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Bharosa, N. (author)As GovTech solutions are steadily entering the public sector, they have yet to find their way into the mainstream literature. GovTech refers to socio-technical solutions – that are developed and operated by private organisations – intertwined with public sector components for facilitating processes in the public sector. GovTech solutions promise...journal article 2022
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Dragutinovic, Anica (author), Quist, W.J. (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author)The article examines the existing infrastructure of open common spaces within two New Belgrade mass housing blocks (Blocks 23 and 70a) through a typo-morphological analysis. These spaces between the buildings, although the most neglected, underused, and deteriorated components of mass housing neighbourhoods, are at the same time crucial to the...journal article 2022
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Scheder-Bieschin (Aldinger), Lotte (author), Spiekermann, Kerstin (author), Popescu, M.A. (author), Bodea, Serban (author), Van Mele, Tom (author), Block, Philippe (author)Facing the challenges of our environmental crisis, the AEC sector must significantly lower its carbon footprint and use of first-use resources. A specific target is the reduction of the amount of concrete used. Funicular structures that base their strength on their structurally-informed geometry allow for material efficiency. However, a...conference paper 2022
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van Duin, Ron (author), Ploos van Amstel, Walther (author), Quak, Hans (author)Research finds that the global market value of cargo bikes will hit 2.4 billion<br/>euros by 2031. Analysts with Future Market Insights assessing the growth<br/>of cargo bikes have placed the parcel courier industry as a key buyer of<br/>electric cargo bikes, forecasting that 43 per cent of sales could go to this industry.<br/>This growth is...book chapter 2022
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Nandakumar, Aswin Menon (author)Over the past few decades, transport authorities globally have resorted to transport models for testing policy interventions and simulating the results as part of the ex-ante analysis. Within the domains of traffic assignment, there is a greater focus on the dynamic representation of traffic, which has proved to be more accurate when compared to...master thesis 2021
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Knobbe, Jelle (author)The need for more efficient, cheaper, easily producible solar cells is growing as this combination of attributes can decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE). A twoterminal (2T) Perovskite and galliuminidiumgalliumselenide (Pvk/CIGS) tandem cell is an excellent candidate, as it can have a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of +30%, can be...master thesis 2021
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Sanz Oliver, Juan (author)Currently, there is a growing gap between theory and practice in urban and architecture fields, that requires dialogue on multiple fronts, scales, and new perspectives. Bridging this gap and achieving a successful transition to a new era. In which theory and practice must work together cohesively creating new methods, models, new points of...master thesis 2021
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Akhavanmalayeri, Kimia (author)This research project focuses on how to provide the necessary infrastructure for citizen participation systems and encourage the inhabitants to get involved in the decision-making process in the communities by developing an alternative strategic framework, which offers a step-by-step community activation system. The main location of this study...master thesis 2021
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van Heeswijk, Bas (author)This thesis focuses on the transition from multichannel to omnichannel retailing. To provide insight into this, the current challenges and related indicators are identified by means of a multiple case study. In addition, a theoretical framework for the omnichannel retailing concept is designed. On the one hand, this will help to increase the...master thesis 2021
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Marabini, Elena (author)With the 2019 European Green Deal, the EU has set an ambitious roadmap to enable European citizens to benefit from a Green Transition. One of the main goal of the Green Deal is the deployment of renewable energy sources. Within these, solar power has been identified as the fastest growing<br/>source. Within solar technologies, crystalline...master thesis 2021
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Orona Calleros, Daniela (author)As a subset of Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), cross-border projects are characterized by their technical complexity, lead time, diverse actors involved and immense coordination and collaboration challenges due to the participation of organizations coming from different nations and institutional frameworks. As researchers recognize, these...master thesis 2021
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MARIK, ARNAB (author)One of the challenges in executing an MDO system is the selection of the best performing MDO architecture in terms of computational effort for a given MDO problem. To address this, several comparative studies have been created, which analyze the relative performance of MDO architectures with respect to internal features of MDO problems, such as...master thesis 2021
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Beukers, Koen (author)Flight planning is a process of optimisation that is commonly solved by complex software tools. Quantifying the quality of such a system is for the users an unsolved problem. This paper proposes a method that measures the inefficiencies in different domains to gain insights in the performance of flight planning tools. The established assessment...master thesis 2021
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Hagenaars, Lievijn (author)Technologies related to reproduction and fertility follow each other in a rapid tempo as we stand at the start of the biotechnological revolution. How could these technologies which are able to radically alter our evolution alter our families and lives? Big questions with no direct answer. <br/><br/>Within this project speculation and...master thesis 2021
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Sethia, Manisha (author)Machine Learning models are begin increasingly used within the industry such as by financial institutions, governments and commercial companies. In the past few years, there have been several incidents where these ML models show discriminatory behavior towards particular groups of people, leading to unfair decisions that can have negative...master thesis 2021
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Furtado, Gavin (author)This study aims to explain and understand how companies, more specifically Middle Eastern (MENA) companies in the FMCG-food sector can innovate from completely brick and mortar establishments to transition into an E-commerce platform (for FMCG-food goods) that enhances the willingness or intention to purchase these products on an online platform...master thesis 2021
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Koning, Tim (author)The world’s current food system is unsustainable and considering the increasing human population, there is a demand for innovations in the circular food production. Simultaneously, food security be comes a topic of interest as greenhouse gasses cause more extreme weather conditions. Vertical farming potentially plays a vital role in the food...master thesis 2021
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Šuntar, Jan Vit (author)A large contribution to the total share of electricity generated in European power grid will come from renewable sources of energy in the near future due to European initiative to become carbon neutral. RES are connected to the grid with PE devices, which if not modelled correctly provide lower level of system stability and security of supply....master thesis 2021
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Bing, Yingli (author)As the complexity of global supply chains increases, so does the turbulence and disruption they are suffering from. The medical equipment after-sales service supply chain is closely related to the healthcare industry. Therefore, the ability to provide high levels of customer satisfaction with after-sales services affects not only the performance...master thesis 2021
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Dimou, Maria (author)Nowadays cycling rates in most European cities are increasing, while many governments are looking for ways to integrate cycling into the daily lives of citizens not only as a leisure activity but also as an official means of transport. At the same time, a large part of the population itself aims to influence decision-makers and urban planners to...master thesis 2021