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Chen, Wen-Yu (author)Transport decision-making determines people’s level of accessibility and deeply influences an individual’s access to social and economic opportunities and the quality of life. Socially vulnerable populations are highly dependent on yet often more likely to have less access to transport services and experience lower accessibility. This creates...master thesis 2023
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Vollebregt, Frank (author)There are an estimated 253 million blind and visually impaired people in the world. To grant them access to text publications that contain images, experts are employed to write image descriptions. There is both a societal and a legislative pressure to supply image descriptions to all new and archived publications within a number of years, yet...master thesis 2023
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Lund, Alexia Marie (author)Historically, our society has demonstrated tendencies of exclusion towards those who misfit the norms. While there may be innumerable factors that come into play in these scenarios, such tendencies of marginalization seem to hold a strong connection to aspects of the built environment. As one of the many standardized systems in our world, design...master thesis 2023
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van Wee, G.P. (author), de Jong, Tom (author)This paper explores to what extent inequalities in travel times, measured via the Gini index, depend on the spatial scale at which (average) travel times are measured. By using the new concept of Dedicated Accessibility Points, for the Netherlands we calculated average travel times at four spatial levels, ranging from virtually individual...journal article 2023
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Pera, M.S. (author), Wright, Katherine Landau (author), Kennington, Casey (author), Fails, Jerry Alan (author)In this vision paper, we spotlight children as often underserved users in the digital ecosystem. With online search as a use case, we discuss the need for a multi-perspective approach to designing interactive interfaces and technologies that can enable information access systems to better respond to children's requirements while respecting...journal article 2023
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Diware, S.S. (author), Dash, Sudeshna (author), Gebregiorgis, A.B. (author), Joshi, Rajiv V. (author), Strydis, C. (author), Hamdioui, S. (author), Bishnoi, R.K. (author)Timely detection of cardiac arrhythmia characterized by abnormal heartbeats can help in the early diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Wearable healthcare devices typically use neural networks to provide the most convenient way of continuously monitoring heart activity for arrhythmia detection. However, it is challenging to...journal article 2023
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Korthals Altes, W.K. (author)Acquiring access to land is an important issue for new entrants into farming. Traditionally, the succession of farms is within the family; market transactions are geared towards the enlargement of running farms. Policies and institutions have been built to facilitate this process. Current challenges of climate change, resource scarcity,...journal article 2023
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Psyllidis, A. (author)Can planning and design influence health and well-being in urban settings? Even though it was the public health issues faced by industrial cities that originally gave rise to the field of city planning, their paths have diverged over the years.However, how human settlements are planned, designed, and built can drastically improve or harm human...book chapter 2023
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This open access book offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive perspective regarding the immediate and long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on coworking spaces in the European Region. The current pandemic has imposed several effects on work and spaces for work. Some are immediate effects and will last for a short time (such as the...book 2023
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Perera, Sara (author), Massobrio, R.M. (author)Public transport plays a key role in expanding the distances that people can travel using active modes of transport. Studying walking accessibility to public transportation systems is highly relevant, since the walk to stops/stations can be particularly challenging for children, the elderly, citizens with disabilities, and for the general...conference paper 2023
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Teeuwen, R.F.L. (author), Psyllidis, A. (author), Bozzon, A. (author)Recent evidence underscores the importance of greenspace exposure in promoting physical activity, and in having a positive impact on mental health and cognitive development. Accessibility has been identified to be the primary motivating factor when it comes to encouraging greenspace use and, correspondingly, exposure. Existing quantitative...journal article 2023
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Geržinic, N. (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)On-demand mobility services (FLEX) are often proposed as a solution for the first/last mile problem. We study the potential of using FLEX to improve train station access by means of a three-step sequential stated preference survey. We compare FLEX with the bicycle, car and public transport for accessing two alternative train stations. We...journal article 2023
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Obungoloch, Johnes (author), Muhumuza, Ivan (author), Teeuwisse, Wouter (author), Harper, Joshua (author), Etoku, Ivan (author), Asiimwe, Robert (author), Tusiime, Patricia (author), Gombya, George (author), van Gijzen, M.B. (author)Purpose: To describe the construction and testing of a portable point-of-care low-field MRI system on site in Africa. Methods: All of the components to assemble a 50 mT Halbach magnet-based system, together with the necessary tools, were air-freighted from the Netherlands to Uganda. The construction steps included individual magnet sorting,...journal article 2023
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Aerts, Victor (author)Ensuring good living accomodation is a constitutional duty of the government, but there is now a shortage of 300,000 homes. Demand for housing has grown sharply in recent years. In the last two years, the housing market issue has been high on the political agenda again. In it, the issue of starters regarding home ownership occupies a prominent...master thesis 2022
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Supinajaroen, W. (author)This research aims to explore policy venues to encourage the use of data from Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) at a national level or National CORS (NCORS). Thailand, among many countries, has established NCORS to observe and process the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals to improve the accuracy of positional data...doctoral thesis 2022
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Van Luven, Monica (author)The provision of good accessibility is the main function of a well-functioning public transport (PT) system, the quality of which affects the ability of people to access basic needs such as employment, education, and healthcare. It is therefore important that PT accessibility is distributed in an equitable, or fair, manner. This thesis evaluates...master thesis 2022
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Banda, Sercinho (author)In India the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a nationwide lockdown from March 25, 2020 till the end of May 2020. During this time public and private transportation activities were limited, economic activities came to a standstill and healthcare resources were redistributed. India’s healthcare system faced problems prior to the COVID-19 pandemic...master thesis 2022
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Kamerbeek, Huug (author)The accessibility in far offshore wind farms during unplanned maintenance is reported to be insufficient. This system largely consists of daughter craft, small vessels that increase the multitasking capabilities of an SOV. The goal of this research is to improve the accessibility to ultimately increase turbine availability, which is proven in...master thesis 2022
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Boyuklieva, Alina (author)In the recent years, many older buildings are being transformed into more sustainable zero-energy housing. However, next to its advantages, there are many challenges that still have to be tackled. One of the main ones is the mismatch between residents’ expectations and systems’ functioning. This report analyses the specific case of a demo...master thesis 2022
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Nipius, Teun (author)The goal of this Thesis is to reduce the patient's discomfort during hemodialysis by achieving improved vascular access using a novel insertion device with a dilating diameter. High measures of discomfort are associated during achieving vascular access during hemodialysis therapy. The vascular access devices require large gauge sizes (14/15G)...master thesis 2022