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Brieven van afscheid en troost. Een analyse van religieuze taal in afscheidsbrieven van Nederlandse verzetsstrijders, 1941-1945
(2024)Deze scriptie onderzoekt religieuze taal in afscheidsbrieven van Nederlandse verzetsstrijders tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Religie is een belangrijke invalshoek voor onderzoek naar (de ervaring van) de Tweede Wereldoorlog, ... -
NATUURLIJKE ROUTE?
(2024)De Europese Unie speelt een cruciale rol in de ontwikkeling van natuurbeschermingsbeleid, waarbij ongeveer tachtig procent van deze wetgeving in Brussel wordt bepaald. In Nederland ligt de verantwoordelijkheid voor de ... -
Blending In or Standing Out? A Qualitative Diary Study of Vegan Employees
(2024)This study examines how vegan employees navigate their identity work in the Dutch workplace. Using a qualitative diary method over a two-month period, 15 vegan employees documented their experiences, feelings, and behaviours. ... -
Wind mee of wind tegen? De kracht van burgerparticipatie in de energietransitie
(2024)Dit onderzoek heeft als doel om de relatie te toetsen tussen burgerparticipatie, maatschappelijk draagvlak en grip onder inwoners in de energietransitie. De hoofdvraag die daaruit voortvloeit luidt als volgt: In hoeverre ... -
Interactive evolution: interactive genetic algorithms for addressing popularity bias in music recommender systems
(2024)Within recommender systems, there is a well-known bias called popularity bias, where these systems tend to recommend more popular items, over items in the so-called long-tail, which refers to the vast number of less popular ... -
De toekomst van natuuronderzoek in Caribisch Nederland: De lessen en kansen na de Staat van de Natuur 2024
(2024)Since October 10, 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Nature has been responsible for the welfare and management of nature on the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. These islands, ... -
Same but different the genetic causes of altered amino acid metabolism in pediatric and adult cancer
(2024)Altered amino acid metabolism has become a hallmark of both pediatric and adult cancer. Glutamine, serine, glycine and arginine show additional uses beside protein synthesis to support cancer growth such as stimulating ... -
Het verband tussen emotionele kwaliteit en welbevinden en de modererende rol van de groepssamenstelling op de Nederlandse peutergroepen
(2024)Het aantal kinderen met extra zorgbehoeften op de Nederlandse peutergroepen is toegenomen. Daarom is het belangrijk om te kijken of het aantal zorgkinderen op de groep invloed heeft op de emotionele kwaliteit en het ... -
Biofeedback in the Cockpit
(2024)In recent years, there has been increasing international attention on physiological phenomena experienced by pilots in-flight. Currently, various wearables and sensors are being developed to better monitor the pilot. Within ... -
First steps in unveiling drug effects on phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
(2024)Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, mainly due to ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, with atherosclerosis as the primary underlying mechanism. Atherosclerosis is a chronic ... -
Morada Ekoa: Cultivating Connection
(2024)The study conducted at Morada Ekoa had three main objectives: 1) Describe the vision of Morada Ekoa and resulting practices to achieve this vision. 2) Analyse the economic, social and ecological values generated by Morada ... -
The application of deep learning in microbiome research
(2024)In and around animals, plants and the soil live trillions of microscopic organisms from thousands of different species. All these bacteria, viruses and other microbial organisms can have a substantial impact on the health ... -
ICESat-2 derived discharge estimates of Petermann meltwater stream
(2024)Mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet due to runoff from surface ablation and ice- berg calving contributes to global sea level rise. Throughout annual melt seasons, a complex hydrological system comprising supraglacial ... -
Improving probabilistic weather forecasts in the Netherlands
(2024)Forecasting wind speeds is important because of its large impact on society. The forecasts are issued by Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. These NWP models often contain biases and have errors in dispersion, ... -
Evaluating Stochastic Correlation Processes and Copulas, Comparing Dependence Structures: Mean-Reverting vs. Constant Correlation Models
(2024)The linear correlation coefficient is a widely used dependence measure in the financial world. Another measure that is gaining popularity is the lower tail dependence coefficient, which indicates the likelihood that, given ... -
The added value of pupillometry features to predict the experienced difficulty
(2024)In the context of video games, dynamic difficulty adjustment (DDA) offers a dynamic solution to match the in-game difficulty to the player’s needs. In this study, we aimed to assess the added value of pupillometry features ...