Our presentation will be structured in three parts. In the first part, we will comment the path-dependency mechanisms that explain the tradition of urban sprawl that affects Belgium in general and Wallonia in particular. It will be developed that this path-dependency is intrinsically linked to both, the great respect for individual property rights ...
Published in Sociolinguistica
This article discusses a number of linguistic aspects of the internationalisation and anglicisation of higher education in Flanders. We aim to combine an overview of the applicable legal measures with the most detailed and complete information to date on the actual linguistic practices in universities and university colleges. To this end, we collec...
Published in SHS Web of Conferences
Le BIM et le développement durable ont connu une evolution parallèle dans des sphères d’acteurs différentes depuis les années 70. Nous étudions les possibilités de croisement entre ces deux thématiques dans une volonté d’envisager le BIM comme agent facilitant des démarches de développement durable auprès des acteurs de la construction.
Justice for colonial wrongs is a difficult matter. Collective or individual responsibilities have rarely been established in history. This has been described as an 'accountability gap'. While this gap may partly be due to circumstantial and factual reasons, it is also the result, specifically, of legal impediments that are faced by victims in their...
Current sustainability challenges in agro-food networks highlight the need for sustainability transitions in agro-food practices. This paper aims to contribute by analysing how emergent agro-food practices form and develop over time. Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) provide a locus to study how emergent agro-food practices are shaped and to underst...
Published in Archives of Public Health
BackgroundFront-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labeling has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of a suite of measures needed to improve population diets. The voluntary Nutri-Score FOP labeling system, which was first implemented in France, was approved for implementation in Belgium by the Minister of Public Health in August 201...
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Published in Archives of Public Health
BackgroundAir pollution, green space and smoking are known to affect human health. However, less is known about their underlying biological mechanisms. One of these mechanisms could be biological aging. In this study, we explore the mediation of biomarkers of exposure and biological aging to explain the associations between environmental exposures,...
Published in Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
Objectives Trace elements (TEs) from natural and anthropogenic sources are ubiquitous. Essential or not, their relevance for human health and disease is constantly expanding. Biological monitoring is a widely integrated tool in risk assessment both in occupational and environmental settings. However, the determination of appropriate and accurate re...
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