168 zoekresultaten voor “developing stories” in de Publieke website
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Student & Staff Stories
Maandelijks interviewen we een student of medewerker van de Universiteit Leiden over hun werk of studie in relatie tot duurzaamheid.
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Orion's Dragon and Other Stories
Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.
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Problem in Context (OPiC). A framework for environmental management in developing countries
Promotor: W.T. de Groot
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Unravelling the Impact of Emotional Maltreatment on the Developing Brain
Welke rol spelen ouder-kind interacties bij het ontstaan, in stand houden en de behandeling van depressieve klachten van jongeren?
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The developing infant gut microbiota: mathematical predictions of the effects of oligosaccharides
A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.
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Developing metabolomics for a systems biology approach to understand Parkinson's disease
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease (PD), are increasing in prevalence due to the aging population. Despite extensive study, these diseases are still not fully understood and the lack of personalised treatment options that can target the cause of the diseases, rather than the symptoms,…
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Developing systems for high-throughput screening of infectious diseases using zebrafish
Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer
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Doorfluistertje spelen voor de wetenschap op Lowlands
Al zolang wij mensen bestaan, geven we verhalen aan elkaar door. Maar hoe verandert zo’n verhaal nu bij elke persoon die het vertelt? Welke elementen blijven overeind, en wat wordt vergeten? Max van Duijn en Tessa Verhoef gaan dat onderzoeken tijdens muziekfestival Lowlands, met hun experiment Lowlands…
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People, Places and Stories
Onderzoek naar erfgoed gemeenschappen of projecten
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The role of zebrafish larvae for studying anxiety-like behaviour
The main aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to further explore the value of using early developing zebrafish larvae (up to 5 dpf) as a model to study anxiety-like behaviour and their pharmacological modulation with drugs.
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Measuring sustainability: an elaboration and application of the system of environmental-economic accounting for Indonesia
Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…
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Towards Photocatalytic Water Splitting in Homogeneous Solutions Using Molecular Metalloporphyrin Photosensitizers and Catalysts
Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…
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Integrating Analytics with Relational Databases
The database research community has made tremendous strides in developing powerful database engines that allow for efficient analytical query processing.
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Data Centres for Natural Recources and Products
Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.
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Environmental and health impact of informal e-waste recycling
The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.
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Onderwijs- en organisatieontwikkeling
Onderwijs- en organisatieontwikkeling
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Rebekah Tromblé
Students Practicing Citizen Journalism
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Empathic or anxious mistakes?
A neurocognitive investigation of the development of social performance monitoring in youth growing up in stressful versus non-stressful environments
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Statistical modelling of time-varying covariates for survival data
This dissertation focuses on developing new mathematical and statistical methods to properly represent time-varying covariates and model them within the context of time-to-event analysis.
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Visual analytics for spatially-resolved omics data at single cell resolution: Methods and Applications
The deeper understanding of an organism's pathology is important for developing treatments. Over centuries of systematic research, clinical researchers have demonstrated that the more information they acquire about the cellular properties and their organisation in the tissue, the better they can understand…
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Ginsenosides as selective glucocorticoid drugs: agonists, antagonists, and prodrugs
Glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs widely used clinically to treat various inflammatory and immune conditions. However, two main clinical problems limit their use. GCs trigger severe side effects and they induce acquired glucocorticoid resistance, especially during chronic systemic treatment…
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Current challenges in statistical DNA evidence evaluation
Promotor: R.D. Gill, F. Taroni
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
Op 13 januari 2022 verdedigde Pie Habimana het proefschrift 'Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. H. Vording en prof.dr. S.C.W. Douma (UvA).
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Unravelling cell fate decisions through single cell methods and mathematical models
Despite being the object of intense study, embryonic development has been difficult to model due to a number of reasons. First, complex tissues can be comprised of many cell types, of which we probably only know a subset.
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Preclinical validation of putative targets in cardiovascular and metabolic disease
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.
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Learning class-imbalanced problems from the perspective of data intrinsic characteristics
The class-imbalance problem is a challenging classification task and is frequently encountered in real-world applications. Various techniques have been developed to improve the imbalanced classification performance theoretically and practically.
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Adaptive Semi-Strong Ecosystem Dynamics
Developing methodes to understand the evolution of patches in natural ecosystems
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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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PUPOL Netwerk: Academic Network Public and Political Leadership
Onderzoekers aangesloten bij het Leiden Leadership Centre zijn actieve leden van het PUPOL netwerk. PUPOL is een internationaal academisch netwerk voor publiek en politiek leiderschap. Dit netwerk stimuleert de uitwisseling van ideeën en bevordert gezamenlijk onderzoek tussen wetenschappers gericht…
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Assessing global regionalized impacts of eutrophication on freshwater fish biodiversity
Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.
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Open Science Coffee: Developing tools and practices to promote open and efficient science
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Eritrees regime verhandelt eigen burgers in miljardenindustrie van mensensmokkel
De mensenhandel van Eritrese vluchtelingen is een booming business waarin miljarden worden verdiend met het smokkelen van mensen, maar ook door bedreiging, gijzelingen en zelfs marteling. Moderne communicatiemiddelen zoals geld overmaken via mobiele telefoons spelen een vitale rol hierin, concluderen…
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Management of Small-Scale Fisheries at the Elephant Marsh in Malawi
Wetlands provide many ecosystem goods and services which include fish production. The sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) has received considerable attention in recent years because fish is one of the major sources of animal protein to a considerable fraction of the global population which…
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Pesticides and health – challenges and opportunities for exposure assessment
The aim is to develop methods to assess environmental and occupational exposure to (individual) pesticides, to be applied in epidemiological studies investigating pesticide exposure and human health. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the potential association between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s…
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Nanowire based Tandem Solar Cells
In this project innovative technology for photovoltaics cells is developed and analysis of ecological and health related risks are explicitly accounted for.
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IDREEM - Increasing industrial resource efficiency in European mariculture
What are the environmental trade-offs for SMEs considering moving from monoculture aquaculture practice towards IMTA? What are the environmental trade-offs comparing IMTA species with their conventional monoculture alternatives?
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Inducing spin triplet superconductivity in a ferromagnet
Promotor: J. Aarts
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Pharmaceutical Aspects of Subvisible Particles in Protein Formulations
Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: A. Hawe
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Metabolomics assisted with stable-isotope labeling: exploring neuronal metabolism related to Parkinson’s disease
The progressive loss and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). The onset and progression of PD can be triggered by multiple risk factors, for instance, genetic mutation, environmental exposure, and aging.
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Remote sensing-based assessment of functional diversity for polar ecosystems
1: What is the relative importance of alfa and beta biodiversity in polar ecosystems, and how does intraspecific variation influence this? 2: How can we use remote sensing to determine functional biodiversity (within communities) in polar ecosystems? 3: Temporal and spatial scales of functional biodiversity:…
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Evaluation of Different Design Space Description Methods for Analysing Combustion Engine Operation Limits
Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck
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Next generation bacitracin: reimagining a classic antibiotic
Given the accelerating appearance of antimicrobial resistance, there is an urgent need for more fundamental research into novel antibiotic strategies. The work in this thesis helps to address this global problem by developing new antibiotic compounds, inspired by the antibacterial mechanisms of the…
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The power of one qubit in quantum simulation algorithms
Quantum computing is an emerging technology, which holds the potential to simulate complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical numerical methods.Despite recent formidable advancements in quantum hardware, constructing a quantum computer capable of performing useful calculations remains challenging.In…
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Synthesis and applications of cell wall glycopolimer fragments from Staphilococci and Enterococci
Carbohydrates are present on the surface of bacteria making them suitable antigen candidates for vaccine development. This thesis deals with the synthesis of two carbohydrate-based components; the capsular polisaccharide of S. aureus type 5 and teichoic acids from staphilococci and enterococci speci…
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Design and development of a comprehensive data management platform for cytomics: cytomicsDB
Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok
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Surviving embryogenesis: The extraembryonic serosa protects the insect egg against desiccation and infection
Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Dr. M. van der Zee
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Governance of Innovation Project Management: Necessary and Neglected
Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. J. de Vries
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Towards Optical Detection of a Single Electron
Single-molecule spectroscopy has become a powerful method for using organic fluorescent molecules in numerous applications.