Leiden University

Comparing the preference of diagnostic information from variations of dynamic testing, criterion- and norm-referenced testing for individualized education planning

The aim of this study was to compare pre-service teachers' preference of information stemming from different diagnostic approaches. Participants ( N = 185) evaluated vignettes containing diagnostic information from norm-referenced testing, criterion-referenced testing, and two ty...

Are X-Ray Atmospheres Heated by Turbulent Dissipation? XRISM Constraints

Abstract We evaluate whether dissipation of turbulence injected into hot cluster atmospheres by jets and bubbles can offset radiative cooling flows. No trends are found between atmospheric velocity dispersion, σ v , and either the ratio of kinetic to thermal energy or jet power o...

Sequence entropy and independence in free and minimal actions

For every countable infinite group that admits \mathbb{Z} as a homomorphic image, we show that for each m\in{\mathbb{N}} , there exists a minimal action whose topological sequence entropy is \log(m) . Furthermore, for every countable infinite group G that contains a finite index...

Thucydides, triumphalist historiography, and strategic performance

Thucydides successfully wrote a history for all time. Yet the way in which we read and receive his text is generally to decontextualize it and seek narrowly-defined eternal lessons. An increasingly identified lesson of his is the dangers of hubris, but it is unclear from Thucydid...

Gut resilience and clinical homeostasis following administration of neomycin and albendazole in soil-transmitted helminth-infected adults living in Lambaréné, Gabon

Abstract Purpose Gut resilience and systemic homeostasis are interrelated dynamic functions. A gut that fails to regulate intestinal barrier integrity, metabolite production, and immune regulation will lead to systemic pathogenic invasion and susceptibility to infections. Gut res...

Evaluation of Antiviral Drugs’ Central Nervous System Distribution Using In Vitro Blood–Brain and Blood-CSF Barrier Models: The Impact of Serum Protein Concentration

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) and blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) are dynamic neurovascular interfaces that maintain central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis by tightly regulating paracellular and transcellular molecular transport. Intercellular communication between ad...

Ten-year insert wear and the migration of uncemented tibial and femoral components with either conventional polyethylene or sequentially annealed highly crosslinked polyethylene: a blinded randomized controlled trial using radiostereometric analysis

Aims The aims of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to compare the long-term insert wear and migration of the tibial and femoral components between highly crosslinked polyethylene (HXLPE) inserts and conventional polyethylene (PE) inserts in an uncemented Triathlon fixed...

GPU-Accelerated Quantum Simulation of Stabilizer Circuits

We introduce new parallel algorithms for efficiently simulating stabilizer (Clifford) circuits on GPUs, with a focus on data-parallel tableau evolution and scalable handling of projective measurements. Our approach reformulates key bottlenecks in stabilizer simulation – such as G...

II. Chronologies

Abstract Despite a recent shift towards Global South-centred histories of development, women in and from Asia and Africa remain largely neglected in the historiography. In response, this Arenas issue examines the implications of situating the roles and experiences of women at the...

The Odeion of Pericles and the triumph of transience

Abstract Pericles’ Odeion, a renowned venue in Athens originally built in the second half of the fifth century BCE, accommodated poetic and musical competitions during the Panathenaia festival. Its design was said to mimic the military tent of the Persian king Xerxes. The present...

Remaking place relations for social‐ecological restoration: Reflections on placemaking in South Africa

Abstract Ecological restoration is an ongoing relational process involving interconnected reciprocal social and biophysical interactions that shift and change over time and space. Conceptual literature proposes that placemaking can deepen and enhance the understanding and impleme...

The influence of refugees’ housing location on their social contacts: Evidence from a national quasi-experiment

In fleeing from war and persecution, refugees lose important social contacts from their home country and need to develop new social networks in their host country. A common conjecture is that the region where refugees settle has important influences on whether and with whom refug...

The ecological impact of early human activity in Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname

It is increasingly recognized that human legacies from the pre-contact (<1492 CE) and colonial (>1492 CE) periods have shaped the modern biodiversity of Amazonian forests. However, past human activities varied widely across the region and did not always produce lasting ecological...

Evaluation of nationwide variation in post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation management following national guideline implementation in the Netherlands

Abstract Purpose Post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) is a severe complication of germinal matrix–intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm infants and is associated with significant morbidity and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. In 2023, national recommendations for...

Between Sex and Work: Regulating Webcamming Under the Platform Work Directive

Abstract This article examines the European Union Platform Work Directive (PWD) through the lens of webcamming, a form of platformised sex work largely excluded from regulatory debates on platform labour. Drawing on legal analysis and empirical research with webcam performers and...

The development of play face mimicry: comparative insights from human infants, adults and orangutans

Laughter and its associated facial expression, the play face, are critically important in the social lives of animals. Perhaps owing to this, play faces are mimicked in social interactions across many species. Despite growing interest, few works have directly compared play face m...

Science-driven or engagement-driven? Shaping commercialisation pathways in public research organisations

This paper analyses how scientists’ commercialisation pathways differ depending on how researchers balance two distinct orientations towards advancing science: an orientation to expand the pool of scholarly work (science-driven orientation) and an orientation to achieve practical...

Crossing the Chasm: The Publish-Review-Curate Model and the Future of Peer Review

Slides of the seminar, delivered during Peer Review Week 2026 on 18 September 2026. The talk traces how peer review evolved, examines the current crisis of reviewer workload and publishing growth, and maps peer review innovations through a typology of four schools of thought. It...

Crossing the Chasm: The Publish-Review-Curate Model and the Future of Peer Review

Slides of the seminar, delivered during Peer Review Week 2026 on 18 September 2026. The talk traces how peer review evolved, examines the current crisis of reviewer workload and publishing growth, and maps peer review innovations through a typology of four schools of thought. It...

A stabilized finite element method for a Morpho-Visco-Poroelastic Model

Studying the structure of soft tissues is important and relevant in biology, particularly in some diseases, such as tumor growth and dermal contraction after burn injury. Based on the complicated characteristics of the tissue and for the sake of a better understanding of the unde...