A literature survey and the identification of all available collection material resulted in a checklist and distribution maps for the mayflies occurring in Flanders. In addition, the relationship between the occurrence of mayflies and water characteristics was analysed. Of the 32 species that have been recorded, six are now extinct in Flanders (three of which are potamal species), while the maj...

IMEC started up its activity on organic solar cells in 1998 and since 2005 this topic became one of the key technologies of the Flemish Innovation Policy in the field of Photovoltaics. The aim of the paper is to present the overall Flemish approach and strategy to this field as well as to highlight the recent achievements of the Organic Photovoltaics Technology Program. The strategy of this pro...

Implementing a standardized patient experience survey may initiate a process to apply pressure on hospitals to attend to improving patient experiences. In Flanders, Belgium, the Flemish Patient Survey was developed between 2011 and 2015. A preliminary version was developed from a scoping review and patient and expert focus groups, and included 27 items for eight hypothesized dimensions: 'prepar...

The evolution of daytime façade noise levels by road traffic at 250 dwellings in Flanders is assessed. Three identical man-operated measurement campaigns have been conducted in the years 1996, 2001 and 2009, during fall. A practical methodology has been developed, based on short time noise measurements and context observations at these locations. The uncertainty introduced by short-term samplin...

Abstract This article analyses how states adapt generic policies to the increasing diversity that characterises contemporary European societies. More particularly, it zooms in on migration-related is mainstreamed into education Netherlands and Flanders why we observe different policy trends these two cases. We find focus largely faded Dutch period from 2000 2014. In Flanders, this trend towards...

The political geography of central government debt has hardly been investigated. We propose a method for calculating implicit interregional transfers stemming from debt. apply this to Belgium over the 1970-2016 period. share poorer Francophone in debt-financed spending was persistently larger than its revenue used pay resulting interest bills. opposite holds richer Flanders. Also, primary defic...

In 1992, artist David Lamelas installed Quand le ciel bas et lourd at the temporary exhibition America: Bride of Sun—500 Years Latin-America and Low Countries Royal Museum Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), a show that explored cultural, economic, political exploitation indigenous America by European forces, its project colonization erasure. Lamelas’ work remained public installation in KMSKA’s garden ...