This thesis aims to evaluate the potential of an aluminum extension to improve the operational service level of the Zeelandbrug, in terms of capacity and safety. This encompasses assessing the bridge's current performance, investigating evolving regional transport demands, defining improvement priorities, …

Professionals komen regelmatig in situaties zonder simpele antwoorden, zijn actief bezig met nieuwe kennis en ontwikkelen zichzelf een leven lang. In leergemeenschappen waar verschillende werelden samenkomen om discipline-overstijgend te werken aan maatschappelijke vraagstukken zijn deze vaardigheden …

This thesis focuses on optimizing the structural design and cost efficiency of an industrial electrical room for a large-scale data center located in Eemshaven, Netherlands. The industrial hall is designed to accommodate a 5-ton gantry crane integral to the installation and maintenance of heavy electrical …

Climate change calls for an energy transition utilizing all available renewable energy resources, such as bioenergy from biomass. However, the use of biomass is debated in society, and public acceptance is low or lacking. This survey-based research demonstrates for the first time that public acceptance …

The project ‘Rooted Together’ aims at creating a community for people in need of social and mental support. The project area is Goitside, a historic industrial neighborhood in Bradford, UK. It has become a derelict fringe area within the main city, without a social structure but still with some support …

Attitudes of mental health professionals towards the use of coercion are highly relevant concerning its use coercion in mental healthcare, as mental health professionals have to weigh ethical arguments and decide within a legal frame in which situations to use coercion or not. Therefore, assessment of …

Analyse van twee gedichten van Mary Szybist over de bijbelse annunciatie. De gedichten maken gebruik van het performatieve aspect van lyrische poëzie om de besloten, fatalistische uitkomst die typisch geassocieerd wordt met de annunciatie uit te dagen en op te schorten. De verdeling en toekenning van …

Het huidige product dient momenteel alleen als schrijftafel en is alleen geschikt voor de kolomstoelen omdat het mechanisme bevestigd is op een gasveer. Het tafelblad is momenteel klein en 360 graden te roteren, evenals het frame waarop het tafelblad bevestigd zit. De tafel is niet verstelbaar in hoogte …

Vacant land can provide social and ecological benefits to cities as they are informally used by people and spontaneously populated by animals and plant-life. However, planners and policy makers often frame vacant land as ‘empty’, ‘blank’ spaces, making it difficult to acknowledge informal and more-than-human …