Forests are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Changes in temperatures and precipitation patterns could affect the composition, health and productivity of the forests and the values people derive from them. In response to these observed and anticipated changes, scientists and decision-makers are increasingly considering the use of strategies intended to increase the adaptability of forests […]

Our overall goal is to develop multi-functional electro-active yarns that can be knitted/woven to create a garment with embedded dry-textile electrodes (e-textiles). This garment will be used, for fully sensing human electrophysiological signals as well as stimulating specific muscles of the human body using textile-based wearable technology. These multi-functional fibers are going to be manufactured […]

Millions of people worldwide suffer from motor impairment due to aging and/or neurological injuries, such as stroke. It has previously been demonstrated that functional electrical stimulation (FES) can be used to artificially contract lower limb muscles to improve independent standing of individuals with neurological impairments. A system that applies FES to regulate balance is called […]

In a well-known 1914 paper, Ramanujan gave a number of rapidly converging series for 1/pi which are derived using modular functions of higher level. The Chudnovskys derived an analogous series representation 1/pi, often used in practice for record breaking computations of pi. These formulae have recently been explained in the context of elliptic curves, modular […]

The main aim of the project is to find new mechanisms by which Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression is regulated in human cells. Regulation of iNOS through post-translational mechanism stage can give better results. That is why in this project iNOS expression is controlled at the post-translational level. High concentration of NO can cause […]

Mon projet doctoral examine la création artistique contemporaine japonaise suite à l’accident nucléaire de Fukushima, survenu au Japon en mars 2011. J’étudie plus particulièrement le travail photographique de trois artistes japonais qui permettent de rendre visible la contamination radioactive et observe leur réception. Mes recherches au Japon seront composées de séries d’entrevues avec les artistes […]

To what extent do changes in the size of the informal sector affect changes in the quality of goods consumed in developing countries? It is well known that a poor assessment of the quantity and quality of goods consumed by households could lead economic models to underestimate the fluctuations of most macroeconomic variables. However, in […]

L’objectif de mon se?jour de recherche en Belgique est de consulter des documents d’archives pour mener a? bon port la troisie?me et dernie?re e?tape de mes recherches doctorales. Mon projet de the?se porte sur une technique cine?matographique que j’appelle la perspective « exo-centrique », soit une image inhabituelle et encore largement méconnue qui traverse néanmoins […]

The Jomon Period (ca. 16,500 – 2,300 years before present) represents a significant part of prehistory in the Japanese Islands, and this longevity is largely tied to the complex human-environment relationships in Jomon society. My project examines these environmental interactions through microscopic plant remains from Jomon grinding tools, using the residues of human activities to […]

A spoken sentence means more than the sum of its words’ meanings. A speaker’s voice, more specifically, the way a speaker shapes speech melody, also conveys emotional information. Healthy brains easily distinguish fear and anger even in short utterances without any meaning. Yet, when we interact with people face-to-face, our brains seemingly ignore this auditory […]

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the pore network with a particular focus on micro CT-Scans to obtain detailed rock structure in Hebron core samples above and below the oil-water contact (OWC). As part of the rock structure, morphological information such as pore shape, spatial distribution, and connectivity are going to be analysed. […]

Rhodopsins are a family of light sensitive proteins which are photosensory in complex organisms (such as humans) but have other functions (ion pumps and channels) in microbial organisms. We have discovered a new and unique group of rhodopsins which were isolated from a microbe in a fresh water lake in Antarctica, called Lake Fryxell. Through […]