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de Bie, Melissa (author)Introduction<br/>Patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) poses a significant challenge in the management of mechanically ventilated patients, contributing to adverse clinical outcomes. Current methods of detecting PVA rely on visual assessment by clinicians, leading to subjectivity and inconsistency. Therefore, there is a need for automated...master thesis 2024
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Volkers, Bas (author)Individualizing mechanical ventilation treatment regimes remains a challenge in the intensive care unit (ICU). Reinforcement Learning (RL) offers the potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality risk, by optimizing ventilation treatment regimes. We focus on the Offline RL setting, using Offline Policy Evaluation (OPE), specifically...master thesis 2024
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Francovich, Juliette (author)Many patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) depend on mechanical ventilation due to conditions such as severe lung disease, traumatic brain injury, or postoperative coma. While mechanical ventilation is a potentially life-saving intervention, it also has harmful side effects. Especially in patients with lung disease, such as the acute...master thesis 2024
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van den Engel, P.J.W. (author)An overview is given of the state-of-the-art of natural and hybrid ventilation in buildings in general. The focus of this paper is on boundary conditions for openable windows. As a case study the Co Creation Centre at the TU-Delft is discussed. Occupants live in their own houses and often in an office or other working environments as well. Due...journal article 2024
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Lans, J.L.A. (author), Mathijssen, N.M.C. (author), Bode, A. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), van der Elst, M. (author), Luscuere, P (author)Background<br/>The operating room (OR) department is one of the most energy-intensive departments of a hospital. The majority of ORs in the Netherlands have an air-handling installation with an ultra-clean ventilation system. However, not all surgeries require an ultra-clean OR.<br/><br/>Aim<br/>To determine the effect of reducing the air change...journal article 2024
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van de Kamp, Lars (author), Reinders, Joey (author), Hunnekens, Bram (author), Oomen, T.A.E. (author), van de Wouw, Nathan (author)Patient-ventilator asynchrony is one of the largest challenges in mechanical ventilation and is associated with prolonged ICU stay and increased mortality. The aim of this paper is to automatically detect and classify the different types of patient-ventilator asynchronies during a patient's breath using the typically available data on...journal article 2024
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Hu, Nan (author), Lans, J.L.A. (author), Gram, Annika (author), Luscuere, P (author), Sadrizadeh, Sasan (author)This article investigates the efficacy of temperature-controlled airflow systems in modern operating rooms for contaminant control, a critical factor in preventing surgical site infections. We have conducted experimental measurements in an operating room equipped with temperature-controlled ventilation to map the airflow field and contaminant...journal article 2024
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Ibrahim, Yara (author)Despite being a critical aspect in improving the building stock’s environmental performance and achieving the global environmental goals, the retrofit of traditional historic buildings is hindered by a lack of comprehensive guidelines tailored to their complex building physics and heritage preservation requirements. The conventional retrofit...master thesis 2023
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Smits, Floor (author)Critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients require a substantial amount of energy to meet their basic metabolic demands, as well as for their recovery, spontaneous breathing, gaining of strength, and weaning from the ventilator. It is important for patients to use their energy as efficient as possible at all stages of the disease and...master thesis 2023
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Pan, Xiao Guang (author)The closure of educational institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic had significant negative impacts, emphasizing the need to keep schools open while ensuring safety. It is crucial to find ways to keep educational institutions open while ensuring the safety of students and staff. While measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing have...master thesis 2023
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Alhamad, Alaa (author)This project aims to transform an old vacant office former tax building in Leeuwarden into a healthy living community, enhancing the health and well-being of its residents. By creating a welcoming environment with green spaces and amenities, the project promotes physical and mental well-being, community engagement, and high quality of life. The...master thesis 2023
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Kolmas, Mats (author)This paper investigates the potential of passively lowering the operational energy requirement of performance buildings in the Central European Climate. The energy consumption of this typology is largely caused by mechanical ventilation to cool and ventilate the theatre during shows, necessary for the thermal comfort and ventilation requirements...master thesis 2023
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Yüksel, Serhan (author)Occupants are often unaware of window opening strategies that can enhance their well-being and reduce energy consumption. Window feedback systems that indicate when to manually operate a window have become a strategy for enhancing the indoor climate, occupant’s satisfaction and energy efficiency. These systems are recognized for providing the...master thesis 2023
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Ihaddouchen, Imane (author)Introduction: In intensive care units (ICU), the most significant life support technology for patients with acute respiratory failure is mechanical ventilation. A mismatch between ventilatory support and patient demand is referred to as patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA), and it is associated with a series of adverse...master thesis 2023
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Slooff, Femke (author)The importance of air quality, especially humidity, temperature and CO2 levels, makes for the implementation of primarily mechanical ventilation techniques in modern-day swimming pools. Because it is believed that mechanically ventilated buildings have more accessible climate control abilities (Lévesque, 2015). However, with today’s climate...master thesis 2023
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Ding, Er (author), Zhang, D. (author), Hamida, A.B. (author), Garcia Sanchez, C. (author), Jonker, Lotte (author), de Boer, Annemarijn R. (author), Bruijning, Patricia C.J.L. (author), Linde, Kimberly J. (author), Wouters, Inge M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of ventilation was widely stressed and new protocols of ventilation were implemented in school buildings worldwide. In the Netherlands, schools were recommended to keep the windows and doors open, and after a national lockdown more stringent measures such as reduction of occupancy were introduced. In...journal article 2023
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Seol, Hyeonji (author), Arztmann, Daniel (author), Kim, Naree (author), Balderrama, A. (author)Natural ventilation in a building is an effective way to achieve acceptable indoor air quality. Ventilation dilutes contaminants such as bioeffluents generated by occupants, substances emitted from building materials, and the water vapor generated by occupants’ activities. In a building that requires heating and cooling, adequate ventilation is...journal article 2023
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Hobeika, N. (author), Garcia Sanchez, C. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)The corona pandemic underlined a lack of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and<br/>ventilation. Consequently, to limit the spread of the virus, researchers explored several indicators that, through different approaches, assess IAQ and ventilation performance in indoor spaces. This paper gives an overview of those indicators and assessment methods used to...abstract 2023
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van de Kamp, Lars (author), Hunnekens, Bram (author), van de Wouw, Nathan (author), Oomen, T.A.E. (author)Estimation of relevant lung parameters and the breathing effort of a ventilated patient is essential to keep track of the patient's clinical condition. The aim of this paper is to investigate the major challenges of estimating the patient's condition with parametric models. The main method is a linear regression framework, where...journal article 2023
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Reinders, Joey (author), Giaccagli, Mattia (author), Hunnekens, Bram (author), Astolfi, Daniele (author), Oomen, T.A.E. (author), Van De Wouw, Nathan (author)Repetitive control (RC) has shown to achieve superior rejection of periodic disturbances. Many nonlinear systems are subject to repeating disturbances. The aim of this article is to develop a continuous-time RC design with stability guarantees for nonlinear Lur'e-type systems. Approximate output tracking is achieved by combining an internal...journal article 2023