UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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The Role of Gender: Gender Fairness in the Detection of Depression Symptoms on Social Media
(2024)AI systems for depression detection on social media have been continuously improving their performance, showing that meaningful patterns can be found in the data. While many machine learning models used to detect depression ... -
Time-dependent frictional healing mechanisms of smectite-rich clay gouge
(2024)Over the last decades, significant induced seismicity has been experienced in the Groningen gas field in the North-East of the Netherlands (Buijze et al., 2019; Dost et al., 2012). Pre-existing faults that run through the ... -
Vanlife in Portugal: a War/m Welcome
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“Two words: I’m Secure and Safe” Employment precarity throughout the life trajectories of Polish migrants in the Netherlands
(2024)Many Polish migrants move to the Netherlands hoping for a better income or more work opportunities. As newcomers in the country they are often drawn to employment agencies for relatively easy and quick access to work and ... -
From Ideals to Action : The feminist Movement and their perspectives on the use of Violence in Chile’s Estallido Social
(2024)The Estallido Social of 2019 stands as a pivotal event in contemporary Chilean history, mobilizing up to 1.2 million participants in demonstrations characterized by profound social unrest. These protests, fueled by deep-seated ... -
Should OneBlade be sold via Amazon? Qualitative and Quantitative research towards advantages and disadvantages of selling via Amazon.
(2024)My business internship was performed at Koninklijke Philips N.V. commonly known as Philips. A multinational company focused on healthcare technology oBering wide range of services and products from medical imaging equipment ... -
Criminality and Framing in UN Peacekeeping: Insights from Stabilization Missions in Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mali (2004-2023)
(2024)The ineffectiveness of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in addressing organized crime has been a focal point of scholarly criticism. Central to this critique is the argument that the labeling of criminal phenomena ... -
The cry for help: How plants orchestrate interactions with the rhizosphere microbiome
(2024)Plants face numerous challenges throughout their lifecycle, from nutrient deficiencies to pathogen attacks. To navigate these challenges, plants developed complex defense mechanisms. One crucial ally in this is the rhizosphere ... -
Elucidating the Role of CO2 Sensing in Fruiting Body Formation of Schizophyllum commune
(2024)Abstract: Fruiting body formation of fungi is usually controlled by environmental factors, as is the case for the basidiomycetous fungus Schizophyllum commune. For this fungus blue-light and CO2 concentration seem to be ... -
Barriers and opportunities in engaging practically educated citizens with Utrecht University
(2024)There is a growing realisation in the scientific community that public engagement is of crucial importance in solving many of the contemporary societal issues. Utrecht University has also expressed the need to structurally ... -
Historical Trauma and Regimes of Truth: Deconstructing Israel’s Justification Strategies
(2024)This thesis argues that the discourse surrounding the Hamas attacks of October 7th employs specific mechanisms which create a discursive environment, a Regime of Truth, in which the Eternal Victim narrative is created and ... -
Permaculture for every farmer: how to battle drought
(2024)Since the agricultural revolution of the 20th century the agricultural system has become too polluting and unsustainable. In order to change, policy makers and farmers need to come together to make the transition towards ... -
De invloed van een fusie in de mobiliteitssector op medewerkerstevredenheid
(2024)Dit onderzoekt beschrijft de impact van de fusie tussen Justlease en Arval op de medewerkers van beide organisaties. De fusie vond plaats in de context van de mobiliteitssector, die steeds meer de nadruk legt op duurzame ... -
A perspective on the use of machine learning on the human microbiome for phenotype prediction and possible adaptations for plant microbiomes
(2024)There has been a fundamental shift from viewing organisms as isolated entities to considering them as a holobiont. This change highlights the critical role of microbiomes in influencing host phenotypes in plants and humans. ... -
Decoding HIV Dynamics: The Role of Modeling in Understanding Viral Load Decay under Retroviral Therapy
(2024)Mathematical modeling of HIV has changed the paradigm of slow replication and showed that in the order of magnitude of 10^9 infections occur per day. Here, the contributions of HIV modeling to the understanding of the viral ... -
Assessment of Biofilm Matrix Disruption as Treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infections
(2024)Biofilm formation poses a formidable challenge in treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections. This Gram-negative bacterium is part of a group of often multidrug resistant opportunistic pathogens that are the leading ...