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Bon, Thijs (author)This thesis explores the impact of transport disadvantage on the unemployed's participation in out-of-home activities beyond the labor market. It delineates eight distinct groups primarily based on transport accessibility and car availability among the unemployed, assessing how these factors are shaped by socio-demographic characteristics and...master thesis 2024
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Üzümcü, Ezgi (author)This study specifically examines the Ataturk Cultural Centre, AKM in Istanbul from 1956 until the present by focusing on the issue of reconstruction of the same building by the Tabanlıoğlu father-and-son generation. This examination explores how the design of the Ataturk Cultural Centre evolved from Hayati Tabanlıoğlu's initial concept to Murat...student report 2024
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Verlaan, D.C. (author)Inclusivity and equality for individuals with disabilities have been significant throughout history and have had a profound impact over the last 50 years. This thesis examines the development of legislation for this group, the impact of an inaccessible environment on them, and how the library sector has played a pioneering role in promoting...student report 2024
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van Esch, Marieke (author)In the summer of 2023, heatwaves became quite prominent in the south of Europe. Due to the extreme heat, the health of those citizens was affected. The Netherlands Meteorological Institute predicts an increase in heatwaves in the future for the Netherlands as well. The main research question is how to propose a strategy for a liveable...master thesis 2024
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D'Arcangelis, Costanza (author)The evolution of higher education and technological advancements has transformed the accessibility and understanding of complex subjects, such as quantum computing. <br/>Traditionally, higher education has focused on specialized knowledge, making it challenging for individuals to explore diverse fields beyond their expertise. However, modern...master thesis 2024
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Wang, Quanyi (author)Travelling to work is one of the essential activities in individuals’ daily lives. However, commuters who depend on public transport often face significant challenges in accessing job opportunities, resulting in transport-related social exclusion risks. In recent years, shared mobility services have gained popularity as a solution, offering...master thesis 2024
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Strecht Ribeiro Hipólito Reis, José (author)The report at hand is a comprehensive summary of the conducted research and consequent developments in the experimental design of a solar-heated water displacement pump focused on its implementation in areas lacking access to safe drinking water, particularly in developing countries.<br/>The research begins by examining the dire situation faced...master thesis 2024
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Azadi, S. (author), Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)How can we assess the ergonomic comfort of a sizeable spatial configuration such as the indoor space of a complex building or an urban landscape when we design, plan, and manage the space? Is there a fundamental difference between indoor [architectural] spatial configurations and outdoor [urban] spatial configurations with respect to ergonomics?...journal article 2024
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Liezenga, A. M. (author), Verma, T. (author), Mayaud, J. R. (author), Aydin, N.Y. (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)As cities grow, the benefits of living in them are increasingly unequally distributed. USA cities, in particular, have experienced rapid suburbanization of poverty and decreased levels of access to jobs for transit-dependent and vulnerable communities. The public transit challenges in suburbs call for innovative forms of transit to turn the...journal article 2024
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Diware, S.S. (author), Chilakala, Koteswararao (author), Joshi, Rajiv V. (author), Hamdioui, S. (author), Bishnoi, R.K. (author)Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of permanent vision loss worldwide. It refers to irreversible retinal damage caused due to elevated glucose levels and blood pressure. Regular screening for DR can facilitate its early detection and timely treatment. Neural network-based DR classifiers can be leveraged to achieve such screening in...journal article 2024
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Liu, Tianzhu (author), Korthals Altes, W.K. (author), Wallet, Frédéric (author), Melot, Romain (author)This chapter discusses planning the reterritorialisation of agricultural activities as an avenue of the Covid-19 pandemic recovery. Reterritorialisation indicates local food being targeted to local inhabitants instead of the global market. We argue that the pandemic has accelerated the reterritorialisation process. Supply chain actors actively...book chapter 2024
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Li, Meng (author), Shen, Yanzhe (author), Ye, Guixin (author), He, Jialing (author), Zheng, Xin (author), Zhang, Zijian (author), Zhu, Liehuang (author), Conti, M. (author)Digital forensics is crucial to fight crimes around the world. Decentralized Digital Forensics (DDF) promotes it to another level by channeling the power of blockchain into digital investigations. In this work, we focus on the privacy and security of DDF. Our motivations arise from (1) how to track an anonymous- and-malicious data user who...journal article 2024
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Spierenburg, L.J. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), van Oort, N. (author)Enabling cycling at the home side or at the activity side of transit trips has been recognized as a promising solution to address transit network discrepancies and enhance connectivity between residents and employment opportunities. However, this multimodal solution is conditional to bicycle parking and cycle lanes, and urban planners need...journal article 2024
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Murti, Fahri Wisnu (author), Ali, Samad (author), Iosifidis, G. (author), Latva-aho, Matti (author)Virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRANs) are fully configurable and can be implemented at a low cost over commodity platforms to enable network management flexibility. In this paper, a novel vRAN reconfiguration problem is formulated to jointly reconfigure the functional splits of the base stations (BSs), locations of the virtualized central...journal article 2024
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Pronk, M.J. (author), Hooijer, Aljosja (author), Eilander, Dirk (author), Haag, Arjen (author), de Jong, Tjalling (author), Vousdoukas, Michalis (author), Vernimmen, Ronald (author), Ledoux, H. (author), Eleveld, M.A. (author)Coastal elevation data are essential for a wide variety of applications, such as coastal management, flood modelling, and adaptation planning. Low-lying coastal areas (found below 10 m +Mean Sea Level (MSL)) are at risk of future extreme water levels, subsidence and changing extreme weather patterns. However, current freely available elevation...journal article 2024
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Landoni, Monica (author), Huibers, Theo (author), Murgia, Emiliana (author), Pera, M.S. (author)In this work, we reason how focusing on Information Retrieval (IR) for children and involving them in participatory studies would benefit the IR community. The Child Computer Interaction (CCI) community has embraced the child as a protagonist as their main philosophy, regarding children as informants, co-designers, and evaluators, not just...conference paper 2024
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Pera, M.S. (author), Cena, Federica (author), Huibers, Theo (author), Landoni, Monica (author), Mauro, Noemi (author), Murgia, Emiliana (author)Information Retrieval (IR) remains an active, fast-paced area of research. However, most advances in IR have predominantly benefited the so-called “classical” users, e.g., English-speaking adults. We envision IR4U2as a forum to spotlight efforts that, while sparse, consider diverse, and often understudied, user groups when designing,...conference paper 2024
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Mazzola, Sergio (author), Vittorietti, M. (author), Fruscione, Santo (author), De Bella, Daniele Domenico (author), Savatteri, Alessandra (author), Belluzzo, Miriam (author), Ginevra, Daniela (author), Gioia, Alice (author), Costanza, Davide (author), Castellone, Maria Domenica (author), Costantino, Claudio (author), Zarcone, Maurizio (author), Ravazzolo, Barbara (author), Graziano, Giorgio (author), Mannino, Rita (author), Amodio, Rosalba (author), Di Marco, Vito (author), Vitale, Francesco (author), Mazzucco, Walter (author)A retrospective observational study utilising cancer incidence data from a population-based registry investigated determinants affecting primary liver cancer survival in a southern Italian region with high hepatitis viral infection rates and obesity prevalence. Among 2687 patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2019 (65.3% male), a flexible hazard...journal article 2024
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Yoo, Sihyun (author), van Wee, G.P. (author), Molin, E.J.E. (author)Air transportation is a mode of transport developed specifically to provide access to long-distance destinations that may otherwise be infeasible or at least more difficult to reach. Accordingly, there are distinct aspects of air travel that require consideration when assessing accessibility by air transportation, which are not addressed in...journal article 2024
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Giele, R.J.P. (author), Ayas, C. (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author)Topology optimization methods are used to design high performance structural components that often have complex geometric layouts. In several industries, components are required to be cleanable, and for this research cleaning by jetting is considered. Thus, being able to ensure jet access on the entire surface of a structure is of interest in...journal article 2024