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Cost reduction potential of demand response from a system perspective
(2023)In 2021, the European Union (EU) had set the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050. To achieve this goal, the way we use energy needs to change radically, and the shift towards renewable ... -
De impact van een tijdelijke professional op een vrijwillige sportvereniging: Twee casestudies over de ervaren impact van Clubkadercoaching op middellange termijn
(2023)Het inzetten van beroepskrachten op vrijwillig georganiseerde sportverenigingen wordt door steeds meer actoren in het Nederlandse sportlandschap, zoals NOC*NSF, sportbonden, het ministerie van VWS en gemeenten, gezien al ... -
Science communication project in the field of microbiology
(2023)In this mini-project I wrote a mini-series of three jargon-free blog posts for laymen, explaining scientific concepts regarding various aspects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and I created additional figures to help ... -
“Say Yes to the Stress”: the perfectly tailored mechanical environment for tumor metastasis
(2023)The main cause of cancer lethality is metastasis. Throughout cancer progression cells are affected by mechanical forces. Forces like tension, compression and shear of fluid flow can be generated and sensed by cells ... -
The Power of Obedience: Does coercion decrease the experience of sense of agency?
(2023)In modern society, maintaining personal autonomy is challenged with the imposition of governmental laws, rules and social norms. A prime example is the use of coercion during the recent COVID-19 pandemic to enforce new ... -
The Moderating Role of Self-Construals in the Relation From Maternal Guilt-Induction and Autonomy Support to Need Frustration
(2023)Abundant research has shown that parental psychological control, including guilt-induction, can have detrimental effects lasting into young adulthood. Based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and specifically Basic ... -
The influence of self-disgust on eating disorder symptoms
(2023)Self-disgust could positively influence the development of eating disorder symptoms. Prognosis for eating disorders is currently not very good and self-disgust might play a part in this. Self-disgust leads to psychological ... -
Prevalence of endoparasites in rabbits from Dutch rabbit fanciers
(2023)The prevalence of the coccidium Eimeria has been extensively studied in commercially farmed rabbits and to some degree in private-owned rabbits. Eimeria spp. can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, especially in ... -
Balance in test results : Ways higher education students reach test scores within Utrecht University
(2023)In this thesis, we have analysed multiple-choice and text questions within faculties using deviation profiles. Three methods were used to calculate these deviation profiles, a naive percentage-based, an IRT-based approach ... -
Decoding Attended and Unattended Visual Information in Visual Working Memory
(2023)Visual items held in visual working memory (VWM) can be currently or prospectively relevant. Currently relevant items (attended) are memory items that are currently necessary to perform a certain task. Prospectively relevant ... -
Transport poverty in Haarlemmermeer and Zoetermeer, the Netherlands: the 'inside versus outside perspective' of reality?
(2023)Transport poverty (TP) negatively impacts an individual’s ability to participate in society, making it a socially relevant issue regarding which further research is needed. Despite their relevance, ‘transport poor’ are ... -
The impact of entrepreneurship motivation on the well-being level of entrepreneurs in the case of failure. Do gender and age modify the effect?
(2023)The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the motivation of entrepreneurship and the mental well-being of entrepreneurs in the instance of business failure. We hypothesize that opportunity entrepreneurs ... -
Fostering effective sustainability governance through standards - a comparative analysis of B Corp and ISO14001 certification schemes
(2023)Sustainability Certification Schemes (SCS) has evolved in the past decades as a dominant and transformative form of social and environmental governance. Especially adopted by private companies, hundreds of SCS have been ... -
How fascism runs rampant in the playgrounds of todays algorithms
(2023)Historians say that the current era facilitates new forms of fascism. Fascist techniques correspond to the operation of social media algorithms: reinforcing fears, spreading ‘alternative truths’ and the logic of numbers ... -
Assessment of the decreasing suspended sediment concentrations in the Rhine River using the Google Earth Engine
(2023)Suspended sediment transport plays a crucial role in river systems. Human influences have strongly altered river systems around the world causing a strong decline in the suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) and loads. ... -
Online onderwijs: Terug in de tijd of de toekomst?
(2023)In dit kwalitatieve onderzoek wordt aan de hand van 17 semigestructureerde interviews onderzocht hoe studenten met een beperking online onderwijs aan Nederlandse universiteiten hebben ervaren in navolging van de coronapandemie. ... -
The relationship between the duration of crying, experienced problems with crying by the parents at six and ten weeks after birth and the development of parental stress: The moderating effect of a psycho-educational intervention aimed at preventing parental stress after birth.
(2023)Previous research has shown that excessive infant crying can lead to the development of parental stress and symptoms of psychopathology, posing a risk to the infant's healthy development. However, other forms of crying ... -
Drug design with improved MM-PBSA: tackling the entropy problem
(2023)Small molecules intended as active ingredient in drugs usually bind proteins to assert their effect. Of course, side-effects occur for any drug, and lowering the dose used usually lowers side effects. Therefore, for designing ...