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Savenije, Hubert (author), Hrachowitz, M. (author)Catchment-scale hydrological models frequently miss essential characteristics of what determines the functioning of catchments. The most important active agent in catchments is the ecosystem. It manipulates and partitions moisture in a way that supports the essential functions of survival and productivity: infiltration of water, retention of...journal article 2017
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Gana, J.A. (author), Hoppe, T. (author)The adoption of energy efficient electrical appliances by households has a great potential to reduce electricity consumption in Nigeria. A well-formulated and implemented policy (mix) to spur adoption is said to be required to drive this process. This article presents an assessment of policies that aim to spur adoption among households, and the...journal article 2017
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Shen, Y. (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), Wang, J. (author)A method is introduced for detecting changes from point clouds that avoids registration. For many applications, changes are detected between two scans of the same scene obtained at different times. Traditionally, these scans are aligned to a common coordinate system having the disadvantage that this registration step introduces additional...journal article 2017
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de Boer-Euser, Tanja (author), Bouaziz, L.J.E. (author), De Niel, J. (author), Brauer, C. (author), Dewals, B. (author), Drogue, G. (author), Fenicia, F. (author), Grelier, B. (author), Nossent, J. (author), Pereira, F. (author), Savenije, Hubert (author), Thirel, G. (author), Willems, P (author)International collaboration between research institutes and universities is a promising way to reach consensus on hydrological model development. Although model comparison studies are very valuable for international cooperation, they do often not lead to very clear new insights regarding the relevance of the modelled processes. We hypothesise...journal article 2017
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Minkman, E. (author), van der Sanden, M.C.A. (author), Rutten, M.M. (author)In recent years, governmental institutes have started to use citizen science as a form of public participation. The Dutch water authorities are among them. They face pressure on the water governance system and a water awareness gap among the general public, and consider citizen science a possible solution. The reasons for practitioners to engage...journal article 2017
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In Chapter 1, we elaborated on the present context of complex socio-technical systems, and we introduced the notion of Responsible Innovation as an important and necessary aspect of developing new innovations and technologies.<br/><br/>In Chapter 2, we introduced various thought experiments, in order to explore how different dilemmas arise from...book 2017
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Körmann, F.H.W. (author), Ruban, A.V. (author), Sluiter, M.H.F. (author)We reveal that in a prototypical bcc high-entropy alloy NbMoTaW chemical interactions are long ranged and highly frustrated. We show that this is the reason that bcc solid solutions in NbMoTaW can persist to low temperatures. The ab initio-computed long-ranged interactions strongly impact characteristic thermodynamic properties and ordering...journal article 2017
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van de Grift, E.M.H.R. (author), Vervoort, J. (author), Cuppen, E.H.W.J. (author)The Transition Network is a global grassroots network that supports community-led resilience in the face of global change. This paper reports on an ethnographic study of one of its longest-running projects, Transition Town Lewes (TTL) in the United Kingdom. The aim of the study is to analyse TTL as a community. More specifically, we ask two...journal article 2017
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Nguyên, V.T. (author), van Dijk, N. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)The influence of Co (Ni) and B co-doping on the structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of (Mn,Fe)<sub>2</sub>(P,Si) compounds is investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry, magnetic and direct temperature change measurements. It is found that Co (Ni) and B co-doping is an effective approach to tune...journal article 2017
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Zhan, C. (author), de Jong, W.M. (author)Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC) is currently the best-known and arguably the most successful large-scale sustainable new town development project in China; as such, experiences gathered there are of significant importance for the development of other eco-cities in China and elsewhere. This article focuses on a thus far relatively...journal article 2017
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), van Hulst, B.L. (author)Background<br/>Well-trained, well-distributed and productive health workers are crucial for access to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare. Because neither a shortage nor a surplus of health workers is wanted, policymakers use workforce planning models to get information on future labour markets and adjust policies accordingly. A neglected...journal article 2017
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Velasco Alvarez, M.I. (author), ten Pierick, A. (author), van Dam, P.T.N. (author), Maleki Seifar, R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Wahl, S.A. (author)Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is an interesting biopolymer for replacing petroleum-based plastics, its biological production is performed in natural and engineered microorganisms. Current metabolic engineering approaches rely on high-throughput strain construction and screening. Analytical procedures have to be compatible with the small scale...journal article 2017
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Sauerwein, M. (author), Karana, E. (author), Rognoli, Valentina (author)The use of materials derived from waste is one of the prominent ways to contribute to sustainable product design. However, there is a stark gap in literature concerning how people appraise such materials. In this paper, we present our initial attempts to understand the aesthetic appreciation of materials, in particular those derived from...journal article 2017
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van Hengel, I.A.J. (author), Riool, Martijn (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Witte-Bouma, Janneke (author), Farrell, Eric (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Zaat, Sebastian A.J. (author), Apachitei, I. (author)Additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V implants were biofunctionalized using plasma electrolytic oxidation. At various time points during this process scanning electron microscopy imaging was performed to analyze the surface morphology (van Hengel et al., 2017) [1]. This data shows the changes in surface morphology during plasma electrolytic...journal article 2017
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van den Berg, A.A. (author), Depken, S.M. (author)During eukaryotic transcription, RNA polymerase (RNAP) translocates along DNA molecules covered with nucleosomes and other DNA binding proteins. Though the interactions between a single nucleosome and RNAP are by now fairly well understood, this understanding has not been synthesized into a description of transcription on crowded genes, where...journal article 2017
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Sedighi, M. (author), Lukosch, S.G. (author), van Splunter, S. (author), Brazier, F.M. (author), Hamedi, Mohsen (author), van Beers, Cees (author)This paper explores benefits and costs of knowledge exchange perceived by individuals in connected electronic networks of practice (ENoP) in a corporate setting. The results of 25 semi-structured interviews show 9 perceived benefits and 5 perceived costs to be of importance for knowledge exchange. Altruism and reciprocity are the two main...journal article 2017
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Pont, S.C. (author), van Doorn, A.J. (author), Koenderink, J.J. (author)We studied whether human observers can estimate the illumination direction from 3D textures of random Brownian surfaces, containing undulations over a range of scales. The locally Lambertian surfaces were illuminated with a collimated beam from random directions. The surfaces had a uniform albedo and thus texture appeared only through shading...journal article 2017
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Nikolov, A. (author), Rostovsky, Ivan (author), Nugteren, H.W. (author)One of the potential raw materials for preparation of geopolymers is the natural zeolite. In the present report, the used natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) is from huge deposit near Beli Plast, Bulgaria. Geopolymer pastes and mortars are prepared by using three different alkaline activators—sodium hydroxide, sodium silicate and sodium carbonate....journal article 2017
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Li, S. (author), Li, Z. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)A three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) dynamic frictional rolling contact model is presented for the study of short pitch corrugation that considers direct and instantaneous coupling between the contact mechanics and the structural dynamics in a vehicle-track system. In this study, we examine the system responses in terms of vibration...journal article 2017
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Vandebroek, Elena (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), van Leijen, F.J. (author), de Schipper, M.A. (author), de Vries, S. (author), Hanssen, R.F. (author)This paper presents a semi-automated approach to detecting coastal shoreline change with high spatial- and temporal-resolution using X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The method was applied at the Sand Motor, a “mega-scale” beach nourishment project in the Netherlands. Natural processes, like waves, wind, and tides, gradually...journal article 2017