Agenda: PhD defence calendar
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24Oct2018Read more
Personalized care in childhood cancer treatment centre in El Salvador
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Nuria Rossell Curcó follows the trajectory of the childhood cancer programme of El Salvador in its quest to eliminate abandonment of treatment. Abandonment of treatment is the term used in pediatric oncology to refer ...
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24Oct2018Read more
First Dutch grammar of Persian and Hindustani
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Anna Pytlowany’s thesis is a multifaceted study of the language manual for Hindustani and Persian titled Instruxtie off Onderwijsinge der Hindoustanse en Persiaanse talen, written in 1698 by the Dutch East India ...
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24Oct2018Read more
Continuity and change in Dutch defence policy
13:00 - 14:00 | PhD defence ceremony
The foundations of today’s armed forces were laid in the early 1990s: a period that can justifiably be referred to as a fault line in the history of the Dutch military. The fall of the Berlin Wall, German ...
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24Oct2018Read more
Himmler’s agent: a biography of Hanns Albin Rauter
15:00 - 16:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Theo Gerritse describes the life of Hanns Albin Rauter (1895-1949), who was the most feared and hated representative of the German occupation in the Netherlands during the Second World War. As the agent of Heinrich ...
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25Oct2018Read more
The identification of novel enhancer sequences in the maze genome
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Blaise Weber focuses on the genome-wide identification of novel enhancer sequences in the maize genome and their subsequent characterisation and validation. Enhancers are non-coding DNA sequences that regulate ...
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25Oct2018Read more
Running in the early Universe
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
If the Universe evolved from a primordial hot and dense state, the expansion and subsequent cooling led to an inescapable fact: there must exist a ubiquitous radiation, the so-called Cosmic Microwave Background ...
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25Oct2018Read more
Between public participation and energy transition
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Sanne Akerboom researches the role of the public in wind farm decision-making procedures. This concerns an interdisciplinary study into the concept of public participation on the basis of fundamental legal and ...
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26Oct2018Read more
Development of vaccines against Zika virus
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
The Zika virus was first isolated in 1947 in the Zika forest in Uganda and is primarily transmitted through mosquitoes. Peter Abbink describes the development of three different vaccines and an antibody that were ...
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26Oct2018Read more
Human freedom and market freedom
11:00 - 12:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Murat Kotan develops a freedom-based approach to policy and policy evaluation and applies it to the analysis and evaluation of labor market policies.
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26Oct2018Read more
Csde1 and strap control translation in erythropoiesis
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) carry oxygen to organs and tissue. Erythrocytes constitute 40-45% of the total volume of blood and represent almost 25% of all cells within the human body. The production of ...
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26Oct2018Read more
Cell division proteins and the link with chromosomal dynamics and metabolism
13:00 - 14:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Laura Bohorquez Suarez presents several studies using genetics, cell biology techniques, transcriptomics and metabolomics, to investigate the function of cell division proteins.
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26Oct2018Read more
Vulnerable road user detection for automated driving
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Fabian Flohr addressed the detection, segmentation and orientation estimation of persons in visual data. While the possible application domains of the proposed methods are manifold, ranging from image editing over ...
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30Oct2018Read more
Lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an invasive ulcerative sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by serovars L1, L2 or L3 of the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. LGV was first described in 1786 and in the past 15 ...
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30Oct2018Read more
Online neuropsychological test battery for self-administered assessments
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
A need exists for more efficient research tools to assess cognitive functioning in oncology. The few adequate (with acceptable psychometric properties and accompanying norm data) neuropsychological tests, suitable ...
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30Oct2018Read more
The effects of the European Semester on Belgium
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
In response to the EU sovereign debt crisis, the European semester was launched in 2011 as an enhanced framework capable of promoting fiscal stabilisation and convergence among the economic policies of member states. ...
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31Oct2018Read more
On parechovirus infections in children
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Human parechovirus (HPeV) infections occur in childhood and are often subclinical or cause only mild symptoms. However, these infections have the potential to elicit severe illness such sepsis, encephalitis and ...
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31Oct2018Read more
Communication process during consultations with older cancer patients
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Good communication between patients and their healthcare providers can lead to several beneficial health-related outcomes in patients. However, older patients (65+) are more at risk of poor communication compared to ...
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01Nov2018Read more
The effects of a positive psychology intervention in Suriname
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Since its independence from the Netherlands in 1975, the Republic of Suriname has experienced a turbulent development. Period of freedom and democracy alternated with periods when freedom was limited and democracy ...
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01Nov2018Read more
Interacting Rydberg atoms on a chip
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
In recent years, Rydberg atoms have been used for exploring a plethora of interesting quantum phenomena. Their strong, long-range and tunable interaction makes them good candidates for applications in quantum ...
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01Nov2018Read more
Gastrointestinal consequences of bariatric surgery
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Thomas Boerlage’s research focuses on bariatric surgery, more specifically on Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which is the most commonly performed bariatric procedure.
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01Nov2018Read more
Cytosolic pH and environmental signalling in yeast
16:00 - 17:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Cytosolic pH (pHc) is a crucial parameter in the cell because it is highly dynamic and it changes affect the function of all biomolecules containing weakly acidic or basic groups. Although it can influence most ...
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02Nov2018Read more
Oral drugs in treatment of colorectal cancer
10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony
The treatment options in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) have expanded dramatically over the past two decades. When cure is no longer possible, the life expectancy of patients can be prolonged with systemic ...
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02Nov2018Read more
Ethical and legal analysis of cultural entrepreneurship
12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Reyer van der Vlies makes an ethical and legal analysis of what he refers to the ‘economisation’ of cultural policy in the Netherlands. The government actively promotes cultural entrepreneurship among subsidised ...
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02Nov2018Read more
Small artery remodelling in hypertension
14:00 - 15:00 | PhD defence ceremony
Teresa Palao García throws new light on the mechanisms of small artery remodelling. Small artery remodelling consists of changes in the amount or arrangement of vessel wall components, resulting in changes in lumen ...