Plastic is one of the biggest contributors to pollution of the planet. Due to the low recyclability of oil-based plastics, most plastic is being disposed into the environment. According to plastic oceans, 10 million tons of plastic are dumped into oceans annually. Currently, researchers are developing …

SMPD4 is a neutral sphingomyelinase that plays an important role in sphingolipid metabolism. Sphingolipids are a family of lipid molecules abundantly present in the brain where they play an important role in the brain development and function due to their essential cellular role as structural components …

Aanleiding, doel en opzet onderzoek Dit state-of-the-art onderzoek Statelijke Dreigingen is door de Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) aangevraagd bij het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC) van het Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid in het …

Since the introduction of India’s cold start and Pakistan’s full spectrum deterrence doctrines, the subcontinental deterrence landscape has been characterised by strong cross-domain dynamics. In extremis, if both states adhere to the threats issued in their doctrines a Pakistan-supported militant attack …

Commonly used game and decision theoretic models fail to explain the empirics of deterrence. This has unjustly led many theorists to criticize the (rationality and other) assumptions underpinning of such models. No serious game theorist will contend that his theoretic model will possibly take account …

A new bookkeeping system called Jiskefet is being developed for A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) during Long Shutdown 2, to be in production until the end of LHC Run 4 (2029). Jiskefet unifies two function- alities: a) gathering, storing and presenting metadata associated with the oper- ations …

In dit praktijkgericht onderzoek werd onderzocht in hoeverre de scantijd van het 89Zr PET/CT-protocol gereduceerd kon worden op de Biograph Vision met behoud van de beeldkwaliteit. Uit de resultaten blijkt dat het EARL-reconstructieprotocol het beste gebruikt kan worden voor het reduceren van de scantijd. …

Een primaire hyperparathyreoïdie (pHPT) wordt vaak veroorzaakt door een bijschildklieradenoom. Deze diagnose wordt in Nederland bij ongeveer 1% van de bevolking gesteld. Een pHPT is goed te detecteren door middel van: een SPECT-CT, PET-CT, Echo en MRI. Op het gebied van nucleaire geneeskunde is de vraag …

DNA barcoding is an important molecular methodology for species identification that was developed over the last two decades and it should be covered inthe biology bachelor curriculum. Here, we present an example of DNA barcoding by sequencing a segment of the 28S nuclear ribosomal large subunitrRNA gene …

Electromagnetic fields, or EMF, are ubiquitous in our daily life. Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF) are generated by any device using electric current. Especially in workplace situations involving MRI scanners, welding equipment, induction heaters, and power plants, they are known for …