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A study conducted by the University of Ghent in Belgium explores how packaging materials can influence perceived healthiness and consumption of food products. The research found that paper packaging, compared to plastic packaging, leads to decreased consumption of food products. This effect is attributed to the activation of health goals, as paper packaging is seen as a health-related cue. The findings have implications for food manufacturers, policymakers, and consumers in promoting healthy consumer behavior. The research has been peer-reviewed and can be accessed through the journal Food Quality and Preference. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted at the University Hospital Center St. Pierre in Brussels, Belgium, compared the outcomes of oxygen reserve index-supported prehospital oxygen titration with standard oxygen titration in patients who experienced return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest. The study aimed to determine if oxygen reserve index-guided oxygen titration improved outcomes. The results showed no significant difference in the normoxia index, incidence of hypoxia or hyperoxia, mean PaO2 at hospital admission, or serum neuron-specific enolase levels between the two groups. Therefore, the study concluded that oxygen reserve index-guided oxygen titration did not significantly improve outcomes compared to standard oxygen titration. [Extracted from the article]

Information about the 2009 European Paper Recycling Conference held at the Hotel Bloom in Brussels, Belgium from November 16-17 is presented. Topics include the global demand for recovered fiber that will make paper recyclers busy in Europe and the weak demand for old newspapers. The conference featured several notable people including Bill Moore, Henri Vermeulen and Stephen Armange.

This section offers news briefs related to the paper industry from the European Institutions and Brussels, Belgium as of March 2015. The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) welcomes the Energy Union Package published by the European Commission. Keep Me Posted EU campaign promotes the citizen's right to choose how they receive important information by paper, digital or both without being penalized. CEPI publishes its "Preliminary Statistics 2014."

The article discusses how Belgian lawyer Paul Otlet created a library of database of more than a million cards and sheets, each referenced by decimal addresses and searchable for fee. In 1928, Otlet and architect Le Corbusier proposed a building complex they dubbed the Mundaneum. At the center of the Mundaneum, a prism-shaped library contained both ordinary books and Otlet's index-card universal book.

The article discusses the use of deacidification as a preservation technique for books and documents in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences started a deacidification project in the period 2003-2004 to treat books by using "Book Saver" technology, which was developed by Conservacíon de Sustratos Celulosícos SL. The procedure was formulated and introduced under the leadership of doctor R. Areal, a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Belgium. The process found to be effective in increasing the value of pH which meant that it obtained an alkaline reserve of 1.5 percent.

The article presents the author's insights on the paper money that contain images of the historic engagement during the War of 1812. The author says that there are coins and medals that have been issued to mark the event, but without paper money. He mentions the Jefferson Bank of New Salem and its bank's note including the $1 that depicts Major Gerneral Andrew Jackson, the $3 that depicts the Battle of Lake Erie, and the $5 that depicts the treaty-negotiation scene in Ghent, Belgium.

Researchers from the University of Ghent in Belgium have published a paper discussing the relationship between learning and personality research. They propose a functional-cognitive framework that can guide interactions between these two fields of study. The researchers suggest that learning researchers can consider personality variables as potential moderators of learning effects, while personality researchers can look for stable individual differences in known learning effects. The paper concludes by summarizing the papers in the special collection and situating them within the proposed framework. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that Dexia Belgium took back its decision to call the Dexia Belgium upper two paper on November 18, 2009. The bank changed its decision after the European Commission (EC) stated that investors should not be rewarded by banks receiving state aid. The EC also expressed its extension to extend the guarantee of Dexia from France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

The article reports on perception of paper recycling markets in Europe as of 2009 being challenged by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in Brussels, Belgium. The BIR notes that paper stock prices have been improving. BIR Paper Division president Ranjit Baxi inferred that the recovered paper market has been affected by the global economic downturn. Baxi noted that the recovered fiber that has required storage based on reports is generally of low quality.

Reports on Insects as Food and Feed from University of Liege Provide New Insights (Reviewing Entomophagy In the Democratic Republic of Congo: Species and Host Plant Diversity, Seasonality, Patterns of Consumption and Challenges of the Edible ...) Keywords: Gembloux; Belgium; Europe; Insects as Food and Feed; Food Research; Democratic; University of Liege EN Gembloux Belgium Europe Insects as Food and Feed Food Research Democratic University of Liege Current study results on Food Research - Insects as Food and Feed have been published. According to news reporting out of Gembloux, Belgium, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "This paper reviews edible insect species and the host plant diversity associated with them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including their seasonal availability throughout the year. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the construction of the new corrugated board converting plant of Europal Packaging in Mouscron, Belgium. The location is expected to expand the converting capacity of the Mouscron facility for heavy-duty pallet boxes for the automotive and chemical industries. The expansion is expected to bring the total paper converting capacity to 20,000 tons a year.

Reports on the monthly trade reports released by settlement house Euroclear of Brussels, Belgium in March 2005. Significance of the reporting service for Euro commercial paper issuers; Financial institutions that are using the service according to Philippe Laurensy, director of fixed income product management at Euroclear; Number of dealer banks that expressed willingness to sign up to the service if approached by issuers.

Focuses on a paper signed by martyred nurse Edith Cavell which was sold to New York autograph collector Thomas F. Madigan by a Belgian freighter captain who claimed in charge of the men who executed her.

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "This profound diagnosis methodology can be applied for the development of tailored improvement strategies (interventions), which is the next step in the improvement roadmap, to enhance the level of food safety culture." This paper proposes a food safety culture diagnosis and gap analysis methodology, as the first two steps in the food safety culture improvement roadmap." Keywords: Ghent; Belgium; Europe; Diagnostics and Screening; Food Poisoning; Food Safety; Foodborne Diseases and Conditions; Gastroenterology; Health and Medicine EN Ghent Belgium Europe Diagnostics and Screening Food Poisoning Food Safety Foodborne Diseases and Conditions Gastroenterology Health and Medicine 2023 MAR 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Food Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Foodborne Diseases and Conditions - Food Safety. [Extracted from the article]

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The article provides information about the creation of the monetary unit belga for Belgium. Through his royal decree, King Albert announced that the unit equates to five Belgian paper francs and exactly .209211 grams of gold. The Bank of Belgium plans to use the proceeds from floating a 100,000,000 U.S. dollars international loan to support the belga at fixed parity.

The article discusses the "Wipers Times," a satirical and humorous newspaper published during the First World War by British soldiers stationed in Ypres, Belgium. The author notes that the newspaper, which included poems, literary parodies, fake advertisements and editorials, and mock war journalism, helped the soldiers confront and deal with the horrors of war. The author pays particular focus to the role played by the newspaper's editor, Captain Fred Roberts.

The article discusses the highlights of a Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA) conference held in Leuven, Belgium from January 14 to 15, 2011. The international researchers who attended the event at the Catholic University were welcomed by professor Jules Stuyck. The need to respect due process in the elaboration of a European contract law instrument was addressed during the first part of the gathering. Professor Massimo Bianca noted that the event failed to produce a uniform view.

The article presents the Competent Authority Agreement signed between the Competent Authorities of the U.S. and the Kingdom of Belgium. It states that the focus of the agreement is the arbitration process set forth in the U.S.-Belgium Income Tax Convention which is signed on November 27, 2006. The terms of the agreement which is signed on May 6, 2009 are presented.

Nonsmooth variational analysis and related computational methods are powerful tools that can be effectively applied to identify local minimizers of nonconvex optimization problems arising in fixed-order controller design. We support this claim by applying nonsmooth analysis and methods to a challenging ‘Belgian chocolate’ stabilization problem posed in 1994: find a stable, minimum phase, rational controller that stabilizes a specified second-order plant. Although easily stated, this particular problem remained unsolved until 2002, when a solution was found using an eleventh-order controller. Our computational methods find a stabilizing third-order controller without difficulty, suggesting explicit formulas for the controller and for the closed loop system, which has only one pole with multiplicity 5. Furthermore, our analytical techniques prove that this controller is locally optimal in the sense that there is no nearby controller with the same order for which the closed loop system has all its poles further left in the complex plane. Although the focus of the paper is stabilization, once a stabilizing controller is obtained, the same computational techniques can be used to optimize various measures of the closed loop system, including its complex stability radius or H∞ performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the Philippines' efforts to address its coin shortage by encouraging the use of electronic payments and exchanging damaged currency. It also explores Belgium's challenges with cash usage, the country's attempts to boost coin circulation, and the broader European context of managing physical cash and transitioning to digital payments.

Coronavirus - COVID-19 Staff editors report on the newly launched clinicaltrial, NCT05747638, which has the following summary description: "Inorder to limit the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a significant numbers of measures were takenworldwide. Detailed Description Not Provided Study Type Observational Study Phase Not Provided Study Design Observational Model: Other Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional Condition Well-being Intervention * Behavioral: Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)All participants will be invited to complete a paper questionnaire. The objective of this study is to document the well-being of childrenand workers after the COVID 19 pandemic in primary schools of theFederation Wallonia-Brussels.". [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information on international politics. The Congo, the Belgian colony whose loss has upset the Belgian economy, is much in the news. Every American who reads the papers or looks at television knows how bad things are in the Congo for the Congolese, the Belgians and the United Nations. But, so complex are events and so poor are communications at least where serious matters are concerned--that not one American in a hundred is thinking about Mozambique and Angola. Yet there the next colonial explosion is being prepared; it may be bigger than the Congo's.

The article presents the author's views, on his trip to Great Britain. When I arrived in England, it had just become clear that the hopes raised by the swift rush of the Allied armies through France and Belgium were premature, that no early collapse of Germany could be expected, that the discomforts, the shortages and the strains of war must be endured for months to come. Moreover, it was apparent that the capture of the "rocket coast" bad not ended the dangers of war for the civilian population; southern England was still within range of the enemy's vengeance weapons and faced continued desultory bombardment. Disappointed but not discouraged, certain that victory was only postponed, Britons were bracing themselves for the sixth winter of war.

Presents letters to the editor. Problems faced by the labor force in the U.S.; Relations between England and Belgium.

Carrefour Group, a Paris, France-based global retailer, has introduced one of its unattended grocery stores in Zaventem, Belgium, according to a report in The Star. The store, named BuyBye and under 200 square feet in size, features refrigerated vending machines... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about the University of Ghent, German intruders and the Fleming "activists." On October 15, 1916 the University of Ghent will be reopened as a Flemish institution, under auspices of the German Government at Brussels. French language as sole vehicle of the university education at Ghent was prescribed by royal decree of December 9, 1849, for nearly seventy years, Flemings, in spite of repeated protests, have had to bear the injustice of this regulation, by which their language was excluded from the only university in the very heart of the Flemish country. Activists see greater wisdom in taking now what is offered them, no matter who the giver be, than in trusting to the fulfillment of vague promises by their own government.

Information about the Common Market conference held in 1962 in Brussels, Belgium is presented. The convention was attended by the Common Market representatives including Great Britain's chief negotiator Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath, France's Maurice Couve de Murville and a delegate from Germany. Topics include Britain's application to join Europe's Six, British frustration at France's deterring tactics in Brussels and agricultural prices.

Carrefour, a Paris-based supermarket chain, has introduced an unattended store in Belgium called Carrefour BuyBye that consists of refrigerated vending machines that uses AI enabled product weighing and computer vision detection, according to a Gondola Magazine report. Cameras placed on... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pan-European electric vehicle (EV) charging network Allego has formed a partnership with Danish fuel company Go'on Gruppen. As part of the agreement, Allego will install 168 fast charging ports at Go'on's 185 existing stations across Denmark. This collaboration aims to address the lack of charging stations in underserved areas of the country. Allego has already received funding to expand its EV charging networks in Europe, and has already launched networks in Germany and Belgium this year. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews multiple art fairs, including "BRAFA Art Fair", in Brussels, Belgium, from January 28 to February 4, 2024; "artgenève" Geneva, Switzerland, January 25 to January 28, 2024, and "Art Karlsruhe", from February 22 to February 25, 2024.

The article offers views concerning the decision of the Flemish municipalities in Belgium to use Linux-based electronic voting machines from Smartmatic Corp. in October 14, 2012 elections. Competence Center Emerging Technologies junior researcher Kerstin Goos says that the crucial issue involved in the use of such machines is the ability to verify notes. However, critics suggest that electronic voting is not transparent and should stop.

The total concentration of 21 selected VOCs was also higher on packaging used for food products (totally 9187 mg/kg plastic) compared to packaging used for non-food packaging (totally 3741 mg/kg plastic). Europe, Belgium, Food Products, Food Packaging, Environmental Chemistry, Kortrijk Keywords: Europe; Belgium; Kortrijk; Food Products; Food Packaging; Environmental Chemistry EN Europe Belgium Kortrijk Food Products Food Packaging Environmental Chemistry New research on Environment - Environmental Chemistry is the subject of a report. [Extracted from the article]

Information about several papers discussed at the annual Kiwiplan User's Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium on June 3-5, 2009 is presented. The meeting focuses on cost control measures as corrugating and packaging plants face difficult economic situations. It also features the company's revisions for October which include reducing labor costs and minimizing material costs. The meeting featured speakers Brenda Schreiber of Rock-Tennessee and Predrag Lekic from Duropack.

Reports on the increase in the demand of bond in Belgium due to its outstanding loan obligation. Increase in the interest rate expected by investors; Structural changes in the European financial industry; Impact of the imbalance of the supply and demand of commercial paper on the transaction in Belgium.

A stay of only a few hours in Brussels is sufficient to make one acquainted with Léon Degrelle, the Belgian Hitler, for whom more than 300,000 votes were cast at the last election. His portrait is offered to the foreigner at every bookstall, the great boulevard paper "Pays Reel" reproduces three times a day his youthful head, that of a boy rather than a man. Degrelle's party is called the Rexist Party; the leader himself is generally referred to as Rex. When the author went to interview him, Degrelle was at the top of a ladder, hammering nails into the wall of the new building the Rexists are putting up near their old house in the narrow Rue des Chartreux, behind the market where fish, stockings, flowers, and neckties are sold at bargain prices.

Discusses the international relief work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium in the midst of World War I. Biggest commissary undertaking; Saving seven million people from famine and destruction; Five governments are concerned; Nearly every country is making a contribution; Commission should remain neutral in word as well as in deed; Difficulties of transport through Belgium; Greatest problem the Commission has had to meet is the matter of currency; Bread line and soup kitchen; Revival of the lacemaking industry.

This article presents news including the freedom and restoration of government in the capitals of France and Belgium with Greece soon to follow, the unconscious conspiracy between the United States Army censors and the publication of newspapers in the U.S., and the conclusion of the robot bombs over England, which will soon correct the blackout policy in London, Great Britain.

Provides information on international bond issues as of January 2003. General Electric Co.; Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale; Kingdom of Belgium; Deutsche Bank AG; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina SA.

A calendar for computer science-related events in 1975 is presented. The Second Annual Symposium on Computer Architecture will be held in Houston, Texas from January 20 to 22. The International Meeting on Mini-Computers and Data Communication will be held in Belgium from January 20 to 22. The annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society will be held in Washington, D.C. from January 23 to 27.

This article reports that Germany has established its new line of defense during the World War I. Germany's ideal offensive is the attack by surprise, while her idea of defense is to prepare for the worst. The fact is that the River Meuse in France is being treated as a military frontier, and Germany is trying to have control over it. She has been fortifying intensively the valley of the Meuse clear across Belgium. All this long valley of the Meuse forms a natural defense of whatever army holds it.

A preliminary conference of technical experts of the various nations concerned in the reparations question met at Brussels, Belgium from December 15 to Christmas, and in the early days of January. It presented to the Supreme Interallied Council which met at Paris later in January the following study of the question of reparations, accompanied with extensive and detailed annexes. The observations are as follows: It is impossible at the present time to give a definitive opinion upon the general situation of Central Europe, upon the danger of bankruptcy caused by an unprecedented fiduciary inflation, and upon the intrinsic real value of wealth which is today represented only by a mass of paper money.