This dissertation studies the Asymptotics of Bayesian nonparametric inference for Gaussian linear models.

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

How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

This thesis is about the study of hydrocarbons via infrared spectroscopy.

In this thesis, we have studied cell images from two types of cells, including pollen grains and the immune cells, neutrophils. These images are captured using a bright field microscope and a confocal microscope.

This work describes the use of click-to-release chemistry to get spatiotemporal control over immunocytokine activity. Until now, immunocytokines (cytokines coupled to a tumor-targeting-moiety) remained active throughout the body, being able to bind their respective receptors, causing mild to severe…

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotores: N.R. Mustafa, A.E. Schulte

Elke student is bekend met de huidige vorm van hoorcolleges volgen. Je komt, je luistert en je gaat weer naar huis. Prof.dr. Frans-Willem Korsten introduceert het al bekende idee van 'Flipping the Classroom' nu aan onze faculteit, als een nieuwe vorm van onderwijs geven.

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Vitamin A or retinol is essential in embryonic development, the visual cycle and the immune system.

The studies presented in the work show the potential of the integrative use of biophysical data in defining the structural basis of protein interactions.

Almost all bacteria are enveloped by a cell wall that provides cellular protection.

In the last decade, the redox interconversion between metal thiolate and disulfide compounds has been extensively investigated for copper, but not for other transition metal ions.

Op 14 oktober 2019 organiseerde het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) de eendaagse International Business Diplomacy workshop onder begeleiding van het The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

Promotor: Prof.dr. F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: D. Clarke

Het symposium wordt georganiseerd door de afdeling Jeugdrecht van de Universiteit Leiden ter gelegenheid van de 30e verjaardag van het VN-Kinderrechtenverdrag

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

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

In de herfteditie van ‘@OCW’, het interne magazine van het Minsterie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, staat

Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe of Leiden University discusses in The Conversation the growing influence of far-right activist Laura Loomer in Donald Trump’s administration.

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

The following report discusses a survey on the topic of the Sustainable Development Goals that was distributed among researchers at Leiden University in the month of November 2021.

This thesis is largely an experimental study on the formation of solid-state simple and complex organic molecules in the H2O-rich and CO-rich ice phases of dense interstellar clouds and dark cores.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. C. Dominik (UvA)

Op 6 juni jl. lanceerde het The Hague Journal of Diplomacy in Washington DC zijn meest recente speciale dubbele editie: ‘Debating Public Diplomacy: Now and Next over de toekomst van soft power practices. Het seminar werd gehouden in het Pew Research Center, dat bekend staat om zijn wereldwijde opiniepeilingen.…

In this research I assess the impact of the recently discovered gas reserves south off Cyprus on the escalation of the Cyprus conflict.

Hoogleraar Publiek Management Sandra Groeneveld en promovendus Eduard Schmidt, beiden werkzaam bij het Instituut Bestuurskunde, hebben de prijs voor beste paper gekregen op een conferentie van de International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM). Deze werd van 19 tot 21 april gehouden in…

Het islamdebat in Nederland is al jarenlang een heet hangijzer. Arabist Maurits Berger onderzoekt in zijn boek 'De Halalborrel en de toekomst van de islam in Nederland ' wat de blinde vlekken zijn. Hij vertelt bij het radioprogramma ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’ samen met Siham el Baroudi, alumna van de MA…

What holds people together and what makes them willing to fit within larger political structures? Our project examines this question in the practices of dynastic rulership in Eurasia ca. 1300-1800.

African oral literatures, new media and technologies: challenges for research and documentation

One of the key discoveries in exoplanet research over the past decade is the abundance of small planets in our Milky Way. Despite their high numbers, our understanding of their atmospheres remains limited, and it is unknown if they possess atmospheres at all.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-Promotor: L.W. Chatrou

Overall dispersion in LCA as result of inherent uncertainties, spread and unrepresentativeness.

The 2023 Conference: Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) aims to identify just institutional approaches that seek (real) conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the legal context. It will be held in Utrecht on 28 and 29 September 2023. We welcome abstracts from all researchers around the…

Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.

This thesis describes the synthesis and biochemical evaluation of a variety of cyclophellitol based activity-based probes and inhibitors targeting various endo- and exo-acting retaining glycosidases. In the last two decades a variety of probes and inhibitors for (hemi)cellulose degrading enzymes have…

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.

Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide, and better models are urgently needed for disease progression studies and drug development.

The function of TLRs in innate immunity has aroused worldwide attention soon after its discovery. Because of the broad functions of TLR2 in innate immunity, the drive for the development of TLR2-targeted vaccines or therapeutic treatments has accelerated in the last decades.

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

De World Data Visualization Prijs 2019 is uitgereikt aan Dimiter Toshkov, UHD bij Bestuurskunde. Hij ontving de prijs voor de weergave van zijn onderzoek naar kleine staten en good governance. De prijs is een goede manier om mensen bewust te maken van het belang van goede data visualisatie.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Als interdisciplinair instituut op het gebied van Security Studies onderzoekt het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) een breed scala aan onderwerpen. Een daarvan is de Verenigde Naties en de impact die deze internationale organisatie heeft op de wereld.

Van 11-13 december 2018 was Hans-Martien ten Napel uitgenodigd om deel te nemen aan een kleinschalig seminar over bovengenoemd onderwerp. Het seminar werd georganiseerd in het kader van het ‘Tradition Project’ van St. John’s University School of Law in New York, mede georganiseerd door Villanova School…