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Vos, Lennart (author)Haul truck driving remains to be the most dangerous occupation in the mining industry (Kecojevic et al., 2007), leading in fatalities over other occupations in the mining industry. As the transition to autonomous haul trucks over the coming decades will not address thisproblem today, an immediate solution is needed that can be adopted at short...master thesis 2023
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Meijhuis, Mark (author)Technical debt is a term that describes the consequences of taking shortcuts or quick-and-dirty solutions in the software engineering process, in order to gain short term advantages in the development process of software projects. In this paper, we investigate the technical debt present at the fintech company Adyen, and the developers'...master thesis 2023
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Baczkowski, Jacek (author)The goal of my thesis work was to experiment with potential approaches to addressing issues haunting housing across developed world countries. Namely, housing being: dehumanizing, unaffordable, wasteful in production, and under-performing. The main objective was to define the principles that would help creating the process which would enable...master thesis 2023
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de Buisonjé, David R. (author), Brosig, Fiona (author), Breeman, Linda D. (author), Bloom, Erika Litvin (author), Reijnders, T. (author), Janssen, Veronica R. (author), Kraaijenhagen, Roderik A. (author), Kemps, Hareld M.C. (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author)Background: Gamification and deposit contracts (a financial incentive in which participants pledge their own money) can enhance effectiveness of mobile behavior change interventions. However, to assess their potential for improving population health, research should investigate implementation of gamified deposit contracts outside the research...journal article 2023
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Pruyn, J.F.J. (author)In search of a way to bring back the positive aspects of an internship into the curriculum, TU Delft identified serious games as a potential solution. The literature studied showed that games could increase motivation and understanding, leading to improve knowledge retention. This paper has brought these insights together in a framework...journal article 2023
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Schreuder, Anniek (author)Over the years, the marine contracting sector has faced many challenges surrounding safety, the economic fluctuations because of the oil crisis and now tackling the sustainability challenge. Years of experience in the offshore industry, a heavy industry that contributes significantly to the climate crisis through its environmental impact, is...master thesis 2022
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Chan, Megan (author)Space Mission Sanitas is a game-based health intervention to help cardiac patients maintain their physical activity level after cardiac rehabilitation. Often people find it hard to maintain their physical activity level after cardiac rehabilitation. They face different barriers that lower their motivation, resulting in an unhealthy lifestyle...master thesis 2022
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Kaletkina, Anna (author)July of 2021 marked the beginning of a massive internal conflict in Afghanistan, resulting with the reinstated power of Taliban across the country. The radical change in the regime and the vast destruction of people’s homes and cities led to a steep increase in internal displacement and the total number of Afghan refugees inside and outside of...master thesis 2022
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Brons, Segher Brons (author)Investing has become a hot topic among the younger generation since the Covid-19 crisis. However, much of its potential is still unused, as seen in a big group of the younger generation which is positive to start but procrastinates this decision. While this younger generation would like to make a positive impact with their money on the...master thesis 2022
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Guillén, Georgina M. (author), Galeote, Daniel Fernández (author), Sicevic, Nevena (author), Hamari, Juho (author), Quist, J.N. (author)Mobile apps are ubiquitous, affecting our everyday practices because “there is always an app for that”. In this vein, there have been a significant number of apps devised to support people’s lifestyles to make them more sustainable. This study aims to draw an overview of gamified mobile apps for sustainable consumption. Following a systematic...conference paper 2022
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Simonofski, Anthony (author), Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A.M.G. (author), Clarinval, Antoine (author), Hammedi, Wafa (author)Government policies focused on Open Government Data (OGD) often aim to stimulate the provision of public, interoperable data towards any user, including lay citizens, through online portals. However, these OGD portals are mostly developed for expert users. This hinders the realization of critical values such as transparency, empowerment, and...journal article 2022
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Shortall, R.M. (author), Itten, Anatol (author), Murukannaiah, P.K. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), van der Meer, Michiel (author)Designers of online deliberative platforms aim to counter the degrading quality of online debates. Support technologies such as machine learning and natural language processing open avenues for widening the circle of people involved in deliberation, moving from small groups to “crowd” scale. Numerous design features of large-scale online...journal article 2022
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Mauri, A. (author), Tocchetti, A. (author), Corti, L. (author), Hsu, Y. (author), Verma, H. (author), Brambilla, Marco (author)Traditional approaches to data-informed policymaking are often tailored to specific contexts and lack strong citizen involvement and collaboration, which are required to design sustainable policies. We argue the importance of empathy-based methods in the policymaking domain given the successes in diverse settings, such as healthcare and...conference paper 2022
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Smook, Stijn (author)Dutch primary school teachers are strapped for time currently, and this is impeding the adoption of innovation. This is also a problem for Faqta, who are trying to sell their innovative teaching method. To convince teachers to learn, several theories and strategies are explored in this report, and how they can be applied on a digital video...master thesis 2021
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Zlatanova, Milla (author)Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a serious hereditary muscle disease that almost only occurs in boys and men and causes the muscles to become weaker over time. Given scientific research thus far, they are encouraged to obtain and maintain an active lifestyle. This may help delay the symptoms of the disease and help preserve their upper and...master thesis 2021
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Stackmann, Till (author)One of the key business models Gorenje andASKO have researched upon is a service model of circular washing machine under a pay per use (PPU) business model. PPU business models are currently mostly used within shared washing rooms, which is also the segment in which ASKO will enter withtheir first circular washing machines. However, even though...master thesis 2021
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GEN:ARCH: Platform for developing Architectural Configurations using Generative design MethodologiesSoman, Aditya Pravin (author)The Constructing industry around the world is growing exponentially. In the Netherlands itself there is a need of constructing 1 million affordable new homes by 2030. Such a massive demand for new buildings has given rise to a need for a solution for mass customization of architectural configurations. Simple repetition or a badly configured...master thesis 2021
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Hu, Andrea (author)Despite the ever-growing advances in artificial intelligence (AI), common sense acquisition and reasoning is still comparingly in their early stages to other fields in AI. To further advance this field, it is necessary to collect large amounts of common sense facts or tacit knowledge to train such AI models. One effective way is to use...bachelor thesis 2021
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Siriaraya, P. (author), Visch, V.T. (author), Boffo, Marilisa (author), Spijkerman, Renske (author), Wiers, Reinout (author), Hendriks, Vincent (author), van Dooren, M.M.M. (author), Bas, Michael (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author)While there has been increasing interest in the use of gamification in mental health care, there is a lack of design knowledge on how elements from games could be integrated into existing therapeutic treatment activities in a manner that is balanced and effective. To help address this issue, we propose a design process framework to support...journal article 2021
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van 't Veld, Ronald (author), Flux, Eline (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), van der Krogt, Marjolein (author), van der Kooij, H. (author), Van Asseldonk, Edwin H.F. (author)People with spasticity, i.e., stretch hyperreflexia, have a limited functional independence and mobility. While a broad range of spasticity treatments is available, many treatments are invasive, non-specific, or temporary and might have negative side effects. Operant conditioning of the stretch reflex is a promising non-invasive paradigm with...journal article 2021