De auteurs vergelijken aannames over het normatieve nut van de term 'milieuvluchteling' met empirische bewijs van die term anders dan 'milieumigrant'.

In deze publicatie verkennen Sarah Louise Carthy en Bart Schuurman de realiteit van het benaderen en interviewen van moeilijk bereikbare bevolkingsgroepen.

The aim of this thesis was to develop aluminium salt-based nanoparticles that may ultimately be used as adjuvant in human vaccines.

Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective. The combined use of analytical tools.

Artificial photosynthesis has recognised potential to produce green and sustainable fuels from earth-abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight.

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.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H Lenstra, Prof.dr. A Facchini (Padova University)

Promotores: J. Jonkers, K.E. de Visser

In this thesis, two potential therapeutic targets for diabetic nephropathy were dentified and investigated. First, we show that glomerular clusterin is upregulated in diabetic nephropathy and demonstrated that recombinant clusterin protein can protect the podocytes against oxidative stress in vitro.…

This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

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Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken Co-Promotores: I.M.N. Groot; L.B.F. Juurlink

The focus throughout this thesis will be on gathering fundamental studies of the detailed structure and composition of the electrode/electrolyte interface effect on the rate and mechanism of key electrocatalytic reactions.

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

Promotor: Bas Edixhoven, Promotor: Qing Liu

In the first part, we introduce a new condition, called toric-additivity, on a family of abelian varieties degenerating to a semi-abelian scheme over a normal crossing divisor.

This thesis focuses on the synthesis, characterization and performance towards CO2 electroreduction of mono and bi-metallic particles based on p-block metals

Welke rol spelen ouder-kind interacties bij het ontstaan, in stand houden en de behandeling van depressieve klachten van jongeren?

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

This thesis aims to investigate the effect of tripartite interaction between microbial inoculants, the plant, and herbivore insects on the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome. We investigated the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome of tomato plants exposed to insect herbivory and/or inoculated with…

In this thesis we use Josephson and noise scanning tunneling microscopy for the study of conventional, unconventional (iron-based) and disordered superconductors. On the one hand, Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy allows us to directly visualize the superfluid density with high spatial resolut…

What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?

In astronomy, the interpration of observations and measurements plays a crucial role: we rely purely and fundamentally on the information that reaches us as observers. And 80% of all matter in the universe is undetectable directly.

All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

Fundamental understanding of molecular reactions on metal surfaces is important for improving heterogeneous catalysis.

Leren fietsen zonder handremmen, sorry zeggen als je te laat komt op college en die vreemde Nederlandse klanken doorgronden. De nieuwe internationale studenten krijgen in hun introductieweek een snelle inburgeringscursus in de Nederlandse cultuur.

This PhD thesis concerns the topic of arithmetic geometry. We address three different questions and each of the questions in some way is about counting how big some set is or can be.

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

In multi/many-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), the performance is almost linearly scaling with the number of processing elements.

The lipids in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), play an important role in the skin barrier function. The three main SC lipid classes are ceramides (CER), cholesterol and free fatty acids.

The subject of this thesis, ‘Approach to Markov Operators on Spaces of Measures by Means of Equicontinuity’, combines an analytical and probabilistic approach to Markov operators.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: G.A. Palma

This thesis focuses on amyloid proteins, a class of proteins that convert into amyloid fibrils.

The studies described in this thesis deal with glycosidases, in particular alpha-galactosidases.

Op 22 maart 2023 verdedigt politicoloog Lukas Spielberger zijn proefschrift 'Lessons from Europe for the study of international bank cooperation'. Hij schreef zijn proefschrift over de samenwerking van centrale banken tijdens internationale financiële crises: ‘centrale banken besteden meer aandacht…

How are links between macro-invertebrate diversity and ecosystem functioning influenced by anthropogenic pressures?

This thesis addresses questions on effectively using variational quantum circuits for machine learning tasks.

Unconstrained day-to-day activities are difficult to quantify and how the corresponding movements shape the brain remain unclear. Read more

With the energy transition toward a renewable energy supply and a CO2-neutral economy, electrification of the energy system is rising in importance, which leads to the challenge of long-term storage of renewable electricity.

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

Technology can drive peace and justice. Innovative solutions increasingly make use of new types of data, mobile technologies and social media. Big or small (data), high-tech or low-tech: the challenge is to maximise the benefits while minimising the risks that come with the so-called data revolution…

Spectroscopic studies on fluorescent single molecules in organic condensed matter does not only provide information about the molecule itself, but also its near environment. By suppression of phonon-induced broadening of spectral lines through cooling to low temperatures, small changes in the spectral…

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Lysosomal glycosidases are acid hydrolases that fragment glycoconjugates in lysosomes.