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Zhang, Jasmine (author)The quest for environmentally conscious practices has become a paramount concern in the real estate sector, with a growing emphasis on reducing carbon emissions, as they are found to be responsible for a significant 36 percent of total global energy consumption. Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) play a crucial role in advancing energy...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Zhengquan (author)Trust plays an important role in the implementation of chatbot technology. This study was also focusing on user trust in chatbots, particularly focusing on the role of response delay and explanation-driven driven subjective transparency. This research includes a pretest and a main test. In the pretest, we selected one explanation that was...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Yixuan (author)The lack of a decent solid-state ionic conductor has hindered the large-scale application of solid-state batteries, which are considered to be the potential game changer for energy transition. The recently reported K doping CsPbF3 material system has shed light on this problem. This material possesses high ionic conductivity and a wide...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Jujian (author)This thesis introduces the Discontinuity-Enriched Finite Element Method (DE-FEM) for the modeling of dynamic multiple crack growth problems including branching and merging, as an alternative to eXtended/Generalized Finite Element Method (X/GFEM). DE-FEM differs from X/GFEM by placing the enriched degrees of freedom (DOFs) directly along the...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, liang (author)Trust is a fundamental component in human-AI relationships, serving as a critical element of user acceptance and satisfaction, particularly within the realm of Decision Support Systems (DSS). The technological advances in conversational user interfaces (CUIs) such as ChatGPT and digital assistants (e.g., Alexa) allow laypeople to interact with...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Hengkai (author)The railway timetable rescheduling problem is a challenging problem in both industry and academia. It is required to calculate a feasible and relatively good timetable within a limited time to reduce the negative impact of disturbances or disruptions. The railway timetable rescheduling problem is typically formulated as a mixed integer linear...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Lanxin (author)Road traffic safety is a pressing global concern, with millions of yearly fatalities and injuries. This study aims to address the detection of abnormal driving behaviour. Traditional supervised approaches face limitations due to the need for labelled abnormal driving data. To overcome this challenge, semi-supervised machine learning models are...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Minshi (author)China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation seriously impacted rural areas, which is reflected significantly in the Greater Bay Area. With globalisation and digitalisation, the emergence of Taobao villages has become a new model for rural development in China. However, socio-economic activities entering in Taobao villages with digital...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Yueqi (author)This project focuses on the sustainable development of Anxin County, situated in the Xiong'an New Area of China. The aim is to create a harmonious balance between economic growth and ecological preservation, considering the region's unique characteristics, such as the Baiyangdian wetland and the surrounding rural landscape. Taking the local...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Shenghao (author)Urban microclimate significantly affects people’s experiences and activities in urban environments by a series of phenomena, among which urban flow is an important factor to be considered. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method has become a popular tool for studying urban airflow because of its low cost compared with experiment methods....master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Chuhan (author)Guangzhou is one of the most typical metropolitan cities in the Great Bay Area (GBA). The fast development contributes to massive urban construction in a relatively short time. However, the development prosperity comes at the expense of green space. The problems of green space lead to lower resilient capacity, which means higher flooding risks...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Fengyan (author)Geometric algorithms are usually designed based on the assumption of using arbitraryprecision representations. However, in modern computer systems floating-point arithmetic and finite-precision approximation are often used as implementing exact computations would require large computational resources and would be rather slow in the applications....master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Maozhu (author)The civilization and urbanization of Kathmandu Valley started with the Bagmati River but rapid urban expansion in the 21st century has brought many problems-the direct discharge of wastewater, solid waste in the river, encroachment of riverbanks by squatter settlements, and declining groundwater levels, they together contributed to the decline...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Yizhuo (author)The urban spaces that arise as a result of urban shrinkage and decay are loosely defined (Franck & Stevens, 2007). The ambiguity of these spaces provides a potential outlet for accidental or spontaneous encounters, informal activities and alternatives to our increasingly commodified, controlled and privatised 'open' urban spaces. Many...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Jinyao (author)Spiking Neural Networks use Address Event Representation to communicate among different Neuron Arrays. To mimic the behavior of the human neural system and meets the requirement for large Neuron Array communication, the AER interconnect should be area-saving, have low power, and operates at high speed.<br/>This thesis aims to build self-timed...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, xinyu (author)In light of increasing global divisions, it has been questioned whether human beings are able to connect and communicate with each other when encoutering geopolitical conflicts. The author's experiment on this matter and proposal for this project begins with what was once united but is now divided - the Limes, a legacy left from one of the most...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, Luqianxue (author)Trials of surface modifications using low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) has successfully decreased the high temperature needed for the fabrication of SiC membrane from 2000°C to below 900 °C. With this great success on the reduction of the energy con-sumption, however, further studies on the chemical stability and the fouling...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, Madeline (author)Surface pressure measurements are a crucial part of aerodynamic/hydrodynamic analysis and are essential when studying complex flow phenomena. Although pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) has become established as a non-intrusive field measurement technique for high-speed applications in air, a comparable method does not yet exist for usage underwater...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, Huishun (author)Problem Statement. The responsibility problem in the AI field has been taken seriously. The point of the problem is how to prevent AI systems from making moral decisions for whom they cannot be held accountable. One of the directions to address the responsibility problem is Meaningful Human Control (MHC). Most of the work focused on theoretical...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, Jing (author)In recent decades, there has been increasing concern about the impact of climate change on the earth. Various countries are actively developing sustainable energy technologies, of which solar cell is one of the new energy sources with the most attention. This thesis is based on poly−Si(O<sub>x</sub>) cells consisting of SiO<sub>x</sub>/poly−Si(O...master thesis 2022