The last decades it is increasingly recognized that acute as well as chronic postoperative pain is an important problem. Treatment and prevention of postoperative pain is a challenge, especially in special patient populations where there is only limited guidance on how to optimally use opioids.

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Jaroslaw Kantorowicz onderzoekt hoe strategische klimaatprocessen de publieke houding ten aanzien van klimaatbeleid beïnvloeden.

Ambtenarensystemen zijn wereldwijd krijgen wereldwijd veel kritiek. Dit artikel presenteert een onderzoek naar bewijsmateriaal over over overheidsprestaties en merictocratie.

In dit artikel onderzoeken Kohei Suzuki en zijn medeauteurs de relatie tussen baanzekerheid, tijdelijk werk en de resultaten van werknemers in de publieke sector in een tijd van toenemende hervormingen en politisering.

In de nieuwe hulprubriek 'Dr. Does ziet licht' behandelt hoogleraar klinische psychologie Willem van der Does maandelijks grote en kleine levensvragen die lezers van het blad Zin hebben gemaild.

In dit artikel onderzoekt Rutger Leukfeldt, bijzonder hoogleraar Governing Cybercrime, met collega's de relatie tussen PMT-factoren en zelfbeschermend onlinegedrag.

How do local, non-institutional ideas about end-of-life care influence professional palliative care and vice versa? These questions will be answered by medical anthropologists Annemarie Samuels and Natashe Lemos Dekker in the coming years.

Als het gaat om de naleving van de coronaregels verschillen we nogal van mening. Maar waarom eigenlijk? Volgens Willem van der Does is er sprake van rouwverwerking en bevindt niet iedereen zich in hetzelfde stadium. Lees meer op de populair-wetenschappelijke nieuwssite Scientias.nl.

De schedel doorboren met een ijspriem, onverdoofd shocks toedienen of bloedzuigers in de baarmoeder aanbrengen: geen middeleeuwse martelmethoden, maar therapieën uit de geneeskunde. Willem van der Does schreef er een boek over. ‘Artsen voerden zo'n behandeling met de beste bedoelingen uit.’

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Hoe vergroot je de kans om gedrag aan of af te leren? Wat kan helpen is kennis van een overzichtelijk aantal principes van gedragsverandering. Die principes worden uitgelegd en toegepast door Willem van der Does, hoogleraar Klinische Psychologie. Eerder verschenen van zijn hand o.a. Zo ben ik nu eenmaal!…

Willem van der Does vertelt in zijn boek De magie van heling over veertien pioniers uit de geschiedenis van psychiatrie. Deze pioniers hadden allemaal een ding gemeen: ze begonnen met een radicaal idee wat leidde tot groot enthousiasme

Promotor: J. Schaye

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) was tested in chronic worriers. tVNS may reduce spontaneously occurring negative thought intrusions. After a worry induction, there was no longer an effect of tVNS. tVNS did not affect physiological responding to worrying.

There is no human society that does not employ a rich and diverse language. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different languages. Join us to explore the miracles of human language!

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CMLCA is a software tool that supports the technical steps of the Life Cycle Assessment. The focus of the program is on advanced computational aspects of life cycle inventory calculations.

This dissertation is part of a broader research project that revolves around unraveling the evolution of balanced lethal systems.

Hieronder vind je de antwoorden op een aantal veelgestelde vragen over toelating tot de klinische specialisaties van de Master Psychologie.

Promotor: J.P. Abrahams, Co-promotor: T. Grüne

Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotor: O.W. van Gaans

This thesis considers multi-prover commitment schemes whose security is based on restrictions on the communication between the provers.

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

Bicarbonate buffer is largely found in nature due to its ability to regulate pH variations around neutral values. As the pH changes, so does the speciation of the buffer.

Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, Prof.dr. G.H. Baltes (University of Applied Sciences Konstanz)

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.

A modern ship design process is subject to a wide variety of constraints such as safety constraints, regulations, and physical constraints.

In today's volatile market environments, companies must be able to continuously innovate. In this context, innovation does not only refer to the development of new products or business models but often also affects the entire organization, which has to transform its structures, processes, and ways of…

Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.

In this thesis, we use low-frequency and high-frequency radio observations to address the following questions regarding quasars: is the radio loud/quiet quasar dichotomy real?

Promotor: Koen Kuijken Co-promotor: Henk Hoekstra

Astronomical observations of cold regions in the universe show a rich inventory of ices. Part of these ices may end up on planets like our own, but in that journey they will be exposed to considerable amounts of radiation.

Galaxies in the local Universe fall into two main categories of spirals and ellipticals. In this Thesis, we explore the structural evolution of galaxies into this bimodal distribution.

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

Fungal infections pose a significant threat to individuals with compromised immune systems and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, they continue to jeopardize patient’s health.

Hieronder vind je een overzicht van hoe onderzoekers van de faculteit Governance and Global Affairs en hun onderzoeken in de media verschijnen, en lees je meer over onderwerpen waar de faculteit zich mee bezighoudt.

This thesis describes a study from both a theoreticaL and an experimental point of view.

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

PNEC-pro is a user-friendly screening tool for professionals dealing with the assessment of surface water quality. The tool calculates local, watertype specific no-effect concentrations (PNEC) of copper, lead, nickel and zinc based on biotic ligand models (BLMs).

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.

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn