Dit artikel van Sara Perlstein onderzoekt hoe de waargenomen sociale aanvaardbaarheid bepaalt of mensen over risico's praten.

Our modern society thrives on chemicals, and demand is only growing with novel chemicals being introduced onto the market. However, with increasing demand, so come potentially increasing ecological consequences of these man-made chemicals.

Risk has become one of the defining features of modern society. This course examines various types of safety and security risks, and how these are perceived and dealt with in a wide array of professional and academic fields, ranging from criminology, counter-terrorism and cyber security, to philosophy,…

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

This article provides a list of the concepts and key elements that should be considered when creating effective communication messages.

Supply risks are not new. But the aggravation of power conflicts on the international stage coupled with global shifts towards energy transition and digitalization has triggered the next supply risk research era.

Op 12 september 2019 verdedigde Michiel Rhoen zijn proefschrift 'Big Data, Big Risks, Big Power Shifts: Evaluating the General Data Protection Regulation as an instrument of risk control and power redistribution in the context of big data'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr.mr.…

Barrie Sander identificeert verschillende risico’s en zorgen rondom het gebruik van kunstmatige intelligentie om klimaatverandering aan te pakken.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

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.

Effects of maternal smoking, premature birth, intra-uterine growth retardation and asphyxia on child development.

Dit artikel wil een coherente basis bieden voor empirische studies naar interpersoonlijke discussies over risico's.

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The focus of this thesis is on the technical methods which help promote the movement towards Trustworthy AI, specifically within the Inspectorate of the Netherlands.

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Aan de hand van een reeks case studies in Irak, Moldavië en Servië gedurende het post-Koude Oorlogstijdperk, onderzoekt dit boek asymmetrische conflicten waarbij de strijdende partijen een grote ongelijkheid in machtsposities vertonen.

Deze longitudinale studie is gericht op ontwikkelingsrisico’s bij jonge kinderen met XXY, XXX, XYY, in de leeftijd van 1 tot 6 jaar. Het doel van het onderzoek is zicht te krijgen op de factoren die bijdragen aan risico op gedragsproblemen en psychopathologie.

Hoe kunnen mentoren en sociaal werkers de beroepsidentiteit van risicojongeren stimuleren en daarmee hun toekomstperspectieven verbeteren?

In dit artikel wordt onderzocht hoe educatieve risicocommunicatie de openbare veiligheid kan ondersteunen tijdens nucleaire noodsituaties.

This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.

Herkennen huisartsen kinderen die (een verhoogd risico voor) angststoornissen hebben en is er een patroon dat kan helpen om kinderen met en zonder angststoornissen te onderscheiden in de huisartsenpraktijk?

Up to 45% of patients with Parkinson's disease experience impulse control disorders, characterised by a loss of voluntary control over impulses, drives or temptations. This study aimed to investigate whether previously identified genetic and psychiatric risk factors interact towards the development…

Het doel van dit onderzoek is om een ​​methodologie te ontwikkelen voor het verbeteren van overstromingsrisicobeoordelingen, waarbij Mozambique als casestudy wordt gebruikt. Dit wordt gedaan door hydrologische gegevens uit te breiden met paleohydrologisch bewijs van eerdere overstromingen. Dit wordt…

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

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

Wouter Jong en Hanne Goossen onderzoeken de werkwijzen op het gebied van risico- en crisiscommunicatie binnen de toeristische sector.

There is accumulating evidence for an increase in severe global drought events. In particular, Europe experienced several severe droughts in 2003, 2015, and 2018 (unprecedented in the past 2,110 years). Such droughts have caused serious and far-reaching impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.

De opbrengst van de Science Run op 28 september van de Universiteit Leiden gaat naar Scholars at Risk, een onderdeel van het UAF dat zich inzet voor gevluchte academici. Een van hen is de Leidse promovenda Lety Elvir Lazo uit Honduras.

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

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.

Promotor: A.W. van der Vaart

The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. The most important risk factor for developing this disease is high cholesterol levels in the blood.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Promotor: M. Danhof Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

This thesis addresses the importance of a resilient supply of critical raw materials (CRM) for the global energy transition.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

The thesis describes terrestrial field trials aimed to detect side-effects of pesticides within the framework of pesticide registration procedures. Field trials were developed using vascular plants Brassica napus and Poa annua, caterpillars Pieris brassicae and effects on decomposition were studied…

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe, D. Tibboel, Co-Promotor: P. Bruins

Dissolving microneedles are a subgroup of microneedle types that completely dissolve within the skin. During this dissolving process the vaccine, stored in the needle matrix, is released into the skin.

Een lijst met wetenschappelijke publicaties samengesteld door het team van het TRIXY Expertisecentrum.

Assessing the risks of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) solely on the basis of experimental assays is time-consuming, resource intensive, and constrained by ethical considerations (such as the principles of the 3Rs of animal testing). The adoption of computational toxicology in this field is a high p…