Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: R. Fernandez.

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)

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

De Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Promotores: A.H. Meijer, H.P. Spaink

Cardiovascular syndromes are the major cause of death in Western societies.

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa

The filamentous bacteria Streptomyces are widespread inhabitants of terrestrial soils.

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Een neuraal netwerk imiteert de werking van onze hersenen. Evolutionaire algoritmes gebruiken het principe van natuurlijke selectie om een complex probleem op te lossen. Deze vormen van natural computing worden ingezet om de diagnose van de ziekte van Parkinson accurater te maken, maar ook om bijvoorbeeld…

De AI-chatbot ChatGPT heeft een duidelijke links-liberale voorkeur bij het invullen van de Stemwijzer. Dat ontdekte masterstudent Merel van den Broek tijdens een opdracht voor het vak Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing.

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Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.

Op 7 februari 2019 verdedigde Helena Ursic-Vrabec haar proefschrift 'Uncontrollable: Data subject rights and the data- driven economy'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. S. van der Hof.

If X is a locally compact Hausdorff space, then a representation of the complex C* algebra C_0(X) on a Hilbert space $H$ is given by a spectral measure that takes its values in the orthogonal projections on $H$.

Plant exudates appeared long time ago in the history line of life in the early Devonian. They are typical saps produced by specialized cells.

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.

Phosphorylation affects all four major biomolecules – proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids – and plays a pivotal role in the most fundamental cellular functions.

To an algebraic curve C over the complex numbers one can associate a non-negative integer g, the genus, as a measure of its complexity.

As a virtually inexhaustible source, solar energy plays a major role in future global energy scenarios.

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?

Ethiopian wolves are endangered diurnal Afroalpine rodent hunters. I investigated the interaction between wolves, rodents and human land use in Borena Sayint National Park (BSNP), Abune Yosef and Aboi Gara in Ethiopia.

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…

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)

A sustainable resource management is an essential aspect to satisfy the current human needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

What are the life-cycle environmental impacts and risks to human health and ecosystems of a III-V/Si PV system? How can these be expected to change when the system is deployed at industrial scale? What are the most favourable recycling scenarios?

What is the mechanism of action preceding a physiological effects induced by metallic nanoparticles?

Some examples of research questions include: What framework of circular strategies should local practitioners use? How should practitioners organize their monitoring of the circular economy activities in the region of interest? What are the main products that have the most circular potential in the…

This report investigates the different approaches in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use in the European Union and the United States of America. Three main aspects are considered and analyzed as potential causes of differences in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use.…

Op 24 mei 2017 ontving het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law Shen Wei, decaan en hoogleraar aan Shandong University School of Law in China, voor de veertiende Hazelhoff Guest Lecture.

Computers zijn in staat om ongelooflijk nauwkeurige voorspellingen te doen op basis van machine learning. Met andere woorden, deze computers kunnen zonder tussenkomst leren als ze eenmaal door mensen zijn voorgeprogrammeerd. Bij LIACS verkennen en verleggen we de grenzen van wat een revolutionaire nieuwe…

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Op 15 juli 2019 heeft Hans-Martien ten Napel de aftrap gegeven voor een nieuwe serie over het recht op vrijheid van godsdienst en levensovertuiging op het interdisciplinaire Religion and Global Society Blog van de London School of Economics.

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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.

What performance criteria does a new technology have to fulfill in order to be added to the list of future energy options and what constraints exist in terms of broad market penetration?

What is movements and corridors of the Bornean pygmy elephant in Sebuku forest? What is the nature of human-elephant conflict in Nunukan District in time and space? What are the diets of the Bornean elephants related to crop raiding?

Developing methodes to understand the evolution of patches in natural ecosystems

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

LIACS is a partner in the EU Erasmus+ Curriculum Development for the Asian education system. The knowledge available in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence education will be shared and adapted for the Asian market.

Je kunt aan de Universiteit Leiden Kunstmatige Intelligentie studeren, maar ook binnen andere opleidingen speelt het een steeds grotere rol.

Dr. Iris van Ooijen publiceert in februari een artikel in Appetite, getiteld “Signalling product healthiness through symbolic package cues: Effects of package shape and goal congruence on consumer behavior”, in samenwerking met collega’s van de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Vrije Universiteit Ams…

In veel van 's werelds beschermde tropische gebieden neemt de biodiversiteit aanzienlijk af. Dit blijkt uit een wereldwijde studie waaraan ook onderzoekers van de Universiteit Leiden deelnamen. Een artikel over het onderzoek verscheen in het gezaghebbende wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Nature.

The aim is to develop methods to assess environmental and occupational exposure to (individual) pesticides, to be applied in epidemiological studies investigating pesticide exposure and human health. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the potential association between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s…