Safety First. How local processes of securitization have affected the position and role of Dutch mayors. Nederlandse burgemeesters super-netwerkers. Nederlandse burgemeesters zien zich anno 2014 geconfronteerd met een grote variëteit aan nieuwe veiligheidsvraagstukken, waaronder radicalisering, loverboys…

In Nederland en in België nam de maatschappelijke en politieke belangstelling voor de veiligheid bij grootschalige evenementen en noodsituaties sterk toe.

M. Danhof, Co-promotores: J. Freijer, A. Yassen

Growth and development affect the metabolism of drugs administered to neonates, infants, and children.

De 3D-spectrograaf Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is met succes geïnstalleerd en in gebruik genomen op de Very Large Telescope op Cerro Paranal, Chili. MUSE heeft tijdens zijn eerste waarnemingsperiode gekeken naar verre sterrenstelsels, heldere sterren en andere testobjecten. De Sterrewacht…

The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University is delighted to host the Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, a program designed to provide support and mentorship to scholars working towards the publication of their first book on the law and legal culture of the early middle ages. In…

In Nederland en in België nam de maatschappelijke en politieke belangstelling voor de veiligheid bij grootschalige evenementen en noodsituaties sterk toe.

LUC is the first to confer the diploma of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, the new Faculty name since January 2016 making this graduation an extra special occasion.

De expositie First Americans in Museum Volkenkunde demonstreert de veerkracht en creativiteit van inheemse Amerikanen. Indringende kunst, mode en affiches laten zien dat het verleden nooit ver weg is. Kunstenaar Jacob Meders liet zich inspireren door 16-eeuwse prenten uit de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek.…

Het aprilnummer van Leidschrift van 2014, 'Identiteit door strijd. Migranten en minderheden ten tijde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog' bevat bijdragen van verschillende stafleden van het Instituut voor Geschiedenis.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Co-Promotor: Rychard Bouwens

The focus of this thesis is how stars like our Sun and planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth are formed.

This thesis investigates how galaxies form and what diversifies the evolutionary histories of galaxies.

In the past decade many population studies have been performed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to understand the bulk properties of protoplanetary disks around young stars. These population studies mostly consisted of low mass stars, with relatively few of the disks around…

Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) are essential for modern healthcare delivery, yet their development faces significant challenges including heterogeneous data formats, regulatory compliance, and the growing demand for AI-driven decision support.

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 research presented in this thesis concerns one of the most important questions in software engineering of our time: how can we make sure that software is free from memory safety bugs?

In this thesis, deep learning is studied from a statistical perspective. Convergence rates for the worst case risk bounds of neural network estimators are obtained in the classification, density estimation and linear regression model.

Cathodic corrosion is a relatively unknown phenomenon that can severely etch metallic electrodes at cathodic (negative) potentials.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Aarts, Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

Ferritin is a spherical metalloprotein, capable of storing and releasing iron in a controllable way. It is composed of a protein shell of about 12 nm and within its cavity, iron is stored in a mineral form.

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.W.J. Beenakker

Global healthcare is on the verge of an antibiotic availability crisis as bacteria have evolved resistance to nearly all known antibacterials. Identifying new antibiotics that operate via novel modes-of-action is therefore of high priority.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are mechanical waves that travel along the surface of a material and find many applications in modern technologies due to the ease of excitation on piezoelectric substrates via interdigital transducers (IDTs).

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Prof.dr. C.P. Dullemond

A dense region of a gaseous and dusty cloud collapses to form a protostar surrounded by a disk and an envelope. This thesis uses both observations and models to study physical and chemical conditions of these protostellar systems which are likely where planets start to form.

Promotor: Roeland M.H. Merks

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.T.F. den Hollander

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967 and since then the population has grown and expanded over several wavelengths.

SDN (Software-Defined Networking) represents a revolutionary approach to network architecture that enables the dynamic and flexible management of network resources through software-based control. This dissertation introduces the idea of SDN and its southbound protocol OpenFlow, then presents the formal…

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

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

Promotores: S.F. Portegies Zwart, E. M. Rossi

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. den Hertog

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 endocannabinoid receptors CB1R and CB2R are involved in a plethora of processes, and consequently are involved in many pathological conditions. Their wide distribution makes the CBRs both an interesting therapeutic target and hard to study.

Promotor: Prof.dr. F. den Hollander, G.Maillard

Of all the mass in our Universe, 80% is thought to consist of a hypothetical and invisible substance called dark matter (DM).

Promotor: R. Tijdeman, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele

Materials with strongly correlated electrons show some of the most mysterious and exotic phases of quantum matter, such as unconventional superconductivity, quantum criticality and strange metal phase.

Human language is constantly evolving with its linguistic structure being shaped by language users at both individual and population levels. Focusing on the interplay between processes of language acquisition and communicative need in shaping human languages, this thesis introduces a novel computational…

Are you planning to conduct clinical research in the Netherlands? In this online course, you are introduced to legislation and procedures on clinical research in the Netherlands. It will help you prepare and submit your research file efficiently. The first three themes ‘The Dutch Review System’ , ‘The…

Lezing, Astronomy on Tap

Dynamical systems describe the evolution of objects in a space over time and may be used to model physical phenomena. Due to this, much research is dedicated to understanding the mathematics of dynamical systems.

A single self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot in a high-finesse optical microcavity - the subject of this thesis - is an interesting quantum-mechanical system for future quantum applications. For instance, this system allows trapping of an extra electron and thus can serve as a spin quantum memory,…

In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.

Artin L-functions associated to continuous representations of the absolute Galois group G_K of a global field K capture a lot of information about G_K as well as arithmetic properties of K.