Until the sixties a salient feature of Dutch society was its 'pillarization', the segmentation of
society in religious and secular blocs and subcultures. Each bloc had set up a whole array of …

Recent experimental developments in the field of semiconductor quantum dot (QD) spectroscopy
are discussed. Firstly, we report about single QD exciton two-level systems and their …

Vele media en populair-wetenschappelijke studies verhalen van generaties die aanzienlijk
verschillen in kansen en opvattingen ten aanzien van onderwijs, arbeid, inkomen, vrije tijd, …

Half of the 10 million children who die annually in the world are from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
The reasons are known, but lack of will and resources avoid the development of …

During decades much empirical research has been devoted to the study of values in relation
to work. Many studies have treated work-related values as expressions of more general life …

We report on Rabi oscillations of the biexciton in a single In x Ga 1 − x As ∕ Ga As quantum
dot, induced via a coherent two-photon process. In contrast to single-exciton Rabi …

We report on a two-level system, defined by the ground-state exciton of a single In Ga As ∕
Ga As quantum dot. Saturation spectroscopy combined with ultrahigh spectral resolution …

Previous research indicates the importance of the religious market theory in explaining cross-national
differences in secularization. In this article, religious market variables are …

At the start of the third millennium social scientists’ preoccupation with the weakening of
Gemeinschaft is - particularly in western postmodern societies - again at its peak. Waning social …

Highlighting the progress made by researchers in using Web-based surveys for data
collection, this timely volume summarizes the experiences of leading behavioral and social …