Effect of microstructure on the degradation of 3D printed Mg-4Zn porous scaffolds

Many manufacturing industries have been impacted by the innovation of additive manufacturing (AM), and biomaterials manufacturing is no exception. One group of biomaterials impacted by the innovation of 3D printing are degradable biomaterials. Degradable biomaterials could eliminate the need for surgery to remove the implant. 3D printed porous...

Deconstructing the Superblock: Urban Transformation of the Superblock in Shenzhen City to shape more livable communities

This project addresses the many inhuman-scale superblocks that have resulted from the rapid urbanization of China over the past decades. These superblocks suffer from problems such as poor accessibility and a monotonous urban landscape. This project begins with a review of the development of superblocks in the West and in China, where...

Profiling of antibiotic resistance genes and their hosts in drinking water distribution systems by Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing

Drinking water safety is critical to public health and the stability of drinking water quality is highly related with drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs). Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and their hosts are the two major concerns in drinking water, however, the knowledge of fate of ARGs and their hosts were limited due to the current...

Generous Space for Improvisation: A bricolage of everyday life, passage and urban residue

Wandering around the neighborhood and exploring the unstable interstitial space, the passages were deemed as the most vibrant stages for real life, the hidden gems behind the walls bounding the street. The passages connect the street to the consumption space behind the row of housing blocks, which is transformed from the old production...

Development of an anisotropic hyperelastic model with damage for the mechanical behaviour of arterial wall tissue

Cardiovascular disease has caused 3.9 million deaths in Europe and over 1.8 million deaths in the European Union, which accounts for 45\% of all deaths in Europe and 37\% of all death in the European Union in 2017. Cardiovascular disease is mainly caused by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a kind of disease where the inside of the artery gets...

Evaluation and Optimization of Methodsfor the DNA Extraction from Drinking water

Tap water qualification is quite important for human health, the DNA extraction from tap water is a current challenge since the microbes inside is limited. This article aims to evaluate various DNA extraction methods and based on the different reagents or procedures and their influence to do some modifications for better extraction. DNA yield,...

Living Edges: Embracing adaptability as opportunity for creating living edges in the Province of Zuid-Holland

To help combat climate change, promote sustainable development and match the goals set in the Paris Agreement, the Province of Zuid-Holland wants to transition to a circular economy. To make this transition successful, the Province ought to adopt an integrative approach, addressing other elements such as socio-spatial inequality, pressure for...

User experience in social virtual reality: Exploring methodologies for evaluating user experience in social virtual reality

Nowadays, social interaction is often mediated by technology, which makes it possible for people to interact with each other when they are separated. However, most of these technologies target the interaction between 'weak ties' and they cannot support the naturalness and richness offered through face-to-face interaction. Recently, a new type of...

Compatibility design of retrofit T5 LED tube: Passive and active methods

LED lamps becomemore and more economically attractive in the lighting market, primarily thanks to their great energy saving, long lifetime and ever decreasing cost compared with the conventional lighting solutions, such as incandescent or fluorescent ones. A traditional fluorescent lighting system consists of a fluorescent lamp(s) and a magnetic...

Common Ground: Bridging polarities in the Ringzone area of Amsterdam

The city center of Amsterdam is growing. The Ringzone in particular, will function as the extension of the city center. In this context, the aim is to find a transformation strategy that allows the change of program and change of use of space; a strategy that bridges the urban with suburban, while sustaining existing spatial qualities and...

More than just a new lettuce packaging

For this graduation project Rijk Zwaan has developed a new lettuce product that utilizes both an indoor vertically growing system and a packaging for leafy vegetables suitable for both growing and marketing (end package). The product of Rijk Zwaan deals with both growers and consumers. To growers the product must be feasible and appealing at a...

Simulations of the Optical Behaviors of Nanostructured Phosphors Based on FDTD Method

This thesis has studied how to modify the optical behaviors of the luminescent phosphors by introducing a 1D nanostructure.

Interrupt support on the ?-VEX processor

In this thesis, we present a design of interrupt system upon an extensible and reconfigurable VLIW softcore processor: r-VEX. This interrupt system is designed and implemented in four mechanisms to match different application requirements in terms of the hardware consumption and performance issues (interrupt latency). On the other hand, due to...

Regeneration of the former Tempelhof airport

‘Urban regeneration’ has been an important concept for many post industrial urban areas. There might be uncountable reasons why the places need to be regenerated with the urban complexity. Some places are simply too old and some of them are too small for the new urban demands. Sometimes the urban places are forced to be regenerated by war or...