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Odenwald, Kirsten (author)Cultivated meat emerges as an innovative food product with the potential to address the challenges of the conventional meat industry. Moreover, the technology proves to be a potential option for consumers seeking to align with ethical considerations without altering their dietary preferences. Despite its promise, one significant barrier is...master thesis 2024
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Zdziarska, Kika (author)This project presents a response to the pressing issue of women's safety in public spaces, particularly in Latin American cities. Women worldwide are disproportionately affected by safety issues and fear in urban environments. I explore ways in which public spaces can enhance perceptions of safety and freedom instead. Based on extensive four...master thesis 2024
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Lagendijk, Dennis (author)Industrialised Construction gains traction as it is seen as a solution to create resource efficiencies in the Built Environment. In practice, this increase in industrialisation leads to an increase in standardisation efforts. Meanwhile, the Circular Economy is incrementally being introduced to the Built Environment. Circular Building is often...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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Hendriks, Fiona (author)Biofuels offer the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in merchant ships by up to 90% and can be seamlessly integrated into existing engines as drop-in fuel. Utilising residual biomass sources for biofuel production presents financial and environmental advantages. In Spain's Jaén province, approximately 2,05 million...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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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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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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Brachmi, Walid (author)As turbofan technology advances, periodic engine inspection and maintenance still remain a significant part of aircraft operational costs. Operators are thus looking to engine condition-based maintenance (ECBM), leveraging sensor data and numerical engine models for continuous diagnostics. KLM Engine Services developed a surrogate model based on...master thesis 2024
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van Uffelen, Doris (author)The building sector is a big contributor to environmental problems. It is responsible for the extraction of 24% of earths raw materials, it generates 40% of total waste and 40% of the total energy use comes from the built environment. The building industry focusses on production rather than lifespan, leading to materials not being separable....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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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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Mancoulov, Daniël (author)Many households aged 55 and older with a desire to move encounter a lack of suitable housing on the Dutch housing market. Various households that have a desire to move, cannot find a dwelling that meets their desires in their desired location. This hinders their ability to realize their housing preferences and forms an impediment to the...master thesis 2024