UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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In search of the “Magic Bullet” Overcoming the limitations of traditional antibody treatment with gene therapy
(2025)Traditional monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies have proven successful in treating a wide range of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. However, traditional mAb therapy faces significant ... -
Defining clinically relevant extranodal extension in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
(2025)Abstract Background Extranodal extension (ENE) is a known adverse prognostic factor in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, the prognostic relevance of different extents of ENE remains unclear. This study ... -
Immunogenicity of Bordetella pertussis proteins - How to improve B-cell responses towards vaccination against whooping cough
(2025)The reemergence of whooping cough, or pertussis, in the past 30 years can be explained in part by two factors: the imperfect, waning immunity of acellular pertussis (aP) subunit vaccines and the likely vaccine-driven ... -
Modeling the Role of Timing in Shaping Interactions in Ecological Networks
(2025)Understanding species interactions in ecological networks is crucial for studying ecosystem dynamics and stability. However, these interactions are often temporally constrained by species phenology (seasonal life cycle ... -
The Golden Bear Roars at the Crescent: Iranian Cinema’s Political Echo at the Berlinale
(2025)Film festivals have increasingly become sites of political negotiation, especially in response to global crises and censorship. Within this context, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) has long positioned ... -
Integrating shallow and deep data to understand the spatial ristribution of reservoirs for energy storage in the Utrecht Science Park.
(2025)High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) offers a potential solution to the seasonal imbalance between heat supply and demand in urban heating and is included in the future low CO2 initiatives proposed ... -
Insights into Biomass Growth and Permeability Reduction in Soils – microfluidic application
(2025)The interplay between biomass growth and its impact on the porosity and permeability of porous media is influenced by the bacterial community, the pore structure, and the prevailing conditions such as flow rate. This ... -
The implementation of School-Community-Projects and the development of students’ Sustainability Consciousness
(2025)Engaging students in science education and prepare them to face complex Socio-Scientific Issues in their future is of importance in Europe. Therefore, this work focused on learning through a School- Community-Project about ... -
The Effects of Pretesting with Feedback on Students’ Learning Outcomes and SRL when Studying from Instructional Videos
(2025)Providing students with a quiz before they study the material has been shown to foster learning. This effect has mainly been found in higher education and when the learning task concerned expository texts. The question ... -
Association between ketosis dynamics and fertility in dairy cattle from time-series measurements
(2025)Due to the innovation of farming technology, biomarkers in milk can be measured frequently while milking and instant conditions of cows are available to farmers. The objective of this retrospective observational cohort ... -
Tariffs, Trust, and Transition: How Trade Barriers on Chinese Electric Vehicles Reshape the Global Market via Western Investor Behaviour
(2025)European Union tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) set geopolitical protectionism against the momentum of sustainable finance. This thesis investigates how those duties reshape the global EV market by steering Western ... -
From Strategy to Reality: The Dutch Implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
(2025)Gender inequality constitutes a persistent and multifaceted challenge in modern societies. While the European Union’s Gender Equality Strategy (GES) 2020-2025 marks a crucial step toward advancing gender equality across ... -
Stilte: een continue dans tussen kracht en kwetsbaarheid
(2025)Dit interpretatieve onderzoek richt zich op de ervaringen van verandermanagers in het omgaan met weerstand tegen organisatieverandering, en wat specifiek de rol van stilte daarin is. De onderzoeksvraag die centraal staat, ... -
Computing Visibility between moving Points
(2025)We study the following problem. Let P be a simple polygon with n vertices and let B be a set of points moving along a linear path in P. In other words, the trajectory of an entity b ∈ B is a linear function [0, 1] → P. ... -
Fractured Currents: A Critical Reading of the Wave Metaphor in A Black Feminist Statement and the Riot Grrrl Manifesto
(2025)This thesis critically examines the feminist wave metaphor, the dominant historiographical framework used to structure the evolution of feminist thought and activism, through a comparative analysis of two foundational ... -
A Bicycle built for one. Spatial dimensions and prediction of loneliness in the Netherlands
(2025)Loneliness, encompassing emotional, social, and general dimensions, is increasingly recognized as a critical public health issue linked to mental and physical health risks, including depression and premature mortality. ...