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Dielissen, Tim (author)Introduction: During the sit-to-stand (STS) motion, thigh push-of (TP) is frequently used, yet the biomechanical advantage for the upper extremity, is relatively unknown. In this thesis, the STS motion is analyzed for three different techniques; TP, armrest push-off (AP), and no arm aid (NA). The aim of this study is to determine the...master thesis 2023
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- van Dobben de Bruyn, J. (author) doctoral thesis 2023
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Grecco Mattos, Cristhy (author)Fashion is technological, since the first clothing worn by early humans, the garments have been developed radically to become efficient and comfortable (quick dry, highly warm, extremely light) to match weatherability.<br/>Up until the last decade, fiber technology and materials science was limited to specialists. Since then, textile and...master thesis 2023
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Draisma, Max (author)Understanding the factors that drive extreme water levels is key to an accurate assessment of flood hazard. The city of Venice has always been affected by flooding due to extreme water levels. In this study, we examine the factors driving and influencing extreme water levels in the Venice lagoon, aiming at deriving accurate extreme water level...master thesis 2023
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Bombelli, A. (author), Sallan, Jose Maria (author)Flight delays are one of the most discussed, yet not fully understood, topics in the aviation industry. In this paper, we shed more light into propagation of flight delays by providing a spatio-temporal analysis of flight departure delays of the US domestic air network for the year 2017. The analysis focuses on four US air carriers (full-service...journal article 2023
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Cipriani, A. (author), Dan, Biltu (author), Hazra, Rajat Subhra (author), Ray, Rounak (author)The discrete membrane model is a Gaussian random interface whose inverse covariance is given by the discrete biharmonic operator on a graph. In literature almost all works have considered the field as indexed over Zd, and this enabled one to study the model using methods from partial differential equations. In this article we would like to...journal article 2023
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Muñoz, Paul (author), Corzo, Gerald (author), Solomatine, D.P. (author), Feyen, Jan (author), Célleri, Rolando (author)Extreme peak runoff forecasting is still a challenge in hydrology. In fact, the use of traditional physically-based models is limited by the lack of sufficient data and the complexity of the inner hydrological processes. Here, we employ a Machine Learning technique, the Random Forest (RF) together with a combination of Feature Engineering (FE...journal article 2023
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Scharnke, Jule (author), van Essen, S.M. (author), Seyffert, Harleigh C. (author)In the assessment of wave-in-deck loads for new and existing maritime structures typically model tests are carried out. To determine the most critical conditions and measure sufficient impact loads, a range of sea states and various seeds (realisations) for each sea state are tested. Based on these measurements, probability distributions can...journal article 2023
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van Essen, S.M. (author), Scharnke, Jule (author), Seyffert, Harleigh C. (author)For the design of maritime structures in waves, the extreme values of responses such as motions and wave impact loads are required. Waves and wave-induced responses are stochastic, so such responses should always be related to a probability. This information is not easy to obtain for strongly non-linear responses such as wave impact forces....journal article 2023
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Xu, H. (author), Ragno, E. (author), Tan, Jinkai (author), Antonini, A. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), Liu, Qing (author), Wang, Jun (author)Extreme surges and rainfall represent major driving factors for compound flooding in estuary regions along the Chinese coast. The combined effect of extreme surges and rainfall (that is, compound floods) might lead to greater impacts than if the drivers occurred in isolation. Hence, understanding the frequency and severity of compound...journal article 2023
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Gründemann, Gaby J. (author), Zorzetto, Enrico (author), Beck, Hylke E. (author), Schleiss, M.A. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Marani, Marco (author), van der Ent, R.J. (author)Quantifying the magnitude and frequency of extreme precipitation events is key in translating climate observations to planning and engineering design. Past efforts have mostly focused on the estimation of daily extremes using gauge observations. Recent development of high-resolution global precipitation products, now allow estimation of...journal article 2023
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Xu, H. (author), Tan, Jinkai (author), Li, Chunlan (author), Niu, Yiying (author), Wang, Jun (author)As global warming continues to intensify, the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and vegetation productivity continues to change over time. However, the impact of DTR changes on vegetation activities remains uncertain. Thus, further study about how DTR changes affect the physiological activities of plants is also urgently...journal article 2023
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Zhou, Wenyu (author)Since the mid-19th century global temperatures have increased significantly, so does the intensity of extreme rainfall. Previous studies have suggested that by the end of the century extreme rainfall intensity would increase by 10.5% and 28.2% for the low and high emission scenarios, and the centennial extreme rainfall would increase by 13.5%...student report 2022
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van der Windt, Bob (author)Fluid-controlled actuators are widely used in lower limb prostheses. Most fluid-controlled actuators have valves integrated into the cylinder systems and require complex manufacturing steps, making these systems expensive. A cost-effective production method for these complex actuator valve systems is 3D-printing. The goal of this research is to...master thesis 2022
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Tack, Nynke (author)Weather generators (WGs) based on temporal resampling algorithms are not able to generate new extremes with the same or a higher temporal resolution as the historical data series of the thus far <br/>observed precipitation. This is problematic for catchments with a time of concentration shorter than the resolution of the used data and conflicts...master thesis 2022
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Gołyska, Urszula (author)Abrupt and rapid high-amplitude changes in a dynamical system’s states known as extreme events appear in many processes occurring in nature, such as drastic climate patterns, rogue waves, or avalanches. These events often entail catastrophic effects, therefore their description and prediction is of great importance. Nevertheless, because of...master thesis 2022
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Lin, Steven (author)Extreme rainfall brings substantial threats to lives, infrastructure, and the economy in cities. Radar rainfall nowcasting was proven able to provide forecasts up to 2 to 3 hours in advance on a catchment scale. However, an extensive evaluation of nowcasting skills for urban areas has not been performed yet. In this study, we selected 80 extreme...master thesis 2022
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Bi, Haoran (author)Extreme precipitation can often cause serious hazards such as flooding and landslide. Both pose a threat to human lives and lead to substantial economic loss. It is crucial to develop a reliable weather forecasting system that can predict such extreme events to mitigate the effect of heavy precipitation and increase resilience to these hazards....master thesis 2022
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Velthoen, J.J. (author)In this thesis we develop several statistical methods to estimate high conditional quantiles to use for statistical post-processing of weather forecasts. We propose methodologies that combine theory from extreme value statistics and machine learning algorithms in order to estimate high conditional quantiles in large covariate spaces. In...doctoral thesis 2022
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Cheng, D. (author)This dissertation collects three scientific contributions, already published in international peer-reviewed journals, plus some extra considerations and work-in-progress. First, we present a model based on reinforced urn processes, which conjugates to the right-censored recovery process, and empirically apply it to the time series of recovery...doctoral thesis 2022