UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Beyond the Superfood: An overview of the environmental sustainability of açaí (Euterpe oleracea) cultivation across the management spectrum on the floodplains of Pará
(2024)This paper outlines an overview of the current state of the environmental sustainability of açaí (Euterpe oleracea) cultivation on the Amazon floodplains in the state of Pará, Brazil. Currently under the threat of becoming ... -
I let AI translate my novel…: Approaches towards the automatic translation of literary fiction and the suitability of quality assessment methods
(2024)While automatic translation technology is advancing rapidly and can be useful in certain contexts, it seems to fall behind when it comes to the translation of literary texts. This thesis explores to what extent three ... -
Honourable Warriors and Wonderfully Vulgar Fops: The Representation of the Scottish and French Culture in STARZ’s Outlander
(2024)The Outlander series, both the novel and the TV show, have considerably risen in status within the historical drama genre ever since their release. The show has been praised for its depiction of the female gaze and its ... -
A Feeling of Change
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Online busy time scheduling
(2024)In this thesis we study the online busy time scheduling problem with infinite processors, where each job has a release time , a processing time and a deadline . The objective of busy time scheduling is to use multiple ... -
The utilization of key registry open data intermediaries by real estate development professionals in the Netherlands
(2024)This study analyses the extent to which key register open data intermediaries, utilized by real estate development professionals, create and capture value. By creating specific products or services, intermediaries create ... -
A Living Lab Approach to Geo-data Visualization in Higher Education in the Netherlands
(2024)As geo-data visualization is becoming increasingly important in today’s society, adequate education in this field is needed to prepare students for their future career. This research attempts to identify key improvement ... -
Agent-based modeling of crop varieties adoption by farmers
(2024)As climate change introduces increasing uncertainties into agricultural practices, farmers will need to adapt their practices to optimally suit local conditions. The study by Brown-Fuentes (2022) provides a new variety of ... -
Left atrial volume index and left atrial strain in the assessment of left atrial myopathy in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
(2024)Heart failure is a disease characterised by impaired heart function, leading to an increase in mortality. There are multiple heart failure subtypes based on the left ventricular ejection fraction, which is the fraction of ... -
Magical Paintbrush, Human Foetus or Black Box: Algorithmic Imaginaries about AI-art in YouTube Discourse
(2024)This thesis investigates the construction of algorithmic imaginaries surrounding AI-art generators in cultural production on YouTube, shedding light on contemporary discourse on hybrid creativity. Through quantitative ... -
ChatGPT: de vriend/vijand die hier is om te blijven
(2024)Op 30 november 2022 is er een nieuwe vorm van kunstmatige intelligentie op de markt gekomen; ChatGPT. Deze chatbot, die in staat is om teksten te genereren die ogen alsof ze door mensen zijn geschreven, veroorzaakt momenteel ... -
Met uitzondering van x, y en z: Het effect van framing van uitzonderingen in drogisterij-advertenties op het begrip van klanten en hun attitude ten opzichte van hun meest bezochte winkel
(2024)In winkels spelen aanbiedingen een grote rol: ze trekken klanten naar de winkel en zorgen voor een hogere omzet. Soms kunnen deze aanbiedingen onduidelijk zijn vanwege de formulering van de uitzonderingen (= producten die ... -
Comparison between living and death shallow benthic assemblages between areas with different exposure to seawater temperatures in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
(2024)In the Mediterranean Sea's Levantine Basin, a region vulnerable to rising temperatures and biological invasions, the effects of climate change and the invasion of thermo-tolerant alien species threaten native organisms. ... -
Adolescents who do not live with both parents have a higher chance of engaging in cannabis use: Does family support moderate this association?
(2024)Previous research indicates that adolescents who do not live with both parents have a higher chance of engaging in cannabis use. This study investigates if family support moderates this association. A cross-sectional, ... -
Printing the Future: On the Enhancement of Bioprinting Techniques Through Artificial Intelligence
(2024)Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a collection of techniques through which computers can learn to recognise complex patterns and draw conclusions from those patterns using machine learning (ML) models. A number of different ...