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Experiencing Social Transition: High Streets and Community Kitchens as Thresholds of Social progressRuppert, Mats (author)In a society where food poverty is affecting more and more people. The presence of social food initiatives, such as community kitchens, is of growing importance. This paper investigates London’s high streets in search of tools to achieve the acknowledgement of social food provision in the everyday life of society. Something which is still not...master thesis 2024
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Veldhuis, Robbin (author), Mulder, Max (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author)Understanding human perception of haptic feedback is critical when designing and regulating these interfaces. In recent years, experiments have been conducted to determine the just-noticeable difference (JND) in mass-spring-damper dynamics, using a hydraulic admittance display in the form of a side-stick. These experiments have resulted in a...journal article 2024
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Bley, Eoinlee (author)Mechanical computing systems have historically faced challenges in efficiently integrating computation and memory functions, often leading to complex designs and limited scalability in applications ranging from micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) to programmable matter. This study aims to address this issue by introducing a mechanical system...master thesis 2023
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De Boeck, Jan (author)In the context of prosthetic devices, the absence of natural sensory feedback poses a significant challenge, leading to limited proprioceptive sensation and reduced control over artificial limbs. This study explores the potential of establishing a magnetic connection between prosthetic devices and muscles to enhance proprioceptive feedback and...master thesis 2023
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Song, Dongdong (author), Yang, Xiaobao (author), Ch. Anastasopoulos, Panagiotis (author), Zu, Xingshui (author), Yue, Xianfei (author), Yang, Y. (author)Traffic barrier crashes have been a major concern in many prior studies in traffic safety literature, especially in the crash-prone sections of mountainous regions. However, the effect of factors affecting the injury-severities resulting from crashes involving different types of traffic barriers may be different. This paper provides an...journal article 2023
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Haarbosch, Steven (author)In the Netherlands, the coastlands act as the principal protection against the sea. Without human interventions, the Dutch coast would be eroding due to an imbalance in the sediment budget of the coastal zone. The preferred coastal management strategy is sand nourishment, which have become larger in scale and more complex over the last 70 years....master thesis 2023
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Remmerswaal, Evan (author)Objective: This work focuses on the feasibility of using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissues in real-time alongside the GI tract. This is to see whether it is possible to support surgeons when taking biopsies, or to see if it is possible to make biopsies obsolete with EIS. Methods: The...master thesis 2023
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de Reij, Segher (author)This research presents the design and implementation of a fault diagnosis filter for a high-fidelity simulation model of the AB383 wire bonder. Fault diagnosis, which consists of detecting, isolating, and estimating faults, enables more effective maintenance strategies and potentially mitigates costly downtime in high-precision motion and...master thesis 2023
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Schreurs, Sanette (author)Since the introduction of neoliberalism in the 1980s, housing has transformed from a social good to a market commodity, resulting in housing policies’ focus shifting from resilience to efficiency. The shift greatly affected the Global South, where an overwhelming amount of housing was, and still is, required (Syllabus Intro). Several initiatives...master thesis 2023
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Dardzińska, Weronika (author)This research aims to uncover the hidden/overlooked potential of high streets, which will contribute to enhancing their quality and highlighting the significant role these streets play in the formation and creation of community spaces in the city. The design aims to use the opportunities of different spots along the shopping streets that are...master thesis 2023
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Zhong, BingXiang (author)Rank detection is crucial in array processing applications, as many algorithms rely on accurately estimating the rank of the data matrix to ensure optimal performance. Under Gaussian white noise, rank can be detected through eigenvalue analysis. However, in arbitrary noise, prewhitening the data matrix with the noise covariance matrix is...master thesis 2023
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Schupp, Eleen (author)When a person suffers from severe to profound hearing loss, a cochlear implant (CI) can aid in restoring auditory perception and speech comprehension. To obtain good speech comprehension, fitting of a CI to the user’s specific characteristics is crucial. Fitting can be a time-consuming process which requires the cooperation of a CI user and is...master thesis 2023
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Sharma, Sumeet (author)The main purpose of a radar is to detect, recognize, and track objects of interest. When it is known that only a single target is present, the matched filter is proven to be optimal detector. However, in practice, a radar scene often consists of multiple targets. For example, in air surveillance and monitoring applications, multiple aircrafts...master thesis 2023
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Froman, Jessie (author)This project focuses on the layered history and current situation of District Six in Cape Town, South Africa, which saw forced removals and demolition of non-white residents' homes under the apartheid regime. With only 108 families being allowed to return over the last 55 years later, this project looks at the impact of restitution housing 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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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented integrated electromigration (EM) studies through experiment, theory, and simulation. First, extensive EM tests were performed using Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like structures, which were fabricated on four-inch wafers. Second, a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation-based...journal article 2023
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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented a comprehensive experimental and simulation study for thermomigration (TM) accompanying electromigration (EM) at elevated current densities. Both Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like test structures, with aluminum (Al) as a carrier, were used for testing and analysis. In Part I of...journal article 2023
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Bieber, M.T. (author), Verhagen, W.J.C. (author), Cosson, Fabrice (author), Santos, Bruno F. (author)Spacecraft systems collect health-related data continuously, which can give an indication of the systems’ health status. While they rarely occur, the repercussions of such system anomalies, faults, or failures can be severe, safety-critical and costly. Therefore, the data are used to anticipate any kind of anomalous behaviour. Typically this is...journal article 2023
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Macallister, N. (author), Chellu, Sreyas (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Scott, S.P. (author), Ayas, C. (author), Popovich, V. (author), Becker, Thorsten Hermann (author)Sub-size specimen testing offers a potentially elegant solution to accompany fatigue life assessments in determining vital fatigue parameters such as effective fatigue crack growth propagation thresholds (ΔK<sub>th,eff</sub>). Additively manufactured parts stand to benefit from this in potential build-by-build fatigue validation without...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