Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) constitutes a small subtype (~15%) of breast cancer, but causes the majority of breast cancer-related deaths.

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In this study the flows of PVC and its additives through the Swedish Society were followed from the cradle to the grave (from production to waste treatment).

A series of workshops at Leiden University and the University of Hamburg will act as a forum in which international legal scholars whose research adopts a behavioural approach can present their works-in-progress and gain feedback from a broad range of peers, including scholars in economics and cognitive…

Iedere maand vertelt één van de medewerkers van het Instituut over een boek dat hij onlangs heeft gelezen en hem heeft geïnspireerd: van roman tot biografie. Op het eind van het stuk wordt het stokje doorgegeven aan een nieuwe collega. Dit keer vertelt Maurits Ebben over een boek dat hij onlangs las…

Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for the Arts in Society

Poëzie vertalen is notoir moeilijk. Poëzie zo vertalen dat het humoristische karakter van een gedicht overeind blijft, is nog veel lastiger, terwijl juist grapjes kinderen kunnen aanzetten om meer te lezen, constateert promovenda Alice Morta.

Professor Ken Meier is een van de meest vooraanstaande bestuurskundigen van de wereld. Meier is professor Public Management bij Cardiff School of Business (Wales), professor Bureaucracy and Democracy bij Leiden Universiteit, onderzoeker bij Danish Centre for Social Sciences Research (Kopenhagen, Denemarken)…

The Department of Languages, Literature and Communication at Utrecht University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a one-year position as Lecturer ('docent') in Celtic Languages and Culture, starting September 1, 2022 (0.7 FTE). Teaching will be primarily at Bachelor level,…

Machine Learning is becoming a more and more substantial technology for industry.

Particles are omnipresent in biopharmaceutical products. In protein-based therapeutics such particles are generally associated with impurities, either derived from the drug product itself (e.g. protein aggregates), or from extrinsic contaminations (e.g. cellulose fibers).

The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossil plants found as part of a rock formation from the Early Permian (296 million years old), located in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

De Scriptieprijs 18e Eeuw gaat dit jaar naar alumna Literary Studies Azinat Abubakari. Haar helder geschreven scriptie over de wisselwerking tussen gender en ras in Franse literaire werken uit de late achttiende en vroege negentiende eeuw gooide hoge ogen.

In 2011 en 2012 zijn verschillende projecten uitgevoerd gericht op de ondersteuning van de implementatie van de Kennisbasis bij de tweedegraads lerarenopleidingen Duits en Frans.

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Join-in courses zijn MA-cursussen over middeleeuwse onderwerpen gegeven binnen vastgestelde MA-programma's van de zes deelnemende universiteiten van de Onderzoekschool. Op aanvraag zijn deze vakken toegankelijk voor studenten van andere (Nederlandse) universiteiten. De cursusbelasting en het aantal…

Universiteit Leiden is uniek in expertise op het gebied van de taal, cultuur en politiek van Rusland en Eurazië. Rusland heeft een grote invloed op Europa en de wereld. Leidse Rusland-experts zetten zich op allerlei manieren in om actualiteit rond Rusland te duiden en zijn een partner in de Nederlandse…

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

The idea of citizens and public professionals collaborating to provide public services has widely spread in several countries around the globe. Co-production is often presented as the go-to solution for challenges like a legitimacy crisis of both the government and the market, and financial concerns.…

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-promotors: A.I. Yanson, L.B.F. Juurlink

This thesis describes biochemical investigations of glucocerebrosidase (GBA), the lysosomal β- glucosidase that is deficient in Gaucher disease (GD).

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

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In this dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of a series of iron complexes based on different ligand platforms are described.

Humans and songbirds learn their vocalizations early in life by exposure to the vocalizations of adult conspecifics. Often, better learning outcomes are achieved with live, social, tutors than with audio-only exposure to vocalizations.

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

Promotores: W. Th. F. den Hollander, M.O. Heydenreich

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

This work describes several studies into the electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR), both regarding mechanistical aspects and catalyst stability considerations. Mechanistic insights into carbon-carbon bond formation on a silver catalyst are described in Ch 2, were we find an acetaldehyde-like surface…

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, W.T. de Groot, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Musters

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

There is concern about the threat that nanoplastics (NPs) may pose to both wildlife and humans. This thesis explores the mechanisms of toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) in chicken embryo.

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)

The parabolic Anderson model (PAM), which is the Cauchy problem for the heat equation with random potential. The PAM is a mathematical model that describes how mass (i.e. matter or energy) flows in a medium in the presence of a field of sources and sinks.

Wil je een volledige academische opleiding? Dan ga je na je bachelor door met een masteropleiding. Met een masterdiploma op zak heb je meer kans op een baan op academisch niveau. Na afronding krijg je de titel Master of Arts (MA).

Hoe kan een CLIL-aanpak, met een focus op Disciplinary Literacies, het literatuuronderwijs van het LLA-programma in de bovenbouw van TTO verbeteren?

This thesis describes the structural and biochemical characterization of the β-lactamase BlaC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and the Alr and YlmE proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).Mtb is the main cause of tuberculosis.

The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.

Microbiome composition of the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of wild and modern bean accessions grown in an agricultural and a native soil from Colombia was characterized by metagenomics and cultivation-dependent approaches.

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Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

Investigating epistemic and ethical practices in medical experimentation on humans in the colonial period in Southeast Asia.

Producing green energy has become the main goal in our society in the search of reducing or eliminating the carbon emission from fossil fuels.

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?