This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

An assessment approach that tailors to children’s instructional needs

Binnen de sectie Gezondheids-, Medische en Neuropsychologie wordt onderwijs verzorgd en onderzoek verricht op verwante deelgebieden van de psychologie: Gezondheids-, Medische en Neuropsychologie.

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

Heterogeneous catalyzed processes are highly significant to the chemical industry. Dissociative chemisorption (DC) of molecules on surfaces is always considered as a step with a high degree of rate control for heterogeneous catalysis.

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).

Niets heeft zo’n invloed gehad op het verloop van de wereldgeschiedenis als de grote metamorfose van de menselijke samenleving in de afgelopen tweehonderd jaar.

Het onderzoek binnen deze pijler richt zich op de systeemrisico's waarmee Europese samenlevingen worden geconfronteerd en die de kwaliteit van leven van Europese burgers beïnvloeden.

Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

Artificiele Intelligentie en Ethiek bij de Politie

Until the 1990s, the only known planets were those in our Solar System. Three decades later, several thousand exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars other than the Sun, and substantial efforts have been made to explore these strange new worlds through spectroscopic analyses of their atmosphe…

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, Co-Promotor: A.H. Meijer

The main aim of this thesis was to unravel the signaling and regulatory networks that drive tumor cell migration during breast cancer metastasis.

The research of the Applied Mathematics cluster is concerned with such diverse topics as dynamical systems, representation theory, differential equations and pattern recognition.

Understanding how galaxies form, interact, and evolve comes largely from comparing theory predictions with observational data. Numerical simulations of galaxies provide the most accurate approach to testing the theory, as they follow the non-linear evolution of gas and dark matter in great detail and…

The aim is to discover where differently shaped metal nanoparticles distributes in Danio rerio, linking the distribution with genomic responses and so come up with a Mode of Action.

An Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) is a highly luminous region at the center of a galaxy, powered by the accretion into a supermassive black hole and emitting energy from radio waves to gamma rays, often outshining the host galaxy.

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

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

Mechanical forces are known to play an important role in bacterial colonies. In this dissertation, we study the self-organization at various stages of growing bacterial colonies, and focus on the mechanical effects of cell growth.

Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Humans and songbirds learn their vocalizations early in life by exposure to the vocalizations of adult conspecifics. Often, better learning outcomes are achieved with live, social, tutors than with audio-only exposure to vocalizations.

Promotor: Prof.dr. V. Icke, Co-Promotor: T.I. Madura

De Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

This thesis describes the development and optimization of the first molecular tools to study the enzyme PLA2G4E.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

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

This dissertation focused on computational methods based on first principles calculations using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework. Emphasis was laid on affordable methods that can provide a tradeoff between computational expense and accuracy.

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

Promotor: J. N. Kok, Co-promotor: A. J. Knobbe

This thesis focuses on protoplanetary disks: flattened structures of gas and dust around young stars in which planets are expected to form and grow.

Carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies are necessary to create a truly circular economy. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate is an appealing carbon utilization method as it can be performed at room temperature and pressure, it only requires two electrons, and it has…

This thesis describes the design, characterization and application of dextran based crosslinked network.

In this article, Samuels focuses on the active fostering of subjunctivity in processes of narrative worldmaking. Drawing extensively from the narrative of an HIV‐positive woman in Indonesia, she shows that by subjunctively leaving open multiple narrative trajectories and future possibilities, individuals…

Promotor: Prof.dr. F. den Hollander, G.Maillard

De ontwikkeling en versterking van sociale rechten en rechten van arbeiders in Indonesië weerspiegelt de bredere processen van sociale en politieke hervormingen in het land.

Advanced sensing techniques require graphene with high quality and well-controlled surface chemistry.

Doordat markten in toenemende mate zijn geïnternationaliseerd, zijn (sub-)nationale toezichthouders ook steeds vaker internationaal actief. Binnen vormen van internationale netwerksamenwerking wisselen deze toezichthouders onderling informatie uit en onderhandelen ze over internationale standaarden…

Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.

Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats

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

This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros

Atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathology of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis is caused by an immune response which is directed against (modified) lipoproteins which accumulate in the vessel wall.

The key characteristic of active matter is the motion of an emergent collection (such as a flock of birds), which is driven by the consumption of energy by its active components (i.e. individual birds).