Space and Time Use of European Eel Restocked in Upland Continental Freshwaters, a Long-Term Telemetry Study by Billy Nzau Matondo, Léa Backory, Guillaume Dupuy, Gildas Amoussou, Ali Abdou Oumarou, Justine Gelder, Séverine Renardy, Jean-Philippe Benitez, Arnaud Dierckx, Frédéric Dumonceau, Xavier Rollin, Michaël Ovidio

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Political Trust by Individuals of low Socioeconomic Status: The Key Role of Anomie by Thierry Bornand, Olivier Klein

“…We test this hypothesis by using structural equation modeling (SEM) on a representative survey (n = 1203) conducted in the Wallonia region of Belgium. That region appeared suited to explore our hypothesis because of its long-term economic difficulties. …”
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Soutenir le développement professionnel des enseignants en haute école par la recherche : analyse d’un dispositif d’appel à projets interne by Sandrine Biémar, Birgit Quinting, Isabelle Bragard

“…The 2013 decree defining the missions of higher education institutions in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium identified applied research as a full-fledged mission of the university college. …”
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The Precariousness of Walloon Peri-Urban Agricultural Lands by Serge Schmitz, Lauriano Pepe

“…Even if the citizens and the regional government are rediscovering the multiple services provided by agricultural lands, we observe that the agricultural landscape in Wallonia (the southern part of Belgium) is in a precarious situation, especially at the edge of the cities. …”
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Spatial disparities at death. Age-, sex- and disease-specific mortality in the districts of Belgium at the beginning of the twentieth century by Tina Van Rossem, Patrick Deboosere, Isabelle Devos

“…At the beginning of the twentieth century, life expectancy at birth was much lower in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, than in Wallonia, the southern part of the country. In the literature, this excess mortality is mainly attributed to high levels of infant mortality caused by bad feeding practices and low-quality drinking water. …”
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Genetic risk for insomnia is associated with objective sleep measures in young and healthy good sleepers by Ekaterina Koshmanova, Vincenzo Muto, Daphne Chylinski, Charlotte Mouraux, Mathilde Reyt, Martin Grinard, Puneet Talwar, Erik Lambot, Christian Berthomier, Marie Brandewinder, Nasrin Mortazavi, Christian Degueldre, André Luxen, Eric Salmon, Michel Georges, Fabienne Collette, Pierre Maquet, Eus Van Someren, Gilles Vandewalle

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The many facets of community detection in complex networks by Delvenne, Jean-Charles, Rosvall, Martin, Lambiotte, Renaud, Schaub, Michael T.

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Systemic analysis of production scenarios for bioethanol produced from ligno-cellulosic biomass [abstract] by Ghysel, F., Baret, P., Stassart, P., Godin, B., Delcarte, J., Stilmant, D.

“…One of the aims of the BioEtha2 project, directed by the Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, is to define the position of bioethanol produced from ligno-cellulosic biomass among the different renewable energy alternatives that could be developed in Wallonia towards 2020. With this aim, and in order to answer the numerous questions in this field, the project aims at using tools and methods coming from the concept of "forecasting scenarios" (Sebillotte, 2002; Slegten et al., 2007; For-learn, 2008). …”
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Distinct mesoderm migration phenotypes in extra-embryonic and embryonic regions of the early mouse embryo by Bechara Saykali, Navrita Mathiah, Wallis Nahaboo, Marie-Lucie Racu, Latifa Hammou, Matthieu Defrance, Isabelle Migeotte

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Smart farming using cloud-based Iot data analytics by Anil V. Turukmane, M. Pradeepa, K Shyam Sunder Reddy, R. Suganthi, Y.Md Riyazuddin, V.V Satyanarayana Tallapragada

“…Throughout this article, we suggest WALLeSMART, a virtualized precision agriculture management system used in India's Wallonia. The framework presents a broad framework to handle the difficulties associated with collecting, analyzing, storing, and visualizing extremely huge volumes of information on a factual and batch basis. …”
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Language Contacts in Belgian Media by I. M. Gorelenko, L. A. Ulianitckaia

“…The research briefly describes the features of sociolinguistic situation in Belgium, particularly in three regions: Flanders, Wallonia, and the BrusselsCapital Region. Analysis of the found in Walloon and Flemish examples of code-switching showed that in Belgian newspapers and journals code-switching in French – Dutch and Dutch – French pairs is very rare, and the absolute majority of examples is in English. …”
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Feedforward architectures driven by inhibitory interactions by Billeh, Yazan N., Schaub, Michael T

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How Do Midwives View Their Professional Autonomy, Now and in Future? by Joeri Vermeulen, Maaike Fobelets, Valerie Fleming, Ans Luyben, Lara Stas, Ronald Buyl

“…Brussels’ midwives feel the most autonomous, while those in Wallonia feel the least. Primary care midwives feel more autonomous than hospital-based midwives. …”
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Denormalization of tobacco, a reality for all?: The Belgian case by Pierre Bizel, Paul Berra, Christian Massot, Helen Barthe Batsalle

“…For instance, in the region of Wallonia, smoking prevalence is currently at 19% (daily smokers) while in the northern part of the country, the prevalence is even less at 13%. …”
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The Wind and Photovoltaic Power Forecasting Method Based on Digital Twins by Yonggui Wang, Yong Qi, Jian Li, Le Huan, Yusen Li, Bitao Xie, Yongshan Wang

“…Four datasets are constructed based on weather conditions and historical wind and PV power data from the Flanders and Wallonia regions. The prediction models presented in this paper demonstrate excellent performance on these datasets, achieving mean square error (MSE) values of 0.001399, 0.001833, 0.000704, and 0.002708; mean absolute error (MAE) values of 0.025164, 0.027854, 0.018592, and 0.033501; and root mean square error (RMSE) values of 0.037409, 0.042808, 0.026541, and 0.052042, respectively.…”
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Impacts of Irrigation Water on the Hydrodynamics and Saline Behavior of the Shallow Alluvial Aquifer in the Senegal River Delta by Abdoul Aziz Gning, Philippe Orban, Raymond Malou, Joost Wellens, Johan Derouane, Mansour Gueye, Serge Brouyère

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Emerging renovation strategies and technical solutions for mass-construction of residential districts built after World War II in Europe by Lauri Lihtmaa, Targo Kalamees

“…Only the regions of Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium have provided specific action plans. …”
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A First Insight on the Interaction between Desiccation Cracking and Water Transfer in a Luvisol of Belgium by Njaka Ralaizafisoloarivony, Aurore Degré, Benoît Mercatoris, Angélique Léonard, Dominique Toye, Robert Charlier

“…The disturbed (DS) and undisturbed (NDS) samples (reduced-tillage-residue-in (RTRI) and conventional-tillage-residue-out (CTRO)) were collected from an agricultural field in Gembloux, Wallonia, Belgium. The drying experiment took place in controlled laboratory conditions at 25 °C. …”
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Harvesting Insights from the Sky: Satellite-Powered Automation for Detecting Mowing Based on Predicted Compressed Sward Heights by Killian Dichou, Charles Nickmilder, Anthony Tedde, Sébastien Franceschini, Yves Brostaux, Isabelle Dufrasne, Françoise Lessire, Noémie Glesner, Hélène Soyeurt

“…Depending on the studied year and with a threshold fixed at 0.50, 21% to 57% of all the parcels in the Wallonia dataset were tagged as mown by our model. …”
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Training of radiotherapy professionals: status, content, satisfaction and improvement suggestions in the Greater Region by Nadège Dubois, Anh Nguyet Diep, Alexandre Ghuysen, Joséfine Declaye, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Guillaume Vogin, Jochen Fleckenstein, Philippe Coucke, Selma Ben Mustapha

“…The aim of this study was to assess the status and content of the initial training programs currently implemented in the Greater Region: Lorraine (Nancy, France), Saarland (Homburg, Germany), Luxembourg, and Liège (Wallonia, Belgium). Methods A survey was developed to investigate (1) the overall satisfaction, learning objectives, and teaching methods used during initial training programs and (2) the perceptions of the importance of key professional competencies as described by the CanMEDS (a framework that identifies and describes the abilities physicians require to effectively meet the health care needs of the people they serve). …”
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