Koudijs, Peter Arie Eliza (Date of defense: 2011-06-06)
The three chapters of this thesis revolve around the trade in English stocks in the Amsterdam market during the 18th century. In the first chapter I use the primitive communication technology of that ...
Pileckyte, Indre (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
Oscillations at theta frequency (4-7 Hz) have been hypothesized to play an important functional role in brain processes associated to working memory. In this thesis, I investigate how the systematic ...
Verd Fernández, Berta (Date of defense: 2016-01-21)
During insect development segments either form sequentially (short-germband) or simultaneously (long-germband) . The gap genes comprise the first zygotic regulatory layer of the segmentation gene ...
Heusch, Niklas (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
This thesis combines three independent articles. In the first chapter, I examine the health care that drug sellers, common medical providers in many developing coun-tries, provide for childhood illness ...
De Ferrari, Lorena (Date of defense: 2019-12-09)
Several cities are not using the logo as an instrument for enhancing the city brand. They made a logo without working on their city brand; therefore, these cities do not have a positioning strategy. ...
Stankeviciute, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
This Thesis delves into the intricate relationship between sleep disruptions and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sleep disturbances are a prevalent feature of AD, and evidence suggests they may accelerate ...
Mendes Neves, Joana (Date of defense: 2009-12-11)
The experiments described in this thesis report were aimed at studying the functions of Sox2 and Serrate1 during the development of the neurosensory elements of the inner ear. First, we have described ...
Kraus, Elisabeth Katharina (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)
This dissertation tries to shed new light on the relationship between migration and fertility by concentrating on two migration contexts and applying different quantitative methods and taking various ...
Santos-Pata, Diogo (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)
Every animal on our planet wanders around when looking for something. Whether it is in search of food, a mate, or home, navigation is one of the most performed cognitive behaviors in Nature. Nevertheless, ...
Kremsky, Isaac Jacob (Date of defense: 2015-07-14)
Proteins that bind to DNA or RNA are both known to influence alternative splicing. However, there has not been so far a systematic experimental exploration of the relationship between these factors ...