Who wouldn’t love to get more work done in less time, have time for family, sports and hobbies, thus creating a relaxed way of life? Trouble is, between the dream and the reality there’s a clock in the way, and it only let you have 24 hours in any one day. There’s no way round that.

Most people find being under time pressure very unpleasant; the awful realisation that 24 hours just aren’t enough to do what they want or have to do. Sound familiar? You can do something about that ‘against...

In 2006 Leiden University has initiated a series Leiden Dissertations at Leiden University Press. This series affords an opportunity to those who have recently obtained their doctorate to publish the results of their doctoral research so as to ensure a wide distribution among colleagues and the interested public. The dissertations will become available both in printed and in digital versions. Books from this LUP series can be ordered through www.lup.nl.

The large majority of Leiden dissertati...