UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Intraoperative Navigation with Preoperative Models: Image-to-Patient Registration for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
(2024)Background: RAMIE is a complex procedure for treating esophageal cancer, where maintaining anatomical orientation can be challenging due to intricate anatomy and highly zoomed-in visualization. 3D-3D image-to-patient ... -
Prognostic predictors in treatment of cats with feline infectious peritonitis with orally administrated GS-441524 and intravenously administrated remdesivir on admission to an intensive care setting.
(2024)Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify potential predictors of outcome of treatment with RDV and GS-441524 in cats with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) on admission to an intensive care setting. Study ... -
Evaluating the epistemic condition of responsibility for AI
(2024)This thesis investigates the possible existence of moral responsibility gaps caused by Big Data- powered, bodiless AI systems. It argues that the moral implications of such AI substantially differ from those of the ... -
Analyzing the Impact of In-Game Communication: Unraveling Key Call Outs and Their Influence on Team Performance in Varied Intensity Scenarios
(2024)Esports has rapidly evolved into a competitive arena that rivals traditional sports in both popularity and complexity. As games like Valorant, a popular first-person shooter (FPS), gains popularity, there is a growing need ... -
The Beneluxa Initiative - Policy brief WHO
(2024)While there are improvements in creating innovative therapies, especially for less common/rare diseases, the prices of these kinds of pharmaceuticals are high. This makes it more difficult for national authorities to ... -
Fungal living materials and the application of bacteria-fungi interaction on regulating mycelial growth: A review
(2024)To address the environmental challenges posed by the linear economy of "produce, use, and dispose," various industries are transitioning toward bio-based and circular economy strategies. In this context, mycelium materials ... -
More-than-human design in het ontwerponderwijs op Nederlandse kunstacademies
(2024)More-than-human design is een relatief nieuwe beweging in de wereld van ecologisch ontwerpen. Het probeert bij te dragen aan een groter ecologisch bewustzijn bij ontwerpers en hun publiek door in ontwerpprocessen de agency ... -
Building Interpersonal Skill Profiles for Players in Competitive Team-Based Online Games
(2024)The world of esports has seen rapid growth in the past decade. Despite this rapid growth, non-technical skills, such as communication, in a competitive team-based environment are an understudied topic, even though professional ... -
Unravelling the mechanisms of Senescence-Associated Stemness in 3D Kidney Structures
(2024)During aging, senescent cells accumulate in the kidney, impairing function and intrinsic repair. These senescent cells develop a distinct, heterogeneous Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP), releasing among ... -
Optimizing Thermal Insulation of Cir-Q: A Study on Mycelium-Composite Filling for Sustainable Building Components
(2024)Mycelium composites are an emerging and novel biomaterial with significant potential to replace petrochemical-based insulation for more energy-efficient buildings. These materials offer comparable thermal insulation while ... -
Non-abelian T-duality and Applications in String Theory
(2024)Target space duality (T-duality) is a nontrivial transformation between compactified string theory backgrounds that leave the physics invariant. It is characterized by the inversion of the length scale and the exchange of ... -
Ergodicity properties of opinion models
(2024)In this thesis, we study the long time behaviour of two specific models; the Compass model and the Deffuant model, which are special examples of opinion models. Opinion models are special stochastic Markov processes in ... -
Explorative research for new biobased binders in 3d printing
(2024)Currently, there is a shift toward using more biobased materials in 3D printing, which presents an eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastics due to their potential for benefits such as waste reduction, biodegradability, ... -
Investigating the Impact of Temperature on Memorization in Meta's LLaMA3 Models: A Comparative Analysis of 8B and 70B Parameters
(2024)Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) such as Meta’s Llama3 have substantially improved machine capabilities in language understanding and generation. However, the extent to which these models memorize versus ... -
Exploring the Impact of Avatar Realism on Social Presence, Uncanny Valley, and User Interactions in Virtual Reality
(2024)This thesis investigates the impact of avatar realism on user perceptions and interactions within virtual reality environments. The study compares high-realism Meta Human avatars with lower-realism Ready Player Me avatars ... -
The development of culturally inclusive policy in Dutch early childhood education and care
(2024)As the Netherlands has become a multicultural country, discussions about cultural diversity have become increasingly important. However, with the rise of extreme right political parties, it has also become an increasingly ...