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Brouwer, Bas (author)Wind energy is deemed important in the Netherlands in sustainable energy transitions. While Commercial Wind Energy Project Developers (CWEPDs) bring professionalism, Local Energy Cooperatives (LECs) promote local renewable initiatives. The Dutch Klimaatakkoord aims for 50% community-owned renewable electricity, but real-world implementation of...master thesis 2023
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Sonderkamp, R.F. (author)DWI is an MRI imaging technique used to gain information concerning the diffusion process in tissue. Using DTI techniques, a diffusion profile can be constructed for fiber tract analysis. Recently developed HARDI techniques increase the detail to visualization on the process of diffusion. While HARDI reconstruction methods are used to model the...master thesis 2010
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Avé, Tondan (author)This thesis explored the contrast between the overarching category of entrepreneurship (from here on, “mainstream entrepreneurship” or ME) and the subset of technology entrepreneurship (TE) through a comparison of The Netherlands (low TE/high ME) and Japan (high TE/low ME), addressing the problem that currently no dedicated frameworks for TE...master thesis 2022
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Chen, Qinghan (author)TenneT’s vision of the North Sea Infrastructure (NSI) creates a basis for a joint European approach up to 2050 which focuses specifically on developing the North Sea as a source and distribution hub for Europe’s energy transition. High wind speed, central location and shallow water qualify the Dogger Bank as the location of the central hub.<br/...master thesis 2018
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Jansen, Nicki (author)The Dutch government has set an ambitious goal: by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands should be 49% lower than they were in 1990.But even though geothermal energy is gaining recognition given the high heating demand in the Netherlands and its subsurface potential, implementation of this technology, especially in urban areas, is...master thesis 2022
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Bani Hashemi, S.J. (author)This study explores the demands of customer segments for mobile service bundles in the Netherlands. A latent class cluster model is specified that describes the clustered demands of customer segments for mobile service bundles alongside an invariance test model to test the stability of the cluster model. Based on representative samples of the...master thesis 2010
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Agah, A. (author)Bit-error rate (BER) of comparators is becoming one of the limiting factors in the design of high speed ADCs. BER measurement setup is introduced and implemented in this thesis. Using this BER measurement setup gives us the opportunity to compare the BER of different comparators. It also enables us to study the effect of different parameters...master thesis 2009
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Wortel, M.C. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Sustainable development is a young, developing field in which many standards, certificates, and initiatives are spawning. Companies are expected to work on sustainable development by its customers, investors, and society in...master thesis 2013
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Gliaubertas, Julius (author)An entrepreneurial ecosystem has become a paradigm between policy makers, regional developers as well as profit seeking organizations to spur start-up establishment and growth rates. Numerous studies have focused on conceptualization of an entrepreneurial ecosystem and the potential benefits that may be accrued regionally by effectively...master thesis 2019
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Meerkerk, Willem-Jan (author)Comparing spreadsheet files is a new, unexplored research domain in computer science. Methods for regular file comparison are not straightforwardly applicable to spreadsheet files, because they are fundamentally different. Spreadsheets are binary files, the structure of spreadsheets is two-dimensional, they contain both data and calculations,...master thesis 2019
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Li, Jinguo (author)Background, issues, and main research questions: Circularity (circular economy) is being developed in many countries around the world where it has been set as a development goal (Schröder et al, 2019). However, the progress in implementing circularity varies from country to country. Most of the countries that are leading in...master thesis 2021
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Aizenberg, E. (author)Detection of inflammatory lesions in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine in axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients is a labor-intensive task. Current scoring methods often require an expert reader to visually assess 23 vertebral units (VU) on multiple MRI slices. Furthermore, monitoring of progressive changes consists of a manual...master thesis 2014
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Shaib, S. (author)This thesis researches two main aspects: the characteristics of (national) spatial strategies and how they can be transferred, to learn lessons for the next Dutch spatial planning strategy of 2018 (NOVI). Taking the objectives that have been formulated by NOVI in content, process and product as a starting point, a comparative study is made...master thesis 2016
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Gaaff, E.J.E. (author)How can we make our cities more sustainable? And in particular, how to build the resiliency of urban environments to the effects of climate change and increased urbanization? This is one of the main challenges that urban planners are dealing with today. The relevance of this issue is reflected in the large number of cities around the globe that...master thesis 2015
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Duan, Shuyu (author)Circular economy is gaining global momentum as a new economic system to achieve sustainable development. The built environment plays an important role during the transition to a circular economy. China and the Netherlands share a common basis on enhancing resource efficiency by circular economy, which provides opportunities for mutual learning....master thesis 2019
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Astgimath, S.P. (author)This thesis presents a high gain, low noise and low power dynamic residue amplifier and a low power, low noise dynamic comparator designed in TSMC 28nm process for a two step Pipelined SAR-ADC. The cascoded integrator dynamic residue amplifier (CIDRA) achieves a gain of 30dB with THD of 47dB (11 mV pp input). The input referred noise across tem-...master thesis 2012
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Struyvelt, Loïc (author)This master thesis seeks to better understand the investment valuation procedure followed by software venture capitalists (VC) in the European context. I explain how VCs perform fair value estimations of software start-ups with the emerging comparable analysis technique. Furthermore, this study examines the relative importance of start-up...master thesis 2022
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Bin Kamis, M.H. (author)Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is the most widely used tool for evaluating policy programs and capital expenditure. It involves estimating, where possible, the full direct and indirect private; and social costs and benefits associated with a policy action or potential project. The Netherlands is one of the countries that use CBA in transport...master thesis 2014
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Mohamed Abbas Eltahir Elabbas, Mohamed (author)The situation of power system reforms in Africa displays incomplete reform steps and unfulfilled goals. The performance statistics of the power system are very low and tremendous efforts remain to be exerted to bridge the gap. Reforms in Africa were pursued with the end goal of creating an electricity market on both the national and the regional...master thesis 2021
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van Dijk, Jolijn (author)With the increasing transition to battery electric vehicles (EVs) and concerns about the capacity of the existing electrical infrastructure, the need for effective grid capacity management has become apparent. The V2X innovation, also known as bidirectional charging, has potential to enable EVs to interact with the electricity grid for various...master thesis 2023