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Diederik Stapel voluntarily renounces doctorate title

Diederik Stapel voluntarily renounced his doctorate title from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) on 9 November 2011. The certificate he received in 1997 after obtaining his PhD is now back in possession of the University.

University of Amsterdam investigates possible rescindment PhD Diederik Stapel

On 31 October 2011, the Levelt commission published its report into the work of the Tilburg academic Diederik Stapel. According to the commission, he committed academic fraud. The report also includes the findings and recommendations of the Drenth committee, commissioned by the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Cost factors of implementing tuberculosis control

Anna Vassall's dissertation examines examines the costs and cost-effectiveness of implementing tuberculosis control.

Fiscal aspects of the Dutch personal pension reserve

In this dissertation Eric Poelmann investigates the Dutch personal pension reserve. This turns out to be a giant on clay feet.

Technical Art History: Painters’ supports and studio practices of Rembrandt, Dou and Vermeer

Jørgen Wadum's dissertation deals with various aspects of technical art history.

Weak organic acid stress in 'Bacillus subtilis'

Alex Ter Beek’s dissertation investigates how food products can be protected from bacterial contamination by organic acids. A variety of bacterial species pose a serious problem to the food industry by causing food spoilage or even food poisoning. Ter Beek’s research has identified certain weak organic acids that counteract Bacillus subtilis, one of the notorious food spoilers.

A measurement of the mass of the top quark using the Ideogram Technique

Pieter Houben’s dissertation describes a measurement of the mass of the top quark. By far the heaviest elementary particle in the standard model is the top
quark. Because the mass of the top quark and the mass of the Higgs boson are
correlated, precise knowledge of the first gives a prediction for the latter.

Chromatin architecture and the orchestration of gene expression: cell systems to explore epigenetic gene control

Maartje Carolien Brink’s study explores the effect of regulatory proteins on the folding and expression of DNA. All cells belonging to one individual contain the same genetic material, but what determines the fate of these cells? During cell differentiation, such as that which takes place during embryonic development, only a number of genes are used. Epigenetic factors are involved in such processes that influence folding of DNA and thus access to genes.

The Polycentric Metropolis Unpacked. Concepts, Trends and Policy in the Randstad Holland

Bart Lambregts’ dissertation deals with the polycentric metropolis and its supposed potential that continues to appeal to the imagination of planners, geographers and policymakers alike. Over the past decade, a surge of interest in the concept of the city-region combined with the simple observation that many city-regions increasingly display polycentric characteristics has triggered a variety of research projects and publications concerned with polycentrism at the city-regional level.

Essays on the measurement sensitivity of risk aversion and causal effects in education

Adam Booij’s dissertation investigates how people’s attitudes toward risk are measured. Economists have different views about this and use different measurement methods. Traditionally economists have explained risk aversion in terms of the claim that additional utility of extra wealth decreases as wealth increases. If behaviour is viewed in terms of prospect theory, however, it follows that people are risk averse mainly because they are ‘loss averse’.

Reading and writing skills in year seven

In the Brugklasproject (Year Seven Project) Geertruida Maria Schijf investigated language processing in Dutch as a first and English as a second language in about 700 children in the first year of the Dutch secondary school in six different educational levels.

Mathematical Modelling of Metal Ion Homeostasis and Signalling Systems

The central question of Jiangjun Cui's thesis is how to use mathematical models to simulate the complicated dynamics arising from metal ion (Ca2+ and Zn2+) homeostasis and signalling systems in various organisms and to explain certain mutant behaviour.

Telling Memories

Through a narratological inquiry of a corpus of literary, audiovisual and oral narratives, Ihab Saloul's Telling Memories offers an analytical account of how Palestinian exilic narratives articulate memories of loss of homeland, memories of historical events around al-nakba of 1948 in relation to the continuing exile of 2008.

Non-discrimination in European and International Economic Law of Public Procurement: Principle and Practice

The scope of Dimitrios Kalogeras' thesis examines how the principle of non-discrimination is applied in the area of public procurement when economic operators, with different nationality than the purchasing state entity, offer their services or goods in competition with national providers.

A Handful of Red Earth

Johan Weststeijn shows in his dissertation how dreams provide the key to Iraqi historian Tabari's text The History of Prophets and Kings.

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