Theses: Recent submissions
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The influence of endogenous nitrous oxide in oral regions for drug testing sensitivity and analysis
(2024)Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a naturally occurring gas that is also used by people for various purposes. People also use nitrous oxide as an illegal drug known as laughing gas. The use of laughing gas leads to public safety ... -
Development of circRNA Detection Protocol for circHIPK3 and its Potential Application in Identifying Novel Biomarkers for Sepsis
(2024)Sepsis is a severe condition that occurs when the body's response to infection becomes dysregulated, leading to organ dysfunction. Patients that survive are often left with chronical illnesses or long-term complications. ... -
Modelling plastic additive release in aquatic environments to support plastic environmental risk assessment
(2024)Plastic litter is reckoned as an issue of global concern due to its prevalent and ubiquitous nature and its detrimental impact on wildlife and ecosystems. One of the ways by which plastic is hypothesized to cause harm to ... -
Projections of Land Loss to Major Deltas: The Effects of Relative Sea-Level Rise and Fluvial Sediment Delivery in the 21st Century
(2024)River deltas are currently at risk of substantial land loss due to the dual threats of RSLR and declining fluvial sediment supply. Here we use IPCC RSLR scenarios and projections of fluvial sediment supply to build a model ... -
Enhancing Global Streamflow Predictions: Integrating Remote Sensing Data into a Hybrid PCR-GLOBWB and Random Forest Modeling Approach
(2024)Streamflow predictions are essential for effective water management, enabling assessment of water availability, maintenance of agricultural practices, flood mitigation, and the overall impact on society. Traditional ... -
Stress and the City
(2024)As urban populations continue to grow, dense urban environments have become characteristic of modern cities. City planners are increasingly seeking sustainable solutions to preserve livability. Policies promoting active ... -
The acquisition of English by young Italian learners: A corpus study on the influence of transfer
(2024)This thesis aims to investigate the role of Italian in the acquisition of English, and asks the following research question: Is there evidence of transfer errors from L1 Italian to L3 English in the writings of children ... -
De Relatie Tussen een Negatieve Ouder-Kind Interactie en Internaliserende Problematiek bij Adolescenten en de Mediërende Rol van Problematisch Social Media Gebruik
(2024)Bestaand onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat een negatieve ouder-kind interactie verschillende ernstige gevolgen heeft voor adolescenten. Een van deze gevolgen is internaliserende problematiek. Er is echter weinig bekend over ... -
The Association between Sibling Warmth and Conflict and Adolescent Aggressive Behavior, Moderated by Gender
(2024)Aim The current study aimed to examine whether the relationship between sibling warmth and sibling conflict is associated with aggressive behavior in adolescents and whether this relationship is moderated by gender. Method ... -
Structuur bieden en stellen van grenzen: de modererende rol van de persoonlijkheid van moeders
(2024)Introduction: Given toddlerhood is characterized by a rapid increase in children’s sense of autonomy, it is crucial for parents to adequately structure novel situations and set consistent limits to their child’s behaviour. ... -
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in People Who Have Lost a Loved One During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk Factors and the Effectiveness of Unsupervised Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(2024)This randomized-waitlist controlled trial investigates the association between saying goodbye to a deceased loved one and baseline posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Dutch people bereaved during the COVID-19 ... -
Modereren ouder-kind relaties het verband tussen social mediagebruik en empathie?
(2024)Lately, some concerns have been raised because of the fact that social media might have a negative influence on empathy in adolescents; its effects on psychosocial development are not fully clear and yet, social media is ... -
De relatie tussen gezamenlijk mediagebruik van ouders en kinderen en het gezinsfunctioneren, en voorspellers van dit gezamenlijke mediagebruik.
(2024)Family functioning is integral to the well-being and development of youth and can be influenced by the shared activities between parents and children. With the advent of digital media, there has been a noticeable increase ... -
Multi-output lesion-symptom mapping using deep learning and explainable AI in small vessel disease
(2024)Cerebral small vessel disease causes cognitive impairment, dementia, and stroke and is characterized by white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and other brain lesions. Lesion-symptom mapping (LSM) aims to understand the ... -
Prolonged grief disorder in people who have lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic: risk factors and the effectiveness of unguided online cognitive behavioural therapy.
(2024)After nearly 7 million deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic an increased risk of developing prolonged grief disorder (PGD) was predicted. By using a randomized waitlist-controlled trial this study investigated the association ... -
Between accessibility and inclusion: gender, sexuality, race and ableism in the audio description of the Italian Tv Series Prisma
(2024)This thesis project aims to illustrate the paradoxical relation between accessibility and inclusivity in audio description (AD) of the Italian TV series Prisma (2022). Audio description is a progressive tool to enhance ... -
Impact of the shift to online distance learning during COVID-19 on the mental wellbeing of VET-students.
(2024)Following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to comprehensively understand the sociological and psychological consequences of the social distancing measures. This study focuses on the at-risk mental wellbeing of Vocational ... -
Impact of Chronic Conditions on Academic Pressure: Examining the Buffering Role of Social Support
(2024)Over the past two decades, the percentage of students experiencing schoolwork pressure in the Netherlands has more than doubled, rising from 15.9% to 35.4% between 2001 and 2017 (Stevens et al., 2018). This substantial ... -
RELIGIOSITY AS A MODERATOR: UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL YOUTH.
(2024)The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of religiosity on the mental health of LGB youth using data from the Dutch Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (2017/2018). It investigates whether LGB youth ...