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Giesen, Mayke (author)The world is facing an escalating environmental crisis marked by major socio-ecological losses. Human-induced environmental threats, like biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution, underscore the onset of the Earth's sixth mass extinction, recently termed ‘ecocide’. Despite the urgent warnings from the scientific community and growing...master thesis 2024
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Fierens, Tim (author)Sustainable development faces substantial challenges, with the built environment emerging as a major contributor to resource consumption. Office retrofitting, commonly known as changing the office fit out, is a common process in corporate real estate and accentuates these challenges due to its linear model of extraction, production, consumption,...master thesis 2024
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Orij, Lonneke (author)This thesis delves into the existing relationship dynamics between SMEs and ING, an incumbent Dutch bank and global financial services provider. In collaboration with ING, the study aims to illuminate the nuances of this ING – SME relationship. Despite ING’s overarching mission to empower individuals and businesses, a noticeable gap persists...master thesis 2024
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Ma, L. (author)Extensive transportation infrastructure is crucial for enabling efficient transportation and fostering economic development. However, the operation of roadways contributes to escalating environmental and societal issues, including noise pollution and carbon emissions. To achieve a balance between economy, environment, and society, growing focus...doctoral thesis 2024
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Gatidis, C. (author)Precipitation is a profoundly important meteorological process and a crucial component of the water cycle. Thus, the continuous and reliable monitoring of precipitation at global scale is fundamental for scientific sectors such as numerical weather prediction and hydrology. However, accurately estimating precipitation, its type and intensity at...doctoral thesis 2024
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Mula, S. (author)Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of hybrid materials with metal-based inorganic nodes connected by organic linkers via strong coordination bonds. These building blocks can be arranged in 3-D crystalline lattices to synthesize structures with varying pore sizes and a variety of structures (tuneability). These hybrid materials possess...doctoral thesis 2024
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Xu, Hongxin (author)Strong intergenerational relationships can provide emotional support and stability for both grandparents and grandchildren. Technology tools have been proven to be beneficial in connecting grandchildren and grandparents. Prior work mainly examined how to use technology to connect children and their grandparents over a distance. Those collocated...master thesis 2024
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Vaandrager, Celine (author)This thesis addresses the increasing vulnerabilities in modern supply chains, particularly within the maritime industry. Emphasizing the crucial role of procurement in risk mitigation, the study challenges conventional lean management, advocating for agile supply chain strategies. It introduces the Integrated Supplier Matrix (ISM) to enhance...master thesis 2024
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Corbo, S. (author)“The Letter Rack” is a speculative exercise in exploring the emergence of new spatial relationships when we stop thinking of future cities in terms of figure/ground duality and instead start looking at them as a continuous assemblage of forms and signs.<br/><br/>This form of digital divertissement in drawings originates from the reinterpretation...journal article 2024
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Sadykov, Ilia I. (author), Palagin, D. (author), Krumeich, Frank (author), Plokhikh, Igor V. (author), van Bokhoven, Jeroen A. (author), Nachtegaal, Maarten (author), Safonova, Olga V. (author)The surface of supported heterogeneous catalysts often contains adsorbed water and hydroxyl groups even when water is not directly added to the reaction stream. Nonetheless, the reactivity of adsorbed water and hydroxyl groups is rarely considered. We demonstrate that water and hydroxyl groups can not only directly participate in the...journal article 2024
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Roggema, Rob (author), Rodriguez, Diego (author), Tillie, Nico (author)The relationship between humans and nature is in permanent change. Where the city and nature used to be seen as enemies that needed to be kept away from each other, the current paradigm looks at a more symbiotic relationship. In this, man is seen as part of nature, and the city is seen as a determining factor in providing conditions for a rich...journal article 2024
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Zaga, Cristina (author), Lupetti, M.L. (author), Forster, D. (author), Murray-Rust, D.S. (author), Prendergast, J.M. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author)In Industry 5.0, cognitive robots and workers will engage in evolving and reciprocal relations, which we call worker-robot relationships (WRRs). To enable evidence-based work futures with workers, we must co-develop WRRs and understand their impact on work, workers, management, and society. To this end, we posit that the HRI field should work...conference paper 2024
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Neijenhuis, T. (author), Le Bussy, Olivier (author), Geldhof, Geoffroy (author), Klijn, M.E. (author), Ottens, M. (author)Protein-based biopharmaceuticals require high purity before final formulation to ensure product safety, making process development time consuming. Implementation of computational approaches at the initial stages of process development offers a significant reduction in development efforts. By preselecting process conditions, experimental...journal article 2024
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Zhou, Jianfeng (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)When a major chemical accident occurs, emergency response is an important measure to reduce accident losses. Some actions in an emergency response may be more important than others in reducing accident losses, so they need to be carried out as a matter of priority. The impact of the number of emergency personnel on the relationship between...journal article 2024
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Marks, M.J. (author), Jeppesen, Henrik (author), Nielsen, Mads Lund Nygaard (author), Kong, J. (author), Ceccato, Marcel (author), van der Veen, M.A. (author), Bøjesen, Espen Drath (author), Lock, Nina (author)Advancing the field of photocatalysis requires the elucidation of structural properties that underpin the photocatalytic properties of promising materials. The focus of the present study is layered, Bi-rich bismuth oxyhalides, which are widely studied for photocatalytic applications yet poorly structurally understood, due to high levels of...journal article 2024
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Wang, Gigi (author)The growth of dating apps has changed the way relationships are formed. These applications have enabled users to widen their dating pool of potential partners through profile recommendations based on proximity and shared interests. However, dating app usage was also found to impact well-being negatively, with the AI systems of these platforms,...master thesis 2023
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Veldhuizen, H.V. (author)Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a subclass of hyper-crosslinked polymers that contain ordered nanoporosity within their polymer network. Control over pore size and shape, as well as structure regularity, is obtained through careful selection of the monomeric building blocks and the synthesis reaction conditions. This has led to a vast...doctoral thesis 2023
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Shenvi Rege, Akshay (author)The development of Fully Autonomous Vehicles would fundamentally change the nature of user interactions, behaviors, needs, and activities within vehicles. Passengers who are free from driving would expect to undertake diverse in-vehicle Non-Driving-Related Tasks (NDRTs) to keep themselves occupied and free from boredom. Conversational Artificial...master thesis 2023
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Nivedhitha Sathish Kumar, Nivedhitha (author)Traditionally, conventional consultancies provide operational guidance to customers. However, market demands have shifted towards a human centred approach, leading to an increase in design consultancies. Design consultancies deliver not only great results but also introduce innovative ways of thinking through a process-driven approach differing...master thesis 2023
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Tenders in the Dutch construction industry: The impact of client decisions on the tender competitionGroen, Bas (author)As a result of decreasing competition within the procurement of large construction projects in the Dutch construction sector, the need arises to understand the mechanisms behind the competition. Especially how decisions by clients on the procurement of construction projects impact the number of competitors. When this is understood, clients can...master thesis 2023