I and type IIa single muscle fibers from a mixed …
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Modeling quasi-free neutrino-nucleus reactions for accelerator-based experiments
… the relativistic Glauber model developed by the Ghent theory group, the influence of nuclear effects such as nuclear binding, medium modifications of Delta properties and final-state interactions is taken into account. We find that the existing large uncertainties on the axial form factors induce …
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Canadian-American Relations and the Nuclear Weapons Controversy, 1958-1963
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T20:25:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7624087.pdf: 14216318 bytes, checksum: 3f56e59fb5bc4c61c6fe1d9626fd9b1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Simulating hospital evacuation
… test subject was evacuated through 11 floors of Ghent University Hospital using four commonly used movement assistance devices: stretcher, carry chair, evacuation chair and rescue sheet are presented and analysed. From this, performance results are calculated for both male and female assist teams …
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The human meniscus: transplantation, characterisation and tissue engineering
… and Tissue Engineering Peter Verdonk, MD, PhD; Ghent University, Belgium Abstract The meniscus plays an important role in the complex biomechanics of the knee joint. Removal of this tissue can result in dysfunction and pain in the involved joint compartment and ultimately osteoarthritis. We …
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The use of pedometers and the '10.000 steps/day'-concept in the promotion of physical activity
… studies of the community campaign “10,000 Steps Ghent” showed a high project awareness level, a decrease in sitting time, and an increase in physical activity among both active and inactive individuals. An additional study found that pedometer use was more likely in older participants and in …
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Seaweed diversity in Saldanha Bay and the effects of human activities
… using morphological features, were sent to Ghent University where the rbcL gene region was sequenced. Collected species were compared with species lists from previous studies in the same area. The results from this study showed that most of the species collected were west coast species, with …
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Lifestyle and Intestinal Parasite Infection in Northern Europe: A Study Comparing Clergy and the General Population of Cambridge and Belgium in 12th-18th Centuries
… parasite infection was in medieval Cambridge and Ghent, and what species of parasites were prevalent. For Cambridge: parasites of faecal-oral route, i.e. roundworm and whipworm, were the only species found in both the Augustinian friars and the All Saints by the Castle parishioners. Interestingly, …
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Manoeuvreergedrag van containerschepen in slibrijke vaarwateren Manoeuvring Behaviour of Container Vessels in Muddy Navigation Areas
… – collaboration Flanders Hydraulics Research – Ghent University in Antwerp. During this program the ship’s behaviour has been measured above and in contact with a series of artificial mud layers. Based on the measurements a mathematical model was built which allows to simulate the manoeuvring …
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Inflammatory response in maternal serum during preterm labour
… were recruited at the obstetric department of Ghent University Hospital and divided into groups according to gestational age and labour status. Multiple proteins were evaluated in maternal serum using enzyme-linked or multiplex bead immunoassays including soluble triggering receptor expressed …
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Novel clinical and etiopathogenetic findings in Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
… of the PXE patient cohort followed at the Ghent Center for Medical Genetics, we were able to emphasize important clinical features, such as stroke and peripheral artery disease, as well as identifying novel phenotypical features in patients and carriers, among which were abdominal …
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Development and Implementation of Theoretical Methods for the Calculation of EPR Parameters in Periodic Simulations
… at the Department of Organic Chemistry of Ghent University. A detailed knowledge of the structure of these solvated anions leads to a better understanding of the chemical reactions (e.g. aldolor Mannich-type reactions) in which they play a key role. Just as this thesis was nearing …
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