KU Leuven

Terminology for describing the 24-h cycle of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep: a scoping review

Abstract Background Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep are three behaviours which occupy the 24-h cycle and interact to influence a multitude of health outcomes. Different terms are currently used to describe these behaviours collectively (e.g., movement behaviours...

The rise of carnivoran mammals in Europe through the lens of body mass

Carnivoran mammals (cats, dogs, bears, seals, etc.) and their kin radiated during the Palaeogene, among other carnivorous clades (hyaenodonts, mesonychians, and oxyaenodonts). This radiation has often been framed as a competition ultimately won by carnivorans, but the data suppor...

“Jun-Chen-Zuo-Shi” - the Chinese medical perspective on clinical oncology nutritional therapy

Abstract Cancer-associated malnutrition and cachexia are common, clinically consequential syndromes that compromise treatment tolerance, increase postoperative and therapy-related complications, diminish quality of life, and shorten survival. Nutritional therapy is therefore incr...

ActiveInspect: GRPO-Optimized Multi-Sensor Evidence Selection for Industrial Defect Detection

Automated visual inspection is a cornerstone of modern manufacturing quality assurance, yet the effectiveness of any detection system is fundamentally bounded by the informativeness of the observations it receives. Most vision–language model (VLM) and reinforcement learning metho...

The Invisible Web: Linking Diet and Gut Microbiota Across Time and Space in Odonates

Abstract The complex relationship between insects and their gut microbiota has become a central theme in host–microbe ecology, revealing profound effects on host fitness and interactions. Yet, how gut microbial communities—and their primary determinant, diet—vary across space and...

Beneath the greener shroud: disability, just transition, and the ontological politics of exclusion in EU policies

This article examines whether European Union just transition policies genuinely ‘leave no one behind’ or reproduce structural ableism through the rhetoric of inclusive green transformation. Using Carol Bacchi’s Foucauldian-inspired ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach...

When turnover isn’t over

Early career teacher turnover remains a persistent challenge for educational systems worldwide, yet the processes shaping decisions to leave the profession are still insufficiently understood. Responding to calls for a more in-depth and contextualised approach, this article prese...

Data-driven identification of modifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer in Palestine using machine learning methods

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a growing public health concern in Palestine, yet limited evidence is available on locally relevant behavioral, dietary, socioeconomic, and contextual predictors. Machine learning (ML) may support prevention-oriented risk stratification by identifying c...

Longitudinal characterization of medial gastrocnemius muscle growth deficits throughout childhood in spastic cerebral palsy

The prospective longitudinal study compared muscle growth in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) with typically developing (TD) peers and across Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)-groups, and investigated muscle deficit trajectories across GMFCS-groups. Thre...

A matter of definition

Aims: The establishment of the fracture-related infection (FRI) consensus definition and the FRI classification system provide a foundation for research and the development of clinical recommendations. To date, however, the evaluation of treatment success is still impeded by a la...

3D Radiomic Texture Analysis of Quantitative Muscle MRI Enhances the Distinction Between Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Charcot–Marie‐Tooth Neuropathy Type 1A : A Proof‐of‐Concept Study

BACKGROUND: Differentiating myogenic from neurogenic neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) can be clinically challenging. While quantitative muscle MRI (qMRI) with proton density fat fraction (PDFF,%) quantifies fat replacement, it misses micro-spatial patterns linked to underlying patho...

Transport disadvantage and suppressed travel among low-income older adults: Lived experiences of social housing tenants in Ghent

Transport disadvantage is widely researched, yet less is known about how mobility constraints translate into suppressed travel: desired but unrealised trips. This paper examines suppressed travel among low-income older adults, focusing on social housing tenants in Ghent, Belgium....

Report on Scenario Development Workshop

The Scenario Development Workshop represents a key step within the broader architecture of the SWINS project, supporting the development of a coherent analytical framework for the ex-ante assessment of investment in social policies and services. More specifically, the workshop co...

Report on Scenario Development Workshop

The Scenario Development Workshop represents a key step within the broader architecture of the SWINS project, supporting the development of a coherent analytical framework for the ex-ante assessment of investment in social policies and services. More specifically, the workshop co...

Imitation of regional location choices for foreign investments: The role of home-country collectivism

Firms investing in a foreign country tend to imitate their compatriots’ most common regional location choices. We argue that this tendency is stronger among firms from more collectivistic cultures, since such firms are more inclined to view prior compatriot investors in the targe...