UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Leeftijdsafhankelijk Matrix Model en Stochasticiteit
(2024)Deze scriptie onderzoekt populatiedynamiek met een Leslie-matrix, gecombineerd met stochastische elementen van vertakkingsprocessen. Het onderzoekt zowel deterministische als stochastische benaderingen om een realistischer ... -
Het functiebegrip van Euler: discontinue functies in de Analyse
(2024)In deze scriptie wordt uitgelegd hoe het functiebegrip van Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) veranderde nadat hij de discontinue functies in de analyse introduceerde. In het bijzonder is `De usu functionum discontinuarum in ... -
The Consequences of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems for the Consistency of Mathematics.
(2024)The aim was to provide a clear overview of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems. The thesis covers primitive recursive functions and relations, some properties of Peano Arithmetic (PA for short), and material required to prove ... -
Symbolically Solving Two-Strategy Evolutionary Games in Python
(2024)This thesis presents a tool for symbolically solving two-strategy evolutionary games. To develop this tool, the underlying mathematics of twostrategy evolutionary games were thoroughly examined, and the mathematical software ... -
Modification of the silica nanoparticle surface with organosilanes: introducing hydrophobicity for neutral wetting behavior
(2024)Purification processes performed in the chemical industry require enormous amounts of energy. By utilizing bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels (bijels) as separative reaction media, the need for these energy ... -
Vivid Ecologies in Urban Rewilding: Shifting aesthetics and ontologies in more-than-human backyards in Rotterdam’s green turn.
(2024)This thesis explores the concept of “vivid ecologies” as a novel approach to urban rewilding in Rotterdam by focusing on how engaged backyard gardeners redefine urban spaces through negotiations of biodiversity and aesthetic ... -
Writing a History of the Present: The Los Angeles of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz
(2024)This thesis examines a collection of personal essays written by Joan Didion and Eve Babitz in and about Los Angeles throughout the 1960s and 70s. Through an analysis of these authors’ works, this thesis critically examines ... -
Systemic Sclerosis Dissected: Creating an In Vitro model
(2024)Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an chronic immune mediated disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin (scleroderma) and internal organs. Fibrosis of these tissues may ultimately lead to organ failure, potentially leading ... -
Digitalisation: What We Owe To Indigenous People
(2024)Digitalisation has become a global phenomenon. No country on Earth has not made at least some steps in digitalising their society or societies. The people on Earth who do not live in digitalised societies tend to be people ... -
Prevalence of Salmonella Dublin in dairy herds in Alberta, Canada
(2024)Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotype Dublin (Salmonella Dublin) is a zoonotic pathogen host adapted to cattle. The objective of this study was to provide updated herd-level prevalence estimate of Salmonella ... -
Welke Invloed heeft de COVID-19-Pandemie op de Cruciale Eerste 1001 Dagen van Opgroeien?
(2024)Introductie: De eerste 1001 dagen zijn cruciaal voor de vroege ontwikkeling, waaraan ouder-kind interactie van hoge kwaliteit en een goede omgeving positief bijdragen. Tijdens de COVID-19- pandemie zijn baby's geboren in ... -
Wat van ver komt: ‘exotische’ kostuumelementen en de zwarte bediende in de zeventiende-eeuwse portretkunst
(2024)Dit onderzoek gaat in op de relatie tussen 'exotische' of uitheemse kostuumelementen en de afbeelding van de zwarte bedienden in Adriaen Hannemans 'Postuum portret van Maria I Stuart (1631- 1660) met een bediende' uit 1664 ... -
The Role of Gender and Precarious Manhood on Prospective Specialty Choices Amongst Medical Students in the Netherlands
(2024)This study examines how gender and precarious manhood influence the specialty choices of medical students in the Netherlands. Specifically, it examines whether male medical students are less likely to choose female-dominated ... -
Understanding trust in the police: defining trust, trustworthiness, and confidence.
(2024)This thesis explores the concept of trust in the police, focusing on defining trust and its related constructs, trustworthiness and confidence. Trust in the police is essential for effective law enforcement, promoting ... -
Comparing Political Ideology Scaling Methods: A Study of Topic Polarization in the U.S. House using W-NOMINATE and Correspondence Analysis
(2024)Growing concern among scholars about increasing polarization in liberal democracies has led to a surge in research focused on the presence and measurements of political polarization in the United States. Due to party ... -
Optical Remote Sensing for Agroforestry Vegetation Segmentation & Biomass Estimation
(2024)Accurately estimating biomass in forestry systems is important for evaluating carbon offsets. Traditional methods of manual measurement are labor-intensive, costly, and use considerable resources. This research explores ...