Theses: Recent submissions
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Uncovering Endolysosomal Alterations in HER2+ Breast Cancer
(2025)Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent and frequently diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. HER2 is an oncogene overexpressed in 20% of all breast cancers and is associated with the most aggressive types of cancer. A part ... -
The UN: From 'Benevolent' Imperialist to Vehicle for Decolonisation
(2025)This thesis explores how Ethiopian and Liberian advocacy at the United Nations General Assembly and the International Court of Justice during the South West Africa dispute, from 1945 to 1974, reflected the development of ... -
The membrane of LUCA: an ‘archaeal/bacterial’ model?
(2025)Archaea typically produce isoprenoid-based ether-linked glycerol-1-phosphate (G1P) membrane lipids, whereas Bacteria/ Eukarya usually produce membrane lipids that constitute fatty acids ester-bound to glycerol-3-phosphate ... -
The Genomic Landscape of the Placenta: Mutations, Aneuploidy, Structural Variants and Why It Matters
(2025)The placenta is an ephemeral yet vital organ supporting foetal development during pregnancy. About a third of pregnancies are complicated due to placental dysfunction. Despite its importance, the placenta has been, and ... -
Understanding Amphibious Plants: A Review on Acclimation Mechanisms in Response to Changing Environments
(2025)Amphibious plants are a heterogeneous group of plants which live and thrive in water-land transition zones. Although no consensus has been reached for a proper definition, it is widely accepted that certain characteristics ... -
De inhoudsvaliditeit en interne consistentie van de Trauma Informed Care-Youth(TIC-Y)
(2025)When children up to 18 years old experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), this can negatively affect children’s physical, mental, social and emotional development and can decrease proper functioning of the family. ... -
Determinants of coumarin tolerance in Pseudomonas simiae WCS417
(2025)Plants are in contact with many microbes, some of which can have a positive impact, while others might have a negative impact on plant health and growth. This makes it important for plants to be able to select for microbes ... -
Innovations in Colon Epithelial Models: Understanding Interactions with Low-Oxygen Microbiota
(2025)Our body requires a well-functioning digestive system to break down food, absorb nutrients, and maintain a healthy balance. The intestines are essential for these processes and form a complex system in our body. In the ... -
Monitoring surface deformation of the Harmalière and Avignonet landslides (France) using remote sensing and climate data
(2025)Landslides pose significant risks to human settlements and infrastructures. Slow-moving landslides, while less immediately threatening, can develop into rapid and destructive events, making their study essential for ... -
Quantifying Gully Erosion Dynamics in Southern France: A Remote Sensing Approach
(2025)Gully erosion is a major driver of landscape evolution in semi-arid regions, which impacts land use and environmental stability (Vanmaercke et al., 2021). They create deep channels in the landscape and significantly impact ... -
Use it or Lose it: A Kotlin Static Analysis for Identifying Unused Values
(2025)Unused values found in source code may be a source of potential bugs. This is especially true for some types of values that must be eventually used by a certain set of functions. For example, an asynchronous call must be ... -
Reimagining work
(2025)Organizations are shifting from a job-based to a task-based organizational structure (Chalutz-Ben Gal, 2023). This increased task focus requires assessing who would be fit for a task directly by utilizing person-skill fit ... -
Plant perception of Herbivore- and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns and its role in defense against insects
(2025)Plants can interact with herbivores through complex signaling pathways involving the perception of herbivore-associated molecular patterns (HAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) by pattern recognition ... -
Risico- en beschermende factoren voor het niet afronden van een leerstraf bij jonge delinquenten
(2025)In the current existing literature several risk and protective factors have already been identified to be associated with the criminal behavior of youngsters. A study into the risk and protective factors that are associated ... -
Environmentally Sustainable Practices in Healthcare: Exploring Physicians’ Roles and Ethical Responsibilities
(2025)The environmental impact of the healthcare sector is increasingly receiving attention, thus raising questions regarding the role of healthcare systems in sustainable transition. This thesis focuses on the role of physicians, ... -
Another (Art) World is Possible: Nieuwe Vide as a Case Study on the Engagement with Activism in Dutch Presentation Institutions
(2025)This MA thesis explores the engagement with and integration of activism in Dutch art institutions. Specifically, it examines activism in Dutch non-collecting non-profit contemporary art spaces, also known as presentation ... -
Werkstraffen bij adolescenten: Dragen de bereidheid te voldoen aan de werkstraf en ouderlijk toezicht bij aan een succesvolle afronding?
(2025)To answer the research question “Do the adolescent's willingness to comply with community service and parental supervision contribute to a successful completion of community service among adolescents?”, data from the ... -
Reporting and handling of unrecorded values in automatically textextracted study variables from electronic health records in epidemiological studies: A Literature Review
(2025)Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) provide valuable patient data for research and natural language processing (NLP) helps convert this unstructured data into analyzable formats, though the issue of unrecorded ...