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Kloosterman, Nienke (author)While migration is a megatrend and Germany is known as the top host country, the process of getting refuge in Germany is still a long, demanding, and overcomplicated process. By approaching the permanent but fluctuating influx of displaced people as a temporary problem, migration doesn’t have a recognizable face in Berlin’s cityscape, but is...master thesis 2024
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Bagchi, Madhubanti (author)Recently non-image-based data capturing methods such as sensors like RF, ultrasonic or radars, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc for People Counting (PC) applications have gained momentum as an alternative to camera-based systems due to the preference for privacy preservation. Among them mm-wave radars are a strong choice for data capture since they consume...master thesis 2023
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Ko, Sylvia (author)Each year, 5.9 million tonnes of tea is consumed worldwide. However, this large consumption of tea also leads to large amounts of tea waste. Approximately 90% of steeped tea is being thrown away. This waste leads to problems such as environmental pollution. In order to combat this issue, Tea Clay was previously developed as a material made from...master thesis 2023
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van Loevezijn, Luca (author)Today, we have a variety of options for listening to music whenever and wherever we choose, from CDs and the radio to downloads and online streaming. But prior to the development of this technology, how did people listen to music? Opera was an artform whereby this was possible. No instrument has the power of the human voice to reach the deepest...master thesis 2023
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Eikelboom, Rivka (author)The starting point for this graduation project was a fascination with how architects can design for people who live at the margins of society, people that are invisible to many. The research was an investigation into places of belonging of displaced people in the Netherlands. In this case, the term displaced people was used for refugees, asylum...master thesis 2023
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Mortensen, Isabella (author)Post-war shopping malls in the Netherlands are becoming increasingly vacant, which is reflected in the level of activity of the public spaces. These retail-oriented places are becoming less visited as the main reason to come here disappears. This presents a challenge in a compact and densely populated country with a high space demand. With the...master thesis 2023
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Vollebregt, Frank (author)There are an estimated 253 million blind and visually impaired people in the world. To grant them access to text publications that contain images, experts are employed to write image descriptions. There is both a societal and a legislative pressure to supply image descriptions to all new and archived publications within a number of years, yet...master thesis 2023
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Kisjes, Hannah (author)This graduation project arose from Erasmus MC’s mission to continuously improve the patient experience. The results of the patient monitoring by Erasmus MC showed that an intervention at their ophthalmology outpatient clinic (OOC) could contribute to this objective. The patient satisfaction scores on wait time experience were very low at this...master thesis 2023
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Boyuklieva, Alina (author)In the recent years, many older buildings are being transformed into more sustainable zero-energy housing. However, next to its advantages, there are many challenges that still have to be tackled. One of the main ones is the mismatch between residents’ expectations and systems’ functioning. This report analyses the specific case of a demo...master thesis 2022
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Rufas Talamàs, Bet (author)In the Roadmap of 2025, EURO NCAP has announced that it will reward car manufacturers that include Child Presence Detection (CPD) technologies in their vehicles starting from 2022. Additionally, seat belt detectors are currently based on pressure sensors which can be falsely triggered with large objects placed on the seats. By basing the...master thesis 2022
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Ren, Liyuan (author)For the development of automatic People Counting systems, radar is increasingly becoming a popular technology because of the increasingly stringent privacy requirements for people demographic information and the requirement to operate in a challenging environment. Because of the complexity of multi-target movement and the diversity of...master thesis 2022
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Lian, Da (author)Visual impairment is a global problem. In India, there are about 40 million visually impaired people, accounting for 20% of the world's blind population. However, the infrastructure and services to assist the blind are far from sufficient.there is a more important question before it, that is the blind people are not given enough attention in...master thesis 2022
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Takada, Akari (author)With the rise of digital technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor technologies, all the products we use every day are increasingly becoming ‘intelligent’. Machines, objects, and tools are slowly evolving into robots, objects-with-intent (Rozendaal et al., 2019), and agents. At the same time, their capabilities...master thesis 2022
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Tsang, Daniel (author)In this thesis, we present a study to obtain a clear and accurate overview of the progress and behaviour of COVID-19 in the Netherlands. We distinguish two parts for this study. The first part is to estimate the total number of infected people as a function of time by combining data from hospital admissions, daily reported cases and serological...master thesis 2021
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Shih, Yi-Chen (author)Borders affect both spatial properties and human behaviors. The way people experience spaces determines the thickness of borders, and the thickness is the space of threshold. This architectural concept is inspired by the architectural elements – door which involves a character of connection and separation. The duality of interface challenges the...master thesis 2021
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Kok, Bram (author)Ageing is a demographic development in the Netherlands that leads to an increasing amount of older households. Most people aged 55 years and older do not want to move or cannot find a house that meets their demand. This<br/>is expected to block the housing flow and increase the already existing mismatch on the housing market, which will lead to...master thesis 2021
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Alkateb, Alice (author)The Netherlands experienced a large influx of refugees over the past years, which peaked in 2015. Many of these refugees have recently had their temporary residency extended into a permanent residency. In spite of this, there is a disproportionately high percentage of unemployment among refugees and many experience a lack of social and academic...master thesis 2021
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Chu, Yuxin (author)Visually impaired people should enjoy the same rights to acquire information as people with normal sight. Since visual contents become more and more pervasive in our daily life, image description becomes increasingly important to help visually impaired people to get equal access to the information contained in visual contents. However, how to...master thesis 2021
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van Duijne, Bas (author)This paper reviews the decision to rebuild the Notre Dame de Paris to its last known visual state by, firstly, gaining knowledge in the general definition and the importance of heritage and secondly, obtaining insides in the notion and complexities of authenticity. In addition this paper reviews the reconstruction process of the Frauenkirche in...student report 2021
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van der Pijl, Bing (author)Over the course of the 20th century, healthcare in general has seen many beneficial developments (e.g. medicine, procedures, hygiene etc.) However, when looking at assisted living facilities for mentally disabled people, a development towards an environment that largely resembles hospitals can be observed (den Duik 2015). Since the main purpose...student report 2021