Global occurrence and emission of rotaviruses to surface waters

Group A rotaviruses (RV) are the major cause of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children globally. Waterborne transmission of RV and the presence of RV in water sources are of major public health importance. In this paper, we present the Global Waterborne Pathogen model for RV (GloWPa-Rota model) to estimate the global distribution...

Analysis of the performance of swash in harbour domains

Wave penetration inside harbours has been one the main issues that port planners and engineers have had to deal with in recent years. Wave conditions inside harbours trigger vessel movements, create dynamic loads on port structures and condition harbour exploitation and safety. For this reason in the recent past maritime and port engineers have...

Challenges, Design and Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Video-on-Demand Systems

Peer-to-Peer System Design: A Socioeconomic approach

It has gradually become clear that Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems should not be conceived in the manner of conventional computing systems. Consequently, over the years, ideas from social science in general and economics in particular have made their way to P2P systems to deal with the novel challenges that such systems throw up. In Chapter 2 of this...

Structuring properties of irrigation systems: Understanding relations between humans and hydraulics through modeling

Irrigation systems were clearly important in ancient times in supplying crops with water. This requires physical distribution facilities and socio-political arrangements to coordinate between actors. Resulting systems are highly diverse, and are being studied extensively within archeology and history. Whether initiated by a central authority or...

Modeling of Microstructural Evolution during Homogenization and Simulation of Transient State Recrystallization leading to Peripheral Coarse Grain Structure in Extruded Al-4.5Zn-1Mg Alloy

Enhanced transport phenomena in CO2 sequestration and CO2 EOR

The results of this thesis give insight into the (mass)-transfer during flow of gases, especially CO2, in various gas-liquid systems. A number of experiments was performed to investigate the transport phenomena through interfaces with and without surfactant monolayers. The observed phenomena have been incorporated into physical models to predict...

Effect of Y Distribution on the Oxidation Kinetics of NiCoCrAlY Bond Coat Alloys

The relation between the Y distribution in the alloy and the growth kinetics of the developing oxide scale was studied for the thermal oxidation of two Ni–20Co–19Cr–24Al–0.2Y (at.%) alloys at 1,373 K: (i) a coarse-grain cast alloy with large Ni5Y intermetallic precipitates, and (ii) a fine-grain freestanding coating with small Ni5Y precipitates....

Agent-oriented modeling of the dynamics of biological organisms