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Bangar, Yugdeep (author)Self-tracking has expanded exponentially in an era defined by the ubiquitous presence of wearable technologies and smart devices. From health and fitness to finances and productivity, these devices empower users to delve into their quantified self (QS) through an almost infinite amount of visualizations. However, a user has limited time to...master thesis 2023
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Smits, Coen-Jan (author)Increasing the efficiency of wind farms is important for speeding up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Current wind farm control relies on maximization of power generation of individual turbines. However, research has demonstrated that plant-wide wind farm control could optimize the performance of a wind farm. Wind...master thesis 2023
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de Groot, Laura (author)As more smart city technologies are being developed, more attention should be directed on how to include citizens to align such technology with public values and facilitate contestability. This involvement can take place during different phases. To ensure the legitimacy of a machine vision system, citizens should be involved to discuss when a...master thesis 2023
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Landbrug, Yawende (author)Abstract—This paper investigates the performance of commonly used spike detection algorithms (Absolute Amplitude Thresholding and Non-linear Energy Operator) on compressed neural signals using a novel wired-OR lossy compression algorithm. Performing compression with the wired-OR architecture mainly removes the noisy baseline and preserves spikes...master thesis 2023
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Vardanyan, Diana (author)Sound in UX design can be used in a variety of ways; to navigate the interaction, for branding, to set the ambience etc. The importance of sound for the user experience of a product is undeniable; however, this is not represented in the practices of UX designers. UX designers lack the tools and knowledge needed to integrate sound design into...master thesis 2023
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Spek, Wouter (author)This study explored several anticipatory interfaces as motion sickness mitigation tool in autonomously driving vehicles. The interfaces were designed to lower the mismatch between the expected motion and the sensory input in a moving body, by providing anticipatory information on upcoming vehicle motion. The two proposed interfaces were a Light...master thesis 2023
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Botor, Justyna (author)A significant part of composite concrete viaducts was built in the 50s and 60s. This has led to an increasing need for the reassessment of the precast concrete beam bridges in the Netherlands. Many of those bridges are nowadays subjected to higher traffic loads and consequently, have a certain risk of not complying with the currently used design...master thesis 2023
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Fenwick, Kayla (author)Cooking is an essential part of most people’s day-to-day lives. It is a dynamic activity that involves multitasking, timing of tasks, and flexibility. However, the available instruction methods for cooks who wish to follow recipes are quite rigid and linear. This project aims to create a design solution that provides instructions in a way that...master thesis 2023
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van Vliet, Sjoerd (author)Different paradigms can be used to evoke brainwaves. These brainwaves can be interpreted as commands that can be used to control different applications. These frameworks that interpret the brainwaves are called brain-computer interfaces. Steady-state visually evoked potentials is one of these paradigms that uses external stimuli flickering at...master thesis 2023
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Robbemond, Vincent (author)Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have led to a steep rise in the adoption of AI to augment or support human decision-making across domains.<br/>There has been an increasing body of work addressing the benefits of model interpretability and explanations to help end-users or other stakeholders decipher the inner workings of...master thesis 2023
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Vinskas, Žilvinas (author)Highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide, known as high-test peroxide (HTP), is widely regarded as a greener and safer alternative to traditional hypergolic fuels. A recent development demonstrated the<br/>potential to manufacture HTP in-orbit, bypassing prolonged storage challenges associated with the substance. This sparked interest in...master thesis 2023
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Westerbeek, Elise (author)Strain hardening cementitious composites (SHCC) can be used to reduce the amount of reinforcement needed to control crack widths. SHCC has a strain hardening behaviour with dense micro-cracking, which makes it more ductile compared to conventional concrete. Conventional concrete can be used in the non-critical locations. An interface is formed...master thesis 2023
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Rice, Samantha (author)Numerous advancements have been made in transparent electrode technologies that can complement optogenetics and imaging modalities. However, several obstacles restrict the design and material of electrode devices, including the required flexibility, transparency, low impedance, high charge storage<br/>capacity (CSC), and high charge injection...master thesis 2023
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Budnik, Bartosz (author)Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite (SHCC) is an innovative type of fibre-reinforced cement-based composite that has superior tensile properties. Because of this, it holds the potential to enhance the shear capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) beams, if applied properly.<br/><br/>Experimental research was thus carried out with the purpose of...master thesis 2023
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Hermans, Justus (author)<i>A significant problem within the automotive industry and for in-car interfaces in general, is the fact that the in-car user experience becomes obsolete at a much faster pace over time compared to the potential lifespan of the car itself. Moreover, there is also a societal future need for long lasting products in order to have a positive...master thesis 2022
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Estrada, Daniela (author)According to the WHO, falls are responsible for over 38 million disability-adjusted life years lost each year, globally. Additionally, an estimated 684.000 individuals die of falling each year, making it the second leading cause of unintentional death. One of the most effective physical activity interventions to reduce the risk of falling, is...master thesis 2022
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van Osch, Floor (author)Design for product care focusses on stimulating users to prevent early obsolescence of products, which is particularly valuable for electronic household products. One product care strategy is to create attachment and therefore care motivation by strengthening the product-user relationship.<br/>Currently, these strategies lack practicable design...master thesis 2022
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Dekker, Bo (author)To enable communication for patients who have lost the ability to speak due to severe neuromuscular diseases, covert speech based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) might be used. These system use neural signals arising from covert speech and translate them into text or synthesised speech. Covert speech is imagining to speak without moving any of...master thesis 2022
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de Vos, Camill (author)While aramid fibre composites are generally said to have excellent impact properties, this has not yet been translated to the aerospace sector, where impact prone secondary structures remain to be made from metals or glass fibre reinforced polymer. Aramid fibre reinforced engineering thermoplastics could combine the stiffness of thermoset resins...master thesis 2022