Theses: Recent submissions
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Queering the Future: Rethinking Dystopia in the Anthropocene
(2024)A large part of twenty-first century speculative writing is shaped by a sense of dystopian futures invading the present. Many of these stories follow the narrative that humanity will soon go extinct as a result of anthropogenic ... -
Migrants' sense of belonging in relation to their acculturation process
(2024)In today's interwoven world with intensified cultural interactions and continuous direct contact between diverse cultural groups, the question of belonging becomes increasingly complex, highlighting challenges in understanding ... -
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An Exploration of the Incorporation of Prediction Models in (inter) national clinical practice guidelines in cardiology
(2024)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) significantly impact survival and quality of life, highlighting the necessity for prompt and effective prevention and treatment strategies. Healthcare providers rely on guidelines from ... -
"We've got ears! Say cheers!" Mickey-mousing in contemporary wildlife films
(2024)Mickey-mousing is a compositional technique where music is closely synchronized with visual movements on screen, its name and convention stemming from the earliest Disney features. Although its usage has mostly disappeared ... -
From Trilemma Towards Tolerance: A Comprehensive Approach to Containing Unreasonableness in Political Liberalism
(2024)John Rawls’ political theory has profoundly shaped the discourse in contemporary political philosophy. However, recognizing the recent shifts in political trends and increasing illiberal challenges to liberal democracy, I ... -
The Ellenhard Case: Vows, Penance, and Community in early 12th Century Ecclesiastical Reform
(2024)This thesis examines how the community of canons at the Utrecht cathedral chapter in the early twelfth century reacted to perceived intentional change during the Ellenhard case. Ellenhard, a canon in that community, resigned ... -
Legitimising Authoritarianism: Bonapartism, Orbán and Modern Democratic Politics
(2024)This thesis shows how contemporary democratic politics inherently creates room for authoritarian politics to appear. As seen in many examples across the world, authoritarian-populists have managed to co-opt democracy to ... -
Spraakwater: How Dutch Rap Revived the Dutch Language
(2024)In 2024, the Dutch music landscape is dominated by homegrown acts who sing or rap in their mother tongue. Though this has always been the case in many other European countries, it’s a fairly new phenomenon for the Netherlands ... -
From Fantasy to Realism R.F. Kuang’s Exploration of Postcolonial Themes
(2024)In this thesis, I analyse the works by R.F. Kuang and examine the way she engages with postcolonial themes in each book. This thesis explores the continuity and unity in R.F. Kuang's works to deepen the understanding of ... -
Impact of Endocrine Disruptive Chemicals on the Developing Immune System: Consequences for Child Respiratory and Allergic Disorder
(2024)An alarming trend is evident with the increasing prevalence of respiratory and allergic diseases among children globally. This surge in prevalence might be linked to early-life exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals ... -
Topology of Bi2Se3 nanosheets
(2024)The arrival of advanced materials and their unique electronic properties has opened up new investigations in the field of condensed-matter physics, offering exciting opportunities for next-generation electronic devices and ... -
De ruitkaart: Wiskunde achter zeventiende-eeuwse zeevaartkunde
(2024)Deze scriptie onderzoekt de ruitkaart, een zeevaartkundig instrument uit de zeventiende eeuw. Deze periode staat bekend om de bloeiende Nederlandse zeevaart, waarbij navigatie cruciaal was voor het succes. De ruitkaart ... -
Profitable disasters: Computing CAT bonds using barrier options
(2024)Catastrophic events cause damages that can be too costly. Such catastrophes can be insured. These insurances are tradable as CAT bonds. One of the ways to measure the payout after a certain trigger event occurred are by ... -
Dominant Strategies in a Memoery-Two Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
(2024)The thesis "Dominant Strategies in a Memory-Two Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma" by Senne Versteeg investigates optimal strategies within a memory-two iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (IPD) framework using Markov chains and numerical ... -
Quadratic forms and Hasse's local-global principle
(2024)In this thesis we will discuss the topic of quadratic forms and we will prove Hasse’s local-global principle. This is a theorem that allows us to determine if a quadratic form with coefficients in the set of rational numbers ... -
Quantification of Environmental Externalities of the EU Bioeconomy
(2024)The EU bioeconomy is an interesting field that could provide non-electric renewable energy to mitigate climate change for the EU. The goal of this research is to assess the effectiveness of quantifying environmental ... -
Developing text-mining methods to review the published literature
(2024)Text mining is considered an effective approach for the identification of relevant phenomena in systematic reviews. Topic models have shown to be a promising unsupervised technique to reveal common topics in text data. ...