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Spaces of Encounter Within Low Socio-Economic Neighbourhoods: A qualitative case study on social encounters and loneliness in Bospolder-Tussendijken, Rotterdam
(2022)Preliminary research shows that the physical environment plays an important role in how people feel. For example, it appears that feelings of loneliness are stronger among residents of low socio-economic neighbourhoods ... -
Algorithmic Fairness: which algorithm suits my purpose?
(2022)Machine learning (ML) algorithms are widely used in decision-making tasks. These decisions can have a big impact on the lives of people. Therefore, it is important that the outcomes of ML models are fair and do not lead ... -
Opportunities for Single-Cell Approaches in Cancer Epigenomics
(2022)Epigenetic alterations are reversible modifications that alter the way gene expression is regulated without changing the underlying DNA sequence. They play a key role in both healthy development, as well as in diseases ... -
Analyzing maize price elasticity in the US
(2022)The main goal of this paper is to explore the effect of demand and supply quantity on maize prices by analyzing price elasticity. To examine the price elasticity of supply and demand of maize, multiple linear regression ... -
‘Ik ga een paar tips geven zodat je beter kunt leren schrijven’
(2022)Leerlingen hebben veel moeite met schrijven. Dit komt onder andere door de complexiteit van het schrijfproces en door de manier waarop het schrijfonderwijs is ingericht. Aangenomen wordt dat kennis over schrijven leidt tot ... -
Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: Application of the Ion Torrent Genexus in the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)NGS has proven to be of great value during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the beginning with the rapid discovery of SARS-CoV-2 as the causative agent, followed by the publication of the complete genome that was used for the ... -
Evaluating the impact of perceived information overload on work performance and the moderating effects of perceived work-life policy
(2022)Perceived Information overload (PIO) proceeds to be a trending subject among organizations and organizational psychologists due to its negative impact on work performance (WP). It is essential to enhance our knowledge about ... -
Risk Rejection or Conceal an Important Part of Myself? The moderating Role of Geographical Differences in the Relationship between Minority Stress and Basic Psychological Needs among Sexual Minorities
(2022)Members of the LGBTQ+ community are exposed to stigma, prejudice, and discrimination which causes them to develop more mental health issues than the heterosexual population. Despite a growing body of literature on minority ... -
no tunnel vision: the safety experinces of young women in train underpasses by night
(2022)Onderzoek naar de ervaren veiligheid van vrouwen in 3 onderdoorgangen in Utrecht: Leidscheveer tunnel, Daalse tunnel en de van Sijpesteijntunnel in de nacht. -
The Sprouting Food Forest: Changing the narrative of what it means to do research, engage with the forest and its creatures, and be human
(2022)In this thesis, the processes of modernity will be used as a framework to examine how food forests come to contest them and be used as spaces through which human-nature relations can be restructured towards a more pluriversal ... -
Petro-villages: Living through fossil fuel extraction in rural North of the Netherlands
(2022)Fossil fuel extraction is a controversial field in the context of Dutch energy policy. In the mainstream Dutch narrative, oil and gas are often portrayed as heroic entities that have contributed significantly to the country's ... -
Navigating power dynamics: An anthropological perspective on employees working with Female Genital Cutting in the Netherlands
(2022)Worldwide 300 million girls and women experience the effects of Female Genital Cutting (FGC), and more than four million girls are at risk of being circumcised every year (Amref Flying Doctors n.d). The practice of FGC ... -
Novel accelerometer-based markers for physical activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis based on an open-source summary metric
(2022)Accelerometer-based physical activity monitoring has previously been shown to be an objective method for quantifying disease progression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Currently, accelerometer-based ... -
An exploration on the interplay between the concept of home and the cultural meaning of nature in the Dutch tiny house community
(2022)The cultural meaning of nature has been examined in the Dutch tiny house community and how it is related to the inhabitants' perceptions of home -
"Welcome Back To My Channel"
(2022)Mukbang videos is a phenomenon originating from South Korea which started approximately in 2008. In a Mukbang video, there is a person who is recording themselves while eating, and there are others who can watch that person ...