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de Gooijer, Matthijs (author)Policy making and the decision-making process has developed over the past decades to include more (scientific) evidence to support policy construction, such as the Cost-benefit Analysis or Environmental Impact Analysis. However, depending on the perspective of the policymaker as well as the evaluator, successful policies outcomes may be...master thesis 2023
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Peters, Elena (author)Sustainability is a crucial topic in the day to day life as well as in industries. With the help of innovation and new technologies, the negative impacts on sustainability can be decreased. During the development of technologies, the concept of sustainability should be included at all times. This can be done with the help of sustainability...master thesis 2023
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Aleo, Ottavia (author)Improving sustainability in industrial processes is a key topic for the welfare of the environment. One of the major environmental problems caused by industrial processes is industrial waste production. In the automotive industry, the use of polymers such as PA12 for prototyping produces tons of waste per year which are generally destined to...master thesis 2023
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Weijs, Harrie (author)On the 17th of October 2021, a concrete grandstand element collapsed at the Goffert stadium in the Netherlands after a crowd jumped on it for 8 seconds. An investigation by an engineering consultancy firm concluded that the design loads in the building code are too low, raising questions about the safety of grandstand elements. Currently, no...master thesis 2023
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van den Berg, Ruben (author)The pressure on water and energy resources, along with the transition towards new infrastructure, requires an integrated approach to achieve future-proof concepts. A nexus approach can contribute to this by including the interaction between water and energy. This is also known as a water-energy nexus (WEN). Furthermore, when considering...master thesis 2023
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Smouter, Chris (author)To deal with the pressure on urban energy infrastructures, renewable urban planning is on the rise and ambitious sustainability targets have been set to transform cities. Although these targets have resulted in many sustainable policies, the implementation of sustainability policies is lagging, hindering the energy transition. One such case, is...master thesis 2023
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Loods, Marron (author)The built environment is responsible for a substantial amount of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. To improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental impacts, buildings can be renovated or replaced with more energy-efficient alternatives. Although new buildings often cause less environmental impacts from operating energy use, the...master thesis 2023
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SU, Mengying (author)Researches have been conducted to involve the sustainability of energy in the building's early design stage. The methods used include the IEF-based method, the BIM-API-based method, and other approaches. However, these methods have not helped architects out in the early design stage since the complexity of the assessment is not decreased.<br/>...master thesis 2023
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Snaathorst, Andrew (author)This thesis investigates the total environmental impact of various alternative marine energy carriers while taking the powering increase into account due to their disadvantageous spatial requirements compared to conventional fuel. A parametric design tool for bulk carriers, tankers, container ships, and trailing suction hopper dredgers has been...master thesis 2023
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Ruminy, Justine (author)The climate emergency calls for a global shift towards a low-carbon economy, to preserve natural resources and biodiversity, while limiting global warming and its consequences. This project focuses on the impact of distribution centres, intended for the storage of commercial goods. Warehouses are characterised by large flexible spaces and simple...master thesis 2023
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Westerink, Bryan (author)This research aimed to determine whether offsite construction leads to a lower environmental impact than onsite construction. Further, it is researched how the environmental impact of offsite construction can be reduced. This is of great importance as the construction industry has a significant environmental impact. Specifically, offsite...master thesis 2023
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Liu, X. (author), Xiao, Yuchun (author), Jiang, Huihuang (author), Guo, Y. (author), Yu, Mengwen (author), Tan, Wanzhong (author)This study presents the analogical assessment of the train-induced vibration and radiated noise in a proposed theater. The theater is to be constructed in a region with crowded metro lines, and the assessment is implemented in an analogical building with comparable structural type and metro condition. Prior to the assessment, the comparability...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Chunbo (author), Hu, Mingming (author), van der Meide, Marc (author), Di Maio, F. (author), Yang, Xining (author), Gao, Xiaofeng (author), Li, Kai (author), Zhao, Hailong (author), Li, Chen (author)Meeting the current demand for concrete requires not only mining tons of gravel and sand, but also burning large amounts of fossil fuel resources in cement kilning. Consequently, concrete recycling is crucial to achieving a material-efficient society, especially with the application of various categories of concrete and the goal of phasing...journal article 2023
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Saeedifar, M. (author), Saleh, M. (author), Krairi, Anouar (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The present study proposes a comprehensive integrity assessment approach for a full-scale adhesively-bonded bi-material joint for maritime applications. The joint represents a cross-section of the bond-line connection of a ship with a steel hull and a sandwich composite superstructure. The full-scale joint consists of a sandwich composite...journal article 2023
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Bugaje, A.-.A.B. (author), Cremer, Jochen (author), Strbac, Goran (author)Machine learning (ML) for real-time security assessment requires a diverse training database to be accurate for scenarios beyond historical records. Generating diverse operating conditions is highly relevant for the uncertain future of emerging power systems that are completely different to historical power systems. In response, for the first...journal article 2023
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Li, M. (author), Mou, Junmin (author), Chen, Pengfei (author), Chen, Linying (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)Regional risk analysis and management of maritime accidents is one of the fundamental tasks for maritime safety management. With the heavy and complicated maritime traffic in the ports and waterways, accidents, especially ship collision accidents, have been continuously posing threats to the maritime transportation system. To achieve effective...journal article 2023
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Chen, Chao (author), Li, Jie (author), Zhao, Yixin (author), Goerlandt, Floris (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yiliu, Liu (author)Resilience assessment and management of technical systems have been increasingly important as the current applications in the process industries are becoming more complex. Several review papers on resilience management methods and applications have been published by researchers from different aspects. However, none of them put the focus on...review 2023
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Rahimi, A. Masie (author), Hardon, S.F. (author), Willuth, E. (author), Lang, F. (author), Haney, Caelan M. (author), Felinska, Eleni A. (author), Kowalewski, Karl Friedrich (author), Müller-Stich, Beat P. (author), Horeman, T. (author), Nickel, F. (author), Daams, Freek (author)Introduction: Although robotic-assisted surgery is increasingly performed, objective assessment of technical skills is lacking. The aim of this study is to provide validity evidence for objective assessment of technical skills for robotic-assisted surgery. Methods: An international multicenter study was conducted with participants from the...journal article 2023
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Cheng, L. (author), Nokhbatolfoghahai, A. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author)The performance of the Acoustic Emission (AE) technique is significantly dependent on the sensors attached to the structural surface. Although conventional commercially AE sensors, like R15a and WSa sensors, have been extensively employed in monitoring many different structures, they are unavailable in restricted-assess areas. In contrast,...conference paper 2023
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Patel, Nirmal (author), Nagpal, Pooja (author), Shah, Tirth (author), Sharma, Aditya (author), Malvi, Shrey (author), Lomas, J.D. (author)Background: Readability metrics provide us with an objective and efficient way to assess the quality of educational texts. We can use the readability measures for finding assessment items that are difficult to read for a given grade level. Hard-to-read math word problems can put some students at a disadvantage if they are behind in their...journal article 2023