Theses: Recent submissions
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Analysing the distributional effects of low emission zones. A case study of the city of Barcelona.
(2024)This thesis is framed in the context of the urgent need for integrating social justice into sustainability policies, emphasising the concept of a "just transition" towards environmental harmony without compromising social ... -
Mechanisms and Consequences of Mitotic Mis-Segregation During Early Embryogenesis
(2024)Investigations into the relatively high frequency of spontaneous miscarriages have revealed that chromosomal instability (CIN) is common in human preimplantation embryos. This instability is characterised by an elevated ... -
Over leesvaardigheid gesproken
(2024)Het wetenschappelijk onderzoeksveld, docenten, het landelijk nieuws en de politiek uiten zorgen over de leesvaardigheid van de Nederlandse scholieren. Er heerst consensus over het feit dat het Nederlandse leesvaardigheidsonderwijs ... -
De burgerschapsopdracht in basisscholen: een bijzondere aangelegenheid
(2024)Deze thesis onderzoekt de rol van verschillende onderwijsidentiteiten in de invulling van de burgerschapsopdracht in het funderend onderwijs via literatuuronderzoek en discoursanalyses. Dee burgerschapsopdracht is in 2021 ... -
Optimalisatie van protocoladherentie bij postoperatieve antistollingszorg; evaluatie van interventies door apothekersassistenten
(2024)ABSTRACT Background Currently, surgery in patients with antithrombotic therapy frequently results in complications, such as thromboembolisms or bleedings. Interruptions around the time of surgery adds more complexity and ... -
On the connection between Hodge theory and integrable systems
(2024)We investigate the relationship between Hodge theory, a field of mathematics, and integrable systems, a concept in physics. There are several reasons to believe the two notions are related and this suspicion has been ... -
Unlocking the Secrets of Urine Survival: an exploration of bacterial genetic adaptations
(2024)Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections and can be caused by a diverse range of bacterial species. Here we studied the relatedness and changes in gene presence and absence profiles ... -
The Effect of Public Service Motivation on Turnover Intention in Consultancy Firms: a moderated mediation model
(2024)(PSM) has been found to decrease turnover intention in the public sector, the effect of PSM on turnover intention in the private sector is still unclear. Though some studies find that PSM increases turnover intention in ... -
Task-oriented Dialog Policy Learning via Deep Reinforcement Learning and Automatic Graph Neural Network Curriculum Learning
(2024)In a task-oriented dialog system, a core component is the dialog policy, which determines the response action and guides the conversation system to complete the task. Optimizing such a dialog policy is often formulated as ... -
Adding monetary value to mangrove restoration projects through carbon credits
(2024)One prominent emission reduction mechanism is the Voluntary Carbon Market. Carbon offsetting through the reforestation of mangroves possesses a significant potential for climate change mitigation, as their restoration ... -
Taxonomy Construction with Multi-Critic Reinforcement Learning
(2024)This thesis investigates the application of multi-critic reinforcement learning to taxonomy construction. Using multiple critics in complicated environments has been shown to improve overall performance on a plethora of ... -
The Circular Transition of the Dutch Carpet Industry - A Sectoral Innovation System approach
(2024)The shift to a Circular Economy presents a solution to the growing problems of waste accumulation and resource depletion, especially for resource-intensive businesses. The Dutch government therefore has set to goal of ... -
The influence of prescribed frequency, intensity, and type of homebased exercises on exercise adherence in patients with non-specific low back pain
(2024)Background: Low back pain is a very common disorder worldwide with a prevalence of up to 39%. Non-specific low back pain is commonly treated with exercise therapy. However, exercise adherence is low, with non-adherence of ... -
Bias analysis of NLP models for violence risk assessment
(2024)This research delves into gender bias and its mitigation in NLP models for violence risk assessment within the psychiatric care domain. A comparison between transformer-based monolingual and multilingual models is made, ... -
A Methodological Development of Accessing Greenness Visibility from Open-Source Street View Images: A Multi-City and Multi-Country Implementation
(2024)Urban green spaces provide numerous benefits, including augmenting the aesthetic appeal of urban landscapes and improving mental wellbeing. While diverse methods have been used to evaluate greenery, the assessment of green ... -
GreenEx-R: Developing opensource prototype packages to model multidimensional nature exposure
(2024)Systematic reviews show that exposure to greenspaces has a beneficial effect on physical and mental health and well-being. Greenspace exposure is commonly categorised into three core principles; availability, accessibility, ... -
Cleaving to Connect: Non-Free Radical Photopolymerization for Orthogonal Multi Material Volumetric Bioprinting of Hydrogels
(2024)The Biofabrication field seeks ways of producing organs by Bioprinting which is the 3D printing of cells and other tissue components. The materials used for this 3D printing are network forming molecules that can trap ...