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Microbial quality analysis of falsified medicines seized by controling agencies
bachelor’s degree thesis, I present the results obtained for the bacterial and fungal contamination preset in illicit PDE-5 inhibitors, seized by Belgian authorities, by determining their bioburden. Bioburden ...
THE ANALYSIS OF ILLICIT DRUGS COLLECTED DURING A SUMMER FESTIVAL AND EVALUATION OF THE NARCOREADER FOR ON-SITE ANALYSIS OF MDMA
spectroscopic methods with as a downside the lack of accuracy and selectivity. The law still requires confirmation of these results with chromatographic methods. These conventional methods are precise but ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
food Food Safety Health Risk Assessment microcystins WATER Abstract: Increased awareness in the media and strict control by competent authorities resulted in an overall risk perception of toxic ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
the STEC strain from the endogenous E.coli strains while an Illumina MiSeq run takes 48 hours. Moreover, the lower-cost Flongle flow cell showed the same results after 24 hours of sequencing when using ...
CHROMATOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DETECTION OF TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
spectrometry Results and conclusion: It was found and confirmed that 7 unknown samples showed the pres-ence of TT and more than half of it were confirmed for adulteration, i.e. adding TT without indication on ...
The interplay between market concentration and diversity, food environment related commitments and associated practices of major food companies across European, Belgian and French markets
practices were largely unhealthy. There was no indication that stronger commitments translated into healthier practices. Results suggested an urgent need for government regulation to guide, monitor and ...
Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing
surveillance. User-friendly access to the workflows is provided to both internal and external scientists through web-accessible Galaxy instances. In emergencies, the sample-to-result time for WGS can be ...
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections
have remained. This thesis aims to contribute to the assessment of the burden of LB in Belgium, amongst others, by setting up a prospective cohort study. This work resulted in estimations of the ...
Brussels region finances VUB research into alternatives to animal experiments
liver disease. This research receives a grant of €60,000. “Science has evolved and has provided alternatives that do not involve laboratory animals, are based on human cells and which produce more relevant results ...
Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes
this phenomenon. Prior to this, the use of the e-cigarette was not yet mainstream, as only nicotine-free e-cigarettes were allowed on the market. However, as a result of the legislative changes, ...