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Automatic annotation of mouse and rat behaviour
This PhD thesis investigates recognition of rodent behaviour using various machine learning methods and presents an automated behavioural recognition (ABR) system.
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Advancing the physiological relevance of kidney models through functional characterization of the distal nephron
The PhD defence of E. Dilmen is on 16 June 2025 at 12:30 pm.
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When your anus is malpositioned: The experience of European hospitals from the ARM-Net consortium
This PhD thesis investigated a European database about children with a maldeveloped or absent anus and shows that children receive various treatments, and that the outcomes are often not as favourable as previously assumed.
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Beyond the Split Second: How preparation, training and fitness make a difference in situations of violence for police and military officers
In this PhD thesis, Colonel Wendy Dorrestijn examines how police officers and military personnel act effectively in potentially violent situations, and to what extent scenario training prepares them for this.
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A bridge over troubled water: The effect of democratic innovations on populist attitudes
The PhD defence of M.I. Theuwis is on 17 June 2025 at 10:30 am.
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Ethical and Useful Machine Learning for Psychiatry
This thesis contributes to computational psychiatry, demonstrating the potential of machine learning to address fundamental challenges of diagnostic subjectivity and biological heterogeneity in mental health research.
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Dealing with complexity in energy transitions
This thesis investigates how feedback effects shape energy transitions and their governance, urging policymakers and researchers to consider these complex, dynamic mechanisms.
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Social Withdrawal in Emerging Adulthood: Zooming in and Zooming out on the Role of Peers throughout Development
The PhD defence of M.A. Millett is on 17 June 2025 at 04:30 pm.
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The Role of Inflammation in FSHD
This PhD thesis shows that certain inflammatory substances, like IL-6 and TNF, are elevated in FSHD patients and are linked to disease severity.
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Advancing Indonesian Neuropsychological Assessment with Tools from Computer Science
This PhD thesis introduced an online platform offering normative data for the Indonesian-Boston Naming Test (I-BNT), with features that adjust for demographic differences.
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Making Centrality Central: Studying institutional logics in hybrid organizations
This PhD thesis takes a novel approach by studying how meaningful a given culture or logic is to an individual or an organization – what is called ‘centrality’ - as a crucial factor in understanding the workings of hybrid organizations.
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Unraveling the role of T cells in trained immunity induction: Implications for kidney transplantation
This PhD thesis shows that also the innate immune system, and specifically the ‘trained immunity’, plays an important role in graft rejection, and is a predictor of graft survival.
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Understanding the diversity of craniofacial syndromes
This research highlights the genetics of craniofacial abnormalities and their impact on diagnosis and treatment.
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Nanoparticle-enhanced MRI for prostate cancer: A paradigm shift in detecting lymph node metastases
This study shows that MRI using nanoparticles as a contrast agent helps detect prostate cancer spread to lymph nodes that often remain invisible with standard imaging.
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Decoding mucosal immunity: Impact of SARS-CoV-2 and Bordetella Pertussis vaccination and infection
This PhD thesis investigates the role of the immune system, focusing on the upper respiratory tract.
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Relativistic hydrodynamic jets: Mixing effects, radial structure and synchrotron emission for continuous and episodic AGN jets
The PhD defence of S. Walg is on 19 June 2025 at 04:30 pm.
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Tooth Wear: Not Your Average Story
This PhD thesis shows that it is possible to accurately measure tooth wear using digital impressions of dentitions.
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Innovating physiotherapy practice for patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and their relatives
The PhD defence of K.M. Felten-Barentsz is on 20 June 2025 at 12:30 pm.
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How our airways defend themselves: The role of epithelial cells in defense against disease
This PhD thesis focused on how the immune system, particularly the epithelium—the layer of cells that first comes into contact with everything we inhale—protects the airways against pathogens.
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From asymptotic safety to quantum corrected black holes: The impact of non-minimal interactions
The PhD defence of C.A. Laporte Munoz is on 20 June 2025 at 04:30 pm.