1,658 zoekresultaten voor “second world war” in de Publieke website
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The tension between nature conservation and economic valuation of ecosystem services
Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, W.T. de Groot, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Musters
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Principal algebraic actions of the discrete Heisenberg group
Promotor: Prof.dr. W.T.F. den Hollander
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On the amount of sieving in factorization methods
Promotoren: R. Tijdeman, A.K. Lenstra, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele
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Intermittency and Number Expansions for Random Interval Maps
This dissertation consists of two parts, each of which considers a different research area related to random interval maps. In the first part we are interested in random interval maps that are critically intermittent.
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Exploring the Edge
At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.
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Design and development of conformational inhibitors and activity-based probes for retaining glycosidases
Glycosidases are essential in fundamental biological processes and are responsible for the degradation of most (oligo)saccharides, glycolipids and glycoproteins.
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Exploring novel regulators and enzymes in salicylic acid-mediated plant defense
Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant hormone, which is involved in the defense responses to pathogens and to abiotic stress, and in the regulation of plant growth and development.
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Reactivity and Selectivity in Glycosylation Reactions
The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.
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Deciphering the complex paramagnetic NMR spectra of small laccase
Multicopper oxidase, laccase, can efficiently reduce oxygen to water and are mostly used in the enzymatic biofuel cells.
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The wild Brauer-Manin obstruction on K3 surfaces
In this thesis, rational points on K3 surfaces are studied. In the first part of Chapter 1 the Brauer group and the the Brauer-Manin obstruction are introduced.
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Who gets what, when, and how? An analysis of stakeholder interests and conflicts in and around Big Science
Big Science, commonly defined as conventional science made big in three dimensions, namely organizations, machines, and politics, brings a plethora of different stakeholders together, often for a long period of time. This includes policymakers, scientists, (scientific) managers as well as local “host”…
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Artificial metallo-proteins for photocatalytic water splitting: stability and activity in artificial photosynthesis
Climate change is one of the largest challenges faced by humanity. To combat this research into alternatives to fossil fuels is ongoing. Dihydrogen is considered a good alternative fuel, since its burning only forms water.
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High-contrast spectroscopy of exoplanet atmospheres
More than 5,000 exoplanets have been found over the past couple of decades. These exoplanets show a tremendous diversity, ranging from scorching hot Jupiters, common super-Earths, to widely separated super-Jupiters on the planet/brown dwarf boundary.
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Toelating en aanmelding
Wil jij beginnen aan de bacheloropleiding Archeologie aan de Universiteit Leiden?
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Online Course De-Mystifying Mindfulness
Around the world, mindfulness has become big business. This course combines conventional scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines with experiential learning to provide a responsible, comprehensive, and inclusive education about mindfulness as a contemporary phenomenon.
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Nascholingsdagen
Inspirerende lesvoorbeelden, alles over het nieuwe examenonderwerp, de nieuwste vakdidactische ontwikkelingen en een overzicht van de lesmethodes. Je vindt dit en veel meer op onze jaarlijkse nascholingsdagen voor docenten.
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Philosophy (MA) (120EC)
De tweejarige master Philosophy van de Universiteit Leiden bestudeert de fundamentele principes die ten grondslag liggen aan menselijke kennis en cultiveert tegelijkertijd je vaardigheden in redenatie en argumentatie.
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Media en interactie
Media & interactie is waar kunstmatige intelligentie en machine learning samenkomen met filosofie, cognitieve wetenschap en de creatieve kunsten. Voorbeelden van onderzoeksvragen in dit domein zijn: ‘Kan een algoritme naar menselijke maatstaven creatief zijn?', 'Kunnen creatieve processen, zoals het…
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3rd Annual Leiden Austrian Studies Lecture
On Friday, 29 October 2021 (15.15-17.00), this year’s lecture will be delivered by Prof. Howard Louthan, (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA) at the Faculty Club of Leiden University. It will be titled ‘Revisiting a Renaissance Classic: Theuerdank, Maximilian I (1486-1519) and the Discovery of…
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Exploring Open-World Visual Understanding with Deep Learning
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Exploring Strange New Worlds with High-Dispersion Spectroscopy
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Toelating en aanmelding
Wil jij beginnen aan de bacheloropleiding Archeologie aan de Universiteit Leiden? Doorloop dan onderstaand stappenplan en meld je aan!
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20th century changes in the Dutch flora
Description of 20th century changes in the Dutch flora: Description and interpretation (1999 - 2005)
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Modulation of the immune system for treatment of atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of death in the world with atherosclerosis as primary underlying cause.
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The Weight of Nations
Material outflows from industrial economies.
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On the Emergence of the Energy Transition
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.
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Potential interference of fungal endophytes in Vanilla planifolia on vanilla flavor compounds biosynthesis
Natural vanilla flavor is one of the most important in the world. However, the cost of this flavor is expensive. Production of this flavor by alternative methods, could reduce the cost.
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Towards a Sustainable and Circular Metals Economy
In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.
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Student for a day English Language and Culture
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Trading Responsibility: Navigating national burdens in a globalized world
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Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice
Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.
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Islamophobia and Radicalisation
Een compacte maar theoretisch innovatieve ontdekkingstocht naar hoe Islamofobie en radicalisering op elkaar inhaken en elkaar versterken.
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Vervolgopleidingen
De bachelor Cybersecurity & Cybercrime leidt je op voor de doorstroom naar een vervolgopleiding op masterniveau.
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Onderwijs
Het onderwijsaanbod van de Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs in Den Haag sluit nauw aan op de thema’s die de stad kenmerken als Internationale Stad van vrede, veiligheid en recht en als centrum van het Nederlandse openbaar bestuur en international governance.
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Ruptures: Zande identity, governance and tradition during cycles of war and displacement in South Sudan and Uganda
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Learning class-imbalanced problems from the perspective of data intrinsic characteristics
The class-imbalance problem is a challenging classification task and is frequently encountered in real-world applications. Various techniques have been developed to improve the imbalanced classification performance theoretically and practically.
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Applications of quantum annealing in combinatorial optimization
Quantum annealing belongs to a family of quantum optimization algorithms designed to solve combinatorial optimization problems using programmable quantum hardware. In this thesis, various methods are developed and tested to understand how to formulate combinatorial optimization problems for quantum…
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Assessing the link between television consumption and the attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS in Chile
We analyse the link between media consumption and the attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS in Chile. We used data from a sample of 1000 people, obtained in the 2011 wave of the World Values Survey (WVS). We use a logistic binary regression model by maximum likelihood. Our results suggest that…
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Jaarverslag CML 2013 - 2014 (English)
In 2013-2014, CML published over 100 papers, contributed to various international sustainability debates, renovated our building and educated thousands of students from all over the world through our MOOC. These accomplishments and many more are highlighted in this booklet, CML wish you a pleasant…
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Jaarverslag CML 2015 (English)
In 2015, CML published over 70 papers, contributed to the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris, won awards and advised the Dutch government on the safe use of pesticides. CML awarded 11 PhDs and taught students from all over the world how to contribute to sustainability. We wish you…
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Search and rescue: tackling antibiotic resistance with chemistry
With the rise of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens, the possibility of a post-antibiotic world is quickly becoming reality.
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Tromble, From Nomadic Traditionalists to Sedentary Scripturalists? Reexamining Ethno-Religious Discourse in Central Asia
Religion and ethnicity are inextricably linked in discourse within and about Central Asia. One common narrative suggests that as a result of differences between historically sedentary and nomadic populations, ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks are naturally more religious and more likely to radicalise than their…
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Symposia
De Leiden Teachers’ Academy organiseert jaarlijks een symposium over onderwijsvernieuwing aan de Universiteit Leiden.
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The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
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Informatica
Computational thinking, programming, and algorithms form the basic of many of the things that are shaping our world, the way we work, interact, organize ourselves, and even spend our free time with social networks, streaming media, and games. And this transformation is far from being complete, it is…
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Heterogenized molecular (pre)catalysts for water oxidation and oxygen reduction
Before the large scale use of renewable energy sources can be implemented in our society, the storage of electrical energy needs to be tackled. Storage the energy as hydrogen via the reduction of protons is a good option.
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Probing new physics in the laboratory and in space
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to explain several observed phenomena and is incomplete. In order to resolve this problem, one may extend the SM by adding new particles.
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Playing dice with the Universe
The ultimate goal of cosmologists is to find a cosmological model able to explain the current observational data.
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The holographic glass bead game: from superconductivity to time machines
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm
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Computed fingertip touch for the instrumental control of musical sound with an excursion on the computed retinal afterimage
Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring