This book offers exciting and often surprising insights into one hundred diseases that have emerged over the past century. The authors focus on the period from 1923, when Radboud University was founded, to 2023, the university's centennial anniversary. All of the diseases included in this book have left an indelible mark on the century in which they emerged, in either a scientific and/or socio-historic sense. All of the descriptions are accompanied by vivid illustrations, the majority of which come from the Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at Radboud university medical center. Each disease description also includes a critical commentary and a brief historical framework. Finally, each disease description also includes an English summary.
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Leven als zoekpartij. Intergenerationele zingeving en spiritualiteit
Meer dan vroeger zijn mensen vrij om betekenis te geven aan hun leven, om zelf waarden te kiezen die voor hen belangrijk zijn. Welke gevolgen heeft dat voor het gesprek over zingeving en spiritualiteit met de volgende generatie? Eén van de mogelijke methoden om een getuigenis te delen is die van de ‘spirituele autobiografie’.
In dit boek krijgt deze methode een intergenerationele toepassing aan de hand van een briefwisseling tussen de redacteur en zijn dochters, aangevuld met een begeleidend gesprek. Daarna laten diverse collega’s uit het professionele en wetenschappelijke veld hun – persoonlijk – licht erop schijnen.
Life as a quest. Intergenerational meaning and spirituality
People are now more liberated to give meaning to their life and to select values they deem important. What effect does this have on conversations about meaning and spirituality with the upcoming generation? One way of sharing a testimony is the 'spiritual autobiography'.
In this book, the method is applied in an intergenerational context through a series of letters between the editor and his daughters, along with an accompanying discussion. Additionally, many professionals and scientists provide their – personal – perspectives.
Book DetailsNumber Fields is a self-contained textbook for algebraic number theory. Part I of the book contains topics in basic algebraic number theory. The ‘ideal-theoretic’ version of class field theory is treated in Part II using modern mathematical language. The book includes many examples and exercises.
Book DetailsOn 15 October 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Souha Kanj received a Radboud honorary doctorate in recognition of her achievements in the field of infection control and prevention, efforts in antimicrobial stewardship, and research on various infectious diseases, particularly antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria. This edition includes the laudatio and the speech of our honorary doctor.
Book DetailsOn 20 October 2022, the day that Radboud University celebrated its 99th anniversary, Dr. Katalin Karikó received a Radboud honorary doctorate in recognition of her scientific contributions to developing mRNA-based vaccines. This edition includes the laudatio of the honorary supervisor and the speech of the honorary doctor.
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This book aims to combine knowledge and insight for an audience with sufficient prior knowledge of the broad field in which genetics and reproduction are intertwined. To this end, the “knowledge landscape” has been organized in 19 chapters and 4 text boxes. The power of language has been used as an aid in the search for insight, so that a structure has been created for people who deal with this matter professionally (including education). Also, for the educated layman it has a lot to offer, thanks to the excellent illustrations and an up to date glossary of scientific terms.
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This book provides unique insights into how health professionals and people with Parkinson’s disease shape care together. It shows both the courage and vulnerabilities of those who have to face this disease. It consists of photos of people with Parkinson’s disease and their care professionals, both of their interaction and portrayed individually, interwoven with fragments of their dialogue about meaningful care. This book is an integral part of a research project at Radboud university medical center into person-centred care. With it, we hope to contribute to a positive, hopeful vision of ever-improving Parkinson’s care.
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As a result of society’s increasing digitisation, the police have ever more opportunities to collect, investigate and combine huge amounts of personal data using advanced technology. However, the current legal framework is, as yet, ill-equipped to deal with this new reality. Commissioned by the WODC, this study examines the legal safeguards in criminal justice data collection in relation to the legal safeguards governing the processing of these data. To this end, the requirements and safeguards imposed by European law on the processing of data for law enforcement purposes are inventoried here. Inspiration is drawn from experience with the Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act 2017 and Belgian, German and Norwegian law. This study provides tools that legislators can use to reconsider the methods of standardisation and legal regulation design to better protect citizens' privacy.
November 2022: This research was completed on 15 July 2022; the websites listed in footnotes were accessible on that date. In this second corrected edition, a textual change has been made in footnote 537 (and the associated sentence). This correction in no way affects the results of the study.
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On Wednesday 11th May 2022, Adriaan van Dis received an honorary doctorate from Radboud University for his achievements as an ambassador for language and culture learning. This publication includes the eulogy of the honorary doctorate and the speech of thanks by our honorary doctor.
As a writer, commentator and documentary maker, Adriaan van Dis argues for more literacy, and especially for reading stories, poems and comics. Reading stimulates the imagination, promotes empathy and strengthens our tolerance.
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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) aims, through empirical analysis, to shed light on the value of health technologies to inform decision-making. In The VALIDATE handbook: an approach on the integration of values in doing assessments of health technologies, we will show that in HTA, normative commitments act as an indispensable guide for the collection and interpretation of empirical evidence.
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