Renewable energy systems are a crucial technological development needed to combat climate change. This thesis covers the design and implementation of a mathematical optimization model, which calculates the lowest cost of hydrogen for certain renewable energy system configurations. The output of the model …

Within BAM Infra (Netherlands) there is a 3D concrete printing facility already. This is the Europe's first commercial and industrial production location for 3D printing of concrete elements for bridges. The idea now for BAM (International) is to also include composite materials in the design of temporary …

Spierechografie wordt op dit moment niet optimaal benut in ziekenhuizen. Dit komt mede doordat er veel ervaring nodig is om spierechografiebeelden te beoordelen. Om minder ervaren beoordelaars in de toekomst te helpen wordt er in dit onderzoek een nieuw visueel scoresysteem getest. Uit dit onderzoek …

De gouden standaard bij de diagnose COVID19 is de RT-PCR test. De accuratesse van die test kan echter in twijfel worden getrokken. Doel van het onderzoek is het bepalen van de waarde van de CT-thorax bij de diagnose COVID19. Bij de beoordeling van CT-thorax worden CORADS en CTSS gebruikt. De gevonden …

In March 2020 life as we know it changed abruptly and indefinitely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. From one day to the next people were expected to work from home, while not everyone was equally equipped to do so in a safe and healthy manner. During a period of four months research was conducted …

by using the design thinking method research is done to find out how audio impacts the user experience and what ways there are for the implementation of audio. A prototype, featuring an Augmented Reality will be built and used as a way of testing. The results indicate that for the implementation of audio …

More than three decades after the fall of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the expected triumph of the liberal democracy did not prove to be a straightforward phenomenon. The post-communist states entered the process of democratization with the plan of reuniting with their Western …

As food waste contributes to being a social, economic, and environmental problem, more research is needed for the prevention and management of food waste in food service enterprises. Thus, this report was written to gain more information about how the prevention and management of food waste and how this …

The transition towards sustainable, healthy diets in Europe is necessary to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is well established that meat production and consumption are unsustainable from environmental and health …

Paradiplomacy is a recent phenomenon in the field of international relations that entails the decentralization of political power, causing subnational governments to develop international relation. This development is most notable in federal states, since federalization allows for certain autonomy and …