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Detection and Prediction of the Rainy Season Onset in West Africa
(2023)The onset of the rainy season is crucial for rain-fed farming in tropical countries. The timing of the onset can drastically influence the performance of the growing season, which subsequently impacts the food security of ... -
Moral Injury and Moral Self-Image in Healthcare Workers: Centrality of Event as a Moderator
(2023)Moral Injury (MI) is a construct that refers to the severe distress, and functional impairments individuals may experience after exposure to traumatic events violating their moral beliefs and values. MI, encompassing two ... -
Divorced at Work: Exploring Associations between Divorce-related Grief, Work Outcomes, and Support within the Organization
(2023)This study examined whether divorce-related grief is associated with burnout and sickness absence, and whether social support by supervisors and co-workers moderates these associations. A total number of 200 Dutch individuals ... -
Predicting Consumer’s Nudge Approval for Three Menu Nudges to Guide Individuals Towards Vegetarian Dishes
(2023)Most people eat meat when eating out-of-home. Previous studies showed that appealing dish descriptions, recommendations, and visual enhancements are effective in guiding people’s food choices and that restaurant owners are ... -
Gender-Emotion Stereotypes in HRI: Exploring the Role of Gender and Speech Act on the Evaluation of Social Robots
(2023)In the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), there has been increased awareness that humanlike design of social robots could potentially reproduce societal biases. This study contributes to prior HRI research by conducting ... -
Deliberating AI: Why AI in the Public Sector Requires Citizen Participation
(2023)AI is a technology used across different societal domains due to its ability to increase operational efficiency by automating tasks and decision-making. AI is increasingly also applied in the public sector with the aim of ... -
Investigating Syntactic Enhancements in LLMs with Graph Convolutional Networks for Natural Language Inference
(2023)This Master's Thesis presents an exploration of incorporating syntax trees into pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) for the task of Natural Language Inference (NLI). NLI is an important task for evaluating language ... -
Uncovering Behavioural Patterns in Multivariate Time Series through Latent Space Analysis
(2023)Multivariate time series (MTS) data, consisting of multiple time series observed concurrently across multiple variables, has become increasingly common in a variety of fields ranging from finance to healthcare. However, ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Beads / UiO-67-Pt Composites for CO2 Hydrogenation
(2023)Chitosan (CS) is a bio-derived polymer with a large amount of free amine and hydroxyl groups, which is obtained from the exoskeleton of marine crustaceans. It has already been used as carrier for therapeutic delivery and ... -
Invloed van werkhouding op rekenprestaties in de groepen 7 en 8 gemodereerd door sekse.
(2023)Mathematics is an important skill that is taught in primary school. Mathematical skills are essential for functioning well in society. In recent years, the math performance of students in the Netherlands has decreased, ... -
Unleashing the Power of Intrapreneurship: An Exploration of Psychological Safety, Managerial Innovation Support, and Psychological Availability as Mediating Forces in the Inclusive Leadership - Intrapreneurial Behaviour Link
(2023)Intrapreneurial behaviour, characterized by innovation, proactivity and risk-taking (Stull & Singh, 2005), is increasingly becoming a concept of interest due to its positive implications for organisations (Blanka, 2019; ... -
Een longitudinaal onderzoek naar empathie van moeders als voorspeller voor empathie van adolescenten, gemedieerd door psychologische controle van moeders.
(2023)Background: Theories suggest that maternal empathy may play a role in the empathy development of adolescents. However, there is no consistent conclusion regarding this relationship. Aim: This study examined the relationship ... -
Applying Characteristics of Human Reasoning to Zero-shot Reasoning in GPT Models
(2023)This work builds upon an analogy between human and artificial reasoning. Large Transformer based language models have achieved state-of-the-art in many tasks, and recently have even been able to do this without requiring ... -
Human-centred explanation of rule-based decision-making systems in the legal domain
(2023)This thesis develops a human-centred explanation method for rule-based automated decision-making systems in the legal domain. The research consists of theoretical exploration and practical implementation. Theoretical ... -
Gender, multilingualism and self-esteem as possible predictors for children’s attitudes towards translanguaging.
(2023)Translanguaging is a multilingual pedagogy for teaching and learning, in which there is a dynamic and flexible use of linguistic resources. However, little is known about the attitudes of children regarding translanguaging ... -
Op weg naar een hogere emotionele proceskwaliteit in de kinderopvang door middel van pedagogisch medewerkers
(2023)Introduction. The emotional process quality contains the quality of interaction between the pedagogical worker and a child addressed at the childcare center. Research shows that educational attainment, work experience and ... -
Large Language Models and Mathematical Understanding
(2023)This thesis focuses on Large Language models and their potential for mathematical understanding. Since computers have become more advanced, their role in mathematics has grown. Besides simple functions such as plotting ... -
Mind over matter: Examining the impact of beliefs on impulse control and cognitive failures in leading a healthy lifestyle
(2023)Health awareness and attitudes towards healthy lifestyles play a vital role in overall well-being and comfort. Understanding the factors that drive healthy behaviors is crucial for promoting positive lifestyle choices. ... -
Advanced glycated end products in skin as a potential biomarker for frailty
(2023)Frailty is a multifaceted condition associated with increased vulnerability and heightened risk of adverse health outcomes. Recent studies have shown a possible association between the age related accumulation of advanced ... -
The impact of endemic and infectious respiratory disease on the production performance of growing pigs – a systematic review
(2023)Abstract Background Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is now regularly used to describe multifactorial clinical porcine respiratory disease caused by individual infections or coinfections of viruses and bacteria. ...