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Wehner, Jan (author)Learning rewards from humans is a promising approach to aligning AI with human values. However, methods are not able to consistently extract the correct reward functions from demonstrations or feedback. To allow humans to understand the limitations and misalignments of a learned reward function we adopt the technique of counterfactual...master thesis 2023
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Ayerza Insausti, Eneko (author)Electrical and electronic devices are a significant focus in resource sustainability due to increasing demand, resource usage, and waste challenges. Among these, consumer electronics are known for rapid innovation, short product life cycles, and being a part of an industry with many players, making them ideal for applying circularity principles...master thesis 2023
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Fehling, Anne (author)Over the last 30 years, different technical and governmental developments have taken place in the Dutch hazardous materials pipeline infrastructure. These have changed the utilization and governance of the system, with the transport of natural gas being one of the most important during this timeframe. Due to the danger of the transported...master thesis 2023
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Liu, Yi (author)Is healthy eating simply the intake of correct quantities of certain nutrients, regardless of how and where? This project addresses improving wellbeing within the broad context of eating. <br/><br/>Eating-related guidance products have a hyper-focus on nutrition and/or weight loss, to the detriment of a wider definition of “health”. Wellbeing is...master thesis 2023
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Wang, Ziyi (author)Orthopedic surgeries are identified as one of the most noisy surgeries inside the OR (operation room). The highest noise sound level could reach up to around 130 dB, which is harmful to patients’ well-being and are likely to evoke negative feelings during surgery. In the previous study investigating the emotional experience of patients who...master thesis 2023
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van Heugten, Lars (author)Engineering has become more and more optimisation and simulation based. This causes an increase in the use of optimisation methods for complex problems. This thesis focuses on the implementation of a surrogate-assisted optimisation method for propeller optimisation, to design a better propeller in a shorter timespan. Therewith reducing both:...master thesis 2023
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Al Saadi, Aia (author)The Dutch construction industry faces the recurring issues related to delays and conflicts, resulting in adverse effects on construction projects. Researchers have proposed pain/gain sharing mechanisms as a potential solution to address these issues. However, there is a gap between theoretical suggestions and practical implementation. This...master thesis 2023
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Abergas, Gerel (author)When it comes to the modification of a fossil- to bio-refinery, the reuse of a standardized design is unprecedented. Factor in the presence of stakeholders with varying interests and opinions equates to a highly complex system. Alignment of the stakeholders is therefore recognized to be necessary. The possibilities on how to make such a refinery...master thesis 2023
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Rijm, Matthijs (author)Involvement in an online setting has become increasingly more important in a rapidly digitizing world. Previous research has suggested that lexical alignment is an effective method for increasing interpersonal involvement. Multi-modal systems exist for analysing involvement, but the lexical alignment modality is not commonly used in these. This...bachelor thesis 2023
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Kappers, Lisa (author)Citizen participation is a practice in the built environment practised frequently in construction projects to voice the opinions of residents. However, the participation process is not a standard practice in the industry yet. With the new Environmental and Planning Act of 2024, participation will be the responsibility of the private sector...master thesis 2023
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Miao, Michael (author)Due to recent developments in DNA sequencing technology, there is a growing abundance of available genomic data. To process this information for use in fields such as healthcare and forensics, raw sequencing data have to be processed using computationally intensive algorithms. Currently, one of the major bottlenecks in this processing pipeline...master thesis 2023
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Yeh, Haoming (author)During the preoperative planning for breast-conserving surgery, the surgeon makes use of an MRI scan of the breast cancer patient in the prone position to accurately locate the tumour. However, surgery is performed with the patient in the supine position. The surgeon needs to mentally translate the location of the tumour from the prone position...master thesis 2023
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Speijer, Ethan (author)The Dutch government implemented strict regulations to reduce the spreading of the virus and highly encouraged travel restrictions and to work from home if possible. As a result, organizations were forced to adapt and implement remote working. These implications became the norm for close to two years. Consequently, the needs and preferences of...master thesis 2023
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van der Graaf, H. (author), Bertolini, Alessandro (author), van Heijningen, Joris (author), Bouwens, Bram (author), de Gaay Fortman, Nelson (author), van der Reep, Tom (author), Otemann, Lennart (author)The Rasnik system is a 3-point optical displacement monitor with sub-nanometer precision. The CCD-Rasnik alignment system was developed in 1993 for monitoring the alignment of the muon chambers of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer at CERN. Since then, the development has continued as new CMOS imaging pixel chips became available. In this work the...journal article 2023
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Sileryte, R. (author), Wandl, Alex (author), van Timmeren, A. (author)With circular economy being high on governmental agendas, there is an increasing request from governing bodies for circularity measurements. Yet, currently existing macro-level monitoring frameworks are widely criticized for not being able to inform the decision-making. The criticism includes, among others, a lack of consensus on...journal article 2023
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Khan, Shinthia Azmeri (author), Afghari, A.P. (author), Yasmin, Shamsunnahar (author), Haque, Md Mazharul (author)Run-off-road crashes are one of the most common crash types, especially in rural roadway environments contributing significantly to fatalities and severe injuries. These crashes are complex and multi-dimensional events, and factors like road geometry, driver behaviour, traffic characteristics and roadside features contribute to their occurrence,...journal article 2023
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Shahroodi, T. (author), Miao, Michael (author), Zahedi, M.Z. (author), Wong, J.S.S.M. (author), Hamdioui, S. (author)The high execution time of DNA sequence alignment negatively affects many genomic studies that rely on sequence alignment results. Pre-alignment filtering was introduced as a step before alignment to reduce the execution time of short-read sequence alignment greatly. With its success, i.e., achieving high accuracy and thus removing...conference paper 2023
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Depuydt, Lore (author), Renders, Luca (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author), Fostier, Jan (author)Background: Pan-genome graphs are gaining importance in the field of bioinformatics as data structures to represent and jointly analyze multiple genomes. Compacted de Bruijn graphs are inherently suited for this purpose, as their graph topology naturally reveals similarity and divergence within the pan-genome. Most state-of-the-art pan-genome...journal article 2023
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Chen, P.Y. (author), Tielman, M.L. (author), Heylen, Dirk K.J. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), van Riemsdijk, M.B. (author)For personal assistive technologies to effectively support users, they need a user model that records information about the user, such as their goals, values, and context. Knowledge-based techniques can model the relationships between these concepts, enabling the support agent to act in accordance with the user's values. However, user models...conference paper 2023
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jiao, weiping (author)This thesis investigates the all-copper fine pitch bonding process with photoimageable underfill. NanoCU paste is used as interconnect material. A bi-layer photo resist structure is manufactured and lithographic stencil printing is used to apply nanoCu paste. A new underfill injection method is realized by using epoxy resin based photo resist as...master thesis 2022