E-commerce is transforming urban freight systems and creating challenges for last-mile delivery due to fragmented demand, high stop density, and diverse delivery models. This study examines last-mile e-commerce delivery in five cities, primarily focusing on parcel deliveries, and analyzes how the state …

Zhang Xuefeng (1984–2026) was a prominent Chinese education entrepreneur, lecturer, social-media influencer, and education consultant known for offering blunt, employment-oriented advice on university choice, major selection, and career planning. His public influence made visible a broader social problem: …

Due to growing power consumption and the energy transition, installation of high-voltage underground cables (HVUC) is becoming increasingly crucial for increasing transmission capacity while minimising societal and environmental disruption. This thesis, completed in a professional setting at Witteveen+Bos, …

Background: The number of older patients undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing, and a substantial proportion of these patients are frail. Frailty is associated with increased mortality, psychological complications, functional decline, and reduced health-related quality of life, complicating treatment …

The proposed research examines the international practicality of a large industrial production hall which is under development by GBS Plovdiv AD in Industrial Park Shumen, Bulgaria. The main goal is to evaluate whether the current technical design may be applied in different European regulatory and environmental …

This thesis investigates the structural feasibility of a vertical extension on an existing former industrial building located in Eltville am Rhein, Germany. The case study focuses on a former cocoa factory constructed in the 1960s, which was later partially converted into residential use. Due to the …

This graduation report is a comparison of settlement mitigation techniques for embankments built on soft ground in the Netherlands. The research is focused on the soft deltaic soil conditions in the Netherlands, where clay, peat, and organic clay layers can cause high settlements, slow consolidation, …

Cities and communities are central arenas for the global sustainability transition, and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is increasingly recognised as a key lever for the long-term societal learning this transition requires. Yet there is no systematic, transparent way to assess whether municipal …

In de gezondheidszorg zijn datasets van klinische onderzoeken vaak hoogdimensionaal en hebben ze een kleine steekproefomvang, wat het risico op overfitting vergroot. Bovendien richt onderzoek in deze context zich doorgaans niet alleen op de nauwkeurigheid van de resulterende modellen, maar ook op de …

A limited number of studies have addressed rural-urban differences in ageing in place, let alone at the spatial level of the dwelling, defined as ageing@home. Ageing@home in rural areas might be challenging, especially when health deteriorates and facilities and services may be less available or accessible …