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Slöetjes, Loes (author)In 2008 more than 50 percent of all people, 3.3 billion people, lived in urban areas according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund, n.d.). By 2030 this will be approximately 5 billion (Lea, 2017). On the one hand, with fast urban growth also come challenges in the way we build and manage cities. On the...master thesis 2021
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Crompvoets, JPA (author)Over the past decade, a new concept for the power grid called the smart grid emerged, to enable two way energy transport and communication. With this new smart grid architecture many opportunities for control methods arise. While this can improve the efficiency of the power grid, all these methods require communication, which is a limited...master thesis 2021
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Op den Orth, Sara (author)Within the context of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, reentrancy is a well-known and well-researched smart contract vulnerability. However, when considering GoQuorum, an Ethereum soft fork, barely any research discussing smart contract vulnerabilities exists. This report aims to partly fill this research gap by evaluating the reentrancy smart...bachelor thesis 2021
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Slager, Cheyenne (author)GoQuorum is an enterprise blockchain platform that supports smart contracts and allows for private transactions. Smart contracts enable automated payment while eliminating the need for third-party involvement. Previous attacks on smart contracts have already shown that existing vulnerabilities can lead to great financial losses. Yet, a study...bachelor thesis 2021
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Paulsen, Cathrine (author)Hyperledger Fabric is a permissioned enterprise blockchain allowing organizations to collaborate and automate processes via smart contracts. However, these contracts could contain security vulnerabilities leading to unexpected behavior or other negative consequences. Therefore, this study takes a closer look at three reported smart contract...bachelor thesis 2021
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Tjiam, Kevin (author)Smart contracts on Ethereum enable billions of dollars of value to be transacted in a decentralised, transparent and trustless environment. However, adversaries lie await in the Dark Forest, waiting to exploit any and all smart contract vulnerabilities in order to extract profits from unsuspecting victims in this new financial system. As the...bachelor thesis 2021
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Duveen, Sem (author)Large volumes of medical data (MD) are continuously generated by the healthcare domain. When sharing these data, issues arise regarding privacy and security. To solve these issues, a permissioned blockchain (BC) can be used, but since blockchains do not have access control (AC) as a default feature, the integration of an access control system ...bachelor thesis 2021
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Stepanov, Paul (author)The following paper aims to investigate what and how are the main privacy-preserving methods applied in the blockchain-based supply chain industry scenario, with a primary focus on the food sector. Recent developments, such as the exordium of cryptocurrencies to increment efficiency, are withal addressed. Overviews of key use cases in industry...bachelor thesis 2021
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de Goeje, Ludo (author)This document reports the exploration of the development of a context-specific strip reader for an innovative lateral flow test detecting schistosomiasis. Schistosomiasis is a common poverty-related parasitic disease in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Transmission happens in infested water, putting especially children at risk....master thesis 2021
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El Coudi El Amrani, Nafie (author)Reentrancy attacks target smart contracts of Decentralized Finance systems that contain coding errors caused by developers. This type of attacks caused, in the past 5 years, the loss of over 400 million USD. Several countermeasures were developed that use patterns to detect reentrancy attacks on smart contracts before deployment on the Ethereum...bachelor thesis 2021
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Cazemier, Lars (author)On January 30, 2020, the WHO Emergency Committee declared a global health emergency based on increasing reports of Chinese and international cases. The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 has also affected education systems around the world. This means that more than 1.6 billion students, representing 91% of all students in the world, have felt the...master thesis 2021
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Zhang, Yixiang (author)The warehousing sector is among the top when it comes to the risk of developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), in particular low back pain (LBP). In this sector, LBP is a prevalent issue, due to the nature of the job of lifting and moving (heavy) objects around. The issue has significant implications for the workers’ health, in...master thesis 2021
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KOUKELLI, CHRISTINA (author)Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to help reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact, while improving the indoor comfort conditions. The thesis explores the potentials of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for the design of autoreactive facade systems without using additional energy....master thesis 2021
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Kumar Yash, Kumar (author)Electric vehicles (EVs) are going to take over the conventional cars industry like a wave in the foreseeable future. The exponential increase in sales of EVs is seen and market study has predicted that EV sales will increase by 15%–20% of total new vehicle sales by the year 2035. Despite being superior to fuel-driven vehicles, the increase in...master thesis 2021
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Deng, Shanliang (author)With the development of biomedical technology such as optogenetics, optoelectronics devices, especially light-emitting diode(LED), becomes wildly used in biomedical researches and applications. Unlike traditional illumination and display applications, biomedical applications have more unique requirements like intensity and response speed. The...master thesis 2021
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van den Brink, Corne (author)A smart home can be defined as a system of connected devices that are controlled remotely from one central place. Smart home solutions used to be for early adopters who like the novel and fun part of this new technology. Currently the smart Home market is moving to mainstream users. Hombli is a smart home brand established in 2019 in the...master thesis 2021
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Aarts, Resy (author)Electrochromic materials exhibit a reversible color change that is triggered by an applied voltage. Controlled color change, low voltage operation and the memory effect are three unique material properties defining electrochromic materials. As a result of an electron transfer or redox reaction, the material is able to switch between its bleached...master thesis 2021
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Monster, Tamara (author)This project focussed on the use of smart textiles for full body posture monitoring and exploring the potential of a tight fitting catsuit to measure posture close to the body. A full body monitoring system (FBMS) that is wearable and easy to use, was found to be most relevant in the domain of first line care physical therapy(PT). As the form of...master thesis 2021
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Post, Tanja (author)As the efficiency of silicon (Si) photovoltaic (PV) moves ever closer to the theoretical limit, 2-junction PV becomes increasingly interesting. Since PV cells are tested under standard test conditions (STC), but real world working conditions differ, it is interesting to see how 2-junction PV performs worldwide in different climates. Worldwide...master thesis 2021
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ten Boske, Lisette (author)In the future, the energy supply will primarily consist of energy from renewables, which makes energy producers and grid operators fear that grid security and reliability could be threatened. On top of a more fluctuating supply, energy demand is also expected to increase in the coming years, especially if heating will be electrical when gas is...master thesis 2021