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Kaiser, Alina (author)Global temperatures are rising, and climate change is leading to an increase in extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, storms and fires (WMO, 2022). The increase in unusually hot days and heatwaves is also noticeable in Melbourne, Australia. By 2050, Melbourne is projected to have an annual average of 16 hot days above 35°C ...master thesis 2023
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Germanò, Gaia (author)The present research delves into the social aspects of food, commensality, and food rituals. It investigates the interplay between embodied gestures, artifacts, and language in shaping food cultures. To do this, the study delves into the acculturation of dietary habits within two multicultural communities in the Netherlands, mixed households of...master thesis 2023
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Oudhof, Tamay (author)Society currently faces many complex and significant challenges, dilemmas that lack straightforward solutions and are deeply interconnected. These problems demand a transformative approach that involves reevaluating people’s values, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. Amidst these ongoing challenges, there is a collective hint of pessimism...master thesis 2023
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SUN, Yingtao (author)Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer disease worldwide with highly fatal. It has accounted for 10% of the global cancer incidence (Bray et al., 2018). In the Netherlands, patients who have undergone treatment and surgery for colorectal cancer typically enter a five-year follow-up phase. During this period, patients often experience...master thesis 2023
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Charoenchim, Napaskorn (author)As architects encounter challenges when comprehending and fulfilling the requirements of users and other stakeholders involved in the<br/>architectural design project, participatory design, which involves non-architects in the design process, is perceived as one of the solutions. It is a developing practice that can lead to greater engagement of...master thesis 2023
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Ahn, Sinyoung (author)Behavioural data that shows how and what people do could help designers unlock new ideas and perspectives about their users. However, collecting this data is expensive and time-consuming, and ethical concerns inevitably arise because the data often contains personal information. Ortega presents designerly data donation as an efficient and...master thesis 2023
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Visser, Rose (author)95 % of all the buildings in the Netherlands rely on natural gas for heat. But in just 30 years, all of these 7 million homes must have said goodbye to gas forever. A complex project, since the alternative to gas, is not a one size fits all solution. There are several options and their feasibility is highly dependent on the neighborhood context....master thesis 2022
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Saini, Raghav (author)Engineering has a significant cultural component in addition to its widespread perception as an engine of innovation and economic growth. This cultural component corresponds to how users and communities react or adapt to technological innovations and their influence on the advancement of such innovations. Hence, it is critical to prioritize the...master thesis 2022
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Schneijdenberg, Lieke (author)70% of the change initiatives fail to achieve their objectives (Kerber & Buono, 2005). Peak4 is a consultancy firm that helps companies implement change by focusing on culture, human interactions, and personal guidance on four levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The project’s objective is to explore how creativity techniques...master thesis 2022
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Pandey, Harshitaa (author)Machine learning is still one of the most rapidly growing fields, and is used in a variety of different sectors such as education, healthcare, financial modeling etc(Jordan and Mitchell 2015). However, along with this demand for machine learning algorithms, there comes a need for ensuring that these algorithms are fair and contain little to no...bachelor thesis 2022
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Noritsyna, Eva (author)The ability to identify and mitigate various risks and harms of using Machine Learning models in industry is an essential task. Specifically because these may produce harmful outcomes for stakeholders, including unfair or discriminatory results. Due to this there has been substantial research into the concepts of fairness and its metrics, bias...bachelor thesis 2022
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Dzelme, Rihards (author)We are at the beginning of the most significant societal change since the internet. We are transitioning from a 2-dimensional browser-based interaction to immersive 3-dimensional experiences. The metaverse is not a place or a destination but a state where technology and ecosystem are symbiotic. <br/>Digital Twins, interactive toolkits,...master thesis 2022
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Fischer, Berend (author)Royal Schiphol Group is the overarching organisation of multiple airports, among which Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. As the world around these airports is quickly changing with aviation under pressure, and a huge amount of new potential modalities, RSG is in need of an approach to deal with new kinds of modalities. This project was executed for...master thesis 2022
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Gispen, Coosje (author)This thesis set out to explore the meaning of autonomy and use this knowledge to create a tool for designers to communicate the complexity of the concept with their clients. In today’s society, we value autonomy and we strive to ensure that everyone can lead their life as autonomous as possible. In fact, we view autonomy as ultimate independence...master thesis 2022
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Belting, Renée-Claire (author), den Blaauwen, P.P. (author), Melgar, Adriana (author), Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author)Smallholders are the backbone of livelihoods in the Global South. Yet, many remain water- and energy-insecure. For this challenge, this study presents a toolkit to stimulate the sustained adoption of renewable energy-powered water pumps for smallholder irrigation. A human-centered design method was used to co-create it. It first consisted of a...journal article 2022
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Röggla, Thomas (author), Striner, Alina (author), Rivas Pagador, Héctor (author), Cesar, Pablo (author)This work presents the Co-Creation Space, a multilingual platform for professional and community artists to 1) generate raw artistic ideas, and 2) discuss and reflect on the shared meaning of those ideas. The paper describes the architecture and the technology behind the platform, and how it was used to facilitate the communication process...conference paper 2022
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Lupetti, M.L. (author), Romagnoli, L. (author)This work illustrates and reflects on the design process of MLTK01, an open-source toolkit for fast prototyping tangible learning things, built on top of Arduino and ml5js. The toolkit was developed as a response to the current lack of fast and easy to use tools for tangible experiments with machine learning. Learning from insights gained...conference paper 2022
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MUHAMMAD RAYYAN, Rayyan (author)The application of reliability analysis in geotechnical engineering is relatively new compared to the other sections of civil engineering such as structural engineering and hydraulic engineering. However, due to its increases use in recent years, reliability analysis is planned to be included extensively in the upcoming Eurocode 7 (EN 1997)....student report 2021
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Aukes, Regina (author)This graduation project explores the barriers to the implementation of change in the municipality of Amsterdam. The change initiative is a new contract for the public procurement, named the collaboration agreement, after one of the two main criteria, collaboration and innovation. As a result of this thesis the 'detection, action, reflection'...master thesis 2021
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van Deursen, Julian (author)We have come to a point in time where we can no longer just vision, but must act. We are talking about the transition from waste to material. The normal course of business around raw materials is a heavily environmentally polluting business, which contributes to global warming. In 2015, 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement, agreeing to a...master thesis 2021