UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Generating Textual Summaries from the Bibliographies Contained in Scientific Literature
(2024)This thesis explores the development and evaluation of a method for generating computer-generated textual summaries of bibliographies in scientific papers and conference proceedings. This method aims to enhance the utility ... -
A Systematic Review of zoonotic infections from farm animals and their environment among visitors of multifunctional farms
(2024)Interacting with farm animals like sheep, cows and goats can have considerable health benefits for people, such as reducing worries, lowering blood pressure, and other mental and physical health benefits. Visiting a farm ... -
Applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Healthcare
(2024)In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have revolutionized language-related applications across various fields. These powerful models, trained on massive datasets, can understand and generate natural language for ... -
How does CLIP process negation? A multimodal interpretability study
(2024)Various benchmarks have measured linguistic capabilities of vision-and-language (VL) models, but do not provide insights into how models implement these capabilities. This thesis translates model interpretability techniques ... -
Beyond the Dynamic-Static Dichotomy: Reshaping the Landscape of Metaphysics of Time through the Works of Jenann Ismael and Sebastian Rödl
(2024)In this thesis, I explore the dichotomic dispute in (analytic) philosophy regarding the fundamental nature of time, specifically whether its supposedly essential features such as change, tense and flow are real/objective ... -
Enhancing Sustainable Fashion Awareness through A Game Skin Acquisition Model
(2024)This study explores the unique potential of gaming to raise awareness about the environmental impact of the fashion industry. We investigate how game skin acquisition influences players’ learning of sustainability concepts ... -
IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS USING OPTIMIZED SV PIPELINE
(2024)Structural variants (SVs) are genomic alterations of at least 50 base pairs in the DNA. The PrediCT study utilizes two gene panels to investigate tumour development linked to germline mutations in cancer predisposition ... -
Sowing the Seeds of Equal Citizen Participation: A case study analysis on engaging vulnerable citizens in urban green policy-making in The Netherlands
(2024)Adaptation to climate change in The Netherlands requires place-based solutions. The limited mandate and capacity of local governments to adequately deal with increasing climate risks and impacts means stronger collaborative ... -
Greedy causal structure learning of maximal arid graphs
(2024)Causal knowledge is often modelled in directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) where an directed edge between variables, like A → B, indicates that one (A) influences another (B). Many algorithms attempt the difficult task of finding ... -
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A life-cycle assessment method to assess the environmental impacts of cyber-physical systems
(2024)The increasing environmental footprint of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector necessitates innovative strategies for emission assessment and reduction. Addressing this, the study introduces a novel ... -
Decision Mining in the Rail Industry - A Case Study on an Application of Decision Mining for Process Model Enhancement and Conformance Checking in the Context of an Industrial Wheelset Revision Process
(2024)The field of process mining has evolved into a multidisciplinary research paradigm in which relevant data mining practices led to new avenues of analysis and better process understanding. However, the role of decisions in ... -
Adventures in Molecular Wonderland: Exploring the Complexity of Protein Complexes Through Complexome Profiling - And the Role of Size-Exclusion Chromatography
(2024)Proteins do not act on their own but form different complexes in the cell to exert their biological function. This dynamic process of protein complex assembly is fine-tuned, in part by post-translational modifications ... -
Investigation of the influence of MR physics-based versus random intensity-based data synthesis methods for a generalizable spine segmentation network
(2024)Recent advances in deep learning have greatly improved the automation of segmentation tasks. However, challenges remain in achieving robust performance on new domains, evidencing the need for large and diverse training ... -
Doublet Detection in Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data and Dexamethasone Induced Bone Toxicity
(2024)Treatment of paediatric cancer can result in late effects. Late effects are health problems that occur after cancer treatment has ended. One drug commonly used during treatment of paediatric cancers is dexamethasone. ... -
Detecting structural variants in AML using Oxford Nanopore long-reads
(2024)Structural variants (SVs) are, like single nucleotide variants and indels, a major driving force of cancer development. Accurate detection of pathogenic SVs in patients enables targeting of the underlying molecular cause ... -
Access to Innovative Medicines Nusinersen, Onasemnogene Abeparvovec, and Risdiplam in Low- to Middle- Income Countries
(2024)The recent marketing approval of nusinersen, risdiplam, and onasemnogene abeparvovec by the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency has revolutionized access to care for spinal muscular atrophy ...