Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: S.C. Hille

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.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Instituut Biologie Leiden (IBL)

A plasma is an ionized gas with very low electrical resistivity. As such, magnetic field lines are 'frozen in' and move with the fluid. Magnetic field lines that are linked, knotted and tangled, cannot be undone by the fluid motions.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 12.30-14.00

Op 3 maart 2016 heeft de American Society of International Law (ASIL) aan prof. dr. W. A. Schabas voor zijn boek

The prevalence of obesity (BMI >40 kg/m2) has increased rapidly over the recent years, not only in adults, but also in children and adolescents.

ReMA and PhD students attached to the Research School for Medieval Studies can obtain 1 ECTS by actively attending the international conference "City, Citizen & Citizenship. New Perspectives on the Middle Ages, AD 400-1600" (16-18 June 2021). To this end, they will have to submit a written reflection…

Streptomyces bacteria are a valuable source of natural products, many of which are used in the clinic or in biotechnology.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster

For each living organism health is ensured by correct functioning of its cells. Cells therefore have elaborate methods for regulation of their proteins.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.P. Abrahams, Prof.dr. M. van Heel

Pericytes, the mural cells of blood microvessels, are important regulators of vascular morphogenesis and function that have been postulated to mechanically control microvascular diameter through as yet unknown mechanisms.

De Universiteit Leiden biedt een specifieke masteropleiding die kolonialisme en slavernij behandelt.

In this thesis we study products of linear error correcting codes.

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

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

Curved single crystals provide variable, but well-defined surface structures.

A convolutional neural network (CNN) is a biologically inspired algorithm, highly capable at processing images and videos.

Biological polymers, including proteins and the genome, undergo folding processes crucial for their proper functioning. Even slight changes in the folding structure of these biopolymers can have significant implications, leading to the development of various pathological conditions, such as neurodegenerative…

Today, knowledge is the most crucial element to stimulate organizational competitiveness and economic development.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

The main goal of this thesis is to achieve advanced control of binding properties in bis-pyrrolic and macrocyclic pyrrolic receptors by light.

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

The thesis deals with the study of giant radio galaxies (GRGs), which are radio galaxies of megaparsec sizes.

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

This thesis is an experimental study of the UV irradiation of the interstellar ice analogues, relevant for the different stages of the star and planet formation sequence.

Migration imposes special pressures on the meaning, experience and organization of lifecycle rituals. These pressures are felt most strongly by Muslim migrants to Western Europe. In this innovative study, Nathal M. Dessing examines the effects of migration on the life cycle rituals of Moroccan, Turkish…

The database research community has made tremendous strides in developing powerful database engines that allow for efficient analytical query processing.

Valerio Gentile kreeg de prijs tijdens de Reuvensdagen uitgereikt voor zijn masterscriptie 'Martiality in Practice'. Hij is de eerste internationale student die de prestigieuze prijs wint. De W.A. van Es-prijs wordt jaarlijks toegekend door de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.

Bacteria often experience external challenges, such as changes in environmental conditions or attacks by bacteriophages.

Mirjam Bekker is op 15 november 2012 begonnen met haar promotieonderzoek binnen het 'Crime and Gender' project van Manon van der Heijden.

The ultimate aim of this project (initiated by the European Law Institute) is to design a framework that will enable the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe.

Op 28 oktober 2021 verdedigde Hein van der Bruggen zijn proefschrift en behaalde daarmee de doctorstitel.

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

The invention of neural networks marks a critical milestone in the pursuit of true artificial intelligence. Despite their impressive performance on various tasks, these networks face limitations in learning efficiently as they are often trained from scratch.

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

Lezing

The research group Science Communication and Society aims to understand how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. Central themes are ‘Bridging the gap between experts and the general public’ and ‘Evaluating Science Communication’.

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

The main focus of this thesis is the behaviour of two-dimensional materials, namely (anti)-ferromagnetic materials in the first two chapters, which show topological phases, and energetic square ice in the third and fourth chapter.

Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a group of acute diseases caused by highly infectious viruses including Ebola, Lassa, Dengue viruses. Its high mortality rate poses high risk to public health, however, studies on VHF have been hampered due to the non-availability of proper models and incomplete knowledge…

Corruption, integrity (or a lack thereof…) and public values are near omnipresent elements in public administration and politics of all times. Cases of corrupt public officials and politicians continuously emerge. Strangely enough, however, it often remains unknown what actually occurred, how something…

Van 2 tot 5 september 2015 is Leiden het toneel van een van de grootste linguïstische congressen ter wereld: de Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) Annual Meeting 2015. Hoe heeft Leiden zo'n prominente positie binnen de Taalkunde gekregen? Een gesprek met taalwetenschapper Arie Verhagen.

Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) and tumor cell migration play an important role in cancer progression, and an improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying these concepts is essential for developing new targeted approaches.

Comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of the service provided by an iRex Digital Reader to the same service provided by an office printer using a scanning LCA.

Researchers from the Department of Economics - Kees Goudswaard, Koen Caminada, Marike Knoef, Pierre Koning and Olaf van Vliet - have been awarded a grant of one million euros by Instituut Gak to investigate self-sufficiency and social protection.

In this dissertation, matching, entropy, holes and expansions come together. The first chapter is an introduction to ergodic theory and dynamical systems.

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

In my research, we developed a method to distinguish knots. A knot is a mathematical depiction of the everyday knot that occurs in ropes and cords.