Wetlands support unique biodiversity and play a key role in carbon cycles, but have dramatically declined in extent worldwide. Restoration is imperative yet often challenging to counteract loss of functions. Nature-based ...

The Loess Plateau, with a large area of marginal land, holds the potential to produce 62–106 Tg per year of switchgrass biomass; however, the economic feasibility of producing bioenergy in the region is unclear. The farm-gate ...

Personality development is a shared human and a unique individual experience. This dissertation describes both perspectives in the exploration of personality development of vulnerable youth. By examining personality traits, ...

Voor veel mensen is slavernij iets uit het verleden. Iets dat we achter ons hebben gelaten toen de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel ten einde kwam, en dat sommigen wellicht ook het liefst willen vergeten. Een aantal bijdragen ...

We examined how observers assess information-poor allegations of harm (e.g., “my word against yours” cases), in which the outcomes of procedurally fair investigations may favor the alleged perpetrator because the evidentiary ...

The prevalence and lack of good solutions for cow's milk allergy (CMA) in young children are leading to public concern and increasing socioeconomic problems. This requires new preventive approaches. In this thesis, we ...

Epidemiological studies associate night shift work with increased breast cancer risk. However, the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood. To better understand these mechanisms, animal models that mimic the human ...

This article explores a little-known prognostic table, the so-called Tabula Salomonis, in its four oldest Latin manuscript witnesses from between ca. 1000 and 1300. Unusually for Latin prognostic texts, the table employs ...

Marine silicate alteration plays a key role in the global carbon and cation cycles, although the timeframe of this process in response to extreme weather events is poorly understood. Here we investigate surface sediments ...