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Toitos, Christos (author)Electrical stimulation has emerged as a promising therapeutic modality for the treatment of various neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, epilepsy, and depression. In addition, recent studies have provided evidence supporting the effectiveness of electrical stimulation as a treatment option for patients with chronic...master thesis 2023
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Nollen, Jacco (author)Strict regulations for carbon emissions from ships are introduced by the IMO and the EU. Various emission mitigation measures and low-emission fuel strategies provide solutions to reduce carbon emissions. This paper compares emission mitigation measures and low-emission fuel strategies for short-sea ships, within the constraints of regulatory...master thesis 2023
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Mur Uribe, Pol (author)This thesis introduces a new method, called Mixed Iteration, for controlling Markov Decision Processes when partial information is known about the dynamics of the Markov Decision Process. The algorithm uses sampling to calculate the expectation of partially known dynamics in stochastic environments. Its goal is to lower the number of iterations...master thesis 2023
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Willems, Jasper (author)As a big contributor to the the global emissions, the maritime sector strives to bring down its greenhouse gasses and hazardous emissions by enforcing increasing strict rules on the exhaust gasses. This gives major challenges to the maritime sector to develop greener modes of transportation. This report investigates the in-cylinder starting...master thesis 2023
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Mohamed el Hag, Sharif (author)Over the last years the critical state of existing quay wall structures have gained a lot of concern. With the focus on urban quay walls in Amsterdam, a lot of aspects could play a role which limit the possibilities for both the design and the construction. The focus in this research is placed at the structural efficiency of the design for...master thesis 2023
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Kramer, Tim (author)The dramatic increase in the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has created rapid growth for exploitation of security flaws and vulnerabilities. Particularly for critical infrastructure and real-time systems security threats can be highly damaging. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms have demonstrated the ability to combat the security...bachelor thesis 2023
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van de Leur, Sophie (author)Timber high-rise buildings have been gaining in popularity. However, due to the low material stiffness of timber the stability systems of these buildings are often made with steel or concrete. To avoid this the material efficiency of the timber stability systems must be improved. The most material efficient stability systems for timber high-rise...master thesis 2023
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Wang, Xia (author), Yuan, Jiachen (author), You, K. (author), Ma, Xianrui (author), Li, Zhaoji (author)The International Energy Agency (IEA) emphasizes that using real building energy use data (RBEUD) to reflect the actual condition of buildings and inform policy-making is the most effective way to reduce buildings’ carbon emissions. However, based on IEA’s evaluation, regional and national building stock data are limited and lacking. Especially...journal article 2023
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Guillou, Nicolas (author), Lavidas, G. (author), Kamranzad, Bahareh (author)Refined numerical wave energy resource assessments are required to reduce uncertainties in the evaluation of available power and energy production. However, to restrict the computational cost, a great part of wave hindcast simulations cover a limited time range (below ten years) or rely on coarse spatial resolutions while routinely ignoring tide...journal article 2023
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Strubbe, Laurence (author), van Dijk, E.J.H. (author), Deenekamp, Pascalle J.M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Volcke, Eveline I.P. (author)In the pursuit of reducing carbon footprint and in view of increasing energy prices, energy efficiency is more important than ever before. Batch-wise operated aerobic granular sludge reactors consume up to 50% less energy compared to conventional activated sludge systems because pumping energy is reduced and mixing equipment is not needed....journal article 2023
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Zhou, Yuekuan (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)Transition towards a carbon-neutral district energy community calls for carbon elimination and offsetting strategies, and phase change materials (PCMs) with substantial potential latent energy density can contribute significantly to carbon neutrality through both carbon-positive (like PCM-based thermal control in solar PVs) and carbon...review 2023
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Visser, Mirjam (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)To reduce energy consumption of households, many appliances contain eco-settings, which when used, reduce energy consumption. However, the effectivity of the eco-settings in reducing energy consumption is hardly tested. Other design for sustainable behaviour strategies like coercion and feedback might be more effective. To test the...journal article 2023
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Ogugua, C.J. (author), Anton, S.V. (author), Tripathi, A.P. (author), Larrabeiti, Miguel Dominguez (author), van Hees, S.O. (author), Sinke, J. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author)Autoclave curing is one of the most energy consuming processes in manufacturing carbon fibre reinforced polymers. In order to improve the energy efficiency, one needs to understand energy usage in an autoclave and factors that influence it. This work presents two thermodynamic based models for estimating energy consumption in an autoclave....journal article 2023
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Moposita, Tatiana (author), Garzon, Esteban (author), Crupi, Felice (author), Trojman, Lionel (author), Vladimirescu, A. (author), Lanuzza, Marco (author)This brief deals with the impact of spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) cell based on double-barrier magnetic tunnel junction (DMTJ) on the performance of a two-layer multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network. The DMTJ-based cell is benchmarked against the conventional single-barrier MTJ (SMTJ) counterpart by means...journal article 2023
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Jia, W. (author), Markine, V.L. (author), Guo, Y. (author)The railway ballast layer provides the function of bearing loading, resisting geometry degradation, and drainage. In those related research, the behaviour of ballast assembly can be obtained by laboratory (or in-situ) tests. Limited simulation methods can be used to analyse the behaviour of ballast particles at the mesoscopic level. The...journal article 2023
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Ndubuisi, G.O. (author), Owusu, Solomon (author)A substantial part of production and trade now takes place through global value chains (GVC), making it an essential conduit of knowledge spillover and technology transfer. Yet, extant studies examining how countries become productively efficient and catch-up to the global efficiency frontier through international trade have ignored the possible...journal article 2023
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van Nieuwburg, W.C.A.M. (author), van Spreuwel, B.J.J. (author), Tran, Minh Tâm Kevin (author), Yang, M.D. (author), Greidanus, A.J. (author), Mulder, G. (author), Tummers, M.J. (author), Westerweel, J. (author), Suijker, W. (author), van Wijk, R. (author)The principal aim of the work presented here is to investigate and demonstrate that a forward tilted rowing blade would result in a more efficient and effective motion of the blade through the water that would result in a higher boat speed when an equal input power is provided. A 1:5 scaled rowing boat is used to determine the performance of...journal article 2023
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Brychkov, Dmitry (author), Goggins, Gary (author), Doherty, Edelle (author), Romero Herrera, N.A. (author), Roudil, Nadine (author), Di Trani, Antonella (author), Singh, A. (author), Smit, Sander (author), McLoughlin, Eilish (author)Schools are complex physical and social institutions within national education systems. They account for significant energy consumption and like other buildings can demonstrate inefficient patterns of energy use. Poor energy performance of educational facilities is an intricate issue driven by complex causality of interconnected and dynamic...journal article 2023
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Pressmair, Nadine (author), Xia, Yi (author), Wu, Hongfei (author), Langelaar, M. (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Majdouba, Ahmad (author), Mogra, Mihir (author), Grisaro, Hezi (author), Amir, Oded (author), Kromoser, Benjamin (author)Concrete, as the most widely used construction material, is associated with a high environmental impact. Within the present study, structural optimization is the method of choice to counter this issue. The entire process, from optimization, to design, experiments and numerical simulation is outlined. Embedded in the framework of a design...journal article 2023
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Rashidi, A. (author), Zamani, M. (author), Mondal, Tanmay (author), Hosseini, Seyedsina (author), Laursen, Kjeld (author), Corbet, Brian (author), Moradi, Farshad (author)This letter presents an ultrasonically powered dual-wavelength optogenetic device that targets simultaneous excitation and inhibition of neural activities, or in a broader sense, optical stimulation in two distinct wavelengths for targeting different populations of neurons. This can be applied to a variety of neurological disorders. The...journal article 2023