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Ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid als hoogleraar in de Urologie, in het bijzonder Functiestoornissen van de Lagere Urinewegen aan de Universiteit Leiden op vrijdag 2 september 2016LUMC / Geneeskund

Cohere: Privacy Management in Large Scale Systems

The need for a privacy management layer in today's systems started to manifest with the emergence of new systems for privacy-preserving analytics and privacy compliance. As a result, we began to see many independent efforts emerge that try to provide system support for privacy. Recently, the scope of privacy solutions used in systems has expanded to encompass more complex techniques such as Differential Privacy (DP). The use of these solutions in large-scale systems imposes new challenges and requirements. Careful planning and coordination are necessary to ensure that privacy guarantees are maintained across a wide range of heterogeneous applications and data systems. This requires new solutions for managing shared application state and allocating scarce and non-replenishable privacy resources. In this paper, we introduce Cohere, a new data management system that simplifies the use of DP in large-scale systems. Cohere implements a unified interface that allows heterogeneous applications to operate on a unified view of users' data. Cohere further extends existing accounting systems with the ability to manage and optimally allocate shared privacy resources, i.e., budget, under complex preferences. We show that Cohere can effectively enable advanced privacy solutions in existing large-scale systems with minimal modifications to existing data management systems and with moderate overhead

Soft controls and employee well-being:An analysis of SMEs in Europe

How can small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) take care of their employees’ wellbeing so that they can retain a productive and satisfied workforce? The present study examines the relation between soft controls and the well-being of employees in small and medium-sized enterprises. Soft controls are defined in terms of social safety, autonomy, support and empowerment. We use the job demands resources (JD-R) model and the self determination theory (SDT) to develop hypotheses on how soft controls are related to well-being. The research was based on data collected from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015. The sample consisted of 9255 salaried employees, working in SMEs across 35 European countries. Structural equation modelling showed that soft controls affect employee well-being. In European SMEs especially social safety is an important form of soft control. Social safety appears to promote employees’ jobsatisfaction and engagement, while preventing burnout and workaholism

Soft controls and employee well-being:An analysis of SMEs in Europe

How can small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) take care of their employees’ wellbeing so that they can retain a productive and satisfied workforce? The present study examines the relation between soft controls and the well-being of employees in small and medium-sized enterprises. Soft controls are defined in terms of social safety, autonomy, support and empowerment. We use the job demands resources (JD-R) model and the self determination theory (SDT) to develop hypotheses on how soft controls are related to well-being. The research was based on data collected from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015. The sample consisted of 9255 salaried employees, working in SMEs across 35 European countries. Structural equation modelling showed that soft controls affect employee well-being. In European SMEs especially social safety is an important form of soft control. Social safety appears to promote employees’ jobsatisfaction and engagement, while preventing burnout and workaholism

Thalamic Lesions in Vascular Dementia: Low Sensitivity of Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) Imaging

Background and Purpose—The criteria of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)– Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l’Enseignement en Neurosciences (AIREN) include thalamic lesions for the diagnosis of vascular dementia (VaD). Although studies concerning VaD and brain aging advocate the use of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) or T2-weighted images (T2-WI) to detect ischemic lesions, none compared the sensitivity of these sequences to depict thalamic lesions. Methods—We performed a blinded review of T2-WI and FLAIR images in 73 patients fulfilling the radiological part of the NINDS-AIREN criteria (mean age, 71 years; range, 49 to 83 years). This sample was drawn from a large multicenter trial on VaD and was expected to have a high prevalence of thalamic lesions. In a side-by-side review, including T1-weighted images as well, lesions were classified according to presumed underlying pathology. Results—The total number of thalamic lesions was 214. Two hundred eight (97%) were detected on T2-WI, but only 117 (55%) were detected on FLAIR ( 2 5.1; P 0.05). Although the mean size of lesions detected on T2-WI and not on FLAIR (4.4 mm) was significantly lower than the mean size of lesions detected on both sequences (6.7 mm) (P 0.001), 5 of the 29 lesions 10 mm on T2-WI were not visible on FLAIR. FLAIR detected only 81 (51%) of the 158 probable ischemic lesions and 30 (60%) of the 50 probable microbleeds. Conclusions—FLAIR should not be used as the only T2-weighted sequence to detect thalamic lesions in patients suspected of having VaD

Van coronacrisis naar kansen: financiële maatregelen in coronatijd

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Goodwill and value creation of acquisitions

In 2001, some important changes took place in the US accounting regime. As a result of these changes, acquiring companies are obliged to provide more extended as well as more uniform information concerning the mergers and acquisitions in their annual accounts. The intention of this research is to gain an insight into the information content of purchased goodwill with regard to the value creation of the acquisition for the business combination. This research contains two studies. The first study investigates whether the new regulation affects reporting on goodwill. The second study focuses attention on goodwill under the new regime as a measure of value creation.LEI Universiteit LeidenCoherent privaatrech

Zachte slaag- en faalfactoren bij fusies en overnames in kaart: op weg naar de Soft Due Diligence Check

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