Responsible Innovation of Artificial Intelligence: at Erasmus MC

In this study, the aim is to find out how Erasmus MC can properly prepare for the AI Act. An iterative design approach was utilized to explore what AI project members may experience during this regulatory process. Several factors have emerged during this experimental study, including the allocation of responsibility, the importance of education...

Characterization Factors to Assess Land Use Impacts on Pollinator Abundance in Life Cycle Assessment

While wild pollinators play a key role in global food production, their assessment is currently missing from the most commonly used environmental impact assessment method, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). This is mainly due to constraints in data availability and compatibility with LCA inventories. To target this gap, relative pollinator abundance...

A probabilistic climate change assessment for Europe

Globally, the impacts of climate change can vary across different regions. This study uses a probability framework to evaluate recent historical (1976–2016) and near-future projected (until 2049) climate change across Europe using Climate Research Unit and ensemble climate model datasets (under RCPs 2.6 and 8.5). A historical assessment shows...

Safety implications of higher levels of automated vehicles: a scoping review

Automated vehicles (AVs) promise to improve road safety, reduce traffic congestion and emissions, and enhance mobility. However, evidence regarding their safety benefits has not been systematically investigated and documented. In this study, we utilise a scoping review approach to investigate and synthesise the existing literature on higher...

A spatio-temporal method for impact assessment: Case study of the impact of organic waste collection system scenarios in Amsterdam

Amsterdam circular economy ambitions raise the question of what would be the impact of an organic waste collection system on inhabitants. Impact is an effect of a source on a receptor. Existing impact modelling studies describe impact either from source or from receptor perspective. In spatial planning, both source and receptor are variant over...

Assessment of Marine Pipelines Subjected to Impact from Dropped Objects

When damage assessment is needed for an operating pipeline due to impact with an accidentally dropped object, DNV standards treat this case with conservatism and thus fail to give a realistic estimation. Usually, damage is measured as the dent deformation that the pipeline will experience. Depending on the size of the dent, leakage, rupture or...

Human Development Impact of the Implementation of Broadband: A case study of the Indonesian Palapa Ring Project

To understand the full impact of broadband implementation to development, investigations beyond its relationship with economic measures are needed. In this study, we particularly want to assess the impact of broadband to human development. The objective of this study is to build knowledge and insight into impact assessment in the field of human...

Life cycle assessment of pollutants from ships: The case of an Aframax tanker

Determining watershed response in data poor environments with remotely sensed small reservoirs as runoff gauges

In the semiarid regions of Africa, there are many small reservoirs used for irrigation. This study explores the practicality of using small reservoirs as runoff gauges by estimating their water storage changes using remote sensing imagery. A simple rainfall-runoff model is developed by observing the surface area and estimating the volume of...