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van Ruiten, Cas (author)This thesis explores the challenges of using ultrathin graphene membranes in microelectronic mechanical sensors (MEMS) technology, specifically in the development of MEMS microphones. Graphene, being only an atom thin and one of the strongest known materials, offers promising potential for further miniaturization of MEMS microphones. However,...master thesis 2023
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Morres, Max (author)As remote work becomes increasingly popular, many people are working or studying at their dinner table while seated in a chair that does not adequately support them or is not appropriately sized, leading to various physical complaints. Traditional office chairs are often big and bulky, and their design does not complement home environments....master thesis 2023
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Bruggeman, Kevin (author)Friction damping is common in engineering structures for the purpose of energy dissipation and vibration control. Examples of applications are bolted connections and earthquake isolation systems. However, there is a shortage of works that investigate the effects of different contact materials on the energy dissipation performance and friction...master thesis 2023
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Ripepi, D. (author)In the last century, the indiscriminate use of fossil energy to power the industrial revolution and technological progress of humankind, has led to the depletion of limited natural resources and, most importantly, the emission and accumulation of alarming levels of pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. One of the major...doctoral thesis 2023
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Antonopoulos, Tasos (author)Navi Mumbai is a city designed to diffuse the overpopulation problem of Mumbai. However, there were villages in the area that developed informally alongside the formal city. These villages present several problems such as inadequate housing, identity loss, lack of infrastructure, lack of public space, overcrowding and crammed streets. There are...master thesis 2023
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Schumann, Tim (author)One million homes will be needed in the Netherlands by 2030. Prefabrication in the construction industry can contribute to construct affordable houses, but that results often in standardized and not customized designs. These repetitive designs can be overcome through the introduction of mass-customization in architecture. Computational...master thesis 2023
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Guo, Youwei (author), Xiao, Guoqing (author), Wang, Lingyuan (author), Chen, C. (author), Deng, Hongbo (author), Mi, Hongfu (author), Tu, Chu (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author)Pool fire is a typical example of fire accidents in chemical process industries. Since fire researchers have implemented a variety of measurements to gain insights into pool fire and to prevent fire disasters, there is a need to illustrate how pool fire models influence the risk assessment results. This review intends to consecutively discuss...review 2023
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Wang, Y. (author), Hosseinimehr, S.M. (author), Marelis, A.A. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)We develop a multiscale simulation strategy, namely, algebraic dynamic multilevel (ADM) method, for simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in fractured geothermal reservoirs under varying thermodynamic conditions. Fractures with varying conductivities are modeled using the projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) in an...journal article 2023
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Dragutinovic, Anica (author), Milovanović, Aleksandra (author), Stojanovski, Mihajlo (author), Damjanovska, Tea (author), Ðordevic, Aleksandra (author), Nikezić, Ana (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author), Deskova, Ana Ivanovska (author), Ivanovski, Jovan (author)The article presents the potentials and capacities of extracurricular activities such as student workshops for strengthening existing curricula and introducing emerging specialised areas, topics, and challenges into architectural higher education. The specific objective of this study is to enhance and test different pedagogical models for...journal article 2023
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Wang, Xintu (author), Hou, Feng (author), Li, Peng (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Liu, G. (author)The level of microplastics (MPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has been well evaluated by the particle number, while the mass concentration of MPs and especially nanoplastics (NPs) remains unclear. In this study, pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine the mass concentrations of MPs and NPs with different...journal article 2023
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Fuente, A. (author), Rivière-Marichalar, P. (author), Beitia-Antero, L. (author), Caselli, P. (author), Wakelam, V. (author), Esplugues, G. (author), Rodríguez-Baras, M. (author), Navarro-Almaida, D. (author), Cazaux, S.M. (author)Context. Gas phase Elemental abundances in molecular CloudS (GEMS) is an IRAM 30-m Large Program aimed at determining the elemental abundances of carbon (C), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and sulfur (S) in a selected set of prototypical star-forming filaments. In particular, the elemental abundance of S remains uncertain by several orders of...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Yuxuan (author), Zhai, Xiaoqiang (author), Zhang, Fengyuan (author), Zhang, Zhongbin (author), Hooman, K. (author), Zhang, Hai (author), Wang, Xiaolin (author)Enhancing gas-liquid mass transfer is key to promote gas hydrate formation kinetics. Encapsulation of CO<sub>2</sub> hydrate is expected to dramatically increase gas-liquid contact to enhance mass transfer. However, gas hydrate encapsulation has never been proposed as the technical issues of gas permeation through capsule shells have never...journal article 2023
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van der Sluis, Tetje C. (author), Beyrend, Guillaume (author), van der Gracht, Esmé T.I. (author), Abdelaal, T.R.M. (author), Jochems, Simon P. (author), Belderbos, Robert A. (author), Wesselink, Thomas H. (author), van Duikeren, Suzanne (author), Arens, Ramon (author)Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has the power to eradicate cancer, but the mechanisms that determine effective therapy-induced immune responses are not fully understood. Here, using high-dimensional single-cell profiling, we interrogate whether the landscape of T cell states in the peripheral blood predict responses to combinatorial targeting...journal article 2023
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Bahgat, T.M.S.M. (author), Wilfert, P.K. (author), Korving, Leon (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)The study evaluated the combined phosphorus, nitrogen, methane, and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) recovery from aerobic granular sludge (AGS) wastewater treatment plants. About 30% of sludge organics are recovered as EPS and 25–30% as methane (≈260 ml methane/g VS) by integrating alkaline anaerobic digestion (AD). It was shown that...journal article 2023
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de Winter, Jikke (author)Biosensing properties like mass, density and stiffness on a single cell level can help diagnose diseases. Mass sensing of cells and subcellular components is typically performed with resonant microstructures. Recently such microstructures were fabricated using an emerging 3D printing technique called two-photon polymerization (2PP) contrary to...master thesis 2022
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van Vliet, Rens (author)Ethiopia is a flourishing country with a rapidly growing economy and population. This is one of the reasons why the capital Addis Ababa is increasingly urbanizing. Due to the free market only providing housing for high incomes, many households live in poor conditions. In addition, these private developments are often built as gated communities...master thesis 2022
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Akella, Arun (author)The kato katz method was, and still is, an invaluable tool to diagnose schistosomiasis mansoni en masse in high and medium intensity infection areas that are economically backward. Due to the current sensitivity capabilities of 24 EPG, the standard kato katz method is unable to diagnose very low intensity infections. And even though alternatives...master thesis 2022
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Fluttert, Bob (author)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) believes that multiple solutions must be deployed simultaneously to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Carbon, Capture & Storage (CCS) is an unavoidable technique within this portfolio as an intermediate solution. CCS requires transport of CO<sub>2</sub> through...master thesis 2022
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Rudlang, Julia (author)The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is an important component of the climate system and is a key contributor to future sea level rise, as it is storing frozen water that would raise sea levels by 7.4 m should it all melt (Bamber et al., 2018). Of particular concern is the amount of global warming we are facing now and in the future, as it is becoming...master thesis 2022
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Govindasamy, Ilambharathi (author)Fluid flows such as rowing and animal flight involve both acceleration and vortex shedding. Some of such flows also involve complex fluids, as in blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle in a human heart. Among the complexities of such fluids, we are interested in the viscoelastic nature. The effect of acceleration in vortex...master thesis 2022