UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Linear optimisation of the portfolio of generators in a district heating network
(2025)This work explores to what extent renewable energy technologies in a district heating network could reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining minimal costs. The neighbourhood of Orlandovtsi in ... -
Integration of single-cell transcriptomic atlases of the adult human midbrain
(2025)The cellular composition of the human brain has shown to be more heterogeneous than previously understood. The ventral midbrain is no exception. Advances in single-cell technologies has enable the creation of high-resolution ... -
Français et/ou Frans ? : Une étude sur les perceptions des enseignants de français travaillant dans l'enseignement secondaire aux Pays-Bas sur l'utilisation de la langue cible dans les livres scolaires
(2025)L’utilisation de la langue cible pendant les cours des langues étrangères a des effets positifs sur l’apprentissage des élèves (e.a. Dönszelmann, 2019). En dehors de l’input fourni par l’enseignant, les livres scolaires ... -
Biomimicry for a Sustainable Built Environment: A State of the Art Review
(2025)In order to curb the substantial environmental footprint of new buildings, innovative approaches in architecture are needed. The new built environment needs to integrate with its surrounding environment rather than only ... -
Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Energy Efficiency and Accuract in LLM-Driven Code Generation
(2025)Large Language Models (LLMs) consume significant amounts of energy during inference, espe cially for computationally expensive tasks like code generation, which leads to environmental con cerns. This work aims to reduce ... -
Resistome composition and dynamics in gut microbiota of humans and animals in rural Bangladesh
(2025)Background The rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria is a worldwide problem that causes considerable morbidity and mortality, since infections with resistant pathogens may have no therapeutic treatment. People ... -
Investigating human milk extracellular vesicles as therapeutic agents: a study on their efficacy in in vitro hit models of premature encephalopathy
(2025)Background. Encephalopathy of prematurity (EoP) pertains to the injury of both white and grey matter in preterm infants. Currently, there are no curative treatments proven for patients. Therefore, novel treatment is needed ... -
The Use of ChatGPT as a Virtual Team-Member in a Digital Transformation Consultancy Team.
(2025)Despite the developments in Generative Artificial Intelligence and the publicity of associated tools like ChatGPT, efforts of research and companies surrounding the use of this technology are in an early stage and are often ... -
Stimulating solar energy in the Netherlands: Insights from Chinese solar energy policies and enterprise dynamics
(2025)The global shift towards renewable energy is central to addressing climate change, and solar energy plays a key role in this transition. This paper studies how China and the Netherlands' national innovation systems (NIS) ... -
Blood Proteomics in Relation to Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Potential Biomarkers and Systemic Implications
(2025)Dementia is a decline in cognitive abilities that impairs an individual’s ability to engage in everyday activities, commonly caused by Alzheimer’s disease (60-70% of cases). Current biomarkers are usually derived ... -
Identifying opportunities to improve anticoagulation education at four medical schools by researching Dutch National Pharmacotherapy Assessment results, curriculum mapping and practical data and experience.
(2025)Achtergrond Er zijn hedendaags te veel voorkombare medicatie-gerelateerde ziekenhuisopnames (“Hospital Admissions Related to Medication” (HARM’s). Antistollingsmedicatie speelt een grote rol in het veroorzaken van ... -
USING CALL DETAIL RECORDS DATA TO PREDICT POST-EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION WITH A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH
(2025)The devastating February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes resulted in over 55,000 death. While current technology can not predict earthquakes, efficient evacuation management can significantly reduce secondary casualties and ... -
Regulation of Schizophyllan in Schizophyllum commune
(2025)Schizophyllan (SPG) is an exopolysaccharide β-(1,3)-(1,6)-glucan produced by the fungus Schizophyllum commune. Despite its extensive applications in medicine and industry, its biological function remains unknown. This study ... -
Morphological Cell Classification under Weak Supervision: A Learning from Label Proportions Approach
(2025)Abstract Classification of cells is an important field for biology and pathology research, and there have been many effective models integrating it with machine learning techniques. In the supervised learning scenario, ... -
Improving knowledge and decision-making on implementing infiltration systems
(2025)The groundwater system in the Netherlands is increasingly pressured by climate change, pollution, and increased subsurface use, which disrupt groundwater recharge and -levels, impacting vegetation, groundwater users, and ... -
Sex-specific association between anatomical variants of the circle of Willis and intracranial aneurysms in individuals with a familial predisposition
(2025)Background and Purpose: First-degree relatives of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients face elevated risks for intracranial aneurysm development and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, which both occur more often ... -
Hydrodynamic behaviour and phase transitions of a non-conformal plasma
(2025)The AdS-CFT correspondence has provided new opportunities to study dynamics in strongly coupled theories. In particular, boost-invariant solutions allow us to model heavy-ion collisions. In this project I will give an ... -
The implementation of the halal mortgage: costly or beneficial? A case study of the Netherlands
(2025)This study provides a social cost-benefit analysis and case study about the potential market size of halal mortgages in the Netherlands. It analyses the effects of implementing the halal mortgage in the Netherlands under ...