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The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-Promotor: J.H. Evertse

In this thesis we push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging at radio frequencies between 100 and 200 MHz. Using the International LOFAR Telescope that spans across Europe we achieve sub-arcsecond angular resolution.

Optical cavities are useful tools to enhance the interaction between light and matter, which is important to make good quantum emitters. However, it turns out that the cavities themselves (without any quantum emitters) are already interesting objects to study.

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Integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) with life cycle costing (LCC) offers the opportunity to simultaneously analyze the environmental and economic aspects of product alternatives, for the integration of which a unified computational has been proposed by Heijungs et al. (2013) [1]. The project aims…

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

In Zuid-Afrika zijn ongelijkheid en geweld de twee grootste problemen. Waar komen die problemen vandaan? Misschien hangen ze samen met rivaliserende groepen, misschien met economische factoren, met overheidsbeleid of met alle drie tegelijk. Om maatschappelijke problemen te begrijpen, is het belangrijk…

Investigating epistemic and ethical practices in medical experimentation on humans in the colonial period in Southeast Asia.

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions…

Bij Cambridge University Press (CUP) verscheen onlangs van Ingrid Leijten het boek Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Het boek maakt onderdeel uit van de serie Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy en heeft als onderwerp de bescherming van sociaaleconomische rechten…

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The aims of the project are to: further clarify 'inhibition by safety'; explore and describe all possible sagety factors, with a special focus on the primary human safety source: social connectedness; reviewing prolonged stress responses without stressors.

Are there significant differences among the environmental impacts resulting form the production of Asian aquaculture commodities and what are the main causes for these?

The aim of our research program is to better understand the aetiology and course of mood, anxiety and trauma and stressor-related disorders and to test and improve treatments for these disorders.

Leidse wetenschappers onderzoeken de wereld om ons heen en geven hun kennis door aan toekomstige generaties. Zij geven gezicht aan de universiteit, ieder met zijn of haar individuele expertise en persoonlijke fascinatie voor het eigen vakgebied.

The research presented in this thesis concerns one of the most important questions in software engineering of our time: how can we make sure that software is free from memory safety bugs?

What is the role of the rebound effect in achieving environmental savings from transport eco-innovation? Are traditional definitions of the rebound effect adequate in the context of transformative innovations and multidimensional environmental issues?

It researches (the possibilities for) the development of a set of principles and best practices for insolvency office holders by comparing multilateral treaties and soft law recommendations and national legislation within Europe.

Dr. Helen Pluut heeft een artikel gepubliceerd in het gerenommeerde tijdschrift Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP). Dit in samenwerking met Remus Ilies (National University of Singapore), Petru Curşeu (Open Universiteit en Babeş-Bolyai University) en Yukun Liu (University of…

What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

This thesis contains results on the arithmetic and geometry of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1.In Chapter 1 we give the necessary background, assuming the reader is familiar with algebraic geometry.

The research in this dissertation aims to optimise blood donation processes in the framework of the Dutch national blood bank Sanquin. The primary health risk for blood donors is iron deficiency, which is evaluated based on donors' hemoglobin and ferritin levels.

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Op 12 januari 2022 verdedigde Mirjam Franke het proefschrift 'Over de grens van de onrechtmatige daad'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.mr. A.G. Castermans en prof.mr. J.H. Crijns.

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

De Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen biedt plaats aan een verscheidenheid aan gerenommeerde Nederlandse en internationale academici met expertise in een groot aantal vakgebieden die samen bijna alle continenten en periodes beslaan.

Investigating the contribution of interpreters, informants, hunters and guides in the making of colonial scientific knowledge.

Het belangrijkste doel is het onderzoeken van de mogelijkheid om het lichaam te leren een soortgelijke fysiologische (autonome, neuro-endocriene of immuunsysteem) en fysieke (b.v. desensibilisatie van hardnekkige lichamelijke symptomen) reactie te laten vertonen op placebomedicatie als op actieve medicatie…

Cardiovascular diseases are still a major concern for the global health.

In this thesis I describe the results of Pulsed Interleaved Excitation and Fluorescence (Cross) Correlation Spectroscopy (PIE-F(C)CS) combined with single-pair Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (spFRET) used to study dynamics in single nucleosomes, which depends on subtle differences in the length of…

One of the major limitations in culturing complex tissues or organs is the lack of vascularization in the cultured tissue. Development of a functional capillary bed could overcome this problem.

This dissertation contains four works during my PhD. Different biomaterials have been designed based on coiled-coil peptides. These biomaterials have a range of applications, inclusing drug delivery, cell sorting to cell-cell fusion.

In the traditional theory of linear elasticity, superposition dictates that the response of a material does not depend on the sequence of the applied mechanical actuations.

Most of current public-key cryptography is considered insecure against attacks from sufficiently powerful quantum computers. Post-quantum cryptography studies methods to secure information resistant against such attacks. One proposal is isogeny-based cryptography, which bases its security on computational…

We showed that constitutive and inducible chemical and morphological defenses against Western flower thrips differ between tomato and chrysanthemum plants.

De focus van dit proefschrift is het leren en de samenwerking van docenten in het voortgezet onderwijs.

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Triplet superconductivity refers to a condensate of equal-spin Cooper pairs (pairs of electrons with equal spin).

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Dissochaeta Blume (Melastomataceae, tribe Dissochaeteae) is well-known as a scrambling plant genus found in Southeast Asia, where it is an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests or evergreen forests.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-promotor: G. Siegal

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…