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Geleijnse, Jan (author)The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) \#6 reads that by 2030 universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water is achieved for all In order to achieve this goal, proper and complete monitoring, capturing all the facets of safe water access, is essential. In this thesis it is argued that the current...master thesis 2022
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Michielsen, Lieke (author)Since the revolution of single-cell RNA-sequencing, the number of available datasets has increased enormously. In these datasets, cell identification is mainly done manually, which is subjective and time-consuming. As a consequence, most datasets are annotated at a different resolution. This is not surprising as cell types form a hierarchy, but...master thesis 2020
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Free, Renske (author)Anticipatory action requires models that can accurately and reliably predict the impact of natural hazards. However, impact forecasts are often underestimated when consecutive hazards are not considered. In the Bicol region in the Philippines, typhoons trigger 90% of landslides, causing a lot of fatalities and damage to infrastructure and...master thesis 2022
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Landré, Daniël (author)The rapid adoption of e-bikes as an alternative mode of transportation to automobiles gives rise to new methods of safety regulations for cyclists. Modern e-bikes feature Internet of Things (IoT) modules capable of collecting and sending cycling data that can be used for traffic safety analysis. This study explores the potential of using cycling...master thesis 2022
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Bhat, Ullas (author)The use of small satellites, enabled by the standardization of the CubeSat specifications and miniaturization in electronics, has seen a rapid increase in the past decades. The low-cost and short development time of these satellites has made them an attractive option for both commercial and academic applications, making space exploration more...master thesis 2023
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Pollack, Justin (author)Nowadays, machine learning (ML) methods rapidly evolve for their use in model-based control applications. Model-based control requires an accurate model description of the dynamical system to reassure the performance of the controller. Conventionally, this model description is retrieved from first-principles modelling which can be problematic if...master thesis 2022
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Hazewinkel, Annabel (author)Pile driving is a widely used technique for the construction of buildings and infrastructure. A popular technique is to vibrate the pile into the sediment. However, since building sites are increasingly being located in metropolitan areas, there is a growing concern about the environmental impact that vibrations may cause during driving....master thesis 2022
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van der Auweraert, Elwin (author)Trace metals appear in estuarine systems in two forms: dissolved and particulate. <br/>Describing the partitioning between these two forms is done by a coefficient, K_d, which relies on a number of environmental parameters, such as the salinity of the water and the seasonally dependent biological activity. Although this coefficient is known to...master thesis 2018
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Kyriazis, Ioannis (author)Patients with neuromuscular diseases that are unable to speak, but whose cognitive ability has been maintained, can be benefited from Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs). The decoding of inner (covert) speech from EEGs consists of one of the state of the art methods that aim to tackle this issue. High variability between subjects, as well as low...master thesis 2023
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Ajithkumar Pillai, Krishna (author)Cracks in masonry structures are a cause for concern as they signal a potential lack of functionality and/or aesthetics. It thus becomes important to identify the cause of damage in order to mitigate it and to prevent its occurrence in the future. Similarities in crack patterns may correlate to similarities in the damage cause. Currently, the...master thesis 2022
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PAPALEXIOU, ANNIE (author)Although monitoring and maintenance of railways is important to ensure safety and avoid delays and financial losses, it is still mainly based on human inspection. The complexity of a railway along with the large area it extends makes manual monitoring difficult and time-consuming. The increasing availability of 3D acquisition technologies has...master thesis 2021
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d' Abreu de Paulo, Gedeon (author)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. While there have been many studies investigating the development and progression of cancer in human tissues using host omics data or microbial data, there is a lack of research combining both types of data, even though both modalities have been shown to affect cancer morphology and...master thesis 2023
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Schönfeld, Mariette (author)Machine learning inference queries are a type of database query for databases where a model pipeline is needed to evaluate its boolean predicates. Using a model zoo it is possible to select a variety of models to execute in a sequence rather than using a highly specialized model to answer every query predicate. Machine learning models can have...master thesis 2022
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Verma, Ayush (author)With growing wind energy capacity, especially offshore, reliability of wind turbines (WT) becomes a relevant concern. Poor reliability directly affects their cost effectiveness due to increased operation and maintenance ...master thesis 2021
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Noorthoek, Sterre (author)In addition to delivering groceries at customers’ doorsteps, online supermarket Picnic goes the extra mile by aiming to improve customer satisfaction. For instance, by providing cooking inspiration to customers through a recently launched recipe page in the app. This feature presents new recipes weekly and allows customers to easily add the...master thesis 2022
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Mulders, Maurits (author)A side-channel attack is performed by analyzing unwanted physical leakage to achieve a more effective attack on the cryptographic key. An attacker performs a profiled attack when he has a physical and identical copy of the target device, meaning the attacker is in full control of the target device. Therefore, these profiled attacks are known as...master thesis 2020
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Gnanavarothayan, Kabilan (author)The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has experienced an increase since its inception and is expected to continue to do so. However, this growth has also attracted individuals with malicious intentions. Botnet attacks on IoT devices have become more potent each year, exploiting new vulnerabilities and attacking more devices. Therefore, it...master thesis 2023
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Stripp, Sebastian (author)Current building operations can be improved through smart predictive operation based on weather and use patterns in order to save energy with minimal impact on the building fabric and daily use. The existing literature has investigated implementations, and potential savings through combining with variable tariffs, however, this thesis addresses...master thesis 2023
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Rang, Jugo (author)This paper presents a novel approach for the estimation of conditional multivariate cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) within a nonparametric framework. To achieve this, we introduce a binary random variable that indirectly represents conditional CDFs and construct a dataset by pairing input vectors with the binary variables. We developed...master thesis 2023
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de Boer, Niels (author)Increased pace of developments strain the ability of policy makers to be timely and sufficiently informed. While there are already sufficient methods available for gauging what plays a role, topic modelling is a novel method that has the potential to be deployed at high speed with low effort. Values play an important role as it shapes policy...master thesis 2023