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After the "Late Victorian Holocausts": Transnational Responses to Famines and Malnutrition in India, c. 1900-1955
(2020)This study traces the multitude of non-state responses to famines and malnutrition in India in the first half of the twentieth century. It adopts a transnational approach and expands both the spatial and temporal frameworks that underlies research into famine crises in (post)colonial India. Aiming to overcome the state-centred perspective that dominates the literature on the subject matter, the study at hand focusses on the activities and ...Doctoral Thesis -
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The role of transcription factor TBPL1 in gene expression and biogenesis of 40S ribosomal subunits
(2020)Ribosomes translate the information encoded on mRNAs into functional proteins, a key process found in all domains of life. The complex assembly of these macromolecular machines requires the coordinated interplay of a myriad of trans- acting factors, and takes place across several cellular compartments. Although the process of ribosome synthesis has been studied for decades, many mechanistic insights into ribosome assembly steps are still ...Doctoral Thesis -
Forest Structure Characterization from SAR Tomography
(2019)Forests cover about 30 % of the Earth's land surface. They are an important element of the carbon and water cycle as they can act as both sinks and sources. As a result, they can influence the local and global climate. At the same time, forests are an important economic factor as they provide wood and food, and of high ecological importance as they provide habitat for numerous plants and animals. Due to its importance, the mapping, inventory ...Doctoral Thesis -
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Phosphorus availability and its interaction with plant belowground carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus input into a Ferralsol
(2019)Tropical grasslands cover 44% of the worldwide grassland area and are mainly grown on Ferralsols and Acrisols. These highly weathered soils usually contain a low concentration of plant available phosphorus (P), due to the strong P sorption onto the soil solid phase and/or the small total P content, which often limits plant growth. More than half grass-alone pastures in South America are degraded due to over-grazing and low plant available ...Doctoral Thesis -
Hollow polymeric cantilevers: from optical beam deflection to piezoresistive readout
(2019)Doctoral Thesis