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van Loosbroek, Suus (author)<b>Background: </b>The diaphragm is poorly monitored in the Intensive care unit (ICU), despite its evident importance in respiration. Ultrasound (US) is frequently employed to evaluate diaphragm thickness (DT) and diaphragm thickening factor (DTF) but requires expertise and only covers a small diaphragm area. Therefore, advanced US (post-...master thesis 2023
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van Well, Marleen (author)Introduction<br/>To cope with the decreasing availability of healthcare personnel, we are in need of a national (and global) transition to make the healthcare system sustainable for the future. Administration of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) at home for patients with immunodeficiencies is an example of a therapy that currently requires a...master thesis 2023
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Chan, Kou Wai (author)Due to an extraordinary precipitation event in July 2021, the Dutch government want to utilise the temporary flood barriers to reduce the impact caused by a flash flood event in the future. As a result, Water Board Limburg, Flood Proof Holland and Delft University of Technology made an agreement to conduct a physical experiment in Roermond on...student report 2023
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van Kouwen, Mathijs (author)In existing standards for photovoltaic (PV) plants, little guidance is provided in the spatial allocation of pyranometers. No universal and easily scalable algorithms exist that help designers of monitoring infrastructure in solar parks choose the most representative positions for irradiance sensors. <br/><br/>To fill this gap, a software tool...master thesis 2023
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den Besten, N.I. (author)Waterlogging is the accumulation of excess water in the rootzone. When soils are waterlogged the rootzone is either saturated or submerged with water. As a result, waterlogging prevents aeration of the rootzone which has adverse effects on crop growth. Waterlogging is an issue in both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture and crop productivity...doctoral thesis 2023
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Keulen, Bart (author)Introduction: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare developmental defect of the diaphragm characterised by herniation of abdominal organs into the thoracic cavity during prenatal development. This herniation is usually accompanied by pulmonary hypertension (PH) and cardiac dysfunction (CD). Although several parameters are known to...master thesis 2023
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Liao, Yucheng (author)The Monitoring technique plays a vital role in ensuring the proper functioning of modern industrial systems that are highly sophisticated and automated. On two different applications, this thesis investigates two major categories of information redundancy monitoring techniques, model-based and data-driven.<br/><br/>The first application focuses...master thesis 2023
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Verdoes, Max (author)Chain belt conveyors have become a popular choice for transporting materials in diverse industries. The primary driving force behind these conveyors is the gearmotor, which is composed of an electric motor and a gear unit. The industrial electric motor market is estimated to be 21 billion USD and consumes up to 70\% of the electricity by the...master thesis 2023
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Sigurðsson, Snorri Þór (author)Regular maintenance of civil engineering structures is essential for their safety. Current maintenance regimes involve periodic inspections at regular time intervals. In the time between inspections, there can be a critical development in the structural integrity of a structure, which can be expensive to repair or could even lead to structural...master thesis 2023
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Schouten, Janno (author)Patients who are admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are extremely ill and at high risk of organ failure and death. Being admitted to the ICU is known to cause long lasting physical, cognitive, and physiological symptoms, which is called Post-Intensive Care syndrome (PICS). To provide better management of PICS, early recognition and...master thesis 2023
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Weeda, Ylva (author)Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms with a worldwide incidence of one or two per 100,000. The tumours affect the entire gastrointestinal tract, but most commonly the stomach and small intestine. Neoadjuvant tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are administered in a selection of GIST patients to attain size...master thesis 2023
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Raja, Adhityan (author)Dementia is an umbrella term for progressive loss of cognitive abilities, which mainly affects elderly- affecting relationships, feelings and behaviour. A person living with dementia (PLWD) might forget the names of their grandchildren, the face of their loved ones, important places and life events. Due to the rising population growth with more...master thesis 2023
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Dijks, Jasper (author)Space radiation monitoring plays an important role in space system engineering. The radiation environment in space has a significant effect on the design considerations of spacecraft. During this thesis performed at CERN, there was research conducted on the Space RadMon-NG payload. The payload is designed as radiation monitor for CubeSats,...master thesis 2023
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Wu, Yike (author)Background: Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease, means the kidney has lost its function to remove waste from the blood. Patients with kidney failure usually need hemodialysis, which uses a machine to replace the function of a healthy kidney, to keep them alive and prolong their lives. In order to begin hemodialysis, it is crucial...master thesis 2023
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Hulskemper, Daan (author)The Earth's landscapes are shaped by processes eroding, transporting, and depositing material over various timespans and spatial scales. To understand these surface activities and mitigate potential hazards they inflict, knowledge is needed of their occurrences and properties. Near-continuous terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) enables the...master thesis 2023
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Wang, X. (author)In this thesis, fibre optic sensing has been investigated as an important technique for structural health monitoring. Distributed fibre optic sensing based on Rayleigh scattering is a fibre optic sensing technique to achieve the spatially continuous strain monitoring for critical locations for the structures. However, the Rayleigh backscattering...doctoral thesis 2023
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Kruimer, Koen (author)This research analyses the potential of Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) as a means for condition monitoring of mechanical defects of induction motor driven thruster assemblies in the maritime industry. This is done by measuring the three phase current and voltage of three thrusters, with different health conditions, of a marine vessel...master thesis 2023
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Jaarsma, Ruurd (author)Echosounders are used to monitor suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in coastal management studies and to monitor dredge plumes. Due to the dependency on sediment properties like particle size, shape and density, performance of single frequency measurements is limited when sediment properties are changing.<br/><br/>Using multi-frequency...master thesis 2023
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KONG, Fanhao (author)This thesis developed a forward model for Sentinel-1 C-band co-pol and cross-pol backscatter and coherence using crop biophysical variables including leaf area index, tops weight, surface soil moisture and root zone soil moisture as inputs for sugarbeet. These input variables are simulated using a crop model called Decision Support System for...master thesis 2023
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Lieftinck, Joris (author)The inner-city of Amsterdam contains a large network of vulnerable, historic quay walls. Most of these quay walls consist out of masonry gravity walls placed on wooden relieving floors and wooden foundation piles. Due to the changing surface loading conditions behind the wall and the degradation of the masonry and wooden structures over the last...master thesis 2023