What are the pressing issues of our time, and how can different disciplines come together to address them? Studium Generale and Leiden University College (LUC) present the Global Challenges series: events that bring together researchers from LUC and experts from other disciplines to tackle a shared…

België staat aan de vooravond van een hervorming van het Burgerlijk Wetboek. Ruben de Graaff adviseerde de commissie het internationale recht te erkennen als bron van verbintenissen. Zijn aanbeveling blijkt te zijn overgenomen.

Dr. Bela Bode ontvangt van de Alexander von Humboldt-stichting de Feodor Lynen onderzoeksbeurs voor de ontwikkeling van nieuwe methoden voor verbetering van het signaal in de vaste stof NMR. Hij streeft naar een specifiek analytisch instrument voor oppervlakte-studies en onderzoek over membranen en…

The thesis is part of a bigger project, the HEPGAME (High Energy Physics Game). The main objective for HEPGAME is the utilization of AI solutions, particularly by using MCTS for simplification of HEP calculations.

This thesis focuses on addressing four research problems in designing embedded streaming systems.

Liberal Arts and Sciences: klinkt creatief en ook wetenschappelijk... Is het een combi? In de VS is het een bekend en gangbaar begrip, maar in Europa moeten we er nog een beetje aan wennen. Wat is het, wat kun je ermee, en waarom is het zo populair geworden in Nederland de afgelopen jaren?

Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

In this study, we investigated the electrochemical behavior and surface evolution of Au(111) electrode under different conditions and electrochemical techniques, using a homemade electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope (EC-STM), revealing the intricate interplay between surface roughening, atom…

This pioneering project will answer this question by examining migrants through the eyes of the courts between 1600 and 1900. It aims to reveal patterns of continuity and change in: 1. Treatment of migrants by criminal courts; 2. Violence and conflicts between migrants and native born.

Van Lodewijk XIV tot Napoleon

This thesis presents the results of a study on the interfaces of insulating oxides with and without the insertion of a magnetic layer.

This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sanctification of (liberal) democracy and its rule of law.

Promotor: J. Schaye

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

Promotores: H. Schiessel, G.T. Barkema

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

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

Op 26 november 1940 hield Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa (1894-1980) zijn beroemd geworden protestrede.

The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.

This thesis consists of two main parts. The first part (Chapters 2 and 3) deals with a class of Markov process called Quasi-Skipfree (QSF) processes.

This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

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

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Throughout the history of computer science, a major challenge has been how to assert that software is free of bugs and works as intended. Software bugs can lead to serious negative impacts on any software system. Throughout the main body of the thesis, we implemented a series of studies on exploring…

Promotores: G.W. Canters, T.J. Aartsma

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is a major cereal crop that millions of subsistence farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) rely on. However, the scourging impact of the root parasitic weed Striga (Striga hermonthica, a.k.a. “witch-weed”) has remained a major constraint hampering the productivity of sorghum in…

In this thesis we study bistable reaction-diffusion equations on lattice domains.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: S.C. Hille

This monograph focuses on clustering of objects in high-dimensional data, given the restriction that the objects do not cluster on all the attributes, not even on a single subset of attributes, but often on different subsets of attributes in the data.

Het gebruik van ‘Big data’ is niet meer weg te denken binnen het wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Voor dit onderzoek maken we gebruiken van diverse grote databestanden.

We study the interplay of topology and geometry with chirality for several passive and active systems, employing both analytical and numerical methods.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. den Hertog

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

Hoe kunnen we de uitvoering van EU beleid begrijpen en welke uitdagingen spelen daarbij een rol?

Promotor: J. Zaanen, Co-Promotor: V. Juricic

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.

De nieuwbouw voor de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen is een belangrijke mijlpaal voor de Universiteit Leiden en de faculteit in het bijzonder. In drie fasen wordt een nieuw gebouw gerealiseerd. De eerste fase van het nieuwe gebouw is in 2016 in gebruik genomen en beslaat 45.000m2. Het…

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

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. One of its symptoms is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta.

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

Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.

Protein–protein complexes are formed via transient states called encounter complexes that greatly influence the formation of the stereospecific complex.

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

The chemical and structural heterogeneity of toxoid vaccines makes their analysis challenging. However, detailed insights on a molecular level can be obtained by mass spectrometry.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S.F. Portegies Zwart

The sequence-dependence of biomolecular interactions involving nucleic acids and proteins is essential for numerous processes inside the cell. Insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms have been obtained using various biochemical and biophysical methods on two different levels — bulk and sin…

This thesis is concerned with the constitution of chiral responsive matrix assemblies that may undergo light-driven conformational changes and self-select vibrations to develop vibronic states for driving semi-classical coherent transfer with nearly 100% yield in a lossless NCAP process.

Promotor: J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Co-Promotor: S.J. van der Molen

The elementary excitations of magnets are called spin waves, and their corresponding quasi-particles are known as magnons. The rapidly growing field of Magnonics aims at using them as information carriers in a new generation of electronic devices, (almost) free of electric currents.