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Kopan, Yaren (author)"The proclivity to unrest and 'culture of conflict' can be linked, in part, to Berlin residents' characteristic tough, combative physiognomy and how they have imagined and represented themselves and their city over time" (Davis, 2007). Berlin has witnessed conflicts on various fronts, including politics, social issues, economics, and culture,...master thesis 2023
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Holster, Rolien (author)Cycling has gained popularity worldwide, but little is known about the choice behaviour of people searching for a bicycle parking spot in the city centre. Formal parking spaces provided in the city centre are currently often underutilised, whilst many people use fly parking, which causes nuisance. This thesis aims to identify the most effective...master thesis 2023
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Charoenchim, Napaskorn (author)As architects encounter challenges when comprehending and fulfilling the requirements of users and other stakeholders involved in the<br/>architectural design project, participatory design, which involves non-architects in the design process, is perceived as one of the solutions. It is a developing practice that can lead to greater engagement of...master thesis 2023
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Holste, Insa (author)Today’s society relies significantly on the use of plastics of all kinds. While the material provides many benefits, plastic pollution poses a heavy threat to the environment. To reduce the environmental impact of plastics while still benefitting from their use, various certifications aim at labelling different plastic...master thesis 2022
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Baijanova, Francien (author)Background. Dutch universities struggle to find effective evidence-based intervention tools to reduce the high prevalence of sexual violence among their students. Reducing sexual violence means a safer student climate and thus better inclusion of women and more diversity in higher education. Interesting approaches to consider for cultural change...master thesis 2022
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Mooij, Jeanine (author)This report describes the development of the tool PREQUEL, a tangible storytelling tool to build a family culture. The tool is intended to support meaningful conversations between two parents. Through conversation and storytelling, the tool encourages them to explore the world of parenting and everything that comes with that. <br/><br/>Parenting...master thesis 2021
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Bacchi, Giulia (author)The presence of a gap in the relationship between citizens and the political system is a phenomenon that knows no boundaries, which affects governments and political institutions at different scales.Citizens are dissatisfied about the current one-way political interaction held by an elite which is perceived as corrupt and distant. They would...master thesis 2020
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Valentine, David (author)The advent of a society in which autonomous technology coexists with humans is an inevitability. The project focuses on one such autonomous technology in the form of autonomous vehicles or self driving cars. The benefits of such automation is well documented in academia and is supported by the investment by some of the biggest automobile and...master thesis 2020
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Douma, E.T. (author)To identify and improve the communication or information flow for a ship production process, this thesis provides an approach to use a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model, based on Petri Net technique. By establishing a theoretical framework, the different simulation modelling options are analysed and based on practical requirements, a choice...master thesis 2020
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Gianfranceschi, Giuseppe (author), van Dijk, Robbin (author)This research investigates the feasibility of a sensor patch for newborns. A sensor patch would be a device that is applied to the skin of the newborn. It can monitor the patient's temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and asses its general appearance of the skin so that it can check the newborn for jaundice. It should...bachelor thesis 2020
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Hanou, Issa (author), Smitskamp, Gwennan (author), de Schipper, Marijn (author)Raccoon Serious Games develops different kinds of gaming experiences, including escape rooms. In an escape room, a group of players, usually between 2 and 20 people, are locked in a room, where they have to find clues and solve puzzles to escape. When such a room is played, there is always an operator, monitoring the progress of the players and...bachelor thesis 2020
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Kraanen, Sarah (author)Societies are aging. This means the older population is not only growing in size, but also in proportion. Apart from this, generations are changing. The elderly of the future will in all probability not have the same needs as the elderly of today. These changes lead to new challenges for society and ask for new solutions spatially and socially....master thesis 2020
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van der Velden, Hanneke (author)In the future, healthcare becomes more challenging to reach and less personal. The workload for specialists is increasing (Rossen, 2018), the current health path for patients is extended and long (van Tongerloo, 2019) and more general practitioners do not want to have their own practice which results in lower accessibility (Smit, 2019). Besides,...master thesis 2019
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McMullen, Connor (author)What happens when we treat our policy messages more like mythology and less like rhetoric? How can we even begin to structure policy as a mythology? What is a myth anyway? This thesis endeavors to explore the mysterious world of stories, through an extensive literature review of literary analysis, and a exemplary case study about the impact of...master thesis 2019
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bel, mirjam (author)According to literature, the benefits of BIM can be well found in complex projects such as healthcare. When well implemented, the use of BIM as a tool for communication and collaboration can lead to a higher design quality and quality of the realized building, as well as increased efficiency and costs savings. <br/>BIM can be used for integrated...master thesis 2018
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Majenburg, Tessa (author)This Master Thesis describes a graduation project developed to investigate how to help people when disrupted life events occur and how to create strategies to empower them in coping with the situation. It is in connection with the research developed by the PhD candidate Patrizia D’Olivo. To date not many strategies were developed to empower...master thesis 2017
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Wesselman, D.N. (author)This integrated master thesis presents the outcomes of a research conducted to obtain a double master degree of the masters Strategic Product Design and Science Communication. The research focusses on the communication and collaboration between the engineering and a remote production department in during the ship production phase. A...master thesis 2017
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Ten Brug, L.F. (author)Double Degree: Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and the Built Environment / Urbanism AND Faculty of Applied Sciences / Science ommunication. Obesity is appointed as a pressing 21st century public health threat by the World health organization. Current sedentary behaviour in Western society is key in fast spread of the obesity epidemic. Children...master thesis 2017
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Akhundov, H. (author)Secure communication has been paramount throughout history. Although in the early ages it was mainly found in niche applications such as the military and royal society, today it is an inevitable part of our daily lives. The recent rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT), a diverse set of devices that are connected to the Internet,...master thesis 2017
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Deshpande, A. (author)A growing number of wireless devices and increasing traffic in the radio spectrum has pushed for alternatives to radio based communication. Among these, communication using visible light (VLC) has gained considerable momentum. The imminent adoption of energy efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and the high data transmission rates offered by...master thesis 2016