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Horticulture crops and plants use only a limited part of the solar spectrum for their growth, the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); even within PAR, different spectral regions have different functionality for plant growth, and so different ...
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Aerogel fibers consist of up to 99.9% of air which leads to outstanding insulation proper-ties for e.g. house construction. The simple use of aerogel fibers as wallpaper could lead to 25% energy savings. According to calculations of Advanced ...
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‘Dieren in de dijk’ aims to address the issue of animal burrows in earthen levees, which compromise the integrity of flood protection systems in low-lying areas. Earthen levees attract animals that dig tunnels and cause damages, yet there is limited ...
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Top-up kan Hogeschool Rotterdam en haar partner Erasmus MC ondersteunen bij het verder verspreiden en consolideren van ons succesvolle onderzoeksprogramma SPIL (Selfmanagement & Participation Innovation Lab). Dit RAAK-Pro programma (2011-2015) heeft ...
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Slechts 25% van de Nederlanders eet dagelijks voldoende groente en fruit. Om de consumptie van groenten te verhogen startte in het najaar van 2015 het project Healthy Bites in opdracht van het bedrijf Agri & Franchise en het Lectoraat Groene ...
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Artificial grass is much more durable and easily maintained than natural grass and therefore finds use in a wide range of applications. The artificial grass system consists of various components which are currently predominantly made of non-...
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Rotating machinery, such as centrifugal pumps, turbines, bearings, and other critical systems, is the backbone of various industrial processes. Their failures can lead to significant maintenance costs and downtime. To ensure their continuous ...
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Logistics companies struggle to keep their supply chain cost-effective, reliable and sustainable, due to changing demand, increasing competition and growing service requirements. To remain competitive, processes must be efficient with low costs. Of ...
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Tango is among the most widespread world music genres nowadays. However, only partial information about the elements and techniques of composing, arranging and performing tango has been documented and made available so far. This research project ...
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The Dutch Environmental Vision and Mobility Vision 2050 promote climate-neutral urban growth around public transport stations, envisioning them as vibrant hubs for mobility, community, and economy. However, redevelopment often increases construction, ...
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Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology is necessary to help achieve the EU's 2050 climate goals, since it allows for net-negative emissions. This will be needed to offset historic emissions while working alongside with other CCU technologies. To make ...
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To decrease the environmental impact caused by the construction sector, biobased materials need to be further developed to allow better integration and acceptance in the market. Mycelium composites are innovative products, with intrinsic properties ...
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298 woorden: In the upcoming years the whole concept of mobility will radically change. Decentralization of energy generation, urbanization, digitalization of processes, electrification of vehicles and shared mobility are only some trends which have ...
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The project Decolonising Education: from Teachers to Leading Learners (DETeLL) aims to develop a multi-site approach for interventions towards inclusion and decolonisation in order to change the hierarchical nature of higher education in the ...
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Every year the police are confronted with an ever increasing number of complex cases involving missing persons. About 100 people are reported missing every year in the Netherlands, of which, an unknown number become victims of crime, and presumed ...
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The environmental toll of oil-based plastics has spurred the search for sustainable alternatives. One promising solution is the utilization of biobased degradable plastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). Polyhydroxyalkanoates are a family of ...
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Connecting Otherwise is an artistic/design research project initiated by The Hmm and the research department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Sandberg Instituut, alongside a consortium of invited stakeholders from the creative industries and ...
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The global market for the industrial manufacturing of recombinant proteins (RPS) is steadily increasing and demand will keep rising in years to come. Currently, RPs are already an integral part of disease therapeutics, agriculture and the chemical ...
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a pattern of alcohol use that involves having trouble controlling drinking behaviour, even when it causes health issues (addiction) or problems functioning in daily (social and professional) life. Moreover, festivals are ...
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TU Delft, in collaboration with Gravity Energy BV, has conducted a feasibility study on harvesting electric energy from wind and vibrations using a wobbling triboelectric nanogenerator (WTENG). Unlike conventional wind turbines, the WTENG converts ...
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The traffic safety of cyclists is under pressure. The number of fatalities and injuries is increasing, and the number of single-bicycle accidents is on the rise. However, from a traffic safety perspective, the most concerning trend is the growing ...
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