Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics states that a measurement collapses a wavefunction onto an eigenstate of the corresponding measurement operator.

Promotores: T.H. Oosterkamp, N. de Jonge

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) was tested in chronic worriers. tVNS may reduce spontaneously occurring negative thought intrusions. After a worry induction, there was no longer an effect of tVNS. tVNS did not affect physiological responding to worrying.

Op donderdag 16 november 2017 is Thomas Leclerc gepromoveerd op zijn proefschrift ‘A Corrective Approach to Reduce Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Contribution to the Study of Interactions between Legal Orders of International Law’. Zijn promotoren zijn prof.dr. P.M.J. Mendes De Leon en prof. L.…

Low-carbon (LE) technologies have a significant potential to reduce the total carbon emissions in China.

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.

Vinasse is a major by-product generated by the sugarcane biofuel industry. It is a source of microbes, nutrients and organic matter and often it is recycled as fertilizer.

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

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.

Promotor: J. van der Greef; Co-promotor: E. van Wijk, M. Wang

Promotor: F.P. Israel, Co-Promoter: R. Meijerink

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

The formation and evolution of galaxies is fundamentally driven by the formation of new stars out of cold gas.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

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Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

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

A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.

I have studied the hot, diffuse gas around and between galaxies. Specifically, I have used the EAGLE numerical simulations of galaxy formation to predict the properties of this gas, and I have used those properties to predict specific observables: soft X-ray absorption and emission lines.

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

One of the key quests in astronomy is to study the growth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time. Radio observations provide a powerful means of studying the formation of stars and subsequent buildup of distant galaxies, in a way that is unbiased by the presence of dust.

Examining if large scale application of new energy pathways can be constrained by materials and emissions.

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

Spontaan elkaar helpen, waarom is dit belangrijk? Het is bekend dat elkaar helpen bijdraagt aan een betere sociale band en goede contacten, en vriendschappen bestendigt. In deze studie voerden we een experiment uit waarin de onderzoeker 'per ongeluk' lucifers liet vallen. De meeste tieners hielpen mee…

An overview is given of the flows of chlorine and chlorinated hydrocarbons through the Europian Union.

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.

Promotor: D. Bouwmeester, Co-promotor: D. Kraft

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

Decarbonizing the building stock is critical for realizing the climate-neutral target for the Netherlands.

Promotores: J. Jonkers, K.E. de Visser

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

This thesis aims to improve the detection from ultra-weak single emitter by enhancing their emission properties with plasmonic nanostructures. We exploit the wet-chemically synthesized single crystalline gold nanorods (GNRs) as our basic frameworks in the whole studies, simply because of their unique…

Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

This thesis examines the impacts and challenges of water use of electric power system. This thesis found that there are large differences in water use of electricity technologies, with hydropower and thermal power being two large water users.

Promotores: S.F. Portegies Zwart, E. M. Rossi

A large diversity of exoplanetary systems has been found, but it is still unclear what drives this diversity.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

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In this study the flows of PVC and its additives through the Swedish Society were followed from the cradle to the grave (from production to waste treatment).

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye & Prof.dr. C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)

EXIOBASE is a global, detailed Multi-regional Environmentally Extended Supply and Use / Input Output (MR EE SUT/IOT) database. It was developed by harmonizing and detailing SUT for a large number of countries, estimating emissions and resource extractions by industry, linking the country EE SUT via…

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

It has now been well established that shocks and turbulent motions in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) generated through cluster mergers can produce large-scale synchrotron emission.

When observing star-forming galaxies, we are not only seeing stellar light, but we also see how this interacts with galactic gas and dust. This thesis contains studies of the stellar, nebular and dust properties of low mass star-forming galaxies.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.W.M. Frenken

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely tied to the cyclic feedback processes between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM).

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