Fundamental understanding of molecular reactions on metal surfaces is important for improving heterogeneous catalysis.

This thesis focuses on the synthesis, characterization and performance towards CO2 electroreduction of mono and bi-metallic particles based on p-block metals

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

Welke rol spelen ouder-kind interacties bij het ontstaan, in stand houden en de behandeling van depressieve klachten van jongeren?

Op 23 juni 2020 verdedigde Santy Kouwagam haar proefschrift 'How lawyers win land conflicts for corporations: Legal Strategy and its influence on the Rule of Law in Indonesia'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. A.W. Bedner en prof.dr. C.E. von Benda-Beckmann.

Sound is everywhere in the marine environment and hearing is therefore a very important for stimuli for fish. They use sound for orientation and communication, during migration, aggregation and spawning, but also for detection of prey and predators.

In this thesis we use Josephson and noise scanning tunneling microscopy for the study of conventional, unconventional (iron-based) and disordered superconductors. On the one hand, Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy allows us to directly visualize the superfluid density with high spatial resolut…

1. To what extent do metallic NPs added to soil extractions change the activity, abundance, or community composition of microbes? 2. How do the effects of metallic NPs on soil microbes differ from the effects of the ions shedding from corresponding NPs?

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

In astronomy, the interpration of observations and measurements plays a crucial role: we rely purely and fundamentally on the information that reaches us as observers. And 80% of all matter in the universe is undetectable directly.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

This PhD thesis concerns the topic of arithmetic geometry. We address three different questions and each of the questions in some way is about counting how big some set is or can be.

All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

The subject of this thesis, ‘Approach to Markov Operators on Spaces of Measures by Means of Equicontinuity’, combines an analytical and probabilistic approach to Markov operators.

The lipids in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), play an important role in the skin barrier function. The three main SC lipid classes are ceramides (CER), cholesterol and free fatty acids.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: G.A. Palma

This thesis focuses on amyloid proteins, a class of proteins that convert into amyloid fibrils.

The studies described in this thesis deal with glycosidases, in particular alpha-galactosidases.

This thesis addresses questions on effectively using variational quantum circuits for machine learning tasks.

Unconstrained day-to-day activities are difficult to quantify and how the corresponding movements shape the brain remain unclear. Read more

Can we distinguish the effects of pesticides from other abiotic and biotic factors that occur in the field? And how do these factors interact with pesticides?

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

Whilst government’s ability to design ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policy is generally assumed to depend on the region’s decision-making power, the aim of this study is to investigate how regional government matters. In order to open up the black box of policy design, the study develops a…

Does the presence of Ring-necked parakeets negatively influence feeding and feeding behaviour of native bird species on artificial bird feeders and if so, what are possible solutions?

The thesis mainly contributes to the characterization of Majorana fermions as they appear in the Condensed Matter context.

Spectroscopic studies on fluorescent single molecules in organic condensed matter does not only provide information about the molecule itself, but also its near environment. By suppression of phonon-induced broadening of spectral lines through cooling to low temperatures, small changes in the spectral…

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotores: M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink

Nature uses a special class of histone proteins, histone variants, to modulate the properties of chromatin at defined genomic locations.

The research described in this thesis combines the latest insights in lysosomal function with lysosome centred cell signalling.

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Songbirds as vocal learners learn their songs and song preference from social tutors⁠. Tutor choice for both song and preference learning are important to characterize for understanding individual learning performance and cultural transmission of song⁠.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.A. Rottgering

The use of N fertilizers has increased worldwide in the past century. While this increased input of N has increased food productivity, it has also contributed to decreases in biodiversity, soil quality and environmental health, including increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

Op 19 september 2019 verdedigde Lynette Janssen zijn proefschrift 'EU Bank Resolution Framework: A comparative study on the relation with national private law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. W.A.K. Rank en prof.mr. M. Haentjens.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, W. Kustiawan, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe; J.N. van den Anker, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen; B. van Ramshorst

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

Promotores: Prof.dr. P.M. Brakefield, Prof.dr. B.J. Zwaan (Wageningen Universiteit)

Building a Deep Cross-media Transfer Network to extract visual relations that relieve the problem of insufficient training data for visual tasks.

Hoe kunnen studenten in mbo- en hoger onderwijsinstellingen het beste worden ondersteund in hun studiekeuze en studieloopbaan met het oog op soepele in- en doorstroom in opleiding en werk?

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Dit artikel wil een coherente basis bieden voor empirische studies naar interpersoonlijke discussies over risico's.

Centraal in dit proefschrift staan de perspectieven van docenten met betrekking tot zelfstandig leren.

Onder welke omstandigheden beperken paramilitaire groepen hun gebruik van politiek geweld? Dit artikel onderzoekt het gebruik hiervan door de PIRA.

Dit artikel van Michaels onderzoekt hoe externe expertise de productie van inlichtingen en crisisbesluitvorming kan ondersteunen met de casus van Duitsland.

In dit artikel onderzochten Martin Sievert en Jonas Bruder of en hoe administratieve lasten van invloed zijn op de perceptie van burgers van het welzijnsbeleid en hun houding tegenover uitkeringsgerechtigden.

Dit artikel beoordeelt de Russische retoriek ten aanzien van Oekraïne door verklaringen van het Russische ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te analyseren.

Op 14 november 2019 verdedigde Luis Fiallos Pazmino zijn proefschrift 'Legal Perspectives on the Cross Border Operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. P.M.J. Mendes de Leon en prof.dr. E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere.