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Ab initio molecular dynamics calculations on reactions of molecules with metal surfaces
Promotor: Prof.dr. G.J. Kroes
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A Class of Their Own - Black Teachers in the Segregated South
In this book Adam Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration one hundred years later.
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Exploratory Data Mining in Multimodal data
The change from a closed institution to an open living environment for patients with late stages of dementia will give the patients more freedom in their day-to-day life. The effect of this change on the patients’ mobility, activity and interaction with others will be assessed with sensor technology…
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Security by behavioural design
In 2021, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) asked Leiden University to conduct a rapid review of best practices and possibilities for follow-up research on the integration of behavioral sciences in security by design methodologies and projects. This academic field is called security by behavioral…
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Economic thinking in the Socratic authors and Aristotle
This subproject of 'From Homo Economicus to Political Animal' analyzes Greek economic thinking in late 5th- and 4th-century philosophical circles.
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Academic Historical Museum
Travel back in time and learn about how the University has changed over the centuries.
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The World and The Netherlands: A Global History from a Dutch Perspective
This book examines the history of The Netherlands in a way that connects global processes to local developments.
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Spectacle and Surveillance: The Making and Unmaking of Collective Visual History
What is the iconography of propaganda specifically as it relates to the historical development of political ideologies in modern Egypt and how was/is this propaganda disseminated among creative fields such as cinema, art, monuments, architecture, and literature?
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Learning-based Representations of High-dimensional CAE Models for Automotive Design Optimization
In design optimization problems, engineers typically handcraft design representations based on personal expertise, which leaves a fingerprint of the user experience in the optimization data. Thus, learning this notion of experience as transferrable design features has potential to improve the performance…
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European Labour Law Network
This research concerns a network of labour law specialists in the EU. The growing internationalization of the economic market and the employment market has a major impact on legislation and research of labour law. Particularly within the European Union labour law is subject to constant development…
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About us
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is one of Europe’s leading international research universities. It has seven faculties in the arts, humanities and sciences, spread over locations in Leiden and The Hague. The University has over 6,700 staff members and 29,520 students. The motto of the University…
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Intermediate assessment in higher education
In higher education intermediate assessment is used in different ways. In her PhD research Indira Day shows that lecturers should be able to continue to have the freedom to use various test forms, because not one type of test is optimal.
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Faith in Democracy. Justice, Politics and Transcendence
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.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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Applied Mathematics (MSc)
The master's specialisation Applied Mathematics at Leiden University focuses on both computational and fundamental aspects of analysis and probability. It’s also an ideal basis for a PhD degree. Applied Mathematics is an excellent choice if you have the aspiration to pursue a PhD degree
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University provides ambitious students with the most recent and innovative areas of knowledge, and offers them the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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About the programme
The Global Order in Historical Perspective specialisation focuses on how power relations are structured, from the great politics of global governance to diplomatic culture in regional and national perspectives through transnational alliances.
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About the programme
The specialisation in Global Political Economy provides you with a rigorous understanding of the global political economy and the different approaches to its study.
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Statistical methods for microarray data
Promotores: J.C. van Houwelingen, S.A. van de Geer
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Grave Reminders
Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory
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Grassroots Prescriptivism
On November 22nd, Morana Lukač succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Morana on this great result.
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Synthesis
Abrupt Climate Change and Cultural Transformation
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About
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (HJD) is the world’s leading research journal for the study of diplomacy and was founded in 2005. The journal is published by Brill.
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Leiden University Shi'i Studies Initiative (LUSSI)
Shiʿi Islam
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Improving the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger as cell factory for starch degrading enzymes
We aim to develop A. niger strains that produce more starch degrading enzymes even in the absence of starch.
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Syntax
Syntacticians study how words combine into larger units (phrases and sentences) in human languages and how the combinatorial possibilities determine word order and grammatical relations between parts of a sentence.
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Van Constantijntje tot Tonio. Het dode kind in de Nederlandse literatuur
The representation of death children in Dutch literature through time
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Understanding the role of mycorrhizas in global carbon cycle processes
How the global distribution of vegetation stands dominated by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plants relate to principle aspects of belowground carbon accumulation processes?
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Functional analysis of agrobacterium tumefaciens virulence protein VirD5
Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas
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Role of integrin adhesions in cellular mechanotransduction
Promotor: B. vd Water, T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen
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Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order
The historiography of the Bretton Woods conference of July 1944 is dominated by the personal clash between the principal negotiators, Harry Dexter White of the United States and John Maynard Keynes of Britain.
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Exclusion and Renewal. Identity and Jewishness in Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' and David Vogels's 'Married Life'
In this study I explore literary structures of identity-formation in the works of assimilated/acculturated Jewish writers: Kafka’s novella “The Metamorphosis” (“Die Verwandlung”, 1912) and David Vogel’s Hebrew novel Married Life. 1929).
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Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India
Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India provides intimate insights into the lives of hill farmers and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focusing on the ongoing reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book critiques the all too often taken-for-granted…
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Chemical genetics strategy to profile kinase target engagement reveals role of FES in neutrophil phagocytosis, Nat. Comm. 2020
Chemical tools to monitor drug-target engagement of endogenously expressed protein kinases are highly desirable for preclinical target validation in drug discovery. Here, we describe a chemical genetics strategy to selectively study target engagement of endogenous kinases.
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The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization
This unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists.
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Figuring Things Out Together. On the Relationship Between Design and Collective Practice.
This dissertation explores matters of collectivity, drawing from the experience of working with the Amsterdam-based collective Hackers & Designers (H&D).
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Human skin equivalents for atopic dermatitis: investigating the role of filaggrin in the skin barrier
Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: Dr. A. El Ghalbzouri
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Nursing mothers' room KOG
Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden
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Trans-kingdom DNA transfer
The type-IV secretion system (T4SS) is a machinery able to transfer DNA and proteins between bacteria and in certain cases also to eukaryotic cells.
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A community effort to assess and improve drug sensitivity prediction algorithms
Source: Nature Biotechnology, Volume 2014, Issue June (2014)
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Synthetic biology and genomics platform for new-to-nature bioactive peptides
Can the venom of snakes, scorpions and other animals be sources of new antibiotics?
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The Apinaye teaching and learning process as observed in the manufacturing of their musial instruments
This dissertation aims to establish a dialogue between ethnomusicology (more specifically indigenous organology), the anthropology of art and the culture of the Apinaye peoples, in order to understand how the musical objects of these peoples are learned and taught, and thus to understand its musical…
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The nature of evidentiality
This project launches a research program into the theoretical status and the terminological basis of evidentiality systems.
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Custom-made language training
The form and content of the course are determined by your answers on the intake form and, if necessary, an intake interview.
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Do common antibiotic treatments influence emotional processing?
People who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions, according to research by postdoc Katerina Johnson and assistant professor Laura Steenbergen. This may explain how antibiotics increase the risk of developing depression.
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The social brain in adolescence
What is the neural basis of social decision-making across childhood, adolescence and adulthood and what are the developmental patterns in terms of behavior and brain activation?
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Interpersonal effects of emotions in negotiations
How do different emotional expressions influence the behavior of other people in negotiations?
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Synthetic carbohydrate ligands for immune receptors
One of the main challenges in the development of an effective anti-cancer vaccine is the generation of an adequate and directed cellular immune response.
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Vocational identity of at-risk youth: tailoring to support career chances
How can mentors and social workers foster the vocational identity of at-risk youth and improve their prospects?