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Stouten, David (author)
This study aims to establish a framework for the growing number of trend analyses that have been performed on river flows in Europe. Most studies apply statistical trend test to fixed periods with relatively short records. Fixed periods are crucial for trend testing, as they provide an appropriate visualisation in a geographical sense. However,...
master thesis 2023
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Alexandraki, Akrivi (author)
In today's world, extreme flooding and drought events are becoming increasingly common globally. These challenges arise from various factors, with climate change and changes in land use being among the most significant contributors.<br/><br/>While numerous studies have explored the combined impact of climate change and land use on streamflow,...
master thesis 2023
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Boroni Grazioli, Andrea (author)
With the ever-increasing need to reduce the use of fossil fuels, Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. This means replacing all internal combustion vehicles with electric ones over time. The growing number of Tesla vehicles on the road poses interesting scaling challenges for all departments especially for the...
master thesis 2023
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Verheij, Floor (author)
Passenger traffic by car is regarded as one of the main contributors to energy consumption and emission in the transport sector. Car dependency and limited shifts to more carbon-friendly alternative travel modes in industrialised countries play a major role in maintaining unsustainable mobility systems, despite governments' increased attention...
master thesis 2023
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Hamo, Alan (author)
Cardiac output (CO), a vital hemodynamic parameter that reflects the blood volume pumped by the heart per minute, is crucial for determining tissue oxygen delivery and the heart's ability to meet the body's demands. Researchers have developed various methods to measure cardiac output, including thermodilution using pulmonary artery catheters ...
master thesis 2023
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Griekspoor, Wessel (author)
Wealth inequality exists all over the world. This can be seen as a social problem because it violates accepted norms of egalitarian distribution. Moreover, wealth inequality can negatively affect a number of areas, including economic growth. However, wealth inequality also has advantages. For example, it provides incentives to engage in risky...
master thesis 2023
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Draisma, Max (author)
Understanding the factors that drive extreme water levels is key to an accurate assessment of flood hazard. The city of Venice has always been affected by flooding due to extreme water levels. In this study, we examine the factors driving and influencing extreme water levels in the Venice lagoon, aiming at deriving accurate extreme water level...
master thesis 2023
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TSIOKANOS, ATHANASIOS (author)
The Geul river, a tributary of the Meuse located in the south Netherlands, Belgium, and part of Germany, is vulnerable to extreme hydrological events, such as floods, droughts, and erosion. There is evidence that these conditions are exacerbated by land use and climate changes. This thesis focuses on investigating the temporal variability and...
master thesis 2022
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Smit, Michiel (author)
Coastal and offshore infrastructure must be designed to withstand extreme wave-induced loading conditions. Extreme Value Analysis (EVA) is often employed to infer probabilistic distributions that provide information about extreme design conditions. In traditional practices, EVA is performed under the assumption of stationarity. This means that...
master thesis 2022
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PARK, Gyeongri (author)
Dictionaries often define “Megastructure” as “a very large multi-story building or complex” (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2022). Somebody who first encounters the term must value such a definition; although it does not reflect the actual meaning that architects attach to the term. In the mid-twentieth century, the concept of...
student report 2022
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Chen, Qiuyi (author)
This study explores how to incentivise dutch drivers to choose more sustainable modes of travel, what are the major challenges and what are the possible solutions. Based on the impact of travel demand on the environment and private car ownership and use in the Netherlands, It is found that the continuous growth of mobility consumption demand is...
master thesis 2021
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Lugtenborg, Lieke (author)
Parkinson's disease can severely affect motor performance and impede in executing daily activities. Treatment can greatly improve patients' quality-of-life, however, disease detection and monitoring is still performed subjectively. Quantification of patients' motor performance and its decline due to increasing symptom severity using tracking...
master thesis 2020
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Varghese, Paul (author)
This research paper investigates the topic of <i>“How policies, workflows and process can set the tone towards adoption and implementation of BIM within the AEC industry and how the future of BIM and Data Validation can influence the future of Architects.” </i>BIM has become a fundamental aspect of today’s AEC Industry. From its conceptual...
bachelor thesis 2020
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REDDY, Sahana (author)
Most of the large infrastructure projects (LIPs) are characterized with significant time delays and cost overruns. In order to be able to deploy the LIPs more effectively, make optimal use of the resources and investments and timely deliver the projects NETLIPSE was set up. NETLIPSE developed a project assessment tool called the Infrastructure...
master thesis 2019
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Shah, Maulik (author)
This thesis report is aimed at analysing two phenomena, the first being - the major trends which are shaping the pharmaceutical industry currently. The industry is witnessing massive strategic shifts, routine upgrades to new drug technologies in a dynamic regulatory and market environment. The growth rate of the global pharmaceutical industry is...
master thesis 2019
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Fernandez Hernando, Blanca (author)
This master thesis is written for the master program Strategic Product Design with the Belgian company Barco NV as a client. At the beginning, the main objective was to gain a better understanding on the current situation of the organization around foresight activities, their barriers and challenges. The aim was to later develop a solution that...
master thesis 2019
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Borsos, Attila (author)
It is generally accepted that the road safety trend of a country is influenced by many factors related to the infrastructure, vehicles, health care etc. Nevertheless, road safety improvement is also a result of a learning process, which can come at an individual and a societal level, according to the current available literature. The former is...
student report 2019
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Smit, Viola (author)
This thesis project on Vlissingen is an account of the research being carried out during the graduation year of the Urbanism faculty, resulting in a design oriented project within the research group ‘Design of the Urban Fabric’.<br/><br/>The thesis consist of three parts: I. Research setup, II. Research and III. Design. It is divided into six...
master thesis 2018
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Bauwens, P.L. (author)
Gas turbine diagnostics is as old as the gas turbine itself. Over the years, performance based diagnostics allowed for a shift from time-based maintenance to more economical condition based maintenance playing a fundamental role in enhancing the availability and reliability of gas turbines. By monitoring the condition of the engine over time,...
master thesis 2015
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Sayadi, A. (author)
Companies need to constantly adapt to their environment to ensure long term survival and economic success. In such an environment, technology trends can have a significant impact on the business for a technology intensive firm such as SKF. Therefore, these companies should be proactive in identifying and anticipating technology trends early on....
master thesis 2015
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