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van der Slikke, R.M.A. (author), de Leeuw, Arie-Willem (author), de Rooij, Aleid (author), Berger, M.A.M. (author)Within rehabilitation, there is a great need for a simple method to monitor wheelchair use, especially whether it is active or passive. For this purpose, an existing measurement technique was extended with a method for detecting self- or attendant-pushed wheelchair propulsion. The aim of this study was to validate this new detection method by...journal article 2024
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van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Deng, Tianyi (author), Spit, Tiza (author), Luimstra, Veerle (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author), van Halem, D. (author)Organic micropollutants (OMPs) enter the aquatic environment via municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). As conventional WWTPs have limited capacity for the removal of OMPs, additional processes are required, like ozone - granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration. A specific lay-out of this process is the O3-STEP® process, in which the...journal article 2024
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Koerten, K.O. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Zgonnikov, A. (author)Traffic jams occurring on highways cause increased travel time as well as increased fuel consumption and collisions. So-called phantom traffic jams are traffic jams that do not have a clear cause, such as a merging on-ramp or an accident. Phantom traffic jams make up 50% of all traffic jams and result from instabilities in the traffic flow...journal article 2024
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Ribeiro Pinela, Sara (author), Larasati, Amanda (author), Meulepas, Roel J.W. (author), Gagliano, Maria Cristina (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author), Bruning, Harry (author), Rijnaarts, Huub H.M. (author)(Bio)fouling is the most common problem in membrane processes used in water production. It is also a reported unavoidable problem, with mitigation strategies being frequently ineffective in addressing this problem. An ultrapure water plant (UPW) in Emmen (The Netherlands), fed with secondary effluent, comprises the following subsequent...journal article 2024
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Wang, Q. (author), Lechtenfeld, Oliver J. (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), Schuster, Jonas (author), Ernst, Mathias (author), Hofman-Caris, Roberta (author), Kaesler, Jan (author), Wang, Chunmiao (author), Yang, Min (author), Yu, Jianwei (author), Zietzschmann, F.E. (author)Activated carbon is employed for the adsorption of organic micropollutants (OMPs) from water, typically present in concentrations ranging from ng L<sup>−1</sup> to μg L<sup>−1</sup>. However, the efficacy of OMP removal is considerably deteriorated due to competitive adsorption from background dissolved organic matter (DOM), present at...journal article 2024
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Sadykov, Ilia I. (author), Palagin, D. (author), Krumeich, Frank (author), Plokhikh, Igor V. (author), van Bokhoven, Jeroen A. (author), Nachtegaal, Maarten (author), Safonova, Olga V. (author)The surface of supported heterogeneous catalysts often contains adsorbed water and hydroxyl groups even when water is not directly added to the reaction stream. Nonetheless, the reactivity of adsorbed water and hydroxyl groups is rarely considered. We demonstrate that water and hydroxyl groups can not only directly participate in the...journal article 2024
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Bhuyan, Mohammad Amzad Hossain (author), Karkman, Antti (author), Prokkola, Hanna (author), Chen, B. (author), Perumal, Priyadharshini (author), Luukkonen, Tero (author)Alkali-activated foams are ceramic-like materials prepared at near-ambient temperature. This study investigates them for point-of-use water disinfection, thus providing an alternative to ceramic filters fired at a high temperature. Alkali-activated foams with different compositions were characterized for the porosity, mechanical strength,...journal article 2024
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Atzampou, P. (author), Meijers, P.C. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Current offshore wind turbine installation and positioning methods require mechanical equipment attached on the lifted components and human intervention. The present paper studies the development of a contactless motion compensation technique by investigating a magnetically controlled pendulum. The technique involves the interaction of a...journal article 2024
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Meng, Zeng (author), Kong, Lin (author), Jiaxiang, Y. (author), Peng, Hao (author)This paper proposes a new active learning method named as optimum-pursuing method (OPM) from the viewpoint of optimization theory, which aims to provide an effective tool for solving constrained optimization and reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) problems with low computation cost. It uses the cheap Kriging metamodel to replace the...journal article 2024
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Samylina, Olga S. (author), Kosyakova, Anastasia I. (author), Krylov, Artem A. (author), Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), Pimenov, Nikolay V. (author)A variety of lakes located in the dry steppe area of southwestern Siberia are exposed to rapid climatic changes, including intra-century cycles with alternating dry and wet phases driven by solar activity. As a result, the salt lakes of that region experience significant fluctuations in water level and salinity, which have an essential impact...journal article 2024
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Deng, Shaoyu (author), Liu, J. (author), Yang, Xiaofan (author), Sun, Dezhi (author), Wang, Aijie (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Cheng, Xiang (author)The accumulation of phosphorus in activated sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) provides potential for phosphorus recovery from sewage. This study delves into the potential for releasing phosphorus from waste activated sludge through two distinct treatment methods—thermal hydrolysis and pH adjustment. The investigation was conducted...journal article 2024
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Guendel, R.G. (author), Kruse, N.C. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)In this study, the problem of multipath in radar sensor networks for human activity recognition (HAR) has been examined. Traditionally considered as a source of additional clutter, the multipath is being investigated for its potential to be exploited through the creation of virtual radar nodes. These virtual nodes are conceptualized to...journal article 2024
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Debbaghi, Fatima-Zahra (author), Kroesen, M. (author), de Vries, G. (author), Pudane, B. (author)Automated vehicles (AVs) may transform not only our travel experience but our complete daily schedules. This study analyses the data from an interactive stated activity-travel survey using latent class cluster analysis to uncover the types and prevalence of schedule changes with AVs. The analysis reveals that the majority of respondents expected...journal article 2024
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Adesanya, Elijah (author), Dabbebi, Rawia (author), Rößler, Christine (author), Pavlin, Majda (author), Li, Z. (author), Luukkonen, Tero (author), Yliniemi, Juho (author), Illikainen, Mirja (author)Two synthesis pathways (one- and two-part) in alkali-activated binders were compared using ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS), mineral wool (MW) activated using dry and liquid alkali activators with similar Na<sub>2</sub>O/SiO<sub>2</sub> modulus. The effect of activator type on reaction kinetics, strength development, setting times...journal article 2024
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Neijenhuis, T. (author), Le Bussy, Olivier (author), Geldhof, Geoffroy (author), Klijn, M.E. (author), Ottens, M. (author)Protein-based biopharmaceuticals require high purity before final formulation to ensure product safety, making process development time consuming. Implementation of computational approaches at the initial stages of process development offers a significant reduction in development efforts. By preselecting process conditions, experimental...journal article 2024
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Yarali, E. (author), Klimopoulou, M. (author), David, M.K. (author), Boukany, P. (author), Staufer, U. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Accardo, A. (author), Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author)The Poisson's ratio and elastic modulus are two parameters determining the elastic behavior of biomaterials. While the effects of elastic modulus on the cell response is widely studied, very little is known regarding the effects of the Poisson's ratio. The micro-architecture of meta-biomaterials determines not only the Poisson's ratio but...journal article 2024
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de Buisonjé, David R. (author), Reijnders, T. (author), Cohen Rodrigues, Talia R. (author), Santhanam, Prabhakaran (author), Kowatsch, Tobias (author), Breeman, Linda D. (author), Janssen, Veronica R. (author), Kraaijenhagen, Roderik A. (author), Kemps, Hareld M.C. (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author)Background: Financial incentives are a promising tool to help people increase their physical activity, but they are expensive to provide. Deposit contracts are a type of financial incentive in which participants pledge their own money. However, low uptake is a crucial obstacle to the large-scale implementation of deposit contracts. Therefore,...journal article 2024
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Aoun, J. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author), Nardone, Roberto (author), Quaglietta, E. (author), Vittorini, Valeria (author)Moving Block (MB) and Virtual Coupling (VC) rail signalling will change current train operation paradigm by migrating vital equipment from trackside to onboard to reduce train separation and maintenance costs. Their actual deployment is however constrained by the industry's need to identify configurations of MB and VC signalling equipment...journal article 2024
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Cho, Ilje (author), Gómez, José L. (author), Lico, Rocco (author), Zhao, Guang Yao (author), Traianou, Efthalia (author), Dahale, Rohan (author), Fuentes, Antonio (author), Toscano, Teresa (author), Gurvits, L. (author)We present total intensity and linear polarization images of OJ 287 at 1.68 GHz, obtained through space-based very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations with RadioAstron on April 16, 2016. The observations were conducted using a ground array consisting of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the European VLBI Network (EVN)....journal article 2024
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Cuadrat-Grzybowski, M. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Mitigation strategies to eliminate existing space debris, such as with Active Space Debris Removal (ASDR) missions, have become increasingly important. Among the considered ASDR approaches, one involves using a net as a capturing mechanism. A fundamental requirement for any ASDR mission is that the capture process itself should not give rise to...journal article 2024