Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Doelman, Co-promotor: V. Rottschäfer

Electrons in a crystal lattice have properties that may differ from those of a free electron in vacuum.

Binnen het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) wordt in verschillende onderzoeksprojecten gebruik gemaakt van pathogene micro-organismen van risicogroep 3. Voor het werken met deze ziekteverwekkers beschikt het LUMC over een onderzoekslaboratorium met hoge inperking om de experimenten voor mens…

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, A. Iovita

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Promoter: Ed F. Deprettere, Co-promoter: Todor P. Stefanov

How to ensure the environmental and economic benefits of circularity transition at macro-scale?

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Has the industrial sector in China effectively been decarbonizing in recent years, across different regions and subsectors, and is it plausible that it will reduce its CO2 emissions in conformity with national and internationally pledged emission goals?

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

Onderzoek naar representatieve bureaucratie heeft vaak de positieve prestatie-effecten bevestigd van bureaucratieën die de demografische kenmerken van hun cliënten weerspiegelen. Er is echter weinig bekend over de onderliggende mechanismen op individueel niveau die tot deze resultaten leiden.

Professor Barend Mons has been appointed Chair of the Commission High Level Expert Group

In this special edition of Information Polity there is a focus on the transparency challenges of using algorithms in government in decision-making procedures at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.

Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere

Sinds april heeft de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen er een nieuwe locatie bij voor haar onderzoek. Het Levelgebouw (direct naast Leiden Centraal) ontvangt proefpersonen in 3 gloednieuwe laboratoria. Psychologen Carsten de Dreu en Mariska Kret vertellen enthousiast over de nieuwe mogelijkheden voor…

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?

The thesis is part of a bigger project, the HEPGAME (High Energy Physics Game). The main objective for HEPGAME is the utilization of AI solutions, particularly by using MCTS for simplification of HEP calculations.

Human civilization consumes a huge amount of fossil fuels, which has resulted in an atmospheric CO2 level which has not been higher in over 800 millennia.

How can mega sand nourishments, such as the Sand Motor, be designed and managed for optimal ecosystem services provision ?

There are around 300,000 people in the Netherlands who donate blood on a regular basis. Women can give blood up to three times a year and men up to five times, resulting in approximately one million blood donations each year. Patients that receive this donated blood are already in a vulnerable condition,…

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.

SEAtrans: an interdisciplinary research project that aims at studying the dynamics and processes of transitions in society-nature interactions in Southeast Asian societies.

Existing work in probabilistic language modeling can be mostly divided into two categories: (i) Purely sequential, string-level approaches ensure fluency at the local level without notion of grammaticality and seek improvements in the use of massive training corpora. (ii) Fully structural, tree-based…

Adenosine is an endogenous ligand which exerts its action by activating adenosine receptors (ARs), while its circulating levels are controlled via a variety of mechanism and proteins, amongst others the equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs).

Congres/symposium

De jaarlijkse LION Image award gaat naar de foto van een 30 micrometer lang 3D-geprint bootje dat in oktober viraal ging, ingediend door Rachel Doherty van de groep van Daniela Kraft.

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

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. The most important risk factor for developing this disease is high cholesterol levels in the blood.

Data Sets afdeling Economie

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

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Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

Cardiovascular disease is a major global burden and atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathological process.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M de Groot, Co-Promotor: A. Alia

The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, A.H. Meijer Co-promotor: R. Marin-Juez

Promotores: T. Hankemeier; R. Berger, Co-promotor: R.J. Vreeken

Promotor: F. Arbab