This thesis presents photon-counting intensity interferometry measurements of spectrally filtered thermal light (λ = 653 nm, Δλ ≈ 1 nm) using a zero-baseline Hanbury Brown–Twiss setup. Two single-photon detector technologies are compared: silicon avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) fabricated at TU Delft. Five configurations are investigated, progressing from an APD pair through single-pixel SNSPDs to four-pixel SNSPD arrays with TTCombin...
La crescente penetrazione delle fonti di energia rinnovabile, in particolare della generazione fotovoltaica, sta introducendo nuove sfide dinamiche nei moderni sistemi elettrici, tra cui l’insorgenza di oscillazioni di frequenza. Questa tesi indaga le condizioni in cui tali oscillazioni si manifestano e ne valuta l’impatto sulle unità di generazione sincrona, con particolare attenzione ai genset basati su motori a gas di INNIO Jenbacher. Attraverso simulazioni sistematiche, viene mostrato che...
Millions of children worldwide experience mental health issues due to repeated exposure to violence, war, maltreatment, and deprivation. This thesis provides a literature review examining Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) as a framework for understanding and addressing the effects of chronic interpersonal trauma in children. DTD is a proposed but still provisional construct that may help organize complex symptom profiles, including emotional, behavioral, relational, and developmental diffic...
Semantic dementia is a neurodegenerative syndrome within the frontotemporal dementia spectrum, currently classified as the semantic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA). It is characterized by a progressive deterioration of semantic memory, with severe anomia, impaired single-word comprehension, and loss of conceptual knowledge despite relatively preserved fluency, grammar, and articulation in the early stages. The present thesis describes a clinical case observed during a neuropsyc...
The generational divide between Digital Natives (DN), who grew up immersed in technology, and Digital Immigrants (DI) who adapted to it later in life may manifest in kinematically distinct typing behavior. The question of whether these kinematic differences are perceptually accessible to naive observers and how they manifest in explicit judgments was addressed through validating 12 video stimuli containing 4 actors, two of each group (DN, DI). Kinematic differences were assessed through Wilco...
The following pages discuss the role animals can play in relationships with people who struggle with the external world, not only helping them maintain a lifeline to outside social contexts, but also creating an internal bond that does not adhere to social norms individuals may find difficult to navigate.
This thesis begins by introducing the concept of companion animal, examining why humans and animals are drawn to one another in ways that extend mere utility or survival. Drawing on theoreti...
Individuals born into a fully digital world, termed Digital Natives (DN), have accumulated years of intensive two-thumb smartphone typing experience during developmentally sensitive periods, in contrast to Digital Immigrants (DI), who adopted technologies only in adulthood. This difference in sensorimotor history may produce distinct motor representations of smartphone typing, with potential consequences for how each group processes observed digital actions. The mirror neuron system is known ...
Smartphone typing is a common form of tool-mediated behavior that requires continuous coordination between the user’s motor system and a handheld digital device. Although research has often focused on keystrokes, typing speed, or finger movements, less is known about how the smartphone itself is stabilized and adjusted during interaction. Measuring device movement may provide a complementary behavioral window onto sensorimotor coordination, motor automaticity, digital expertise, and the influ...
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common and disabling psychiatric conditions globally, affecting around 3-6% of the population and causing significant difficulties across psychological, occupational, and social domains. Although established first-line treatments are available, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, many individuals with GAD either cannot access adequate care or do not respond sufficiently t...
Dimensionality reduction algorithms like DIABLO have become increasingly common across fields like genomics, computational biology, and neuroscience. However, their adoption comes with persistent challenges: different disciplines rely on different quality measures, assume different underlying geometries, and operate across incompatible feature spaces. This makes hyperparameter tuning one of the more overlooked yet consequential steps in any dimensionality reduction workflow. Current approache...
