UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Discourse-Weighted Sentiment Analysis: Measuring the Impact of EDU Depth on Review Classification
(2024)This study investigates how rhetorical complexity affects sentiment analysis accuracy in online reviews through integration of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) with lexicon-based approaches. While traditional sentiment ... -
From genetic variation to biotic interactions: towards a multi-scale approach for Species Dsitribution Modelling
(2024)Biological communities are being affected by anthropogenic driven climate change. One of these effects is a change in the geographical range of species, where species occur in a certain area. Although species occur in a ... -
Development of Hydroponics Vertical Farming and the Influences on Plant Growth
(2024)Hydroponics is a cornerstone of vertical farming, offering innovative and sustainable solutions for urban agriculture. By maximizing space utilization, conserving water, and producing high-quality crops, hydroponics addresses ... -
Quantifying the environmental benefits of animal-source food replacement: Integrated assessment of the environmental impact of dietary change to alternative protein sources
(2024)The environmental impact of diets high in animal-source foods has led to growing interest in potentially more sustainable alternative protein sources, such as plant-based meat analogues, cultivated meat, insect protein, ... -
The NiFeS Battery: Technology & Performance Analysis
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A multimodal deep learning approach for automated assessment of depressive symptoms in children
(2024)Depression is a global health issue affecting individuals coming from all age groups, with the prevalence in children rising. The early detection of depression in young ages is crucial, yet several obstacles hinder the ... -
Improvements for Extended Morton Codes for Bounding Volume Hierarchy Construction on GPUs in Problematicly Large Scenes
(2024)We present three new methods to enhance the positional accuracy of Morton Codes in large scenes that have distant or large primitives, which is an essential aspect of many Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH) construction ... -
Causes, effects, and solutions for salinization of ground- and surface water in the Amsterdam region
(2024)Ground- and surface water in the Netherlands are threatened by salinization. Salinization can negatively impact drinking water provisioning, agriculture, industry and ecosystems. In the Netherlands in particular, the three ... -
Pioneering Urban Biodiversity: Using AI-sensors, eDNA and traditional methods to create a novel biodiversity monitoring toolkit and assessment framework.
(2024)While human-made elements often overshadow urban ecosystems, they have recently shown to be able to support and harbour significant biological diversity, which is critical yet challenging to monitor effectively. Given the ... -
Enhancing Cooperation in Group Fitness Tracking: The Role of Rewards and Punishments
(2024)The ”Quantified-Self” (QS) movement has transformed personal fitness applications through the use of wearable technology and real-time feedback. However, while fitness apps predominantly focus on individual metrics, they ... -
Mitigation Scenarios to Prevent Unsafe AMOC Overshoot
(2024)It is known that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a relevant tipping element within the Earth climate system. This research investigates its response to transient overshooting freshwater forcing ... -
A Framework for Studying the Complexity of General ε-Robust Problems
(2024)We study a class of robust versions of ∃R-complete problems, parametrized by the robustness ε as part of the problem statement. By including ε in the problem statement and not the input, for some values of ε the problem ... -
Beyond municipal social services: the effectiveness of BuurtWerkKamers in promoting social cohesion
(2024)This research investigates the role of community centres and BWKs (BuurtWerkKamer) in fostering social cohesion within Utrecht's neighborhoods. By examining the theoretical framework, interview data, and the specific context ... -
The Tense Debate: Cognitive Modelling English Past Tense Inflection with Encoder-Decoder Neural Models
(2024)A longstanding debate surrounds modelling English past tense inflection. In this thesis, we investigated neural models, specifically Encoder-Decoders, as cognitive models of English past tense inflection. While recent ... -
A Systems Thinking Approach to Food Systems and Security
(2024)Food systems are essential for both global environmental sustainability and food security. However, they are major contributors to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and are the primary driver of biodiversity loss. ... -
Exploring the Usefulness of DatAR for Finding Fruitful Experiments in Neuroscience Literature
(2024)Neuroscientists need to analyze a vast amount of literature to find potentially fruitful experiments. Topic-based literature exploration is a useful means to analyze many publications simultaneously because it provides an ... -
Samenwerken in een spanningsveld: navigeren tussen ruimte en regelgeving.
(2024)Hoe gaat Rijkswaterstaat om met burgerinitiatieven en wat zijn de factoren die deze samenwerking beïnvloeden? Dat is de onderzoeksvraag die aan de basis ligt van deze masterscriptie. Drie casussen, gericht op het aanpakken ... -
Characterizing the Inputs and Functionality of Stress- and Reward-Encoding Neuronal Ensembles in the Ventral Tegmental Area
(2024)Excessive amounts of stress can contribute to the development and exacerbation of various psychiatric diseases associated with maladaptive reward-driven reinforcement. The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a mesolimbic brain ...