Road building contracts that bundle rich and poor areas together, and how they help fund transport in neglected regions.
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Thursday 5 November 2026
TodayControlled cracks in thin films, and how guided peeling can carve microscopic pores and patterns onto curved surfaces.
Conformal thin-film patterning via crack engineering
Sailors and travellers on Dutch ships between 1670 and 1800, and how life at sea shaped what they felt and expressed.
Heart and Soul: Navigating Emotions aboard Dutch Ships, 1670 - 1800
Children born with Hirschsprung disease, from early bowel tests and surgery to their health in the long run.
The journey of patients with Hirschsprung Disease: from diagnosis to long term outcomes
Water trapped inside sinking tectonic plates, and how it opens pathways to escape through solid rock deep underground.
Multiphysics of serpentinite dehydration
Architectural drawings, and how they actively shape building projects rather than just passively showing designs.
Vibrant figures. Visual tools as mediators within the actor networks of the development of the built environment
Ways to frame and organize complex choices, in public policy and beyond.
Decision structuring for policy and beyond
A family of ring-shaped molecules, and how they can act as helpers in chemical oxidation reactions.
Χρήση 2,5-δικετοπιπεραζινών ως διαμεσολαβητών σε οξειδωτικές διαδικασίες
Death rates across European borders, and how they change across regions and over time.
Beyond National Borders: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Cross-border Mortality Patterns in the European Union and Schengen Area
New cancer drugs in wealthy European countries, and what causes delays and unequal access for the patients who need them.
Access to anticancer medicines in the Netherlands and other high-income European countries. A clinical perspective
Infections around bone implants, and how special glass pastes and synthetic peptides can kill stubborn bacteria without antibiotics.
Beyond Antibiotics. Bioactive Glass and Antimicrobial Peptide against Orthopedic Infections
Brand advertising, and why choosing the right media channels and creativity matters more for sales than a huge budget.
How instead of how much? How budget and strategic configuration impact advertising effectiveness
Who gets to buy a home in the Netherlands, and how tax cuts, family money and social ties drive prices.
Who Gets to Own? How Political and Social Factors Shape Homeownership
Inherited high cholesterol, and how treating it early in childhood protects hearts for a lifetime.
Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adults. Early Treatment, Lifelong Impact
Hidden language difficulties in brain tumour patients, and how word associations can reveal what standard tests miss.
Semantic networks and fluency dynamics: detecting subtle lexico-semantic change in low-grade glioma
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4- 10:00Mathias Flensted PoulsenAarhusNovel approaches to activin pathway neutralization and glucocorticoid assessment in management of muscle and bone lossAnnouncement
- 10:30D.P.M.S.M. MaasRadboudThe patient journey in rare bleeding disorders: from first hemorrhage to tailored therapyAnnouncement
- 11:45S.M. van der LandenVUShedding light on the future of dementia diagnosis: Digital cognitive and functional assessment in clinical practiceAnnouncement
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