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Impressions of Marian Devotion: Depictions of the Litany of Loreto by the Wierix family from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century
(2024)Six prints by the Antwerp engravers Hieronymus and Antonie (II) Wierix from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century with depictions of the Litany of Loreto offer insight into the Marian devotion of their time, ... -
The case of nuclear phase-out postponement in Belgium: atomic habits?
(2024)ABSTRACT By mapping the political debate on nuclear phase-out postponement in Belgium between 1999 and 2022, this research aims to better understand the role of nuclear techno-optimism in climate and energy policy-making ... -
Retroviral and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of ADAPT-Natural Killer cells to increase cancer killing potential
(2024)Natural killer (NK) cells have great potential as an immunotherapy platform due to their inherent cytotoxicity and favourable safety profile compared to T cell-based therapies. Recently, our group developed a method for ... -
Harvesting Innovation: Navigating Enablers and Challenges for Chilean Startups on the Path to Sustainable Food Ecosystems
(2024)The global food and agriculture industry faces multiple challenges in production, demand and regulations. Known as the largest industry worldwide, this industry plays a vital role in Latin America as the breadbasket for ... -
Circular Value Chain Changes in Digital Retail
(2024)In recent years, the interplay of globalisation, sustainability, and digitalisation has significantly transformed the global value chain, particularly in the retail sector. This thesis investigates the environmental ... -
Investigating the Determinants of Mode Choice for Demand-Responsive Transportation in Car-Dependent Peri-Urban Areas
(2024)Traditional public transit is often inefficient to operate in peri-urban areas due to their low population density. As a result, these areas are often deeply car-dependent. Demand-Responsive Transportation (DRT) has been ... -
Propelling Sutainability: Actor-Focused Policies for Aviation
(2024)This research targets radical technological innovation to decarbonise the Dutch aviation industry with innovation policy provided by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW). As most CO2 emissions can be ... -
Desire, Sin and Education: Sodom's Story in Anglo-Saxon Latin Literature
(2024)In the past thirty years, scholarly attention on Anglo-Saxon references to Sodom has largely centred on the role same-sex desire played in the Anglo-Saxon definition of the Sodomites’ sins. This focus has led to limited ... -
Cement Demand Forecasting: Developing a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework for Forecasting Cement Demand in EU27 countries.
(2024)Addressing the transition in energy-intensive sectors, such as the cement industry, is crucial for achieving sustainability and mitigating climate change. Despite this urgent focus on sustainability, specific measures to ... -
The missing factor in Disaster Risk Reduction. Identifying the cultural factors which influence the effectiveness of Disaster Risk Reduction in the community area of Mt. Merapi
(2024)Indonesia has a long history of disasters which has been documented in the chronicles since the early 8th century. Local people living on the slopes of Mt. Merapi in the region of Central Java are one of the many Indonesian ... -
Human Nature Relations: exploring the intertwinement of human-nature relations and ecosystem restoration strategies in Trans Nzoia, Kenya
(2024)In Trans Nzoia County, the bread-basket of Kenya, the interplay between human society and nature is guided through precarious realities and the increasing recognition of the dependency on nature. The dynamics between the ... -
The relationship between Pain catastrophizing and Depression in chronically ill adolescents: How does it change from early to mid-adolescence
(2024)This thesis explores the longitudinal relationship between depression and pain catastrophizing in adolescents with chronic illnesses. Utilizing data from 100 participants in the PROactive cohort study, it examines how ... -
Unraveling the Volunteer Conundrum: Insights into Attracting and Retaining Volunteers in Dutch Society
(2024)This study investigates which factors influence volunteer satisfaction at Stichting Thuisgekookt, a non-profit organization that addresses neighborhood and care needs by connecting volunteers who enjoy coocking with ... -
The Securitizing Myth
(2024)While research on national myths and security is abundant, existing literature has seldom directly linked these two concepts. This thesis fills this caveat, as it explains the critical connection between national myths and ... -
“Wanna talk about it?”: Designing conversational AI interactions to support lonely young adults
(2024)Loneliness, especially when a chronic issue, can have a large effect on an individual’s mental health. The reasons and contributing factors vary, and dimensions of loneliness, including chronicity, permanence, and intensity, ... -
Hear The People Sing: The Meaning of Voice in Film
(2024)When the voice and music come together on screen, it opens a world of meaning to be discovered. Although the relationship between image and music has been a thoroughly researched phenomenon in the music-media academic ... -
Patch Migmatites from Västervik, Sweden: Subsolidus or Supersolidus? Reactions, P-T Conditions and Trace Element Distributions
(2024)The Flecky Gneiss from Västervik, south Sweden, contains a mafic and a felsic mineral segregation, composed of cordierite, biotite, andalusite and sillimanite, and alkali feldspar, plagioclase and quartz, respectively. ... -
Weele 150748 - The Pedlar of Many Names - On the sources for the iconography of the works of Jheronimus Bosch (ca. 1450 - 1516) in late medieval art and culture
(2024)Jheronimus Bosch (ca. 1450 - 1516) staat bekend als een van de meest ondoorgrondelijke kunstenaars uit de kunstgeschiedenis, en deze reputatie is niet onverdiend. Om de iconografie en symboliek van het werk van Bosch te ...