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Changing the Narrative on Resilience: A feminist critique of resilience as applied to gender-based violence in Kibera
(2025)This thesis offers a feminist critique of how resilience is framed by organisations in relation to the experiences of women facing gender-based violence (GBV) in Kibera, Nairobi. Although resilience is often celebrated in ... -
Measuring depth-dependent timing differences in the cortex - Laminar fMRI acquisition and analysis strategies
(2025)Laminar fMRI enables non-invasive studying of hemodynamics arising from changes in neuronal activity across depth. This technique also holds the potential to study submillimeter-scale processing and the direction of ... -
From System Model to Practical Feasibility: Delivering 35% Renewables in Guanajuato’s Electricity System
(2025)This thesis investigates how a spatially explicit energy system model can guide the deployment of renewable electricity in the Mexican state of Guanajuato and contribute to achieving the 35% target set out in national ... -
Improving Wafer Table Swap Classification in Lithography Systems Using Positive And Unlabeled Learning
(2025)When a wafer table (WT), due to wear and tear, is no longer able to meet the operational criteria, it must be swapped for a new replacement table. These swaps are performed at the semiconductor fabs of ASML’s customers. ... -
Predicting post operative Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) with hybrid AI models that combines data driven AI with ontology-based reasoning
(2025)This thesis presents a method for predicting Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE). The approach combines two worlds: data-driven machine learning and knowledge-based reasoning. The core model is a classifier that ... -
The impact of GenAI on the demand for entry-level jobs
(2025)The paper investigates the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on labor demand across entry-level and senior-level positions in Belgium between 2021 and 2024. Focusing on the task-based model of technological ... -
The Influence of Gender and Bullying Behavior of Children on the Perceived Seriousness and the Willingness to Intervene
(2025)Bullying remains a prevalent and harmful phenomenon with serious implications for children’s well-being and development. Adults, especially in supervisory roles, play a critical role in addressing bullying, yet their ... -
Aligning Contraceptive Care with the Needs of Adolescents
(2025)Abstract Background In the past five years, adolescent contraceptive behaviour in the Netherlands has shifted: hormonal contraception use has declined, abortion rates have risen, and social media has become a major ... -
Facies diversity of the Campanian to Danian proximal Chalk Group in the Mons Basin, Belgium: first facies characterization and comparison to South Limburg, the Netherlands
(2025)During the Late Cretaceous to Danian in Northwest Europe, the mainly pelagic sediments of the Chalk Group were deposited in the Chalk Sea. Proximal zones such as the Mons Basin, Belgium and the South Limburg area of the ... -
European Energy Resilience in Response to the Russo-Ukrainian War
(2025)This study examines how energy resilience was discursively constructed in European public discourse during the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and explores potential implications ... -
A review on the immunogenicity towards marketed PEGylated enzyme therapeutics in pre-clinical and clinical settings
(2025)Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is considered as the “gold standard” for modification of biologics and other molecules used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and healthcare products due to its ability to enhance the efficacy and ... -
Als het oordeel valt
(2025)In 2025 rapporteerde de Inspectie van het Onderwijs voor het tweede jaar op rij dat meer dan 20 procent van de steekproefsgewijs bezochte scholen een ‘onvoldoende’ of ‘zeer zwak’ scoorde. Dit leidde niet alleen tot ... -
A Natural Language Processing Model for Bacterial Genome Assembly Using Gene Annotations
(2025)In this project, we explored a new way of assembling bacterial genomes by using a natural language processing (NLP) approach, typically used for understanding text, to help piece together fragments of DNA. Normally, when ... -
Assessing mammillary body damage and possible interventions in a mouse model of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
(2025)Background: One of the most prevalent causes of neonatal mortality and neurological impairments is hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). In developed countries approximately 3 in 1000 neonates are affected, with an even ... -
Exploring Women’s Perspectives on Communicating Values, Wishes, and Needs in Palliative Care for Gynecological Cancer – A Qualitative Study
(2025)Background: Palliative care aims to prevent or relieve the suffering of patients in the last phase of life, by assessing physical, psychological, social, and existential needs. Appropriate palliative care is aligned with ... -
The aftermath of online fraud: obstacles faced by victims in initiating civil law proceedings
(2025)Victims of online fraud may seek to recover damages through civil law. However, only a small percentage of the population that experienced victimisation was able to seek justice through civil law. This research aims to ... -
Identifying Potential Vertical Spaces for Nature-Based Solutions using Geospatial and Artificial Intelligence Analysis
(2025)Cities globally are faced with many challenges such as the urban heat island effect, urban storm water management, and climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are able to mitigate the impact of these aforementioned ...