417 search results for “environment” in the Public website
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Simulating the birth environment of circumstellar discs
Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.
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Assistant Professor (UD) in the field of "Environment and Society"
Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College The Hague
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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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Role of near-surface environment in tuning electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction and H2 evolution reaction
This thesis has shed light on some of the ways in which the local electrolyte composition can differ from the bulk and how these changes in the local reaction environment can determine the activity and/or selectivity of two important electrocatalytic reactions, namely, electrochemical CO2 reduction…
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Teaching of primary education teachers on European citizenship, environment and migration
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Risks to Health and the Environment Related to the Use of Lead in Products
The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.
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Winds in the AGN environment: new perspectives from high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy
Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini
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accumulation and impact of metallic nanomaterials in the terrestrial environment
The rapidly increasing commercial application of metallic nanoparticles within products will inevitably enhance the amount of NPs being released into soil.
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fate and ecological effects of microplastics in the freshwater environment
This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.
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World Environment Day
Sinds 1974 wordt Wereldmilieudag elk jaar gevierd op 5 juni, waarbij regeringen, bedrijven en burgers worden betrokken bij een poging dringende milieukwesties aan te pakken.
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miljoen voor onderzoek ‘The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment’
Professor Simon Portegies Zwart ontvangt van NWO een half miljoen euro vanuit de NWO-middelgroot ronde. Het geld is bestemd voor zijn onderzoek 'The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment' (AMUSE).
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Merlijn van Weerd
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Some case studies of random walks in dynamic random environments
Promotor: Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: V. Sidoravicius.
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Anne Veens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Irlan Rum
Science
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Tomer Fishman
Science
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Simulating the birth environment of circumstellar discs
PhD Defence
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Random walks in dynamic random environments
Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander
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Anisotropy in cell mechanics
Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.
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Causing a stir: Radiative and mechanical feedback in starburst galaxies
Promotores: Prof.dr. F.P. Israel, Prof.dr. P.P. van der Werf
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Improved hard real-time scheduling and transformations for embedded Streaming Applications
This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.
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Resource Panel
Contributions to the UNEP international panel for sustainable resource management
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Crossing boundaries
Celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre
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Computer interventions for young children at risk to prevent reading impairments
This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.
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Suzanne Marselis
Science
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Publicaties
Overzicht van de CML-publicaties
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Exploring and exploiting the mechanism of mycelial pellet formation by Streptomyces
Promotor: G.P. van Wezel
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Towards circular and energy-efficient management of building stock
Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.
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Regulation of the arabidopsis AGC kinase PINOID by PDK1 and the microtubule cytoskeleton
Plants, are sessile organisms, have developed strategies to adapt to changes in their environment, in part by altering their growth and development.
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Through the magnifying glass
Although nanoparticles are extensively used in various applications like consumer products and have most probably entered the environment, little is known about the effects of these particles on living organisms.
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Phenotypic screening with 3D cell-based assays
Traditional drug discovery approaches have been hampered by (in vitro) cell-culture models that poorly represent the situation in the human body.
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Giant barrel sponges in diverse habitats: a story about the metabolome
Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.
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Atomic Insights into Hydrodesulfurization
Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is an ubiquitous part of oil refining that ensures that fuels are cleaned of impurities and environment release of pollutants such as SOx and NOx gasses are minimized.
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Chemical Similarity: Structuring Risk and Hazard Assessment
At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.
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The Metals Programme
Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.
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Staatscommissies/State committees
In this project of the Center for Public Values & Ethics (CPVE) ongoing research is conducted on the history of advice to Dutch central government by so-called State committees from 1814 to 2014. State committees have been installed by Dutch central government since 1814 to provide expert advice, research…
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Corruption & Integrity in the Netherlands (1945 - present)
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…
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Onderwijs
De sectie IE geeft onderwijs in alle fasen van de rechtenstudie, van propedeuse tot advanced masters en post-academisch onderwijs.
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The chlorine chain study
A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.
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Flows of six heavy metals
Can we provide the Dutch government with an integrative framework, wherein the various policies can be placed and the need for further measures can be identified?
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Development and application of cryo-EM tools to study the ultrastructure of microbes in changing environments
Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…
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Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks
Leiden University and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are involved in a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks'
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Environmental and health impact of informal e-waste recycling
The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.
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The Weight of Nations
Material outflows from industrial economies.
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Indicators for "decoupling"
Indicators to measure progress in de-linking economic growth and environmental pressure.
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Data Centres for Natural Recources and Products
Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.
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Explorations of Water Oxidation Catalysis in Explicit Solvent
In the search for sustainable energy solutions, the idea of artificial photosynthesis has been proposed as an approach with which to use water and sunlight to produce hydrogen.
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Understanding disease suppressive soils
Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.
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Diversity and distribution of octocorals and scleractinians in the Persian Gulf region
Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen
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Imaging of alkyne-functionalized ruthenium complexes for photoactivated chemotherapy
In photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), a biologically active compound is caged by a light-cleavable protecting group.