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Provincial governments as policy entrepreneurs: an analysis of policy entrepreneurship strategies and challenges for policy implementation
(2024)In order to achieve climate mitigation goals, governments formulate strategic policies to facilitate the energy transition. In the Dutch planning context, local governments ultimately have planning authority as they set ... -
Loudness in the Normal-Hearing Ear of Single- Sided Deaf Patients
(2024)Background: Single-sided deafness (SSD) has been shown to lead to a reduction in inhibition and an increase in excitatory responses in inferior colliculus and auditory cortex in the ipsilateral hemisphere when sounds are ... -
Comparing supervised and semi-supervised machine learning approaches in NTCP modeling to predict complications in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients
(2024)Head and neck cancer patients (HNC) treated with radiotherapy often suffer from radiation-induced toxicities, most often xerostomia (dry mouth) and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). As to reduce the risk of toxicities in ... -
PET/CT-IMAGING KINETIC OF TKI OSIMERTINIB: POWER PREDICTIONS
(2024)Introduction: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) osimertinib has shown to be well-tolerated and effective in T790M-positive NSCLC patients. The tissue uptake of osimertinib can be ... -
Giving Love to modified gravity; an examination of neutron star properties in scalar-tensor gravity
(2024)Abstract: A major goal of astrophysics involves the study of neutron stars to determine their nuclear matter equation of state. The first detection of gravitational waves from a binary pair neutron star merger, GW170817, ... -
Multi-dimensional urban environmental exposures and inequality for mental health
(2024)This study presents a reproducible methodology for creating spatial indicators using open-source data from OpenStreetMap and the Google Earth Engine, using Python automation, with a focus on applicability in Low- and ... -
Deep Semantic Decoding: Predicting Semantic Representations From SEEG Data In Epilepsy Patients
(2024)This thesis, developed in collaboration with Nick Ramsey’s BCI lab at UMC Utrecht, investigated the feasibility of decoding semantic representations of speech from Stereotactic EEG data, recorded from epilepsy patients ... -
Microtubule depolymerization and severing during mitosis
(2024)Cell division involves the separation of chromosomes (mitosis) and the cytoplasm (cytokinesis) of a mother cell into two daughter cells. Many of the physical event during mitosis rely on the dynamics of the microtubules ... -
Hearing the Quality of Care: Using Audio Recordings to Understand the Use of Quality Standards in District Nursing
(2024)This case study uses a research technique that combines audio recordings, observations, narrative literature study, and document analysis to explore the activities of district nurses. The study examines district nurses’ ... -
A major threat for the future?: The mobilizing force of Islamic State Khorasan in Afghanistan between 2015 and 2023
(2024)This study examines the mobilization of Islamic State Khorasan (ISK) in Afghanistan from 2015 to 2023, exploring its evolution against the backdrop of Afghanistan's complex socio-political, - economic, and -cultural ... -
Obtaining Low-Level Control in a High-Level Language : Variant Types in Data-Parallel Array Languages
(2024)A high-level abstraction sacrifices the ability to exercise low-level control, which can be prob- lematic for performance critical applications. The phenomenon is apparent in data-parallel array languages, which traditionally ... -
Literaire pornografie, vrijheid en objectificatie: Objectivering van het meisje in Mieke Maaike’s obscene jeugd, Eros en de eenzame man en Menuet
(2024)In deze scriptie onderzoek ik op welke manier de feministische objectificatietheorie inzicht geeft in de representatie van het meisje in drie werken van de Vlaamse schrijver Louis Paul Boon, te weten Mieke Maaike’s obscene ... -
Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation in Netherlands' Cattle and Pig Production Systems: A Critical Review of Mitigation Strategies
(2024)Introduction: Climate change-induced extreme weather events pose risks to livelihoods and agriculture. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and securing an adequate food supply to an increasing world population without ... -
How antibody type and bacterial antigens influence complement activation
(2024)Antibodies play an important role in the anti-bacterial immune defence. One of these roles is the activation of the complement system, which is of major importance in antibacterial immun-ity. There are several aspects which ...