Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

This dissertation takes an important step in understanding the phenomenon of non-take-up of social support and what it means for contemporary social policies.

Promotor: Peter Stevenhagen

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: H.A. Every

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.

Jupiter is de vijfde planeet vanaf de zon en de grootste planeet van het zonnestelsel. De afstand tot de zon is 778 miljoen kilometer, waardoor een jaar op Jupiter 11,8 aardse jaren duurt. De dagen op Jupiter zijn wel korter dan op aarde: een dag duurt daar maar 10 uur.

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event (TDE).

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Prof.dr.ir. H.H. de Iongh

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotores: S.C.Hille, O.W. van Gaans

Before the large scale use of renewable energy sources can be implemented in our society, the storage of electrical energy needs to be tackled. Storage the energy as hydrogen via the reduction of protons is a good option.

De walvisvangst werd in Nederland om economische redenen in 1964 beëindigd, ruim voordat overwegingen van milieu en bescherming de aandacht gingen vragen. De beide auteurs leggen dit nieuwe beeld vast in dit overzichtswerk.

In the last decades, activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) has emerged as a powerful chemical tool that may aid the ever-challenging drug discovery process.

Op 9 september 2020 verdedigde Ruben de Graaff zijn proefschrift 'Concurrence in European Private Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. A.G. Castermans en prof.mr. S.C.G. Van den Bogaert.

In today's volatile market environments, companies must be able to continuously innovate. In this context, innovation does not only refer to the development of new products or business models but often also affects the entire organization, which has to transform its structures, processes, and ways of…

Time-series forecasting through modelling sequences of temporally dependent observations has many industrial and scientific applications. While machine learning models have been widely used to create time-series forecasting models, creating efficient and performant time-series forecasting models is…

De Afdeling Economie verzorgt onderwijs in verschillende opleidingen.

DNA carries various forms of information. Out of these forms of information the most well-known is classical genetic information.

Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.J. Knibbe, Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Prof.dr. K. Allegaert (Leuven)

Op 13 januari 2022 verdedigde Pie Habimana het proefschrift 'Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. H. Vording en prof.dr. S.C.W. Douma (UvA).

The lysosomal β-glucosidase named glucocerebrosidase (GCase) is a retaining β-glucosidase that hydrolyzes the glycosphingolipid glucosylceramide (GlcCer) to ceramide and glucose at acid pH.

The redox-conversion reaction of metal-disulfide and metal-thiolate complexes are important, as they may shed light on electron-transfer reactions that often occur in Nature.

Instituut voor Publiekrecht omvat het publiekrecht, met uitzondering van het strafrecht en inclusief het sociaal recht.

Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander Co-Promotor: F.M. Spieksma

Promotor: A.H. Meijer, Co-promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

Op 1 oktober 2019 verdedigde Emile Cammeraat zijn proefschrift 'Economic Effects of Social Protection'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. K.P. Goudswaard en prof.dr. P.W.C. Koning.

Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.

Venus is de tweede planeet vanaf de zon en staat op 108 miljoen kilometer. Een jaar op Venus is korter dan op aarde en duurt maar 225 dagen. Doordat Venus heel langzaam om haar as draait, duurt een dag juist langer, wel 117 aarddagen! Op Venus is je alien dus elke twee dagen jarig.

Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Prof.dr. V. Meyer (Technische Universität Berlin)

Wat is de maatschappelijke impact (sociale betekenis) van vrouwenvoetbal in Nederland?

Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere

Op 27 mei 2021 verdedigde Hirad Abtahi zijn proefschrift 'Adjudicating Attacks Targeting Culture'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. C. Stahn.

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

Over the last decades, aviation safety has improved strongly. As a downside, airline pilots do not have as many opportunities to develop through experience the competencies that they need in critical situations.

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…

Breeding for resistance becomes more and more important because we want to reduce the use of pesticides. A fast and cheap alternative can be to make use of morphological or chemical markers.

De eerste foto van een zwart gat en angst meten in je brein? Van 13 t/m 22 mei ontvang je een gratis portie wetenschap bij jouw Domino's pizza: a slice of science.

Development of GHG calculator for bio-electricity and heat.

Promotor: C.A.J. Knibbe, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen, B. van Ramshorst

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Prof.dr. C.P. Dullemond

Promotor: F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M. Bonsangue

Promotores: T.H. Oosterkamp, N. de Jonge

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

Op 18 december 2019 verdedigde Marianne Lochs haar proefschrift 'Contempt of court'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. C.P.M. Cleiren en prof.dr. J.H. Crijns.

With the advent of multicore processors and data centers, computer hardware has become increasingly parallel, allowing one to run multiple pieces of software at the same time on different machines. Coordination of these pieces is best expressed in a coordination language as an explicit interaction protocol…

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

Op 19 februari 2020 verdedigde Richard Jiang zijn proefschrift '‘Greening’ the WTO Ban on China’s Export Duties'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. M.C.E.J. Bronckers.