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van der Schaaf, Jurriën (author)Gait rehabilitation attempts to alleviate gait and balance impairments caused by spinal cord injury. Conventional gait rehabilitation often includes unloading a portion of the user’s weight with a vertical force. This vertical force enables people to practice stepping but makes forward propulsion more difficult. Users will adopt a compensatory...master thesis 2018
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Liu, Songshan (author)About 65 million global disable population require a wheelchair to keep mobility. However, long-term depending on wheelchairs has intensified the burden on the social economy and brought enormous challenges to wheelchair users health. Physical issues such as body pain, pressure sore, muscle injury and weakness, and cardiopulmonary weakness...master thesis 2018
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Loe, Kate (author)An estimated 9 million infants are born prematurely each year in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and the leading cause of death in preterms is respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a popular treatment for RDS and has been proven to be safe, feasible, and effective for use in low- and middle-income...master thesis 2018
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Weihs, Benjamin (author)The building industry is characterized by the creation of organizational silos. These silos are causing frictions and inefficiencies on an operational, financial and managerial level. The following research is approaching these silos within the case of X-Decks, a temporary and circular parking project, and the means of blockchain technology.<br/...master thesis 2018
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Borowska, Agnieszka (author)Amsterdam is an expanding city, Strategy planning for 2040 emphasises especially the potential for population number increase and significant economic growth. The city has also a very high aspiration for being innovative and sustainable in every area of the development. The transformation of the city is connected strongly with global changes in...master thesis 2018
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Nayar, Gokul (author)Accurate and safe proton beam delivery is one of the most crucial tasks during Proton Therapy (PT) of ocular melanoma. The eye movement and gaze angle tracking system should be able to monitor in real time the eye position and orientation (6 degree of freedom) to exactly localize the tumor location inside the eye with respect to the proton beam....master thesis 2017
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Jia, Boran (author)The theories of energy harvester and complaint mechanism on micro scale have been developed vastly, however prototyping and realization of conceptual designs of such devices is difficult. Currently, micro scale prototyping devices can only be manufactured by means of lithography. However, lithography is expensive, both in terms of time and cost....master thesis 2017
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Kingma, Franke (author)This report is the final deliverable for the master track ‘Design for Interaction’ of the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Technical University of Delft. It describes the process and results of the graduation project ‘Assuring the occurrence of intended learning situations in a nautical simulator’ that is executed in cooperation...master thesis 2017
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Simanovsky, Yafim (author)Urban populations in coastal contexts suffer increasingly from both environmental and spatial risks. Major flooding events, storms, fires, landslides and earthquakes coupled with the unorganized urban fabric located at the locations most at-risk to these hazards render millions of people extremely vulnerable. The externalities in terms of...master thesis 2017
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Snaar, K.A. (author)Background: Ductoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure, using a sub millimeter fiber optical camera, to explore the mammary ductal epithelium for Pathological Nipple Discharge (serous fluid discharged from the milk duct) and breast cancer, detecting lesions up to eight years before other modalities. Although ductoscopy can revolutionize breast...master thesis 2017
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Lub, H. (author)This thesis report covers the graduation project that is done in cooperation with Ultimaker. The goal of this project was to research the potential of 3D-printing as an addition to traditional manufacturing, aimed at the production of customized and/or small series of products. There are 7 different manufacturers approached and interviewed on...master thesis 2017
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Scholten, T.C. (author)Topology optimization is widely used within the academic environment. It is however not yet a standard design tool within the commercial industry. My research aims to shorten this gap by applying a topology optimization for an industrial design load. The design load is from a Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA) that requires active cooling in order...master thesis 2017
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Gottenbos, S. (author)Surgical procedures are shifting towards Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS). Surgeons are currently limited in their actions by the straight rigid instruments available to them. Devices capable of navigating along curved trajectories increase a surgeon's workspace, which can benefit surgical performance. This paper shortly goes over the state of the...master thesis 2016
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Van Spijker, M. (author)Shape memory alloy composites are used to inspire and amaze designers. The goal is that by using and interacting with MUX they get enthousiastic for shape memory alloy composites and try to use them in their future designs.master thesis 2016
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Van den Brink, R.J. (author)In recent years the circular economy has gained significant popularity, however practical implementation of the concept has not followed accordingly. Especially in the construction industry there is a need for a practical translation of the concept. This research makes this translation through the mutual development of circular economy theory...master thesis 2016
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Sumter, D.X. (author)The lack of access to electricity worldwide contributes to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) – living on less than $2.50 per day – being trapped in poverty. Household holds spend a considerable amount of their income on what they think are cheap, but polluting resources due to lack of education and the desperate situation they’re in. Not only are...master thesis 2016
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Kallenbach, B.C. (author)In this project, a solution and prototype was developed for Mapiq that enables users in shared workspace environments to find a workspace, and increases the effective efficiency of existing resources through a social system. In shared workspace environments such as university libraries and an increasing number of offices (like clients of Mapiq),...master thesis 2016
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Rouwendal, E. (author)Pavilions for Okana is a Design-Build-Studio that combines a theoretical and a practical part. The design consists of pilot pavilions for multifunctional public use in the rural areas around Lake Victoria, whereby the first one will be build in Okana (West-Kenya) and act as community centre.master thesis 2016
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De Planque, O.B.B. (author)Energy waste is an issue of considerable size. Not only at home, but more increasingly so in public spaces. The TU Delft has set itself a number of sizeable energy saving goals for the near future, but with current initiatives focusing mostly on efficiency and responsible sourcing, not much is being done about altering the demand for energy. In...master thesis 2015