Political scientist Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden University) about the organisation of rebel and government auxiliaries in the civil war in Mozambique (1976–1992).

In welke mate hebben de Nederlandse en Britse strijdkrachten geleerd van hun counterinsurgency-operaties in Zuid-Afghanistan tussen 2006 en 2020?

Deze studie kijkt naar netwerken van mensen die betrokken zijn bij conflicten, zowel binnen landen als over de grenzen heen. Het gebruikt verschillende onderzoeksmethoden om te begrijpen hoe deze netwerken werken, vooral in de Sahel (in Afrika) en andere gebieden.

This thesis mainly extends the theory of positive operators on Riesz spaces to a setting of pre-Riesz spaces.

In this thesis, we extend the concept of null models as canonical ensembles of multi-graphs with given constraints and present new metrics able to characterize real-world layered systems based on their correlation patterns.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

A management strategy has been developed for field margins to reduce pesticide drift to non-target areas and to promote biodiversity on arable land. To this end, 3 and 6 m wide strips along the edges of winter wheat, sugar beet and potato crops have been left unsprayed with herbicides and insecticides…

Despite the history of studies on methanol formation from CO2, the dominant elementary reaction steps that constitute the chemical mechanism for this catalyzed process are not determined.

The parabolic Anderson model (PAM), which is the Cauchy problem for the heat equation with random potential. The PAM is a mathematical model that describes how mass (i.e. matter or energy) flows in a medium in the presence of a field of sources and sinks.

Het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek/Nederlands Kanker Instituut, het Leids Instituut voor de Chemie en het Pivot Park Screening Centre gaan kennis en infrastructuur delen in het Cancer Drug Discovery Initiative. Vrijdag 11 oktober tekenden ze een letter of intent.

This thesis aimed to investigate the impact of exposure dynamics, relative contributions of ENPs(particle) and ENPs(ion), and dosing regimens on the toxicity of ENPs varying in different physico-chemical properties, on the composition and functioning of soil microbial communities.

In dit artikel onderzoeken Malte Reimann en Antonio Cerella hoe politiek en geneeskunde nauw met elkaar verweven zijn geraakt. Ze gebruiken daarbij het gedachtegoed van Roberto Esposito om deze relatie opnieuw te bekijken vanuit het perspectief van een bevestigend biopolitiek.

In dit artikel onderzoekt Sophie Vériter het EU-verbod op Russische staatsmedia na de invasie van Oekraïne, gebruikmakend van securitisatietheorie en interviews

Dit artikel beoordeelt de Russische retoriek ten aanzien van Oekraïne door verklaringen van het Russische ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te analyseren.

Promotor: P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: R.M. van Luijk

Promotor: Robert Tijdeman, Co-promotor: Cornelis Kraaikamp

In this thesis, rational points on K3 surfaces are studied. In the first part of Chapter 1 the Brauer group and the the Brauer-Manin obstruction are introduced.

Microbiome composition of the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of wild and modern bean accessions grown in an agricultural and a native soil from Colombia was characterized by metagenomics and cultivation-dependent approaches.

Plants are colonized by an astounding number of microorganisms that can provide different life-support functions, including nutrient acquisition and protection against (a)biotic stresses like drought or pathogen attack.

This thesis consists of three papers that are centered around the common theme of Hausdorff uo-Lebesgue topologies and convergence structures on vector lattices and on vector lattices and vector lattice algebras of order bounded operators.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

This thesis aimed to investigate core cross-linked polymeric micelles (CCPMs) and expand their potential for the delivery of hydrophobic drugs and co-factors.

Utilizing the polymeric platform of polypept(o)ides, this thesis describes synthesis and investigation of novel triblock copolymers to obtain carrier systems with multiple compartments for efficient siRNA delivery. Although the individual microstructure of nanoparticles differs depending on the polymeric…

This ecological community has long been known to affect host biology, and their diverse roles have been further clarified in recent years following numerous studies of animal:microbiota interactions in diverse systems.

Voltammetry plays a crucial role in modern scientific research by offering valuable insights into the electrochemical properties of materials, with wide-ranging applications in fields such as materials science, energy storage, corrosion studies, and sensor development.

Promotoren: R. Tijdeman, A.K. Lenstra, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele

In this thesis, the role of plant-mediated soil legacy effects in shaping aboveground plant-insect interactions was investigated.

Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the fundamental processes of modern life, being common in industrial refinery and hydrogen vehicles, all the way to the living cell. The dissociation of H2 on Cu(111) is an important benchmark system for studying heterogeneous catalysis, with a large and varied amount…

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

D1.2 reports on the findings of an analysis of framework conditions relevant in the context of the data economy from a legal, a socio-economic and a technological perspective. The analysis is a key foundation for the creation of an initial, heuristic model of the European data economy. The deliverable…

D2.2 comprises the in-depth legal analysis of the initial heuristic model, focused on addressing, in more detail, the main legal concerns for data reusers in the European data economy. This detailed analysis of the legal propositions presented in D2.1 is supplemented by an analysis of the technological,…

In this thesis we study the moduli space of genus g curves, and the differential forms that occur naturally on this moduli space.

In surface science there is great effort to move from studying simple, flat model surfaces in vacuum to investigating more complex model catalysts in gas environments (in situ). This thesis gives three examples of such studies using microscopy and spectroscopy.

In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: D.G.H. Hetterscheid

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Make more fluid: In condensed matter systems, electrons can acquire unusual properties from their interaction with the atomic lattice.

Bekend is dat drugs via Nederlandse havens gesmokkeld worden, maar bij Bulk Terminal Zeeland speelde iets bijzonders. Pieter Tops legt uit op NPO Radio 1.

Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver

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.

The research described in this thesis focused on identifying novel drug targets and synergistic combinations for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a virulent subtype of breast cancer with a dismal prognosis and limited therapeutic options.

On dinsdag 26 september heeft Jessica Hill haar proefschrift ‘On the road to adulthood. Delinquency and desistance in Dutch emerging adults’ verdedigd. Promotor is Professor Arjan Blokland.

Feedback van medestudenten op schrijfwerk is net zo leerzaam als die van docenten.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

Promotor: H.V.J. Linnartz

In dit artikel herzien Marieke Liem en Kim Moeller Goldstein’s kader over het verband tussen drugs en geweld.

The role of material production as a driver of environmental impacts is increasing, which calls for a better understanding of global material flows. This thesis explores the role of in-use stocks of products, buildings and infrastructure as a key driver of global material demand and discusses the implications…

“Temminck’s Order” is the scientific biography of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1850), a Dutch naturalist and the first director of ’s Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.

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.

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.