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Generative AI Literacy in Dutch Public Organizations: Competency Requirements for Responsible Governance and Use
(2025)The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming public organizations, raising questions about responsible use, governance, and workforce preparedness. While AI literacy has been widely studied in ... -
A scatter correction algorithm for quantitative total body PET scanning for cancer patients
(2025)PET imaging has an important role in early detection of cancer. However, the data acquired during a scan contains noise, which degrades image quality. One of the major contributing factors is scatter, which can be modeled ... -
An Island-Based Evolutionary Algorithm with a Novel Fitness Approximation Function for the Influence Maximization Problem
(2025)nfluence Maximization (IM) seeks the set of nodes that maximizes expected influence spread under a diffusion model on a static network. Existing Evolu- tionary Algorithms (EA) approaches are limited by slow or inaccurate ... -
The Impact of Characterization on Player Immersion in an Educational Escape Room: An Explorative Study on Protein Folding
(2025)This study examined how characterization influences student immersion in an educational escape room (EER) centered on protein folding concepts. Ten secondary school students participated in a specially designed escape box ... -
Moving on after Fossil Fuels: Groningen's Gas Field Closure and the Quest for a Just Transition
(2025)The urgency of transitioning to sustainable energy is widely acknowledged in addressing climate change, but growing attention is now directed at justice aspects in these transitions. However, most just transition literature ... -
Contextualized Representation Learning for Robust Multi-Modal Reasoning
(2025)Recent advancements in computing resources and the accumulation of large-scale data have enabled the development of Large Vision-Language Model, which typically consist a vision encoder to extract image features and language ... -
A mechanistic understanding of Dynein mediated centrosomal translocation in activated T cells
(2025)Our adaptive immune system is capable of detecting and removing foreign invaders but also unhealthy cancerous and virally-infected human cells. This process depends on strictly regulated intracellular T cell receptor (TCR) ... -
Identification of protein properties associated with prostate cancer EVs using machine learning
(2025)In this study, we focus on proteins released by prostate cancer cells that form small particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs play a crucial role in how cancer spreads in the body by carrying a variety of ... -
Early behavioral indicators for the onset of post-weaning diarrhea in piglets
(2025)Introduction: Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is common in pig production and has a substantial economic impact. Moreover, PWD has a great impact on piglet health and welfare. Diarrhea presents itself in the first week post ... -
Women at the forefront of Life: Social Reproduction in Lithium Extraction in Jujuy, Argentina
(2025)This thesis examines how Indigenous women sustain the social reproduction of life in the context of lithium extraction in Jujuy, Argentina. Using Social Reproduction Theory and the Re-patriarchalization of Territories ... -
Carrollian Gravity from the Polyakov Action
(2025)This Master's Thesis project originates from the expectation that the equations of motion of Carroll gravity at leading order could emerge from the context of string theory, by applying the Carroll limit to the Polyakov ... -
A mini-review on distribution patterns of AOA across oxygen gradients in aquatic systems
(2025)Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are central players in the marine nitrogen cycle and rank among the most abundant microorganisms in the ocean. While classically considered obligate aerobes, AOA are consistently detected ... -
From Bamboo to Benefits: Exploring the Leverage Points for Equitable PES Schemes in Colombia’s Eje Cafetero.
(2025)Guadua angustifolia offers significant potential for ecosystem service conservation and provision in Colombia’s Eje Cafetero. However, limited economic incentives for its cultivation and management have led to its ... -
Unlocking the biomethane potential of bovine manure? A cost-benefit analysis and geospatial assessment of biomethane production on medium-sized Dutch dairy farms
(2025)Greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution from the energy and dairy farming sector must decrease to achieve sustainability goals in the Netherlands. Manure digestion (MD) and nitrogen stripping (NS) can contribute ...