845 zoekresultaten voor “africa in the world” in de Publieke website
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A Model Membrane Approach to Elucidate the Molecular Organization in the Skin Barrier
Promotor: J. A. Bouwstra
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Chitin in the fungal cell wall: towards valorization of spent biomass of Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger is an important industrial producer of organic acids and enzymes producing large amounts of spent fungal biomass.
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presentations: Disability and inclusion in the medieval city: a comparative view between Europe and the Islamic World
On November 27-28 2025, the congress 'Disability and inclusion in the medieval city: a comparative view between Europe and the Islamic World' will be held at the university of Cantabaria, Spain. The deadline for submissions is 13 October, 2025
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Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration
Op 11 juni 2020 verdedigde Sabine Witting haar proefschrift 'Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr.mr. S. van der Hof.
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Bijdrage Peter Rodrigues aan congresboek New dynamics in the European Integration Process – Europe post Brexit
De negende Network Europe Conference in Edinburgh werd in juni 2017 gehouden en was georganiseerd door het Europa Instituut in Zurich.
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Asia and the UN
Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.
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Trading Responsibility: navigating national burdens in a globalized world
International trade has played a major role in defining the modern global economy. Trade, however, entangles the environmental pressures of economic sectors, giving the illusion of environmental improvements, while the opposite may be occurring.
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Exploring strange new worlds with high-dispersion spectroscopy
Until the 1990s, the only known planets were those in our Solar System. Three decades later, several thousand exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars other than the Sun, and substantial efforts have been made to explore these strange new worlds through spectroscopic analyses of their atmosphe…
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Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a pluralist world
Welke kansen en bedreigingen vloeien voort uit de institutionele en normatieve diversiteit op het terrein van de rechten van de mens voor de effectieve bescherming van die rechten in een wereld die gekenmerkt wordt door pluralisme?
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Engagement of citizens and public professionals in the co-production of public services
The idea of citizens and public professionals collaborating to provide public services has widely spread in several countries around the globe. Co-production is often presented as the go-to solution for challenges like a legitimacy crisis of both the government and the market, and financial concerns.…
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MYC transcription factors: masters in the regulation of jasmonate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Promotor: J.M. Memelink
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A search for transient reductions in the speed of sound of the inflaton in cosmological data, and other topics
Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro
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Towards a greater understanding of the presence, fate and ecological effects of microplastics in the freshwater environment
This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.
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Course International Law in Action: A Guide to the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague
This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.
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Towards an effective biodiversity conservation and governance in the Pontocaspian region
Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…
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Convergent molecular evolution of toxins in the venom of advanced snakes (Colubroidea)
The explosive radiation and diversification of the advanced snakes (superfamily Colubroidea) was associated with changes in all aspects of the shared venom system. Morphological changes included the partitioning of the mixed ancestral glands into two discrete glands devoted for production of venom ormucous…
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More JAZ in the orchestration of jasmonate-mediated plant defense
Prof.dr. J. Memelink
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Impact assessment modelling of matter-less stressors in the context of Life Cycle Assessment
Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs
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Quantitative live cell imaging of glucocorticoid receptor dynamics in the nucleus
In this thesis, the focus lies on studying glucocorticoid receptor dynamics in living cells with the aim of understanding how this transcription factor finds its DNA target sites to regulate transcription.
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biodiversity: exploring drivers of trait variation and spectral variability in the Arctic
Globally and regionally, biodiversity is declining and there are shifts in species’ occurrences and functional traits.
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urban futures: integrated analysis of green and grey infrastructure in the Netherlands
This thesis addresses the challenge of sustainable urban development by analyzing the interplay between green and grey infrastructure to optimize resource use and ecosystem services.
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Combining classic and novel tools in the study of Historical Collections of Chinese Materia Medica in the Netherlands
Chinese materia medica (CMM), comprising a diverse array of natural substances from plants, animals, and minerals, has been integral to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) throughout history. This study investigates the dynamic evolution of CMM, noting shifts in species for improved therapeutic effects…
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Another Brick in the Wall: The role of the actinobacterial cell wall in antibiotic resistance, phylogeny and development
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.
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Social support at work and at home: Dual-buffering effects in the work-family conflict process
Dr. Helen Pluut heeft een artikel gepubliceerd in het gerenommeerde tijdschrift Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP). Dit in samenwerking met Remus Ilies (National University of Singapore), Petru Curşeu (Open Universiteit en Babeş-Bolyai University) en Yukun Liu (University of…
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The regulation of sex robots: Gender and sexuality in the era of artificial intelligence
Dit boek presenteert een nieuw kader voor de regulering van robots die zijn ontworpen voor emotionele en seksuele interactie, vaak aangedreven door AI.
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Building Northern Public Support to Finance Climate Policies in the Global South
Als onderdeel van het Akkoord van Parijs kwamen landen over de hele wereld overeen om ontwikkelingslanden te steunen bij het investeren in klimaatmitigatie en -adaptatie via een Green Climate Fund. Ontwikkelde landen zijn er echter niet in geslaagd om de financieringsverplichtingen voor het Green Climate…
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Leiden tweede Nederlandse universiteit in QS World University Rankings
De Universiteit Leiden staat op de 75e plaats in de QS World University Ranking. Dat is één plaats lager dan vorig jaar. QS waardeert ook het niveau van de opleidingen. Biofarmaceutische wetenschappen staat op de 20e plaats. Dit blijkt uit de lijst die onderwijsadviesbureau QS 16 september publiceerde.…
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Jimpitan in Wonosobo, Central Java: an indigenous institution in the context of sustainable socio-economic development in Indonesia
In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.
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Indigenous Institution for Sustainable Community-Based Development in the Sunda Region of West Java, Indonesia
This study attempts to understand how indigenous community institutions pose an important role in sustainable community-based development, including the integration between local culture and development.
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North Sea noise in the Anthropocene: an impact study of human-made impulsive sounds on free-ranging cod
Sound is everywhere in the marine environment and hearing is therefore a very important for stimuli for fish. They use sound for orientation and communication, during migration, aggregation and spawning, but also for detection of prey and predators.
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Vier Leidse vakgebieden in top 30 QS World University Rankings
Vier Leidse vakgebieden staan in de top 30 van de QS World University Rankings die 26 februari uitkwam. Het betreft farmacie, rechten, linguïstiek en geschiedenis & archeologie. De ranglijst is gebaseerd op wetenschappelijke reputatie, citaties en werkgeversimago.
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Boek Afrika-onderzoeker Stephen Ellis postuum gepubliceerd
Op 9 juni presenteerde het Afrika-Studiecentrum het laatste boek van zijn gerenommeerde onderzoeker Stephen Ellis (1953-2015). This Present Darkness: A history of Nigerian organised crime kwam postuum uit. Oud-collega’s en vrienden herdachten Ellis, die beschouwd wordt als een van de belangrijkste Afrika-onderzoekers…
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Essays on legislative decision-making in the European Union
Deze scriptie onderzoekt de complexiteit van wetsbesluiten binnen de EU, met een specifieke focus op de Raad van de EU.
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Forward Deployment and Reassurance in The Oxford Handbook of NATO
Linde Desmaele & Luis Simón onderzoeken de strategische aanpassing van de NAVO sinds de Russische annexatie van de Krim in 2014.
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Households and Enslavement in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Empire
How did colonial law work to turn people into property? This project argues that colonial ideas about households and domestic authority were critical to legal processes of enslavement in the early modern Dutch empire. Using colonial court records from Dutch Brazil, Suriname, and the Moluccas, the project…
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Postmaterialism and Socioeconomic Status Impact in the Chilean Voting Behavior
This paper describes the development process of voting behavior in Chile; particularly the relationship between the class voting theory and the theory of cultural post-materialist vote is investigated. This research deals with Chile as a case study, a developing country with a relatively stable democracy…
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Countering misinformation in the EU: origins, evolution, and prospects
Dit proefschrift onderzoekt de reactie van de Europese Unie op het groeiende probleem van desinformatie. Het gebruikt deze casus om kritisch te analyseren hoe samenlevingen informatie-uitdagingen zoals
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Blowup in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation
Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Doelman, Co-promotor: V. Rottschäfer
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Digital Force: Life, Liberty & Livelihood in the Information Age
Op 9 mei 2018 verdedigde Roy van Keulen zijn proefschrift 'Digital Force: Life, Liberty & Livelihood in the Information Age'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. A. Ellian.
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Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability' laat zien hoe de eco-geologische creativiteit van de aarde verweven is met de landvormen, culturen en wereldvisies van moderne Himalayagemeenschappen. Het boek laat casestudies zien uit Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim,…
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Representative Bureaucracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Hoe en in welke mate beïnvloedt AI de vertegenwoordiging van burgers in openbare dienstverlening en interacties tussen staat en burger?
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Good practices in the Caribbean: rechtshandhaving en rechtstaat
De centrale vraag is wat Nederland kan leren van de wijze waarop deze landen de rechtshandhaving en de rechtstaat in hun overzeese gebieden hebben ingericht.
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Moving Romans. Urbanisation, migration and labour in the Roman Principate
In hoeverre was arbeidsmigratie belangrijk voor het functioneren van de steden in Romeins Italië?
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Heme biosynthesis and regulation in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger
Promotors: Prof.dr. P.J. Punt, Prof.dr. C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel
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Chronicling novelty. New knowledge in the Netherlands, 1500-1850
Hoe kwamen vroegmoderne mensen achter nieuwe kennis? En maakte dat hen meer bereid om innovatie te accepteren? In dit project wordt onderzocht hoe en met welk effect nieuwe kennis zich verankerde onder het bredere publiek in de vroegmoderne Lage Landen.
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Enzyme-substrate interactions in the processive enzyme xylanase
The primary goal of this research is to deepen our understanding of substrate-enzyme interactions in Glycoside hydrolases. For this purpose, Bacillus circulans xylanase (BcX) has been selected as a well-established model to examine the Michaelis complex and glycosyl-enzyme adduct.
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Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire
Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire by Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma (Eds.)
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Knowledge extraction in the quantum random-oracle model
The aim of this thesis is to present novel techniques for proving cryptographic schemes secure against quantum adversaries. Most results are within the context of an idealized model called the ‘quantum random-oracle model’.
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Roman Fake News? Documentary Fictions in the Roman Empire
Hoe kunnen theorieën over moderne desinformatie helpen om te begrijpen hoe dat werkte in de Romeinse tijd?
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Science teachers' knowledge development in the context of educational innovation
Het onderzoek dat in dit proefschrift wordt beschreven gaat over de ontwikkeling van praktijkkennis van ervaren natuurkunde-, scheikunde -en biologiedocenten in de context van de invoering van het vak Algemene Natuurwetenschappen (ANW) in de Tweede Fase van het voortgezet onderwijs.