The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

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

Huub de Groot

Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, post-doc onderzoeker (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action beurs) bij eLaw, heeft een boek gepubliceerd over de integratie van robotsystemen en kunstmatige intelligentie in de zorg.

How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

Natural resources often stretch across borders that separate modern nation states. This can create conflict and limit opportunities for regulated consumption of their goods and services, but also provide opportunities for joint multinational efforts that exceed single country capabilities.

Latent variable modeling of students' solution strategies and performance

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

The interest of this thesis lies in spin transport in normal metals and superconducting half-metallic junctions.

The applications of studying the early development of insects range from agriculture to material science.

De specialisatie Public Management and Leadership legt de nadruk op hoe het gedrag van cruciale actoren – politici, topambtenaren, uitvoerende professionals en burgers – essentieel is voor het begrijpen en verbeteren van publiek bestuur. Deze specialisatie combineert bestuurskunde met psychologie, bedrijfsmanagement…

Carbohydrates are present on the surface of bacteria making them suitable antigen candidates for vaccine development. This thesis deals with the synthesis of two carbohydrate-based components; the capsular polisaccharide of S. aureus type 5 and teichoic acids from staphilococci and enterococci speci…

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel, M. van Heel

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: J.D.C. Codée

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Childhood obesity is an increasing health issue. In the first part of this thesis comorbidities in children with obesity were studied, concerning the diagnostic process and dosing regimens.

Het onderzoekscluster ‘Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management’ maakt deel uit van het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’. De betrokken onderzoekers bestuderen hoe politieke conflicten ontstaan en welke typen crises we kunnen onderscheiden. Hoe hanteren…

Het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) opereert binnen de internationaal georiënteerde wetenschappelijke richting security studies en houdt zich bezig met multidisciplinair onderzoek en onderwijs.

This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sanctification of (liberal) democracy and its rule of law.

In this thesis we explore machine and deep learning approaches that address keychallenges in high dimensional problem areas and also in improving accuracy in wellknown problems. In high dimensional contexts, we have focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. F. van Dishoeck

Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

Het doel van deze faciliteit is om het biomedisch onderzoek te versnellen door toegang te bieden tot geavanceerde licht- en elektronenmicroscopie en door het delen van expertise over monstervoorbereiding, beeldvormingsmodaliteiten, gegevensopslag en beeldanalyse.

Volgens het onderzoek van de auteurs wordt verwacht dat nauwkeurigheid verbetert in minder complexe programma's, maar afneemt bij toenemende complexiteit.

Bij de bacheloropleiding Life Science and Technology leer je de biologie van de cel doorgronden, en leer je ingewikkelde problemen op een efficiënte en systematische manier oplossen.

Bij de bacheloropleiding Molecular Science & Technology aan de Universiteit Leiden ontwikkelen studenten een sterke theoretische basis in de scheikunde en doen ze kennis van de technologische toepassingen op. Daarnaast leren studenten een bijdrage te leveren aan vraagstukken op het gebied van duurzaamheid,…

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

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

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

In this thesis an activity-based probe was discovered that could visualize the activity of PLAATs. With an optimized gel-based ABPP assay in hand, screening of a compound library led to the discovery of alpha-ketoamides as a hit for PLAAT3.

Van deepfakes en disinformatie tot killer robots, chirurgische robots en AI wetgeving: AI (Artificial Intelligence, kunstmatige intelligentie) verandert onze wereld. Dat roept de vraag op of enige vorm van regulering nodig is. Bij eLaw, het centrum voor recht en digitale technologie van de Universiteit…

How should jurisdictions, both on the national and on the supra-national level, handle the interaction between public and private law where it regards the regulation of financial markets?

In this thesis we study bistable reaction-diffusion equations on lattice domains.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?

This thesis is an experimental study of the UV irradiation of the interstellar ice analogues, relevant for the different stages of the star and planet formation sequence.

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Promotores: Prof.dr. C.U. Keller, Prof.dr. H.C. Gerritsen

Large parts of the research described in this Thesis aims at the development of oligopeptide-masked toxins and their in situ immunoproteasome-mediated activation.

Deze masterspecialisatie leert je veelvoorkomende leerproblemen herkennen en behandelen.

In de onderzoeksmaster Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) van de Universiteit Leiden is gericht op het bestuderen van de Hebreeuwse en Aramese taal en cultuur in de ruimste zin.

Khadija Kadrouch-Outmany defended her thesis on 16 Septem ber 2016.

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

In this work, we attempt to answer the question: