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Li, Linghang (author)Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is an innovative biotechnology extensively applied for treating municipal wastewater, and it can potentially treat sugar industry wastewater. Glucose is a prevalent substrate in sugar industry wastewater; nevertheless, the effect of glucose on AGS systems remains unexplored. In this study, an AGS reactor using...master thesis 2023
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Charatkar, Sanika (author)The prevalent paradigm of development in Mumbai is defined by anthropogenic processes aimed at building more. Manifesting in the form of inland architectonic augmentations or outward reclamations into the sea, these interventions are dissociated/incongruently positioned in the territorial ecosystem. Thereby altering natural cycles, disrupting...master thesis 2023
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Bontje, Floor (author)When a person makes a decision, it is automatically accompanied by a subjective probability judgement of the decision being correct, in other words, a (local) confidence judgement. Confidence judgements have, among other things, an<br/>effect on justifications of future decisions and behaviour. A better understanding of the metacognitive...master thesis 2023
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Nederveen, Tim (author)Environmental guidelines (EU WFD) impose a strict effluent phosphate target on wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). An abundance of phosphate (and other nutrients) in a water body is called eutrophication. Eutrophication can lead to algal blooms which result in very low oxygen concentrations in the water. Other species, like fish and aquatic...master thesis 2022
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Franx, Marius (author)The ramifications of plastic pollution on the environment are becoming increasingly serious in various forms throughout the world. In this context, rivers are the most important suppliers of plastics entering the marine environment. However, rivers that contain high loads of plastic waste also directly harm the livelihoods of people living near...master thesis 2022
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Canongia Lopes Correia Diniz, Beatriz (author)Phosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) perform a storage polymer metabolism within an anaerobic-aerobic cycle. Anaerobically, PAOs take up volatile fatty acids (VFA) and store them as poly-ẞ-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The energy (mainly ATP) necessary for the transport and storage of VFA (and general maintenance) is obtained through the cleavage...master thesis 2021
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Deul, Marije (author)The current fatigue assessment methods for naval ships are intentionally conservative. This is in part due to uncertainties in the fatigue capacity (i.e. fatigue resistance) of the ship: the nominal and hot spot structural stress incorporate implicit conservatism due to the inherent data-scatter and the Linear Damage Accumulation Model (LDAM) by...master thesis 2021
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Wesseling, Emilie (author)Of the world's population, 59% of the people are not connected to a sewer system and use on-site sanitation (OSS) systems. A large amount of these systems is unsafe. The ultimate goal of this research is to gain knowledge on manners to improve and monitor the safety of on-site sanitation (OSS) systems. The performance and safety of OSS systems...master thesis 2020
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Hendriks, Céline (author)In 2017 the island Sint Maarten was hit by hurricane Irma. Approximately ninety-one per cent of the build environment was damaged. This made the existing housing shortage, caused by a growing population, even more significant. Now, three years later, the residential area of Philipsburg is mostly deserted. With the departure of its residents, the...master thesis 2020
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Suriani, Irene (author)Fluid accumulation in the human body is, in many cases, a symptom of some underlying pathological condition. Most common examples include edema, ascites, pleural effusion, and internal bleeding. Currently available non-invasive methods to assess fluid accumulation in the body are mainly imaging-based (i.e. ultrasound, computed tomography). This...master thesis 2019
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Lei, Jimmy (author)Today’s land grabs are a continuation of past imperialist desires, with a clear distinction that today’s capitalist domination is associated with the transnationalisation of the class structure and ignores the ethnicity and civility narratives of the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This investigation will establish that the desire of the...master thesis 2019
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Honingh, Dorien (author)Plastic debris in water systems form a major problem for our ecosystem because it is extremely persistent in the environment and the global plastic production is still increasing without adequate measures to prevent pollution. Apart from the importance of reducing the amount of plastic entering the ocean, clearing the rivers from debris is...master thesis 2018
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Rasch, C. (author)This thesis entitled "Modelling of cyclic degradation - Development of a cyclic accumulation model and the application to a gravity based foundation" presents a new soil model to analyse the behaviour of undrained soils subjected to cyclic loading. Cyclic loading on offshore support structures for wind-turbines results in complex design...master thesis 2016
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Lukkezen, T.L. (author)The prediction of permanent deformation accretion in granular materials as a result of long-term cyclic loading is a complex challenge that receives great attention in engineering fields, including infrastructural design and design of offshore wind turbines. Many models have been proposed in the past which aim to predict this cyclic deformation...master thesis 2016
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Groskaufmanis, M. (author)The project is a spatial product intended to accommodate 900 households of flexible workers. It combines the domestic and productive environments in a single housing complex, serviced 24 hours a day. More information in the brochure.master thesis 2016
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Meijer, L.J.J. (author)A continuous population growth and increasing energy demand combined with depleting traditional energy reserves puts a pressure on conventional methods of electricity generation. The desire and ambition to create a more sustainable society paves the way for the ‘renewables’. Hydropower or Hydroelectricity already plays a significant role in...master thesis 2012
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Tsekmes, I.A. (author)The world’s first commercial High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission link was built in 1954 between the Swedish mainland and the island of Gotland. At that time, it was proved that HVDC transmission is technically feasible. Since then, HVDC cable systems have been used worldwide in electrical energy transportation. Most HVDC...master thesis 2012
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Rikkers, M. (author)In dit afstudeerwerk is een globaal ontwerp opgesteld voor een PAC met laag reservoirpeil (zie de bijlagen 2, 11 en 12, uitvoering in bijlagen 20 en 22), Deze variant van pompaccumulatie biedt een oplossing voor twee belangrijke problemen van 'normale' PAC's: bij bezwijken van de dijk is er geen direct gevaar voor de omgeving en problemen met...master thesis 1997