Theses: Recent submissions
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Does Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Impact Livelihood Capitals? A Bottom-Up Research in Indonesia
(2023)This study explores the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the livelihoods of local communities. While previous research has produced mixed results on FDI effects, this thesis employs the livelihood capitals from ... -
Migration Trajectories: Narratives in Lebanon
(2023)This study centers on the relationship between migration and development in countries within the Global South. With a predominant emphasis on migration from the south to north countries, which constitutes only 15% of total ... -
Partnership-led Regeneration of Heritage Protection Zones
(2023)Like all parts of our environment, designated historic areas, whether urban or rural, are under pressure to adapt to social, economic and climatic challenges. It is, therefore, important to actively manage their development ... -
Climate change impacts in the Late Roman Empire: a quantitative analysis
(2023)The study of past societies’ relation with climate is a precious resource to contextualize our own struggles with the current climate crisis, but the field has been left largely unexplored by both historians and ... -
Korreltje Zout: A Literature Review of Saline Irrigation
(2023)Globally, soil salinity and the salinization of water resources is increasing. For plants in particular, this trend could be troubling as saline water and soil can cause ion toxicity, osmotic stress, and nutrient imbalances. ... -
The Effects of a Socially Assistive Robot on Engagement and Self-Disclosure to improve Emotion Regulation during One-on-One Child-Youth Coach Conversations: A Case Study
(2023)Numerous children have difficulties in regulating their emotions and suffer consequences such as the development of mental health issues, or deal with societal challenges like criminal behavior, low personal well-being, ... -
Bit analysis of 2D-Spiroplots and the generation of 3D-Spiroplots
(2023)This study investigates the effect of varying bit precisions on the accuracy and computational efficiency of generating Spiroplots, which are a procedural dynamical system used to generate beautiful figures created by ... -
Immunological tolerance for the diverse antigen binding domains of B cell and T cell receptors
(2023)The semi-random generation of lymphocyte receptor binding domains through V(D)J recombination creates a vast repertoire of receptors to combat pathogens. Establishing tolerance towards these receptors requires an equally ... -
The Algorithm Agenda: A Discourse Analysis of the Dutch Algorithm Register.
(2023)This paper examines accountability and transparency in the Algorithm Register (AR) in the context of the Netherlands government's algorithm use. This paper aims to explore how transparency and accountability are implemented ... -
Collaborative Governance for Adaptation to Multi-Risk in the Dutch North Sea
(2023)The Dutch North Sea is a space of tremendous economic potential in which efficient organisation of space is key for enduring climate adaptation. Climate change exacerbates natural hazards that pose dangers to the infrastructure ... -
The Influence of Political Climate in North Macedonia and Greece on the Bilateral Trade Flow
(2023)North Macedonia and Greece have experienced fraught diplomatic relations since the independence of Macedonia in 1991, with Greece objecting to Macedonia’s use of the name. As neighbouring countries, the geographical proximity ... -
Spatial correlations in dark energy and their effects on strong gravitational lenses
(2023)The accelerating expansion of our universe is currently theorized to be driven by dark energy, of which the nature is yet a mystery. In this thesis, we investigate the possibility of fluctuations in dark energy and resulting ... -
How Object-Centric is Object-Centric Predictive Process Monitoring? Introducing Objects into Object-Centric Predictive Process Monitoring
(2023)The field of process mining is challenged by the complexity of true processes when extracting accurate process behavior and statistics from information systems. Traditional process mining algorithms assume a single case ... -
The clinical relevance of the use of age-, education- and sex- adjusted normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment; a cohort study
(2023)Background: Cognitive impairment is a major source of morbidity. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a validated screening instrument to assess cognitive performance. Recent literature introduced an age-, education- ... -
Understanding the Interactive Effect of Father Warmth and Sex on Adolescent Conduct Problems
(2023)The present study aimed to examine the influence of father warmth on conduct problems among adolescents in a socioeconomically diverse sample, while taking into account the moderating effect of sex and controlling for ... -
Werkzame Elementen En Randvoorwaarden Oudertraining Effectief Ouderschap
(2023)The purpose of this study was to identify potential effective elements (EE) and preconditions (PC) within the Gordon parent training program ‘Effective Parenting’ in order to sharpen the program theory. This training is ... -
Verscherping van de Voorliggendheid van Vrij-toegankelijke Voorzieningen: een Vergelijkende Casestudy
(2023)In aanloop naar een nationale wetswijziging waarin de voorliggendheid van vrijtoegankelijke jeugdhulpvoorzieningen verscherpt wordt, is er onderzoek gedaan naar gemeenten die al bezig zijn met deze hervorming. Er was ...