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A comparative study of the Cardiovascular Effects of Medetomidine and Medetomidine-Acepromazine Premedication in Dogs
(2026)The aim of this research was to evaluate the cardiovascular and sedative effects of a medetomidine-acepromazine combination compared to medetomidine alone in dogs. Specifically, heart rate (HR), systolic arterial pressure ... -
Learning to Identify Life Cycle Phases in Research Software Projects
(2026)Research software is widely used in modern scientific work, yet its development often lacks formal oversight. Currently, there is no consistent, data-driven way to determine which life cycle phase a project is in. This ... -
The Distinct Roles of Double-Talented Students in Medicine, Nursing and Social Work
(2026)Background Two higher education institutions in the Netherlands have aimed to use medical, nursing and social work students’ experiential knowledge encompassing a disability or vulnerability in education for their peers ... -
The Effect of Heat Stress on Cognition in Firefighters
(2026)Firefighters are exposed to extreme heat and physical exertion while wearing insulating protective equipment, resulting in substantial heat stress. Deviances in cognitive functioning are critical for firefighter safety and ... -
Gebruik en perceptie van machinevertaling binnen de Universiteit Utrecht
(2026)In deze masterscriptie wordt onderzocht hoe verschillende groepen mensen verbonden aan de Universiteit Utrecht machinevertaling gebruiken en wat hun percepties van machinevertaling zijn. Hierdoor kunnen verschillende ... -
It's Just How We Talk: Unfolding a History of Muting and Demanding Fluency from People who Stutter
(2026)This thesis traces a genealogy of stuttering to unveil how fluency has been constructed as a linguistic, medical, moral, and cultural norm within the scope of Western modernity, roughly from the 1840’s onwards, and how ... -
The Netherlands' Recognition of the People's Republic of China: a Postcolonial Perspective
(2026)This paper studies the Netherlands’ recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on March 27, 1950, and its subsequent, ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of diplomatic normalization. By employing a postcolonial ... -
Comparing Factors that Shape the Relationship Between Pre- and Post-Copulatory Reproductive Investments
(2026)Sexual selection is an evolutionary process that drives the emergence of complex sexual traits. Shifts in the preferences of one sex can impose selection on traits in the other, resulting in the codivergence of these traits ... -
Exploring the role of disease modifiers on the phenotypic variation of PLN R14del
(2026)The PLN R14del mutation is an important genetic cause of both arrhythmogenic and dilated cardiomyopathies (ACM and DCM), and it is characterized by widely varying degrees of severity. The exact molecular mechanisms and ... -
Conversing with oral history archives: A study into the scope of an AI-driven chatbot aiming for optimal knowledge discovery
(2026)Digital archives are capable of housing vast amounts of data which raises the importance of effective navigation to support knowledge discovery. Traditional navigation techniques, such as search bars and filters often fall ... -
Phenotypic Characterization of Idiopathic Epilepsy and Epilepsy of Unknown Cause in Labradoodles
(2026)Canine epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that has a major impact on the quality of life of both dog and owner. In the last decades several studies have described the breed specific characteristics of a large number ... -
The effect of online communication skills training on dairy veterinarians’ scores in the Veterinary DialogueTrainer, an online gaming tool.
(2026)Effective communication is essential in modern bovine veterinary practice, particularly as the focus shifts from individual animal care towards herd health and production management (HHPM). However, many bovine practitioners ... -
The Hidden Harm of Deceptive Illness Awareness, Recognition, and Reporting of Animal Abuse by Falsification (AAF) among Dutch Veterinary Professionals.
(2026)Animal Abuse by Falsification (AAF) is a severe form of maltreatment where an owner deliberately induces, fabricates, or exaggerates medical symptoms in an animal. Because this abuse mimics genuine illness, its detection ... -
Unruly Waters: The Reproduction of Power Relations within Domestic Water Infrastructure in the Neighbourhood of New Guinee, San Andrés
(2026)Mass tourism, inadequate water management, and socio-cultural inequalities shape the water distribution and infrastructure in New Guinee, a low-income neighbourhood on San Andrés Island, Colombia. Piped water supply here ... -
Agent-based testing for games with physics
(2026)Agent-based testing is a testing technique that can mimic human decision making and has been shown to be successfully used in testing games from start to completion. However, this has so far been limited to non-real-time ... -
Biological associations between perioperative stress, immune dysregulation, and chronic pain after mastectomy
(2026)Persistent post-mastectomy pain (PPMP) affects a large proportion of women after breast cancer surgery, yet the biological mechanisms underlying its development remain unclear. This study investigates how perioperative ...