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Multi-output lesion-symptom mapping using deep learning and explainable AI in small vessel disease
(2024)Cerebral small vessel disease causes cognitive impairment, dementia, and stroke and is characterized by white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and other brain lesions. Lesion-symptom mapping (LSM) aims to understand the ... -
Prolonged grief disorder in people who have lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic: risk factors and the effectiveness of unguided online cognitive behavioural therapy.
(2024)After nearly 7 million deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic an increased risk of developing prolonged grief disorder (PGD) was predicted. By using a randomized waitlist-controlled trial this study investigated the association ... -
Between accessibility and inclusion: gender, sexuality, race and ableism in the audio description of the Italian Tv Series Prisma
(2024)This thesis project aims to illustrate the paradoxical relation between accessibility and inclusivity in audio description (AD) of the Italian TV series Prisma (2022). Audio description is a progressive tool to enhance ... -
Impact of the shift to online distance learning during COVID-19 on the mental wellbeing of VET-students.
(2024)Following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to comprehensively understand the sociological and psychological consequences of the social distancing measures. This study focuses on the at-risk mental wellbeing of Vocational ... -
Impact of Chronic Conditions on Academic Pressure: Examining the Buffering Role of Social Support
(2024)Over the past two decades, the percentage of students experiencing schoolwork pressure in the Netherlands has more than doubled, rising from 15.9% to 35.4% between 2001 and 2017 (Stevens et al., 2018). This substantial ... -
RELIGIOSITY AS A MODERATOR: UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL YOUTH.
(2024)The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of religiosity on the mental health of LGB youth using data from the Dutch Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (2017/2018). It investigates whether LGB youth ... -
Does Peer Support Impact The Association Between Low Family Affluence and Bullying Victimization?
(2024)Bullying in adolescents has broad-ranging effects; previous research shows that adolescents in low-income families are more likely to be bullied. Based on the idea that peer support can be a buffer for bullying, this study ... -
The paleoenvironmental significance of evaporite–dolomite associations in two Spanish saline lakes
(2024)Dolomite is a mineral which is abundant in the geological record, but its origin is poorly understood. At present, dolomite is mostly formed in saline and hypersaline environments, such as salt lakes, in which it is closely ... -
Friend or foe: an exploration of the modus operandi of the VOC in Palembang, 18th century
(2024)The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is often regarded as both a trading company and a sovereign authority that owed its success to cunning economic strategies which often entailed the extortion of local authorities by backing ... -
Dutch vs. English: A Qualitative Study into Reading Preferences of Young Dutch Women
(2024)In 2022, Dutch adolescents generally preferred to read English-language fiction over Dutch-language fiction in their pastime. This Master's thesis investigates which factors contribute to seventeen and eighteen year-old ... -
Brain imaging analysis for prediction of developmental problems in pre-term infants
(2024)Amplitude-electroencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging are two non-invasive methods of examining neurological data. Both of these have demonstrated promising capabilities in the prediction of long-term neurodevelopmental ... -
Potential Predictors for the Need for Multiple Psychological Treatment in Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
(2024)Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) has numerous long-term consequences, both physical and psychological. It is essential to identify victims who are more susceptible to the long-term consequences of CSA and who may benefit ... -
Exploring open charmed hadron production in heavy-ion collisions within the Trajectum theoretical framework.
(2024)In this thesis the production of open charmed hadrons in heavy-ion collisions is explored using the Trajectum theoretical framework. The relevant theory for the mechanics of Trajectum will be discussed as well as the ... -
Bioinformatic avenues to improve the specificity of CAR immune therapies
(2024)Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has proven to be a successful alternative to more traditional treatment methods for patients with B-cell malignancies. This success has not yet been repeated in other cancer ... -
Immunometabolic Profiling of Enteric Glial Cells in Response to Acute and Chronic Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Exposure: Implications for Early Pathogenic Insights into Parkinson's Disease
(2024)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a widespread neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the presence of α-syn aggregates, which have been associated with the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars ... -
Functional Effects of the Relaxin-3/RXFP-3 Pathway on the Affective Dimension of Chronic Pain
(2024)Chronic pain, defined as pain lasting more than 3-6 months, affects approximately 20% of the global population and has a profound socioeconomic effect, inducing a severe drop in the quality of life of patients with few ... -
Floating PV systems: assessing ecological and economic impacts of Floating photovoltaic systems on in-land waters.
(2024)Around the world countries are working on the transition from a fossil fuel-based energy supply towards more sustainable energy generation by for example means of wind and solar. This is also the case for the Netherlands, ... -
Prediction and pattern recognition
(2024)Humans frequently have to learn sequential data through pattern recognition or prediction. Data can come from a wide variety of sources and in a wide variety of forms, such as melodies, numbers or texts. An underlying ... -
Regulation of cell cycle dynamics and mitosis by Wnt signaling
(2024)The cell cycle and cell division are processes that need to be highly controlled in order for organisms to function and to prevent diseases. Cell behavior is controlled through many different signaling pathways, wherein ... -
Deep Learning models to predict lung transplant rejections using cell-free DNA fragmentomics
(2024)Chronic respiratory diseases impose a significant burden to society, and lung transplant remains the last-resort treatment option. However, long-term survival rates for lung transplant recipients are hindered by a high ...