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Trikannad, S.A. (author), van Halem, D. (author), Foppen, J.W.A. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Slow Sand Filtration is popular in drinking water treatment for the removal of a wide range of contaminants (e.g., particles, organic matter, and microorganisms). The Schmutzdecke in slow sand filters (SSFs) is known to be essential for pathogen removal, however, this layer is also responsible for increased head loss. Since the role of deeper...journal article 2023
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Shi, Wenyi (author)With the rise of the internet, mobile technologies, and, most crucially, e-commerce, the retail industry has changed dramatically in recent decades. Emerging digital technologies, such as information and automation, have recently made it feasible for even more types of retail business to exist. One of the key strategic themes for retail...master thesis 2022
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Tets, Evan (author)In this day and age sustainability is becoming increasingly important. Even though the airline business is not the first thing which comes to mind when regarding sustainability there are huge efforts in play to extend the life of airplanes and its corresponding components. This is done via remanufacturing. Remanufacturing can here be defined as:...master thesis 2022
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Boersma, Emma (author)The osteochondral interface is known to smoothly mitigate the stress concentration over the surface area of the subchondral bone, with a structural transition from the cartilage to bone. These sites in the body are exposed to high forces, which makes them prone to failure. To improve the repair strategies, a better understanding of the...master thesis 2022
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Behera, Pravat Kumar (author), Das, Supriyo Kumar (author), Ghosh, D. (author), Mani, Devleena (author), Kalpana, M.S. (author), Ikehara, Minoru (author), Patel, Priyank Pravin (author)The Bengal Basin is a fluvio-deltaic basin spanning Bangladesh and part of east and northeast India. The evolution of the peripheral foreland basin has been studied, but published literature on depositional conditions, source and maturity of organic matter in the deeper sediments of the Indian section of the basin is rare, despite the fact...journal article 2022
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Motloung, Thato (author), Quak, Hans (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Anand, Nilesh (author)With the approach of the zero-emission zone implementation in 30-40 cities mandated by the Dutch climate agreement in 2025, comes the need to determine whether the SMEs located within these zones are aware of the coming changes. The zero emission zones are set to change how city logistics is currently being executed with the aim of decreasing...journal article 2022
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van Dijk, Menno (author)Digital transformation in procurement is important for Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) organisations to develop global organisational competitiveness. Generally, procurement performance can be determined and improved through the use of a maturity model. Existing models do not cover the latest (e-)procurement processes (E-Sourcing, Procure...master thesis 2021
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AMANAGANTI, Sushanthreddy (author)The goal of India being a solar PV hub implies that the country needs to evolve as the center of activity for the development and deployment of solar PV technology. This includes activities like R&D, product design, testing, engineering, manufacturing, and assembly. But in addition to the developed technology, there needs to be enough...master thesis 2021
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Simhachalam, Vyshali (author)As climate change concerns increase, more and more clients are aiming for higher sustainability ratings for their properties. Green building assessments are of great importance to stimulate the sustainable paradigm shift within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry. However, the current working process for green building...master thesis 2021
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Westland, Anna (author)Our world is changing rapidly in various ways, forcing organizations to engage in continuous change to stay relevant. Therefore, it has become an essential capability of organizations to engage in and attempt to manage change to remain successful and sustain their existence (Stouten, Rousseau & de Cremer, 2018; Coughlan, Suri & Canales,...master thesis 2021
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van Houwelingen, Ilva (author)A child’s bone age is important for the diagnosis of a wide range of growth disorders. The most often used manual method for bone age assessment (BAA) consists of comparing hand-wrist radiographs with ’ground-truth’ atlasses. This method is criticised for being time-invasive, prone to inter- and intra-observer variability and not applicable to...master thesis 2021
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Shomar, Helena (author), Bokinsky, G.E. (author)Microbes are routinely engineered to synthesize high-value chemicals from renewable materials through synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Microbial biosynthesis often relies on expression of heterologous biosynthetic pathways, i.e., enzymes transplanted from foreign organisms. Metallocluster enzymes are one of the most ubiquitous...review 2021
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Roussanaly, Simon (author), Berghout, Niels (author), Fout, Tim (author), Garcia, Monica (author), Gardarsdottir, Stefania (author), Nazir, Shareq Mohd (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author), Rubin, Edward S. (author)This paper contributes to the development of improved guidelines for cost evaluation of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) from industrial applications building on previous work in the field. It discusses key challenges and factors that have a large impact on the results of cost evaluations, but are often overlooked or insufficiently addressed....journal article 2021
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van Driel, W.D. (author), Bikker, J.W. (author), Tijink, M. (author)It is known that quantitative measures for the reliability of software systems can be derived from software reliability models. And, as such, support the product development process. Over the past four decades, research activities in this area have been performed. As a result, many software reliability models have been proposed. It was shown...journal article 2021
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Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A.M.G. (author), Pirannejad, Ali (author), Susha, I. (author)An understanding of the similar and divergent metrics and methodologies underlying open government data benchmarks can reduce the risks of the potential misinterpretation and misuse of benchmarking outcomes by policymakers, politicians, and researchers. Hence, this study aims to compare the metrics and methodologies used to measure, benchmark,...journal article 2021
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Goeman, Katie (author), Dijkstra, W.P. (author), Poelmans, Stephan (author), Vemuri, Pavani (author), van Valkenburg, W.F. (author)In order to embed blended learning environments in a strategic and sustainable manner, a multi-actor, multidimensional approach is necessary. This paper reports the results of a 3-round Delphi study involving 28 experts which focuses on the refinement and validation of a layered maturity model that assesses key aspects of blended practices in...journal article 2021
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Kwakman, Jos (author)The primary reservoirs present in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia, are located within Triassic, Permian and Ordovician units. They are mainly sourced by the Silurian -- Lower Devonian Fegaguira formation and its Hot Shale member. Late Paleozoic exhumation has eroded part of the Palaeozoic package, removing the Early Devonian --...master thesis 2020
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de Vries, Leon (author)Getting trustworthy data in the right format and with the required accuracy is imperative for organizational processes. All governments face this challenge in getting the high quality data for administrative processes, decision-making and policy-making. In practice, many government agencies still struggle with getting the right data in the right...master thesis 2020
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Vermeer, Lindsey (author)Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy have a different life from most children. As they grow up, their muscles lose strength progressively. Around the age of 10, they lose their ability to walk, in their teens they slowly lose their arm function, in their twenties they often need respiratory support and their life expectancy is usually between...master thesis 2020