UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Seeding a new future? The role of the state in agroecological transitions
(2022)The negative impacts of modern industrial agriculture are widely recognized in academic literature, supported by growing calls for systemic change. It has become clear to rural citizens and social movements that public ... -
‘Groene’ scripts voor de Nederlandse filmindustrie: een onderzoek naar beleidsvorming voor een duurzame Nederlandse filmindustrie door het Nederlands Filmfonds
(2022)Het Nederlands Filmfonds ontwikkelt in 2022 beleid dat de verduurzaming van de Nederlandse filmsector moet stimuleren. In deze scriptie is onderzocht wat de beleidsvorming door het Nederlands Filmfonds bepaalt. Voor het ... -
Deep Learning-Based Contrast Transformation of High Resolution 3D Gradient Echo Images Trained Using Low Resolution 2D Turbo Spin Echo Images
(2022)Acquiring multiple clinically relevant MR image contrasts from a single scan is an emerging trend in MR imaging to reduce the total scan time of an exam. A deep learning-based approach that takes this idea one step further ... -
Link between mental health and self-reported number of digital hairs suggests new way to measure expressed testosterone
(2022)There is growing consensus that testosterone is related to mental and physical health, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. One explanation for the conflicting results found in the study of testosterone ... -
Self-assembly of titania supraparticles
(2022)Titania is one of the most abundant and biocompatible compounds on our planet while also possessing strong optical properties. These optical properties can be further enhanced and manipulated by altering size, shape and ... -
Anticipating Change: Sea-level Rise-Induced Effects on Estuary Morphology
(2022)During the mid-Holocene, when sea-level rose rapidly, many estuaries formed. When sea-level rise slowed down during the late Holocene, some of these estuaries filled with sediment, where others remained largely unfilled. ... -
Metamorphic conditions of the Cap de Creus shear zones (NE Spain) - Insights from an integrated petrological, electron microscopy and numerical approach
(2022)Recent advances in the field of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) allow the simultaneous, gridwise, collection of energy dispersive X-ray spectra (EDS) and the capture of back-scattered electrons (BSE). Phase maps of ... -
Baas in eigen huis: een thesis onderzoek naar de vraag naar & toegankelijkheid van CPO in Nederland
(2022)De aanleiding van dit onderzoek is het ontbreken van een duidelijk beeld van de vraag naar collectief particulier opdrachtgeverschap (CPO) in Nederland. Dit onderzoek focust zich dan ook op het in kaart brengen van deze ... -
Female Entrepreneurship in Uganda: Manoeuvring gendered spaces
(2022)Sub-Saharan Africa is a region currently facing the problem of sufficient job creation due to the young population steadily entering the labour market. A key role can be played by women, who seize economic opportunities ... -
CREATED: The Generation of viable Counterfactual Sequences using an Evolutionary Algorithm for Event Data of Complex Processes
(2022)Within the field of Process Mining, deep recurrent networks (such as LSTM) have been used to predict the next state or the outcome of a multivariate sequence. However, these models tend to be complex and are difficult for ... -
The causation of disappearing traffic in the context of the Netherlands
(2022)Taking away infrastructure for the car is often predicted to cause problems in neighboring streets as the traffic diverts. Cairns, Atkins, and Goodwin (2001) beg to differ as they state that, depending on local circumstances, ... -
TIMES ARE NOT LIKE BEFORE: An intergenerational study about experiences in Children’s Travel Behavior in Quito, Ecuador.
(2022)Children’s mobility has been analyzed mainly in developed countries. The decrease of independence in children’s mobility and its consequence is already taking attention research worldwide, however, in Latin America, this ... -
The Return of the Exotic Birds Understanding the role of the governmental authorities in the process of brain gain in Bulgaria
(2022)One of the integral and significant elements in the cycle of migration is return migration, also known as brain gain, a phenomenon on the rise in Bulgaria. Despite its growing relevance, limited research has been conducted ... -
Abortion and maternity
(2022)More than half of the abortions in the Netherlands take place in mothers. Motherhood might complicate the decision-making process, because mothers may have stronger maternal feelings; but mothers may also find the decision ... -
“You’re in a different world if you have a disability”: Exploring wheelchair users’ lived experience of public transportation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(2022)Public transportation has been recognised as a crucial means to participate in society. Research indicates, however, that wheelchair users across the globe still face a range of physical and social barriers to public ... -
The Modern Burn-Out: an Interdisciplinary Analysis
(2022)Burn-out has become a significant health problem and is most common amongst the millenial and gen-z generations. This study attempted to understand the role meritocratic values play in the experience of burn-out (symptoms) ... -
The relationship between employment status and job burnout in women: a contradiction between effort-reward imbalance and work-family imbalance.
(2022)Background. Job burnout is a huge mental health problem, often perceived as genderneutral. However, this gender-neutral view is inconsistent, meaning that the causes of job burnout are probably different for women. ... -
Which factors facilitate and hinder the transition to plant-based foods amongst students?
(2022)As meat-and dairy consumption has a substantial negative impact on the environment, this qualitative study examines factors that promote and hinder the transition to plant-based foods of students, who are in a crucial life ...