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

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

Quantum computers are a proposed fundamentally new type of computer. They aim to perform some computations much faster than previously possible by exploiting phenomena at the quantum scale, called superposition and entanglement.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-Promotor: R. T. Dame

The research group Science Communication and Society aims to understand how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. Central themes are ‘Bridging the gap between experts and the general public’ and ‘Evaluating Science Communication’.

IoT technology poses serval opportunities to supply chains. This thesis employs grey correlation and forecasting models, system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and ex-ante LCA to investigate and quantify the opportunities and risks of IoT-enabled sustainable supply chain operations from both industrial…

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Transport inspectorates are looking for novel methods to identify dangerous behavior, ultimately to reduce risks associated to the movements of people and goods. We explore a data-driven approach to arrive at smart inspections of vehicles.

Galaxies form and evolve through close interaction with their surroundings. As a result, the heavy elements ('metals') that are synthesized in stars, are found both inside and outside galaxies.

This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

Leiden University offers a unique range of summer courses where you can broaden or deepen your knowledge or share your expertise with fellow students. The choice of academic courses is very diverse, ranging from Law, Big Data, Languages and Linguistics to Maths and Natural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical…

Kiemproject: Hoe kunnen metaforen bijdragen aan betere maatschappelijke betrokkenheid bij quantumwetenschap en -technologie, en welke factoren beïnvloeden de acceptatie of weerstand tegen metaforen bij zowel experts als leken?

Wat zegt de verkiezingsuitslag over de staat van Nederland? Tijdens het Verkiezingsontbijt van studievereniging Diqit gingen studenten en experts hierover in gesprek. Duiders als Hans-Martien ten Napel, universitair hoofddocent Staats- en Bestuursrecht, constateren een nieuwe scheidslijn in de Nederlandse…

Wat zegt de verkiezingsuitslag over de staat van Nederland? Tijdens het Verkiezingsontbijt van studievereniging Diqit gingen studenten en experts hierover in gesprek. Duiders als Hans-Martien ten Napel, universitair hoofddocent Staats- en Bestuursrecht, constateren een nieuwe scheidslijn in de Nederlandse…

Onderzoek naar depressie bij kinderen, Leidse alumni in de Tweede Kamer en een uitzonderlijke afstudeerprestatie van een van onze studenten: wat deze onderwerpen gemeen hebben? Ze staan centraal in onze best gelezen verhalen van 2021.

Partijen presenteren ieder hun eigen ‘oplossingen’ om de samenleving ‘veiliger’ te maken. Hoe verhouden de partijstandpunten zich tot wetenschappelijk onderzoek over het terugdringen van criminaliteit?

Hoe kunnen we opiniepeilingen en het gebruik daarvan verbeteren? Over die vraag bogen zich ruim 100 peilers, journalisten en wetenschappers tijdens de bijeenkomst Peilingoproer aan de Campus Den Haag van de Universiteit Leiden. De Leidse politicoloog Tom Louwerse organiseerde die bijeenkomst samen met…

De toon van het politieke debat verhardt, ook in Nederland. Dat komt volgens hoogleraar Klinische Psychologie Willem van der Does onder meer doordat emoties in het stemhokje veel belangrijker zijn dan rationele overwegingen. ‘Je kunt niet blijven judoën als er ook een kickbokser meedoet.’

De wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van beleid wordt cruciaal geacht voor goed bestuur. Maar ondanks de overvloed aan beschikbare kennis uit onderzoek en evaluaties, weten we nog maar weinig over de daadwerkelijke invloed die dergelijke evidence heeft op overheidsbeleid. Het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Power…

This pioneering project will answer this question by examining migrants through the eyes of the courts between 1600 and 1900. It aims to reveal patterns of continuity and change in: 1. Treatment of migrants by criminal courts; 2. Violence and conflicts between migrants and native born.

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…

eLaw onderzoekt de rol van het recht in de informatiemaatschappij: hoe kan het recht bijdragen aan een goede werking van informatie- en communicatietechnologie, en het gebruik ervan door burgers, bedrijven en overheden?

Het begrijpen van het veranderende landschap van extremisme in de 21e eeuw.

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The ability to count is a property not often attributed to materials, despite the abundance of memory in materials. Regardless of how a material stores information, it is often difficult to retrieve exactly ‘what’ a material remembers.

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

All crested and marbled newts (the genus Triturus) suffer from an unusual genetic abnormality, called a balanced lethal system, that kills exactly half of their offspring. How can a trait so disadvantageous have survived millions of years of natural selection?

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

Promotor: W. T. F. den Hollander, F. H. J. Redig

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

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.

This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.

Promotores: F.H. van Lunteren, F.P. Israel

Synthesis and application of chemical biology tools to study immunomodulatory signaling lipids.

As leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is responsible for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used chemotherapy agents for current cancer treatment in the clinics.

Humans can see the world through the eyes of other humans and imagine what they know, want, and intend. This competence is known as Theory of Mind.

Antibiotic resistance, caused by widespread use of antibiotics, leads to bacterial infections that are difficult, if not impossible, to treat and is a major worldwide health concern.

Promotor: P. J. J. Hooykaas, Co-promotor: R. Offringa

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

Galaxies form and live inside dark matter haloes. As a consequence, they are exposed to the tidal fields generated by the surrounding matter distribution: this imprints a preferential direction to the galaxy shapes, which leads to a coherent alignment on physically close galaxies, called intrinsic a…

This thesis revolves around the electronic spectroscopy of molecules in the laboratory and the search for the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs).

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

Curved single crystals provide variable, but well-defined surface structures.

Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra

Lipid formulations have demonstrated strong potential for nucleic acid delivery,particularly with the success of COVID-19 vaccines. Despite these advances, manyaspects of lipid formulations remain unclear.

Streptomyces are multicellular, Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum of actinobacteria which produce a high amount of bioactive natural products of which the expression is tightly coordinated with the life cycle.

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile