Theses: Recent submissions
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Pediatric Oncology: Looking for Similarities Between the Mechanisms Leading to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Neuroblastoma
(2023)Most adult cancer is caused by acquiring mutations over time, but much less is known about the causes of childhood cancers. neuroblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia are amongst the most common pediatric cancers. Both ... -
Algorithms for generating random graphs Applied to Dutch company networks
(2023)Uniformly generating weighted graphs that follow a degree sequences and of which the edge weights follow a target distribution has been studied in [Kryven, 2022]. However, an efficient implementation is missing. Here, we ... -
Enabling the creation of X-ray patient registries through Deep Neural Networks
(2023)The objective is to implement a neural network based on previous models like the ResNet/ EfficientNet/ Vision Transformers in order to classify x-rays in three different sets of categories; nine different body part categories, ... -
“Public speaking anxiety, virtual reality exposure, and the role of expectancy violation and self-efficacy”
(2023)Aim: Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is regarded as an effective treatment for public speaking anxiety (PSA). However, the effects are difficult to attribute to the Inhibitory Learning Model (ILM). In the ILM, the ... -
Predictors of online guided self-help CBT-E for binge eating disorder
(2023)Introduction: Online self-guided help cognitive behavioral therapy enhanced (GSH-CBT-E) is an effective treatment for patients diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (BED). However, due to its novelty, predictors of its ... -
Prescribed grieving – Do adverse experiences with stage models of grief negatively influence the grieving process?
(2023)The following study aims to explore how negative experiences with stage models of grief might impact grief reactions and subsequently the grieving process. Furthermore, resilience it is explored how resilience might moderate ... -
Religious Freedom in the EU: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice in Light of Diverging National Case Law
(2023)The thesis evaluates the jurisprudence of the ECJ on religious freedom (inter alia Egenberger, Achbita & Bougnaoui) from the perspective of the constitutional order of the EU and the relationship between the ECJ and national ... -
Recognition of third-country professional qualifications: an evaluation of the current framework in the European Union. The case of healthcare workers.
(2023)This thesis discusses the recognition in the European Union of professional healthcare qualifications obtained in Third Countries (TCQs) and specifically focusses on the complex legal position of Third Country Nationals ... -
Antibody-mediated phagocytosis of S.Aureus: A comparison between Neutrophils and Macrophages
(2023)Staphylococcus aureus is recognised as one of the most threatening gram-positive bacterium for human health. Its pathogenesis is associated with the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains but also by the ability to evade ... -
The influence of polyI:C during different stages of pregnancy on the development of psychiatric disorders in offspring
(2023)Psychiatric disorders are known for their high disease burden, even though it is still uncertain what exactly causes these disorders. However, it is known that environmental factors such as infections can largely influence ... -
Plastic degradation by the fungus Zalerion maritimum: Gene discovery and characterization.
(2023)Plastic waste poses a significant threat to human health and the biosphere. While various ways exist to re-use or recycle plastic waste, they are hard to use on a sufficient scale to deal with the waste. In particular, ... -
Bioactive compounds in fungi
(2023)Food insecurity, malnutrition and unsustainable food production are major challenges faced by humanity today. Edible fungi could play an important role in restructuring current agrifood systems due to their balanced ... -
Optimization of the in vitro canine oviduct epithelium culture system
(2023)To date, most assisted reproductive technologies in canid species remain poorly successful. This may be attributed to physiological differences in the bitch; mainly, the meiotic resumption of the oocyte in the oviduct, ... -
Automated Feedback on Interaction Oriented Software Architecture
(2023)Software architecture can describe software systems: it is a com- position of viewpoints to describe the system. This paper focuses on the interaction between components in a system. These can be modeled as a choreography, ... -
Human evaluation of automatically generated classifiers in Mandarin Chinese
(2023)One of the difficulties of artificially generating Mandarin Chinese text is the question of which classifier - a linguistic unit obligatory in numeral expressions - to choose in a given context. Several algorithms for ... -
Composition and activity of CuAu/Pt core/shell electrocatalytic nanoalloys using first-principles calculations and machine learning
(2023)Noble metal nanoparticles continue to be of great interest to the catalysis community for their characteristics, and extensive research has been conducted into bimetallic nanoparticles involving these metals. Inclusion of ...