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Abstract delta modeling: software product lines and beyond
Promotor: Prof.dr. F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: D. Clarke
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Universal adelic groups for imaginary quadratic number fields and elliptic curves
Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen & Prof.dr. K. Belabas (Univ. de Bordeaux)
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Optical properties of DNA-hosted silver clusters
Promotor: D. Bouwmeester, Co-promotor: D. Kraft
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Hellenistic economic thought
This subproject of 'From Homo Economicus to Political Animal' analyzes Greek economic thinking of the Hellenistic period.
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Ecological functioning of bacterial chitinases in soil
Promotores: Prof.dr. H. van Veen & Prof.dr. W. de Boer (Wageningen University)
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Molecular engineering of plant development using Agrobacterium-mediated protein translocation
Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa
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Work for third parties activities
There are strict conditions relating to work for third parties.
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Plasticspotters
The Grachtwacht (Canal Watch) conducts research on urban wildlife and the impact of plastic on nature. With our clean-ups, we not only collect waste, but also data. This way we try to find out the source of the waste and turn off the tap on shore. This way there is structurally less plastic in the c…
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Research Methods and Statistics Leiden University
The programme group Research Methods and Statistics offers methodological support in many projects in the field of education and child studies.
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Semigroups on Spaces of Measures
Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: S.C. Hille
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Onderwijsovereenkomst
On 13 December 2018, Stijn Voskamp defended her thesis 'Onderwijsovereenkomst'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. mr. A.G. Castermans.
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Reasons and Intentions
There are a number of problems in philosophy that seem to share a similar possible solution: 'Why do promises and contracts bind?', 'Why ought citizens and judges obey the law?' and 'Can we realize the gains to be made from cooperation?'. All three problems (as well as some others) share a possible…
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Iron complexes as electrocatalysts for the water oxidation reaction
In this dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of a series of iron complexes based on different ligand platforms are described.
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.
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Printed Keyboard Intabulations of Secular Vocal Works and Dances in 16th-century Italy
Understanding the nature, characteristics and function of the secular vocal intabulations and dances found in Italian printed keyboard sources in the 16th century
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Surface-structure dependence of water-related adsorbates on platinum
Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink
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The unit residue group
The unit residue group, to which the present thesis is devoted, is defined using the norm-residue symbol, which Hilbert introduced into algebraic number theory in 1897.
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A different perspective on the Carolingian economy
Material culture and the role of rural communities in exchange systems of the eighth and ninth centuries
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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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Gorlaeus Bicycle Storage
Currently, the construction is underway for a large, covered bicycle parking facility with space for nearly 3000 bicycles. In the summer of 2024, the Gorlaeus bicycle parking will be ready for use.
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Ecology and conservation of spotted hyena in human dominated landscapes in northern Ethiopia
Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen), Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Sacrificial Landscapes
Cultural biographies of persons, objects and 'natural' places in the Bronze Age of the Southern Netherlands, c. 2300-600 BC.
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Opportunity and Problem in Context (OPiC). A framework for environmental management in developing countries
Promotor: W.T. de Groot
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Living labs and citizen science
Living labs make it possible for citizens to participate in research for sustainable development of their environment. This way citizens, together with scientists and stakeholders, create local conditions for food production, healthy environment, and biodiversity.
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The Turn of the Soul
The Turn of the Soul: Representations of Religious Conversion in Early Modern Art and Literature
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Manipulating carbon nanotubes Towards the application as novel field emission sources
Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. T.H. Oosterkamp, N. de Jonge
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Master Internship
Binnen de masteropleiding Education and Child Studies kun je verschillende typen stages lopen.
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Nature, nurture and neural mechanisms of social emotion regulation in childhood
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Texts, Voices and Tapes. Mediating Poetry on the Swahili Muslim Coast in the 21st Century
In the Special Issue of Matatu: “Power to the People?” Patronage, Intervention and Transformation in African Performative Artspaper, Annachiara Raia seeks to investigate the manifold relationships between traditional and contemporary, oral and written Swahili poetry, in the utendi and mashairi forms…
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Bioactive Molecules in Animal Sciences
Animal Sciences’ contribution to the Bioactive Molecules research theme includes research on molecules from natural sources, such as plants, insects, and snake venom, with the aim to identify novel anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-diabetic agents.
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R-QUEST – Centre for Research Quality and Policy Impact Studies
The Centre for Research Quality and Policy Impact Studies (R-QUEST), which is funded by the RCN FORINNPOL initiative, is an 8-year commitment of several partners to explore the nature and mechanisms of research quality.
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The syntax of verbal pseudo-coordination in English and Afrikaans
This dissertation provides a systematic description of English and Afrikaans verbal pseudo-coordination and a formal analysis couched in the Minimalist program.
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Controlling growth and morphogenesis of the industrial enzyme producer Streptomyces lividans
Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom
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The learning portfolio as a tool for stimulating reflection by student teachers
The topic of this study is the portfolio that is being used in a teacher education institute as an instrument for stimulating reflection on their development as teachers by student teachers.
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Data-driven Predictive Maintenance and Time-Series Applications
Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a maintenance policy that uses the past, current, and prognosticated health condition of an asset to predict when timely maintenance should occur.
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Quantum local asymptotic normality and other questions of quantum statistics
Promotor: R. Gill, Co-promotor: P. Massart
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The Sociolinguistics of Rhotacization in the Beijing Speech Community
On 21 September 2022 H. Hu successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Outreach
In developing cooperation with Indonesia, Leiden University focuses on projects that benefit culture, nature, society and economy, in Indonesia as well as in the Netherlands.
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The Nandimitrāvadāna: A Living Text from the Buddhist Tradition
Ruixuan Chen defended his theses on 16 October 2018.
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Language diversity in the psycholinguistic study of sentence form variation
On the 12th of December, Eleanor Dutton successfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Eleanor on this achievement.
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Memory Contested, Locality Transformed
Representing Japanese Colonial 'Heritage' in Taiwan
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Differences that make all the difference: Gender and Migration
Subproject of
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"No one has yet determined what the body can do": the turn to the body in Spinoza
A comparative study in the History of Modern Philosophy focused on the recourse to physiology on the part of two key figures, Spinoza and Nietzsche.
- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
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Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others
Leiden psychologist Wilco van Dijk and communication scientist Jaap Ouwerkerk of VU University Amsterdam published a book about the emotion Schadenfreude. The authors describe what the emotion Schadenfreude really is, when people experience the emotion, and what role it plays in social relations.
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Disorder and interactions in high-temperature superconductors
This thesis is devoted to an in-depth examination of the various effects of disorder in the cuprate high-temperature superconductors.
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The right to health of the child : an analytical exploration of the international normative framework
Large numbers of children all over the world face significant health risks, such as infectious and chronic diseases, malnutrition, injuries and the consequences of natural disasters, protracted armed conflicts and poverty.
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The Middle Palaeolithic Occupation of Europe
Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden
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Omics data integration with genome-scale modelling of dopaminergic neuronal metabolism
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. One of its symptoms is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta.
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Statistical modelling of time-varying covariates for survival data
This dissertation focuses on developing new mathematical and statistical methods to properly represent time-varying covariates and model them within the context of time-to-event analysis.