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The overarching research institute for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
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When sex isn’t fun…
Pain during sex is a constant for one in 10 women, and one in three women experience this kind of pain occasionally. Then there are those women who suffer from vaginismus, who are so afraid of the pain that they avoid sexual intercourse completely.
Rainbows and brains
Professor Kai Jonas is the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience’s first chair of “Applied Social Psychology with special focus on LGBTQI+ Diversity and Health”. In the run-up to his inaugural lecture, he reflects on difficult conversations, progress, and how he uses psychology to tackle the still...
- EN Work instruction 7 Working with genetically modified animals in animal laboratories.pdf (150.21 KB, PDF)… the door cannot be opened freely. This is part of the Regulation and is intended to prevent animals from escaping. It indicates that an experiment involving animals is currently underway. Clothing • A closed lab coat (white) with long sleeves or a blue operating smock must be worn while working in the animal laboratories. • A hairnet and overshoes must be worn in animal laboratories and when working openly, suitable gloves and an FFP-2 mouth/nose mask at a minimum. • Shoes must be changed when … laboratories. • The lab coat, hairnet, respiratory protection, gloves, and overshoes must remain in the animal area once work is completed. • Personal belongings such as jackets, jumpers, and bags must be stored outside the workspace. • If wearing a blue operating smock while carrying out work, a white lab coat must also be worn when outside of the animal area. Work techniques 1. General • The doors and windows to the workspace must be kept closed while working. • The enclosure must be locked if … out against the wall of a tube – do not force out under pressure, etc. 3. Using a biosafety cabinet • See procedure Safe use of a biosafety cabinet type II 4. Syringes and needles • To minimize the risk of puncture accidents, aerosol formation, and spillage, avoid using syringes with needles as much as possible. • Use only disposable syringes with disposable needles; fill the syringe carefully and avoid the formation of air bubbles; hold the tip of the needle in the liquid when the content of the …
Chemie in de keuken
Yvonne Henskens, hoogleraar Klinische Chemie, heeft voor dit gesprek haar belangrijkste kookboeken op tafel gelegd en nog even snel een vijgencakeje gebakken, met eieren van eigen kippen. “Het liefste maak ik alles zelf: brood, kaas, mayonaise. Ik wil weten hoe het werkt, daarin blijf ik een...
Campus Venlo
Food, nutrition and logistics are the three main focuspoints at Campus Venlo. Research and educational topics range from food innovation and the psychology of eating to logistics optimisation.
44e Dies Natalis viering
De 44e verjaardag van de UM wordt op 31 januari 2020 gevierd.
31 JanDutch: Social Dutch (German speakers, UM-students only)
Together with about 12 to 16 other participants, you will follow two-hour group lessons. For each lesson you will need to invest 1.5 to 2 hours of independent self-study.
Southern comfort
Just over a month ago, they were celebrating that spring had finally arrived in Maastricht. The day after, they sat on a plane home – where they still are (home, that is, not the plane…). First-year UCM students Giulia Petrilli in Puglia, Italy and Max Griera in Catalonia, Spain share their...
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