Factors Influencing Fertility & Menstrual App Uptake by Diverse Women: A Stated Choice Experiment

Recently, the deficiency present in female-specific health has been emphasized.Knowledge and consequently treatments with regards to female-specific symptoms and chronic deceases have been lacking. Previous research has shown the opportunity of female health apps to decrease this discrepancy.<br/>Female health apps simultaneously contribute to...

The effect of social identities on the opinion dynamics of nuclear energy: Exploring the emergence of public opinion patterns regarding nuclear energy

This research focuses on public attitudes toward nuclear energy in the context of reaching consensus on energy solutions for climate action. Using the Social Identity Approach, it analyzes how social groups shape opinions, with a spotlight on Germany and France. Political affiliation, age, socio-economic status, and gender are key identity...

The stage for Berlin: The performing arts centre for the evolution of opera

A Neutrally Stable Quasi-Compliant Spherical Joint With a Remote Center of Rotation

This thesis presents the design of a quasi-compliant spherical joint which is neutrally stable in two DoF and has a remote center of rotation. Such a joint can be used, for example, as an exoskeleton's shoulder joint. The foundation of this joint design lies in previous work that has succeeded in designing a compliant spherical joint with a...

System design and control of a novel ocean wave energy converter array

There is a great amount of wave power in earth's oceans. The amount of power harvested for electricity is however very small in comparison to solar and wind. One of the reasons for this is the lack of consensus on the best design of wave energy converters. This thesis develops a novel system design for a wave energy converter array that has...

Optimization of semi-controlled low-thrust de-orbit strategies to reduce human casualty risk

Currently, an increasing amount of debris is floating in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) endangering space operations. To limit the contribution of non-operational satellites to the space debris problem a semi-controlled end-of-life de-orbit strategy can be employed. In this strategy the satellite is controlled from the end-of-life orbit down to low...

A Domain Specific Language for Computation-in-Memory

The memory-wall problem is a big challenge that classical Von Neumann-based computer systems face. This problem is caused by the increasing performance gap between the main memory and the central processing unit. The novel Computation-in-Memory (CiM) architecture can solve the memory wall problem by using emerging memristor technology to perform...

Manoeuvrable Buoy for Offshore Wind Assessment

Offshore electrical energy production out of wind energy is a growing market. Wind and water data is needed to measure the most profitable location to set up offshore wind farms. Retrieving the required information can be done by placing expensive masts or deploying moored buoys with measuring equipment. The problem with moored buoys is that...

Percutaneous measurement of tissue compliance

Abstract—Percutaneous needle insertion is a minimally invasive technique, in which intervention effectiveness depends on needle placement accuracy. Targeting specific areas is difficult as needle trajectory is influenced by the highly variable and unpredictable nature of soft tissue. Furthermore the physician receives very limited information,...

Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a MEMS Thermal Displacement Sensor

This thesis is a part of the CLEMPS (Closed Loop Embedded MEMS-based Precision Stage) project. Within this project a MEMS-stage should be positioned using a feedback (displacement) signal with 10-nm accuracy over a 100 ?m range. This thesis investigates if thermal sensing can be used as a reliable sensing mechanism within the CLEMPS project....

Onderzoek aan geroerde gas-vloeistof dispersies in een systeem met meerdere Pushton turbines op één as