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The Relationship between the Degree of Remote Working and Remote Work Exhaustion
(2023)Remote working is a practice that has newly become adopted around the world as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the degree of remote working relates to a relatively ... -
Identifying the immunological drivers of early life homing of human naive T cells
(2023)Naïve T cells are generally considered as a circulating, homogeneous and quiescent population of T cells. However, recent advancements show that the naïve T cell pool is much more heterogeneous and compartmentalized than ... -
Stratospheric dynamics of slowly rotating terrestrial planets
(2023)With the advent of space travel in 20th century, and discoveries of thousands of exoplanets in the 21st, the field of atmospheric dynamics faces new challenges and opportunities. Of particular interest is qualitative ... -
Gradual Semantics for Probabilistic Argumentation Frameworks
(2023)Gradual semantics are methods that evaluate overall strengths of individual arguments in graphs. In this thesis, we investigate gradual semantics for extended frameworks in which probabilities are used to quantify the ... -
The Effects of Restricting Antimicrobial Use in Food-Producing Animals on Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans: a Review
(2023)Resistance to antimicrobials is an important and growing concern for human health worldwide, as it reduces the efficacy of antimicrobial treatments, leading to longer illness and increased mortality. Antimicrobial use in ... -
Oral antihypertensive agents in pregnancy and fetal growth restriction – a population-based cohort study
(2023)Introduction: Currently, there is no consensus on whether methyldopa, labetalol, or nifedipine is the preferred treatment for hypertension in pregnancy. These agents might have varying effects on fetal growth and the risk ... -
‘Evaluation of the ‘renewed approach to delirium’ project at the cardiothoracic surgery ward.’
(2023)Introduction. Postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery is a common but frequently unrecognized complication in hospitalized patients, typically occurring within the first three postoperative days. This study evaluates ... -
Remediating Disney Classics
(2023)In this thesis I am looking at the release and rerelease practices of some key, classic animated films by Disney for different technologies of consumption ranging from cinema to home video, both in analog and digital ... -
Exploring the Influence of Priming on Accessibility and Desirability: Implications for Option Generation in Decision-Making
(2023)While previous research on priming has primarily focused on how individuals choose between pre-generated options, everyday decision-making often involves generating options before making a choice. External cues can influence ... -
Behavioural shifts of Diadema savignyi and their impact on coral communities around Rapa Nui
(2023)A complex system of feedbacks between species and their surroundings often generates ecosystems at relatively stable states. Perturbations in such a system can lead to regime shifts especially in cases of bistability. Here ... -
The Justification of Anti-Poaching Military Conservation Efforts in South Africa: An In-Depth Analysis of How Militarization Occurred within Kruger National Park from 2008 to 2018 Through the Lens of Green Militarization
(2023)[""After 2008, Kruger National Park in South Africa underwent a poaching crisis where rhinos and other wildlife were being targeted by poachers abroad. One way of dealing with this crisis was through the means of militarized ... -
Remote Warfare and Epistemic Politics: The discursive response of the US and the Netherlands to claims of civilian harm caused by partnerships with local security forces
(2023)Remoteness has become a characteristic feature of warfare where states keep a safe distance by conducting operations from the air by using remote warfare weapons and operations from the ground by providing security force ... -
Hoe een stiksel een naam kan worden. Verwording tot soortnaam bij niet-woordmerken.
(2023)In deze scriptie wordt besproken dat verwording tot soortnaam beter verwording tot soortaanduiding genoemd zou kunnen worden. Dit omdat volgens de huidige jurisprudentie verwording tot soortnaam niet slechts tot woordmerken ... -
Blundell_Edward_7340443_MA_Thesis
(2023)[""Despite the vast and interdisciplinary area of study that is the research of audiences in relation to non-fictional political satire tv shows, little work has been done, from a television studies background, on the ... -
“This is not a river anymore” Rights of nature and life in ruins along El Río Monjas
(2023)My main findings revolve around the impact of granting legal personhood to El Río Monjas - a polluted river - on the residents of La Esperanza in Quito, Ecuador. Existing research in the rights of nature discourse has ...