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Voges, Jordy (author)Safety and reliability of aircraft structures are of main concern within the aerospace industry, preferably without influencing the availability of the aircraft and maintenance and operation costs. As damages in composites can be hard to detect, methods are being developed to detect damages which can potentially lead to a (catastrophic) failure...master thesis 2024
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Zwartveld, Stef (author)Subjective tinnitus is a sensation of sound without an external source. There is no clear understanding of the cause and pathology of tinnitus.<br/><br/>Literature suggests a combination of deafferentation of the tonotopic map , the Bayesian brain model, and the triple mode network, creating one combined hypothesis for tinnitus pathology. Based...master thesis 2024
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Regmi, Bishwas (author)Emotion recognition in Virtual Reality(VR) has the potential to offer numerous benefits across various sectors such as mental healthcare, education, marketing, entertainment, etc. Although emotion recognition itself is a mature field, the sub-field of VR-based emotion recognition is still in its early stages of development. It was found that a...master thesis 2024
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Cudell Santos Carvalho, Guiomar (author)Manual wheelchair users, especially those with spinal cord injuries, often suffer from shoulder overuse and pain. Understanding the specific role of the muscles involved in wheelchair propulsion is essential to prevent these complications. Yet, there is uncertainty about which muscles are primarily recruited, and their contribution to propulsion...master thesis 2024
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Scheepstra, Karel (author)Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is the task of finding non-conflicting paths for multiple agents that operate in a environment with shared resources. <br/>Finding an optimal solution quickly becomes intractable for many applications and consequently suboptimal methods are also explored extensively in literature. <br/>This work presents the...master thesis 2024
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Kochar, Rahul (author)The serverless computing trend is steadily picking up steam over the last few years and is challenging the traditional microservices on Kubernetes model which included inefficiencies like idling. The big three cloud providers AWS, GCP and Azure have different opinions on what serverless computing and serverless applications should look like, how...master thesis 2024
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van Zwieten, Jan-Willem (author)Challenges of supplier engagement in early stage technology development in the context of hydrogen propulsion equipment development for aircraft are uncovered. The challenges are viewed from the perspective of the engineering team members within the Liquid Hydrogen storage and distribution department in Airbus’ ZEROe project. A qualitative...master thesis 2024
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Kraakman, Frank (author)The state-of-the-art teleimpedance command interfaces used to command the robot stiffness configuration are either too complex to set up, such as those that use physiological signals and other tracking methods or cannot configure the stiffness appropriately for 3d environments.<br/>To mitigate these issues, a novel teleimpedance interface is...master thesis 2024
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Mussert, Rosalie (author)Mangrove forests are highly valuable environments that offer numerous ecosystem services, including carbon storage, serving as nurseries for fish and shrimp, and providing timber. Additionally, these ecosystems offer coastline protection against erosion and flooding by attenuating waves and trapping sediment. Despite the crucial role of mangrove...master thesis 2024
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Ooms, Tom (author)This research investigates the effect of window position and size on building facades on daylight entry, energy consumption, and thermal comfort of buildings. The aim is to find a feasible way to make housing more sustainable and energy efficient in compliance with the Dutch Building Regulations while providing good daylit spaces. This knowledge...master thesis 2024
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Ferreira da Costa, Tiago (author)This research delves into aircraft crashworthiness, focusing on the innovative Flying-V configuration, aiming to improve safety in unconventional designs. Challenges arise due to the Flying-V's unique V-shaped fuselage, complicating traditional crashworthiness assessments. To address this, the study proposes modelling approaches, particularly...master thesis 2024
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Bosselaar, Chris (author)<b>Background</b><br/>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive, chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disorder, affecting 0.5-1.5% of the world's population. Current RA disease activity assessment methods rely on subjective, labor-intensive methods. Therefore, an unmet need exists for objectively assessing RA disease activity through a low-labor...master thesis 2024
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Hagendijk, Rick (author)Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (UWV) is a Dutch government organisation that assists Dutch citizens who are unemployed or unable to work by finding employment and by providing benefits. <br/><br/>For various reasons, it can happen that a client is overpaid and needs to repay the excess amount to UWV. If the excess amount cannot...master thesis 2024
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Nandkumar, CHANDRAN (author)This thesis presents the design and evaluation of a comprehensive system for developing voice-based interfaces to support users in supermarkets. These interfaces enable customers to convey their needs across both generic and specific queries. While current state-of-the-art systems like GPTs by OpenAI are easily accessible and adaptable,...master thesis 2024
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Vermeer, Jort (author)The Random Finite Element Method (RFEM) is a robust stochastic method for slope reliability analysis that incorporates the spatial variability of soil properties. However, the extensive computational time associated with the direct Monte Carlo simulation limits its practical application. To overcome this problem, this study investigates the use...master thesis 2024
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Roza, Julian (author)Carbon trading sets a price on greenhouse gases (GHG), enabling countries and companies to buy emission rights. The carbon market includes the compliant market, regulated by governments, and the voluntary carbon market (VCM), which lacks strict regulation and allows anyone to offset emissions. In the VCM, carbon credits are created through...master thesis 2024
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Vijay Kumbhar, Ajay Kumbhar (author)Enroute Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) determine the appropriate course of action by scanning radar displays to identify and select a flight that requires clearances to ensure safe and efficient operations within their airspace sector. After selecting a flight of interest, ATCOs visually compare the flight parameter displayed in the flight...master thesis 2024
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Mezilis, Lefteris (author)The European energy transition policies aim to mitigate the effects of climate change by moving away from fossils and promoting both onshore and offshore renewable energy technologies. Although onshore renewables are driving the transition so far, policymakers believe that in order to achieve the targets, the power grid must have access to the...master thesis 2024