UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Gender Equality in Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Leisure Time
(2022)Introduction: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study was conducted among parents (N=483) in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to investigate if mothers mental health was lower during the COVID-19 pandemic than ... -
Single Parents’ Capabilities for Social Support and its Effect on their Health
(2022)Background: The health disadvantage single parents experience, compared to coupled parents, is often attributed to socioeconomic differences. This study looks into another explanation: differences in social support. Single ... -
De Nederlandse identiteit: het historiografisch debat ontleed
(2022)Waar in het verleden ligt de oorsprong van de Nederlandse identiteit? Wat heeft haar creatie teweeggebracht? Onder druk van globalisering, de rol van de Europese unie en de komst van migranten wordt er steeds vaker ... -
Mobilisation through Emotionally Resonant Collective Action Frames: The Case of the Foreign Fighters of the YPJ
(2022)In the past few decades, the field of conflict studies and especially the theoretical approach of collective action frames have experienced an emotional turn. This thesis addresses this turn by operationalising the concept ... -
A Bio-Inspired Oscillating Underwater Fin for Generating Water Movement that Saves Plankton and Fish Larvae
(2022)The global human population is growing and so is the demand for food. At the same time, climate change and the loss of biodiversity is an increasing problem. The company BlueLinked is developing a saltwater fish farm on ... -
Variability in whole blood tacrolimus concentrations after oral and continuous intravenous administration in the early post-lung transplantation period: a retrospective multicenter cohort study
(2022)BACKGROUND: A relationship between high tacrolimus variability after lung transplantation (LTx) and an increased risk for rejection of the allograft or nephrotoxicity is increasingly suggested in literature. The highly ... -
Master Thesis Myrthe Tiemessen
(2022)Cameron-James Wilson created a computer-generated imagery (CGI) model called Shudu which represents perfection. By using CGI model Shudu as the perfect example for beauty, Wilson wants to ensure people are embracing beauty ... -
Heat stress in Swifter sheep in the Netherlands: panting score and salivary cortisol as a measuring tool for predicting heat stress and the effect of a shadow creating trailer
(2022)Heat stress in sheep has become more important over the years due to rising global temperatures. The Dutch Food Safety Authority (NVWA) has therefore recently enforced a new directive stating that any flock in the Netherlands ... -
Family support, socioeconomic status and eating behavior
(2022)A quantitative study was conducted among students between the age of 11 and 16 (N=8042) in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to investigate whether students show unhealthier eating behavior if they come from a ... -
The steaks have never been higher:The Influencing Role of Motivations on the Relationship between Values and ReducingMeat Consumption Behaviour
(2022)In many ways, a diet containing less animal protein and more plant-based protein is a more sustainable diet. Although much effort is being made worldwide to reduce meat consumption, figures show that meat consumption in ... -
Building Successful COVID-19 Interventions: Increasing Vaccination Participation in the Netherlands
(2022)Background Development of a safe and effective vaccine is not enough to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The public must also be willing to vaccinate. To overcome the multiphased problem of vaccine hesitancy and ... -
Differences in overqualification between immigrant groups
(2022)Background: Many studies have researched the incidence of overqualification of immigrants in comparison with natives, but only a few focus on the differences between immigrant groups.Overqualification between immigrant ... -
Factors Influencing Access to Essential Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quantitative Analysis of 72 Medicines
(2022)Background: Access to essential medicines is an important challenge worldwide, with low- and middle-income countries accounting for the majority population without access to essential medicines. Using the diffusion of ... -
Segregation of Roma in Hungary's education system
(2022)This study aims to summarize the causes and mechanisms of Roma educational segregation in Hungary. Several European countries face similar challenges, but Hungary, according to estimates, has the largest Roma population ... -
IMPACT OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL ON TEMPORAL PERCEPTION AND EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR IN A MOUSE MODEL OF BIPOLAR MANIA
(2022)Bipolar disorder (BD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder affecting about 1% of the world’s population. However, there is still a lack of adequate treatment for BD. Mania state, the defining feature of BD, manifests insomnia, ... -
A mutagenesis study of the antibiotic plectasin and the implications on its mode of action against MRSA
(2022)The threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a greater threat to the world’s healthcare. To combat AMR, there is a need to search and develop novel antibiotics. Plectasin is such novel antibiotic. It targets ... -
Nonlinear tides and river flow of estuarine networks
(2022)Tides are important for the mixing and transport of sediments, salinity and nutrients in most estuaries around the world. Therefore, a precise understanding of the tides in estuaries is needed to predict changes over time. ...