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Broertjes, Thomas (author)In response to the urgent need for renewable energy amidst the escalating impacts of global warming, this study delves into the forefront of wind energy research, particularly focusing on the innovative Multi-Rotor System (MRS). The MRS concept offers a promising departure from the prevailing trend of scaling up traditional turbines, instead...master thesis 2024
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Wong, Olivia (author)This research provides a framework to evaluate participation processes and their contribution to citizen support for top-ups. The findings have illustrated how participation processes contribute to the support for top-ups by using a context-specific approach, adjusting the level of participation to the needs of both current and future residents,...master thesis 2024
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Colsen, Quincy (author)This thesis focuses on a vertical farming system designed for growing crops. The system’s deficiencies were identified during a company visit where the system was operating. An analysis was conducted to see when all deficiencies would be resolved. It revealed that the vertical farm robot had to be redesigned to grab seven benches deep to...master thesis 2024
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Li, Martin (author)In recent years, the rapid advancements in big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence have led to a corresponding rise in privacy concerns. One of the solutions to address these concerns is federated learning. In this thesis, we will look at the setting of vertical federated learning based on tree models. We have built a system that...master thesis 2024
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Kwakman, Rik (author)The Netherlands is grappling with a substantial housing crisis, marked by an estimated shortage of 380,000 houses. To address this issue, an annual creation of 100,000 new housing units is deemed necessary. However, the current construction rate stands at only 70,000 houses per year, indicating a considerable gap in resolving the housing crisis....master thesis 2024
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Rashad, Mohamed (author)Autoencoders are popular neural networks that are able to compress high dimensional data to extract relevant latent information. TabNet is a state-of-the-art neural network model designed for tabular data that utilizes an autoencoder architecture for training. Vertical Federated Learning (VFL) is an emerging distributed machine learning paradigm...master thesis 2023
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Baricchio, Matteo (author)Solar photovoltaic (PV) has seen the most rapid growth among the renewable energy sources in the last decade. The market share of bifacial PV modules is expected to rise up to 70% in 2033. Such technology enables different farm configurations; however, it introduces complexities during the modelling phase, particularly concerning the estimation...master thesis 2023
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van Reeuwijk, Hugo (author)Vertical greening systems (VGS), i.e. vegetated building facades, can harness the benefits of nature to contribute to resilient and healthy cities. A lack of guidelines for the early selection and design of VGS currently limits implementation. Based on a literature study and expert interviews, this thesis proposes a multi-criteria framework and...master thesis 2023
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Shankar, Aditya (author)Vertical federated learning’s (VFL) immense potential for time series forecasting in industrial applications such as predictive maintenance and machine control remains untapped. Critical challenges to be addressed in the manufacturing industry include small and noisy datasets, model explainability, and stringent privacy requirements for training...master thesis 2023
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Verhoeven, Cas (author)The urban heat island effect is a well-known and pressing problem in cities today related to urbanisation. It is the phenomenon of an increased ambient air temperature in cities compared to the surrounding rural areas. The use of nature-based solutions has been proposed as a way to help solve this problem. These interventions use nature and...master thesis 2023
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Wielaard, Bram (author)This thesis describes the process of designing a visual effect to replace the needle indicator of a rattrapante complication. The mechanisms of the chronograph and rattrapante are explained as well as the importance of aesthetics in the luxury watchmaking industry. After establishing a method to determine a feasible design, the criteria that...master thesis 2023
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Buijnsters, Jan (author)Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) growth will result in an explosion of data generated by connected devices. Adapting 5G and 6G technology could be the leading enabler of the broad possibilities of connecting IIoT devices in masses. However, the edge solution has some disadvantages, such as the loss of resource elasticity...master thesis 2023
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Verbraeken, Koen (author)As a solution to declining availability of famland and as an alternative to unsustainable vertical farming, this thesis proposes a new farming practice: hybrid urban vertical farming. It has a high footprint utilization and combines vertical farming with daylight utilization. This is a summary of the research and results. <br/><br/>This research...master thesis 2023
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Schönthaler, Rick (author)This thesis comprises of vertical deformation differences in high-rise structures where a concrete stability core is combined with a timber frame. The timber frame consists out of prefab timber modules which derive all lateral stability from the concrete core. Due to contrasting elastic, hygroexpansion and viscoelastic properties there is a...master thesis 2023
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Janssen, Guy (author)The application of vertical greening systems (VGS) onto building envelopes constitutes an innovative way to implement more green in the living environment. Especially in dense urban areas, where only limited space is available to integrate more horizontal greening at ground level, VGS have the potential to contribute towards creating a greener,...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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Rang, Thijs (author)Urban living has many advantages but also has its fair share of issues. This thesis tries to indicate the urban issues that can be solved by implementing vertical green systems (VGS). A literature review is undertaken, and expert interviews are held to examine socio-ecological criteria. The criteria heat stress, air pollution, water stress,...master thesis 2022
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Pleijt, Lisa (author)The goal of this research is to understand the types of data sources and their applications within vertical farms. It does so from both a systems and a people’s perspective. From the systems perspective, literature research was conducted to find definitions of prevailing industry system definitions, metrics and KPIs. For the people’s perspective...master thesis 2022
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Marting, Louis (author)Terahertz astronomy has been exceptionally unexplored until the last decades due to a technological gap, but exactly at these wavelengths the most distant galaxies appear very bright. Efficient instruments that are capable of spectrometry are essential in understanding the physics of these distant objects. Within the framework of this thesis, an...master thesis 2022
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Güngen, Berna (author)In current spatial orientation models, vertical acceleration (heave) is not coupled with pilot pitch perception, although such a coupling may be present. Therefore, in this study it is investigated whether a heave cue can increase perceived pitch in pilots.<br/><br/>Airline pilots (n = 20) performed a pitch perception task in a hexapod simulator...master thesis 2022