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From Benchmarking to Bottom-Up Resilience: Evaluating Civil Society's Role in Rule of Law Reform in The Western Balkans
(2025)The European Union’s (EU) enlargement strategy has traditionally relied on conditionality and benchmarking to incentivise reforms in candidate countries. Yet, in recent years, this top-down approach has produced diminishing ... -
Study on Mycobacterium ulcerans infection and carriage in Australian phalangeroid possums and assessment of a commercial DNA extraction kit’s effectiveness beyond its intended use
(2025)Introduction and aim. Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have long posed significant threats to human health. A majority of EIDs constitutes of zoonotic diseases. Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is ... -
The potential added values of high-quality, digitized plastinated specimens in veterinary anatomy education: a small-scale usability study.
(2025)With anatomical dissections being included decreasingly in medical curricula, contextual anatomical knowledge of students may diminish. On top of that, accessibility of some currently used anatomical studying materials, ... -
From Epizootic to Enzootic: Dynamics and Impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dutch Wild Bird Populations (2016–2025)
(2025)Since 2016, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has caused recurring outbreaks in wild birds in the Netherlands, with a potential shift from seasonal epizootics to year-round enzootic circulation since 2021. This study ... -
One Health in Rural Southern Chile: Environmental Contamination with Canine Intestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors
(2025)Dogs are important reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, posing a threat to humans through both direct contact and environmental contamination. This study investigated the environmental presence of canine (zoonotic) intestinal ... -
Brain Volume and Cognition at School Age after Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke (PAIS)
(2025)Background: Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) can lead to severe neurodevelopmental issues, including cognitive deficits. The extent of impairment has been linked to stroke volume and location. Larger strokes may ... -
Self interacting Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter
(2025)Its inability to explain the experimentally observed neutrino masses and the identity of dark matter (DM) are among the most widely accepted flaws of the current formulation of the Standard Model (SM). It has been established ... -
Active Travel: A Contentious Business
(2025)Through a series of interviews with small business owners in case study areas adjacent to recently built active travel infrastrucuture in North London, this paper identifies the challenges that these businesses can face, ... -
Data lineage in the RVB
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MRSA and pets in Dutch healthcare
(2025)Deze scriptie onderzoekt hoe Nederlandse zorginstellingen omgaan met Methicilline-resistente Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in relatie tot huisdieren. Omdat MRSA zowel bij mensen als bij dieren kan voorkomen, vormt dit een ... -
THE EFFECTS OF EDTATUBE UNDERFILLING AND DELAYED ANALYSIS ON MEASURED MCV VALUES IN CANINE BLOOD SAMPLES
(2025)This study investigated the impact of EDTA tube underfilling and delayed analysis on hematologic measurements in canine blood. Blood samples from 17 dogs were divided into four fill levels (100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%) and ... -
Welke vakdidactische keuzes worden gemaakt in een les over migratie? Een kwalitatief onderzoek vanuit het oogpunt van aardrijkskundedocenten
(2025)Uit onderzoek is blijkt dat het publieke debat over migratie gepolariseerd is geraakt en vaak losstaat van de realiteit (De Haas, en Musch, 2023). Dit wordt versterkt door stereotypen beelden over migratie die leerlingen ... -
Unbiased quantification of spliced and unspliced reads for RNA velocity analysis
(2025)To predict the future state of single cells, RNA velocity can be used to infer a temporal dimension in single-cell RNA data. RNA velocity uses the abundances of spliced and unspliced RNA in a cell for each gene to predict ... -
Exploring LLM-Based Semantic Representations in a Hybrid Approach for Automated Trace Link Recovery
(2025)Automated trace link recovery between issues and commits is essential for maintaining requirements traceability, as it reduces the manual effort required in large-scale software projects. This study investigates the ... -
Mehrsprachige Praktiken in der namibischen Diaspora - Computervermittelte Kommunikation in einer heterogenen Facebookgruppe
(2025)This thesis examines the role of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Namibians in Germany, a Facebook group consisting of Namibians of both German descent and non-German descent, living in Germany and elsewhere in the ... -
Oppression or empowerment for women? The lived experiences of women in consensual non-monogamous relationships with men
(2025)Views on consensual non-monogamy (CNM) differ in the Netherlands and other parts of the western world, particularly regarding how women who are in CNM relationships with men experience these relationships. Highly positive ... -
To ban or not to ban: How do students feel about the new phone ban in the Netherlands?
(2025)Since the beginning of 2024, a phone ban has been issued at both primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands because phones are believed to be distracting and lead to worse academic performance. In general, two bans ...