UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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A modelling approach to uncovering hostspecific interactions by jumbo phage FLC4-4c
(2024)Recent efforts in developing bacteriophage-based treatments for B. glumae infection have identified a Jumbo phage FLC4-4c as a potential candidate. This Jumbo phage has a wide host range and is capable of infecting both ... -
Revealing the impact of floods on stock returns of energy companies in Europe
(2024)This research will investigate the impact of floods in Europe on the daily stock returns of European traditional and renewable energy companies. The data I will utilize are the stock returns of 203 European energy companies ... -
vrouwen in de overgang, uitputting en leiderschap
(2024)In een tijd waarin vrouwen een steeds prominentere rol innemen op de arbeidsmarkt, blijven overgangsklachten vaak onderbelicht in hun professionele leven. Deze scriptie onderzoekt de complexe relatie tussen overgangsklachten, ... -
Differences in Sexual Consent Communication between LGBT+ and Heterosexual Young Adults
(2024)Sexual violence prevention work has long been criticized for taking a predominantly heteronormative perspective and failing to meaningfully include LGBT+ experiences. This is concerning since LGBT+ individuals are significantly ... -
How the Kremlin weaponises history to justify war.
(2024)On February 24, 2022, troops of the Russian Armed Forces entered Ukrainian soil, launching a full-scale invasion with the goal of taking Kyiv within 3 days. Two years later, what Moscow calls its Специальная Военная Операция ... -
The background contribution of exfiltrating, ammonium-rich groundwater to the exceedance of the national ammonium standard for surface water bodies in Flevoland Polder (the Netherlands)
(2024)In many regions of the Netherlands, ammonium concentrations in surface water exceed the standard of 0.3 mg NH4-N/L. In some polders, there is significant groundwater seepage that may contain relatively high natural ... -
Strategic Integration and Brand Synergy in Mergers: A Case Study of Purple Digital Storytelling and Planworx
(2024)This thesis examines an acquisition by Purple Digital Storytelling to acquire Planworx, focusing on how to integrate their brands effectively to optimise synergies, expand market reach, and enhance competitive advantage. ... -
Wartime Influencers: Palestinian citizen journalism on Instagram during the war on Gaza 2023-2024
(2024)This research examines how Palestinian social media influencers shape the discourse of their narrative during the Israel-Gaza war of 2023-2024. It focuses on how these influencers use their platforms to spread information, ... -
Type-free Predicational Theories of Ground
(2024)The aim of this thesis is to extend predicational theories of metaphysical grounding. In the existing predicational theories of ground (Korbmacher 2018a, 2018b), the coding function is restricted such that the terms ... -
Redefining the Genocidal Narrative: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the 2024 ICJ Speeches in the Genocide Case against Israel
(2024)This thesis critically examines the language employed in the 2024 International Court of Justice (ICJ) speeches concerning the genocide case against Israel, focusing on how these discourses construct a narrative of genocide ... -
A Data-Driven Decision Model for Machine Learning Model Selection
(2024)Context: Machine learning models are readily accessible and extensively utilized due to their practical utility in predictive modeling tasks. Despite the consistent performance of individual models, selecting the appropriate ... -
Lookback Option Pricing with the COS Method
(2024)In this thesis we describe the use of the COS method, a numerical option pricing method based on characteristic functions, developed by Fang and Oosterlee. The novelty in my thesis is the adaptation of this method to price ... -
Evaluation of a new sexual health counselling training for healthcare providers
(2024)Background: Patients with chronic diseases, such as HIV, indicate that they desire more information and discussion on sexuality from their healthcare professionals. However, healthcare professionals experience several ... -
From Trans* as Impasse to Affective Passing: Exploring Gender Identification In and Through Fictional Performance
(2024)Following gender studies scholarship, Western norms consider “real” gender to be unambiguously, bodily identifiable (Stone 1992; Butler 1993; 1997, 152; [1990] 1999; Prosser 1998; Stryker and Whittle 2006). Conversely, ... -
Enhancing Public Health Feedback Analysis
(2024)This thesis focuses on implementing text mining techniques, to analyse public comments on Dutch healthcare policies. With the emergence of COVID-19, there was a significant increase in public anxiety and uncertainty, leading ... -
Financial Regulation Effect on Inequality in Selected EU Sountries
(2024)This thesis investigates the impact of macroprudential policies (MAP) on income inequality in Dependent Market Economies (DME) within post-transition EU countries, specifically focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, ... -
Getting Away With Murder? Unmasking the Roots of Impunity in Rodrigo Duterte's War on Drugs in the Philippines
(2024)When in 2016 Rodrigo Duterte became the 16th president of the Republic of the Philippines, he had a clear objective in mind: eliminate suspected drug traffickers and users within the country. Since his first day in office, ...