Theses: Recent submissions
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Machine-Learning-Based Dimensionality Assessment for Cognitive Diagnosis Models
(2025)This thesis examines how supervised machine learning algorithms can be utilised to predict the number of hidden attributes in simulated data derived from cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) structures. It is essential for ... -
Responsiveness, restraint and range: Conflict over the epistemic personae of naval officers in Dutch 19th-century Arctic science
(2025)In the second half of the 19th century, naval officers were relegated to marginal roles in environmental science. This boundary work helped shape the scientific community today, where academic credentials are a prerequisite. ... -
Generative AI for AI-driven data management: Name similarity with transformers for entity matching
(2025)Organization name matching is essential for data integration but presents unique challenges due to inconsistent formatting, abbreviations, typographical and phonetic variations, and the lack of grammatical structure or ... -
Memento Diplomacy in 19th Century Austro-Russian Relations: The Rift Between Realism & Mysticism in Metternich and Alexander I’s Alliance
(2025)This thesis, titled Memento Diplomacy in 19th Century Austro-Russian Relations: The Rift Between Realism & Mysticism in Metternich and Alexander I’s Alliance, 1814-1825, introduces a novel analytical framework which explores ... -
RIGHT VENTRICULAR ADAPTATION TO VARYING LOADING CONDITIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS PULMONARY VALVE IMPLANTATION
(2025)Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in new-born. In patients with a congenital heart disease (CHD), the right ventricle plays a key role in disease progression and prognosis. CHD patients often ... -
Uncovering Biomarkers in Pre-symptomatic Huntington’s Disease Through Machine Learning
(2025)Background: Huntington disease (HD) is a rare neurodegenerative fatal disorder. HD is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in the Huntingtin protein causing extension of CAG repeats. Although this mutation was identified ... -
Op weg naar meer innovatiegericht inkopen bij OCW
(2025)De Rijksoverheid geeft jaarlijks ruim €16 miljard uit aan inkoop. Inkoop kan daarom een belangrijke rol spelen bij het stimuleren van innovaties en het realiseren van maatschappelijke doelen. Toch wordt innovatiegerichte ... -
Exploring the use of Triple-C in mental healthcare through nurses' experiences: An explorative descriptive qualitative study
(2025)ABSTRACT Background: Triple-C is a person-centred care method increasingly used in long-term mental healthcare for patients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). It focuses on understanding the causes of patients’ ... -
More Than a Job, More Than a Parent: Gender Roles and Work-Care Balance in Spain and the Netherlands
(2025)Balancing paid work and caregiving remains a central challenge shaped by national policies and persistent gender norms. This thesis examines how gender roles influence the work-care balance of mothers and fathers in Spain ... -
Students United: Escalations of United States’ Campus Protests in Historical Perspective
(2025)Since 7 October 2023, university campuses across the United States experience a surge in pro-Palestinian protests, causing significant media and academic attention. These protests are often compared to the anti-Vietnam War ... -
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE : Assessing Technical and Informational Interoperability in Europe’s Next-Generation Air Combat Programmes
(2025)Europe’s quest for strategic autonomy in airpower hinges on whether its two sixth-generation initiatives, the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), ... -
The application of Moral Foundations Theory in Drug Studies - A Scoping review with narrative synthesis
(2025)Objective This study aims to map and evaluate the application of Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) in drug-related research, identifying key insights, conceptual and methodological challenges, and future research directions ... -
HIV Risk Perception & PrEP Uptake Risk Perception and Its Influence on PrEP Uptake and Adherence Among High-Risk Individuals in South Africa: A Qualitative Study
(2025)This thesis explores how individuals at risk of human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection in South Africa perceive their vulnerability and make decisions regarding the initiation, continuation, or discontinuation of ... -
Intercultural Contact and Social Trust in the Netherlands: Contextual Effects and the Role of Education .
(2025)Introduction and theory: In light of growing concerns about social cohesion and disparities in social trust, this thesis investigates how intercultural contact in different social settings, which are distinguished using ... -
Tracing Feeling, Writing Futurity: A Case Study On Spicer’s Early Poems as Dictated, Serial Poetics
(2025)This thesis re-reads three poems Jack Spicer wrote to his long-distance lover, Gary Bottone, between 1950 and 1952 (namely, “Sonnet for the Beginning of Winter,” “Train Song for Gary,” and “A Second Train Song for Gary”) ... -
Toxic Entanglements: Decolonial Ecologies and Emancipatory Eesistance in Martinique’s Chlordecone Crisis
(2025)Chlordecone, a toxic pesticide introduced in the 1970s in Martinique to combat the banana weevil, was deployed under the pretext of preserving the economic value of banana crops. Although classified as a possible carcinogen ... -
Techno-economic assessment of BTX production from bio-based waste feedstocks via Integrated Cascading Catalytic Pyrolysis
(2025)Achieving the Paris Agreement’s climate goals also requires the transformation of the chemical industry. The patented BioBTX production pathway converts mixed waste plastics into BTX via pyrolysis with catalytic upgrading. ... -
Energetic, Economic and Practical Evaluation of CO₂-, Water- and Geothermal-Based Heat-Transfer Configurations for the Tilburg–Breda District Heating Network
(2025)In ambition to reach net zero in 2050 the Dutch government announced the total phasing out of fossil fuels within the country. 11,7% of the country's fossil fuel consumption originates from residential heating, which ...