2,947 zoekresultaten voor “science and society” in de Publieke website
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Inverse Jacobian and related topics for certain superelliptic curves
To an algebraic curve C over the complex numbers one can associate a non-negative integer g, the genus, as a measure of its complexity.
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Identification and characterization of viral Xrn1-resistant RNAs
Several single-stranded RNA viruses make use of Xrn1-resistant RNAs in their 3’ untranslated regions of their genome RNAs in order to increase their pathogenicity.
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Lithium-ion batteries and the transition to electric vehicles
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) reduces vehicle emissions to combat climate change. EVs raise concerns regarding the production of lithium-ion batteries and related emissions; while batteries can also provide energy storage services for the electricity system.
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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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Semi-partitioned Scheduling and Task Migration in Dataflow Networks
Promotor: Ed F. Deprettere, Co-promotor: Todor P. Stefanov
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Estimation and Optimization of the Performance of Polyhedral Process Networks
Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere
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Exploring the interactions of M dwarf winds and cosmic rays
This thesis focus on the interaction between M dwarf stellar winds and Galactic cosmic rays and the possible effects on the habitability of exoplanets.
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Meta-heuristics for vehicle routing and inventory routing problems
Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, Y. Tan, Co-promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich
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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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The ins and outs of ligand binding to CCR2
Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman
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Systems diagnosis in chronic disease: prediction and evaluation
Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen
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Spectral imaging and tomographic reconstruction methods for industrial applications
Radiography is an important technique to inspect objects, with applications in airports and hospitals. X-ray imaging is also essential in industry, for instance in food safety checks for the presence of foreign objects.
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Leidse wiskundigen benoemd tot Fellow van de American Mathematical Society
Manjul Bhargava, Frank den Hollander en Hendrik Lenstra zijn toegetreden tot de ‘Inaugural Class of AMS Fellows’ van het ‘Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program’.
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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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Ionica Smeets hoogleraar Science Communication Universiteit Leiden
Dr. Ir. Ionica Smeets, onder meer bekend als lid van het duo ‘De Wiskundemeisjes’, is per 1 juli aangesteld als deeltijd hoogleraar Science Communication aan de Universiteit Leiden. De komende vijf jaar zal zij onderzoek doen naar wetenschapscommunicatie, studenten doceren over het vak en hen enthousiasmeren…
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Noisy Patterns: Bridging the gap between stochastics and dynamics
In this thesis, we study travelling waves in stochastic reaction-diffusion equations. We extend techniques from the deterministic theory for travelling waves to apply to the stochastic version, which allows us to compute the stochastic wave speed and shape, and draw conclusions on the stability of the…
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Advances in Survival Analysis and Optimal Scaling Methods
This thesis is based on five papers on several topics.
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Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire
Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire by Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma (Eds.)
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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and nitrate on immobilized metal porphyrins
M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: D.G.H. Hetterscheid
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Galaxy formation and the structure of the Universe
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Prof.dr. S.D.M. White (MPA Garching)
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Wireless Random-Access Networks and Spectra of Random Graph
This thesis is divided into two parts. In Part I we study metastability properties of queue-based random-access protocols for wireless networks. The network is modeledas a bipartite graph whose edges represent interference constraints. In Part II we study spectra of inhomogeneous Erdős-Rényi random…
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ICT in Business and the Public Sector (MSc)
In de tweejarige masteropleiding ICT in Business and the Public Sector verbreed je jouw kennis van informatica en ontwikkel je bedrijf en organisatie skills die je nodig hebt als moderne IT professional. Je kunt je specialiseren in ICT in het bedrijfsleven of in het publieke domein.
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD
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Learning from texts: Extending and revising knowledge
Wat doe je als je iets te weten wilt komen? Tegenwoordig gebruikt men voornamelijk het internet om informatie te verkrijgen. Een lezer moet deze informatie vaak uit meerdere bronnen halen en die bronnen met elkaar in verband brengen, om zo een compleet plaatje te vormen van het onderwerp. Soms is de…
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The Education and Training of Public Servants
In dit boek geven de auteurs een overzicht van de geschiedenis van ambtenarenopleidingen door cases in Europa, de VS en Australië te analyseren.
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Incubation and latency time estimation for SARS-CoV-2
Promotie
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Op safari in het Bio Science Park
Het is een warme dag. De zon brandt fel terwijl bioloog Marco Roos zich in het struikgewas richting een bijzonder plantje begeeft. Insecten zoemen, vogels tsjirpen. Op de achtergrond verrijst het LUMC: op het Bio Science Park komen mens en natuur op een bijzondere manier samen.
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Social Sciences en Humanities research van belang voor Europa
De League of European Research Universities (LERU) doet aanbevelingen voor de toekomst van het Social Science en Humanities Research (SSH) in Europa. Dit onderzoek is van vitaal belang voor het opbouwen van een innovatief en veerkrachtig Europa.
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Program Current Issues in Religious Studies and Western Esotericism
Program for postgraduate research master seminar 'Current Issues in Religious Studies and Western Esotericism' 2024–2025 is online
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Rare Earth Supply Chain and Industrial Ecosystem: A Material Flow Assessment of European Union
1) Assess the trends in supply and production status of these critical minerals and mineral products worldwide and Europe’s dependence including on intermediate products such as permanent magnets, RE based super alloys, batteries, polishing compounds, phosphors, catalysts etc. 2) Trace the entire value…
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Cyclophellitol analogues for profiling of exo- and endo-glycosidases
To this day, all cyclophellitol-based inhibitors and ABPs have been close analogues of their natural substrate counterparts. As a result, these probes showed high selectivity towards their target glycosidases.
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Good vibes en 4545 euro voor UAF tijdens Science Run
50 Teams deden mee aan de Science Run op zaterdag 10 oktober 2015. Per team liepen 4 teamleden een parcours van 5 kilometer in een estafette. De snelste renner was Teun Sweere met een tijd van 19 minuten en 16 seconden. Team 'Currimus turbo' haalde de snelste tijd van 1 uur en 26 minuten. De meeste…
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Waves and Patterns in Discrete Media: Bridging the Gaps
What happens to electrical waves that have to cross gaps in insulation material around nerves in the human body
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Governance of Innovation Project Management: Necessary and Neglected
Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. J. de Vries
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Automated de novo metabolite identification with mass spectrometry and cheminformatics
Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-Promotores: T. Reijmers, L. Coulier
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Galactic substructures as tracers of dark matter and stellar evolution
One of the most important puzzles in modern astrophysics is the nature of dark matter.
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Reconstruction Methods for Combined HAADF-STEM and EDS Tomography
The research in this thesis is focused on tomographic reconstruction based on two imaging modalities in electron microscopy.
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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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Optoplasmonic detection of single particles and molecules in motion
Detecting nanoscopic objects plays an important role in nanoscience in particular, in the rapidly growing field of nanobiology. The forebear to modern super-resolution microscopy for single molecule investigation, is fluorescence microscopy.
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Fire and grazers in the West African savanna
Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Morphogenesis and heterogeneity in liquid-grown streptomyces cultures
The filamentous bacteria Streptomyces are widespread inhabitants of terrestrial soils.
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Computational speedups and learning separations in quantum machine learning
This thesis investigates the contribution of quantum computers to machine learning, a field called Quantum Machine Learning. Quantum Machine Learning promises innovative perspectives and methods for solving complex problems in machine learning, leveraging the unique capabilities of quantum computers…
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On the coexistence of Landau levels and superconductivity
In unconventional high temperature superconductors, supercurrent vortices are known to spoil the Landau levels. In this thesis the emergence of Landau levels is studied in different types of superconductors: Weyl superconductors, and the Fu-Kane heterostructure.
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Functional fluorescent materials and migration dynamics of neural progenitor cells
In this thesis, time-lapse fluorescent microscopy plays a pivotal role in investigating functional materials within living cells as well as the migratory behaviour of neural progenitor cells.
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The role and analysis of molecular systems in electrocatalysis
Molecular complexes can be used as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, water oxidation, and/or hydrogen peroxide production.
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Classical and paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy applied to different protein systems
Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink
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PUPOL Netwerk: Academic Network Public and Political Leadership
Onderzoekers aangesloten bij het Leiden Leadership Centre zijn actieve leden van het PUPOL netwerk. PUPOL is een internationaal academisch netwerk voor publiek en politiek leiderschap. Dit netwerk stimuleert de uitwisseling van ideeën en bevordert gezamenlijk onderzoek tussen wetenschappers gericht…
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Fermions and Bosons: Excitons in strongly correlated materials
Promotors: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr.ir. H. Hilgenkamp
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Mechanism-based inhibitors and probes for neuraminidases
Neuraminidases are enzymes that cleave glycosidic linkages of sialic acid. These enzymes are involved in influenza infections as well as in many cellular processes in mammals and micro-organisms.