UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Synaptic Microchannels
(2024)Charged micro-scale fluid channels display intriguing and non-linear transport phenomena. When forced or integrated in an electric circuit, they display spiking and learning behaviour similar to our neurons and synapses. ... -
Mental Models of Shadow IT
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Torticollis in non-syndromal unicoronal craniosynostosis is predominantly ocular-related
(2024)Background: Patients with unicoronal craniosynostosis (UCS) often show torticollis, which can result from either an ocular cause or an imbalance in the neck muscles. For the primary caregiver, the plastic surgeon, it is ... -
Fact or Fad: An EEG Study on The Effect of Bionic Reading on Semantic Processing during Speed-Reading.
(2024)This study experimentally tests whether the Bionic Reading font helps people retain reading comprehension, in the form of semantic processing, while reading at a speed that might cause people to lose comprehension when ... -
Systematic Selection Of Threat Modeling Approaches
(2024)Threat modeling is a method for identifying and analyzing security problems early on in the development life cycle. The infancy of the discipline, the absence of a shared scope, and variations in complexity and application ... -
A “Galaxy of Islands”: Navigating Space Colonization Through the Pasifikafuturist Perspectives of Gina Cole’s Na Viro and Claire Coleman’s Terra Nullius
(2024)"This thesis will examine modern space exploration and its critical connections to Indigenous SF literatures, and how these connections can in turn help us re-examine the positionality of outer space within climate change ... -
A qualitative study on the mechanisms underlying growing up in poverty, social exclusion, and mental health.
(2024)A qualitative study that investigates how growing up in poverty for young people from Kanaleneiland can lead to social exclusion, and how social exclusion can lead to mental health problems. This has been researched from ... -
“Not Just a Refugee Anymore”: Examining the Impact of the Incluusion Programme on the Social Integration of Refugees in the Netherlands.
(2024)This study investigates the impact of the Incluusion programme at Utrecht University on the social integration of refugee students in the Netherlands amidst a backdrop of stringent asylum policies and complex integration ... -
Starting at the STEM: Investigating Stakeholder Needs to Empower Primary School Students with a Second and Third-Generation Non-Western Migration Background Residing in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods to Realise Their (Technical) Educational Potential
(2024)Students with non-Western migration backgrounds and lower socioeconomic status are underrepresented in higher levels of Dutch education. This is known as the “Leaky Pipeline” problem. Through semi-structured interviews ... -
The Gender Stereotypical Beliefs of Tanzanian Parents about their Children
(2024)Gender inequality and its negative consequences tend to be higher in non-WEIRD countries, where patriarchal structures are dominant. Gender stereotyping can be seen as a profound basis of these structures and has a ... -
Phytoplankton Dynamics in a Cultivated Kelp Farm off the coast of Namibia
(2024)The rapid degradation of ocean habitats in the Anthropocene has significantly impacted marine ecosystems and fisheries, necessitating restoration efforts and sustainable practices such as the cultivation of Macrocystis ... -
Establishing Microglia-DMG Co-Cultures to Study GD2-CAR-T Cell Sensitivity
(2024)Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is one of the most deadly pediatric–type diffuse high-grade gliomas and there is currently no treatment for it. All DMGs are hallmarked by an alteration on Histone 3 Lysine 27 (H3K27), mostly ... -
De tragiek van herstel
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Quantitative Reservoir Characterization of Ommelanden Formation for CO2 Storage Assessment
(2024)This research provides an evaluation of the Ommelanden Formation (Upper Cretaceous chalk) and general CCS applications. Based on the core description and analyses (sedimentology of cores, petrophysical properties, thin ... -
Transitional Justice Initiatives for Victims in the Central African Republic: A Case Study of the ICC Prosecution against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
(2024)This thesis explores the feelings expressed by non-governmental organizations and victims regarding the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber’s acquittal of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo in June 2018, as well as their ... -
Van noodzaak tot actie
(2024)Dit kwalitatieve en interpretatieve onderzoek richt zich op betekenissen die topfunctionarissen geven aan de veranderaanpak van het Ministerie van Defensie. In het kader van de huidige geopolitieke situatie heeft het ... -
De puzzel leggen: een multidisciplinair onderzoek naar de relatie tussen een langdurige formele leeractiviteit en employability
(2024)Dit onderzoek analyseert de wijze waarop een langdurige formele leeractiviteit invloed heeft op de employability van de deelnemende professionals en welke rol social support en learning value of the job in dit proces ... -
Betaalde krachten in de sportvereniging: een gezamenlijke aanpak
(2024)De gemeente Amsterdam is in 2022 gestart met professionaliseringspilots. Het doel van deze pilots is om samen met verenigingen en bonden te onderzoeken of meebetalen aan betaalde krachten binnen verenigingen onderdeel moet ...