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van Liemt, Julia (author)A fair part of the surface of the Netherlands consists of peat grounds. A large part of these grounds is used for livestock farming. However, the peat needs to be dried to prevent cows and other cattle from sinking with their hooves into the soft, wet peat. This drying starts a process called oxidation. This reaction with oxygen in the air and...master thesis 2021
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VED, VRAJESH (author)Researchers in the past have shown that communication is integral to successful results in a project's design phase. This is said so as there are multiple professionals from diverse backgrounds who come together to prepare a project's design. Consequently, communication between these professionals becomes a key component as it is the way they...master thesis 2021
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MAHADEVAN, SUJITH (author)The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is undergoing digital transformation to improve project performance and Building Information Modelling (BIM) is helping to achieve this objective. BIM is a comprehensive digital representation of a built facility with great information depth. BIM fosters collaboration across the...master thesis 2021
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Dirrix, Lize (author)The forensic investigation is one of the first steps in the criminal investigation process concerning home invasion robberies. The forensic investigation consists of objectively capturing the crime scene as it is when starting the investigation. Regarding home invasion robberies, the most important traces are fingerprints and DNA which are used...master thesis 2021
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Riccio, Andrea (author)This thesis describes the design journey that resulted in a post-pandemic vision for distributed teams and the development of a concept to fulfil the lack of spontaneous encounters in hybrid working environments. The research follows two different approaches, the double-diamond and the Dive method and includes extensive literature review, remote...master thesis 2021
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Batelaan, Frédérique (author)The aim of this research was to investigate if and how the project performance of integrated construction projects can be improved by focussing on empathy during the preconstruction phase. Big infrastructural construction projects often face a poor project performance which causes the sector is aimed at searching for strategies to deal with this...master thesis 2021
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Varanasi, Saurabh (author)It is a well-known fact that the construction industry operates under high levels of complexity and uncertainty, which gives rise to challenges such as ineffective communication, lack of trust, insufficient support from the higher management, etc. Collaboration has demonstrated to be a solution to all these problems. In order to stimulate...master thesis 2021
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de Bock, Anniek (author)In 2015 a new child act was implemented in the Netherlands. This meant that municipalities became responsible for the organisation of all youth care. First evaluations of the youth act show that a lack of collaboration and coherence in the youth care has resulted in complaints from youth and parents concerning long waiting times, complexity in...master thesis 2021
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Ooms, Rob (author)This research aims to identify gain-and-pain-sharing methods to foster a collaborative environment to create win-win situations and create mutual objectives. To do so, gain-and-pain-sharing methods that can positively influence a collaborative environment are explored. This study is restricted to the Dutch construction sector because it is for...master thesis 2021
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Kim, yeun (author)It is our human nature to create, and we must continue to create what we need in a constantly changing world. This project was also started by a world that turned because of Covid-19. Due to the Coronavirus, the online environment's importance is increasing, and a digital transformation is happening worldwide. Under these circumstances, when we...master thesis 2021
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Boele, Bastijn (author)Small municipalities are facing problems in the field of ICT. The costs of ICT have been rising for several years. Legislation is decentralized to municipalities and this makes ICT more complex for municipalities. In addition, ICT is becoming more and more essential in society and citizens have...master thesis 2021
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Ligthart, Chiara (author)As a result of the high failure costs and many project delays in the construction industry, collaborative contracts emerged in an attempt to improve project performance. The project alliance was one of them. This integrative way of working requires a focus on the human aspects, because people from different organisational cultures are brought...master thesis 2021
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Supera, Jakub (author)Public procurement in the European Union is an important part of interaction between governments and the market. According to the European Commission1 every year over 250 000 public authorities in the EU spend around 14% of GDP (around €2 trillion per year) on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Often perceived as a purely bureaucratic...master thesis 2021
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Rios Lazcano, A.M. (author), Niu, Tenghao (author), Carrera Akutain, Xabier (author), Cole, David (author), Shyrokau, B. (author)Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) aim to increase safety and reduce mental workload. However, the gap in the understanding of the closed-loop driver-vehicle interaction often leads to reduced user acceptance. In this study, an optimal torque control law is calculated online in the Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework to guarantee...journal article 2021
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van der Meer, N. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author), Specht, M.M. (author)For the past forty years, research has revealed many ways in which Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) can be utilized to support and enhance education. Similarly, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has proven promising for different educational purposes. These affordances, however, tend to change when the technology behind them...conference paper 2021
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), Niaounakis, T.K. (author)Local governments may seek efficient public service delivery through scaling up production, and the quest for the optimal local government size has attracted extensive attention of scholars and policy makers. Indeed, if scale matters for local government efficiency, increasing size may be a key factor in achieving more value for money for...journal article 2021
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Praharaj, S. (author), Scheffel, Maren (author), Schmitz, Marcel (author), Specht, M.M. (author), Drachsler, Hendrik (author)Collaboration is an important 21st Century skill. Co-located (or face-to-face) collaboration (CC) analytics gained momentum with the advent of sensor technology. Most of these works have used the audio modality to detect the quality of CC. The CC quality can be detected from simple indicators of collaboration such as total speaking time or...journal article 2021
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El-Ouahi, Jamal (author), Robinson Garcia, N. (author), Costas, Rodrigo (author)This study investigates the scientific mobility and international collaboration networks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region between 2008 and 2017. By using affiliation metadata available in scientific publications, we analyze international scientific mobility flows and collaboration linkages. Three complementary approaches...journal article 2021
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Krangsås, Savis Gohari (author), Steemers, Koen (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Soutullo, Silvia (author), Liu, Mingming (author), Giancola, Emanuela (author), Prebreza, Bahri (author), Ashrafian, Touraj (author), Murauskaitė, Lina (author), Maas, Nienke (author)Positive Energy Districts (PED) are areas within cities that generate more renewable energy than they consume, contributing to cities’ energy system transformation toward carbon neutrality. Since PED is a novel concept, the implementation is very challenging. Within the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, which...journal article 2021
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Brown, P.D. (author), Von Daniels, C. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Balkenende, R. (author)Circular oriented innovation commonly requires collaboration. Yet, to date, circular research lacks empirical investigation into collaborative processes. Collaborative processes are, however, highly researched within strategic management literature, thus offering valuable insights. The purpose of this paper is to investigate, identify and...journal article 2021