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Systemic Accountability of the European Border and Coast Guard
Op 11 november 2021 verdedigde Mariana Gkliati het proefschrift 'Systemic Accountability of the European Border and Coast Guard'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. P. Rodrigues en prof.dr. L. Besselink (UvA).
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the project "Contagious Digitalities: Information, Inoculation, Immunity"
Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for the Arts in Society
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The evolution of shell form in tropical terrestrial microsnails
Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen
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Surveying young stars with Gaia: Orion and the Solar neighbourhood
OB associations are loose groups of young, massive stars. They constitute the last stage of the massive starformation process, and the context in which new stars are formed.
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A monograph of the plant genus Trigonostemon Blume
Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.
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The wild Brauer-Manin obstruction on K3 surfaces
In this thesis, rational points on K3 surfaces are studied. In the first part of Chapter 1 the Brauer group and the the Brauer-Manin obstruction are introduced.
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PhD position in 'Effects of Pollution at the Ecosystem Level'
Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)
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Towards artificial photosynthesis on the lipid bilayer of liposomes
Artificial photosynthesis has recognised potential to produce green and sustainable fuels from earth-abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight.
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The Proliferation of Dissenting Opinions in International Law
Op 8 juli 2020 verdedigde Andres Sarmiento Lamus zijn proefschrift 'The Proliferation of Dissenting Opinions in International Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik en prof.dr. Y.A.A.S. Radi (UCLouvain).
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Topics in the arithmetic of del Pezzo and K3 surfaces
Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen (Università degli studi di Milano), Co-Supervisor: Ronald M. van Luijk
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Star-Forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Dawn
Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Co-Promotor: Rychard Bouwens
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The parabolic Anderson model and long-range percolation
Promotor: Prof.dr. F. den Hollander, G.Maillard
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Surface Temperature and the Dynamics of H2 on Cu(111)
Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the fundamental processes of modern life, being common in industrial refinery and hydrogen vehicles, all the way to the living cell. The dissociation of H2 on Cu(111) is an important benchmark system for studying heterogeneous catalysis, with a large and varied amount…
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Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government
Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).
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The ecological relevance of chemical diversity in plants
Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder
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Understanding the value of social media metrics for research evaluation
The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.
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Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy and the Spin Bath
There are many interpretations of quantum mechanics, and ultimately experiments are needed to verify or falsify these interpretations.
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Computability of the étale Euler-Poincaré characteristic
Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, L.D.J. Taelman
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Beyond the Canvas: Exploring Art-Science Collaborations
Congres/symposium
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From midplane to planets : the chemical fingerprint of a disk
This thesis addresses the chemical processes that determine the compositions of giant planet atmospheres.
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Developmental effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the chicken embryo
There is concern about the threat that nanoplastics (NPs) may pose to both wildlife and humans. This thesis explores the mechanisms of toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) in chicken embryo.
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Novel pharmacometric techniques to quantify the pharmacodynamics of analgesics
The overarching clinical aim of this thesis was to improve pharmacological pain management by characterizing the pharmacodynamics of analgesics. This promotion has been awarded the predicate cum laude.
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Impacts of the use of Natural Resources and Products
Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling.
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Modulation of the immune system for treatment of atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of death in the world with atherosclerosis as primary underlying cause.
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Species Literacy: The perception and cultural portrayal of animals
In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.
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Weighing the Dark: Cosmological Applications of Gravitational Lensing
Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra
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Diversity in the globally intertwined giant barrel sponge species complex
This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.
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The lead zeppelin: a force sensor without a handle
Promotor: T. H. Oosterkamp
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Cognitive Bias in the Judgment of Business Valuations and Valuators
Op 1 april 2020 verdedigde Marc Broekema zijn proefschrift 'Cognitive Bias in the Judgment of Business Valuations and Valuators'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. J.I. van der Rest.
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Postmaterialism and Socioeconomic Status Impact in the Chilean Voting Behavior
This paper describes the development process of voting behavior in Chile; particularly the relationship between the class voting theory and the theory of cultural post-materialist vote is investigated. This research deals with Chile as a case study, a developing country with a relatively stable democracy…
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The holographic glass bead game: from superconductivity to time machines
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm
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The Demographics of Protoplanetary Disks: from Lupus to Orion
The work presented in this thesis is based on ALMA surveys of protoplanetary disks in three star-forming regions: Lupus, OMC-2, and NGC 2024.
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Resolving the building blocks of galaxies in space and time
We investigate the buildup of galaxies from various vantage points. The first two chapters focus on the stellar content of galaxies, especially the distribution of stellar masses at birth and potential variations therein in various galactic environments.
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Wild versus domestic prey in the diet of tigers
A recent study on reintroduced tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve in India reveals that risks from tigers increased more because of human behaviour and people's livestock husbandry practices.
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Waves and Patterns in Discrete Media: Bridging the Gaps
What happens to electrical waves that have to cross gaps in insulation material around nerves in the human body
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Unfolding the regulation of stress response pathways upon liver injury
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is one of the main reasons for drug attrition during pre-clinical and clinical phases of drug development as well as for drug withdrawal post-marketing.
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Glucocerebrosidase and glycolipids: In and beyond the lysosome
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.
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The CM class number one problem for curves
Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, A. Enge Co-Promotor: T.C. Streng
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Chemistry in embedded disks: setting the stage for planet formation
To address the fundamental questions of how life on Earth emerged and how common life may be in the Universe, it is crucial to know the chemical composition of the planet-forming material.
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The Role of Linker DNA in Chromatin Fibers
The genetic information of all living organisms is contained in their DNA. Cells modify the degree of DNA compaction by epigenetics, which largely determines what genes are read out and which genes are transcriptionally silent.
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Affinity-based profiling of the adenosine receptors
The adenosine receptors are proteins that reside in the extracellular membranes of cells. Activation of adenosine receptors plays a role in many physiological and pathological processes, such as immune responses and cancers.
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The Grotius Sanction: Deus Ex Machina. The legal, ethical, and strategic use of drones in transnational armed conflict and counterterrorism
Op 21 maart 2019 verdedigde James Welch zijn proefschrift 'The Grotius Sanction: Deus Ex Machina. The legal, ethical, and strategic use of drones in transnational armed conflict and counterterrorism'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. P.B Cliteur.
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Environmental footprints: assessing anthropogenic effects on the planet's environment
Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs
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Innovative strategies to clinically characterize the human tear proteome
Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.
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Shaping Massive Galaxies: the structural evolution of galaxies across
Galaxies in the local Universe fall into two main categories of spirals and ellipticals. In this Thesis, we explore the structural evolution of galaxies into this bimodal distribution.
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Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web
The radio sky harbours both galactic and extragalactic sources of arcminute- to degree-scale emission of various physical origins. To discover extragalactic diffuse emission in the Cosmic Web beyond galaxy clusters, one must image low–surface brightness structures amidst a sea of brighter compact fore-…
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Towards understanding the toxicity of copper nanoparticles in aquatic ecosystems
Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver
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Principal algebraic actions of the discrete Heisenberg group
Promotor: Prof.dr. W.T.F. den Hollander
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The ins and outs of ligand binding to CCR2
Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman
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The parabolic Anderson model on Galton-Watson trees
The parabolic Anderson model (PAM), which is the Cauchy problem for the heat equation with random potential. The PAM is a mathematical model that describes how mass (i.e. matter or energy) flows in a medium in the presence of a field of sources and sinks.