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Xu, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Auxetic cementitious composites (ACCs) with improved mechanical properties are created, by casting 3D printed polymeric auxetic reinforcement structures inside cementitious mortar. Four types of ACCs incorporating reinforcement with different auxetic mechanisms were prepared: “re-entrant” (RE), “rotating-square” (RS), “chiral” (CR) and ...journal article 2023
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Xu, Fuqiang (author), Shi, Yu (author), Song, Xianzhi (author), Song, G. (author), Li, Shuang (author)Hot dry rocks (HDRs), as an essential renewable energy source, its development has received widespread attention, especially for heat extraction. The fracture is the main seepage and heat transfer channel of circulating fluid in dense HDR reservoirs, and its conductivity evolution significantly affects the production performance. Most...journal article 2023
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Xu, Chaoran (author), Nelson-Mercer, Benjamin T. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Davlasheridze, Meri (author), Ross, Ashley D. (author), Jia, Jianjun (author)Hurricane Ike, which struck the United States in September 2008, was the ninth most expensive hurricane in terms of damages. It caused nearly USD 30 billion in damage after making landfall on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. We used the Delft3d-FM/SWAN hydrodynamic and spectral wave model to simulate the storm surge inundation around Galveston...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Ruihua (author), Xiao, Rong (author), Wang, Feifei (author), Chu, Wenhai (author), Hu, Jinglong (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Jin, Wei (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Xu, Zuxin (author)The illicit connection of sewage pipes to stormwater pipes commonly occurs in urban stormwater systems. This brings problems that sewage might be directly discharges into natural water and even drinking water sources without treatment, posing risks to ecological safety. Sewage contains various unknown dissolved organic matter (DOM), which could...journal article 2023
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Xu, X. (author), van Hengst, J.M.A. (author), Mao, Yejia (author), Martinez, Mireia (author), Roda, Sergi (author), Floor, Martin (author), Guallar, Victor (author), Paul, C.E. (author), Alcalde, Miguel (author), Hollmann, F. (author)A peroxygenase-catalysed hydroxylation of organosilanes is reported. The recombinant peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita (AaeUPO) enabled efficient conversion of a broad range of silane starting materials in attractive productivities (up to 300 mM h<sup>−1</sup>), catalyst performance (up to 84 s<sup>−1</sup> and more than 120 000 catalytic...journal article 2023
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Xu, H. (author), Tan, Jinkai (author), Li, Chunlan (author), Niu, Yiying (author), Wang, Jun (author)As global warming continues to intensify, the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and vegetation productivity continues to change over time. However, the impact of DTR changes on vegetation activities remains uncertain. Thus, further study about how DTR changes affect the physiological activities of plants is also urgently...journal article 2023
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Xu, Jing (author), Yan, Xiaoxi (author), Figueroa, C.A. (author), Williams, Joseph Jay (author), Chakraborty, Bibhas (author)Technological advancements have made it possible to deliver mobile health interventions to individuals. A novel framework that has emerged from such advancements is the just-in-time adaptive intervention, which aims to suggest the right support to the individuals when their needs arise. The micro-randomized trial design has been proposed...journal article 2023
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Sengupta, Sampad (author), Yuan, Xun (author), Maga, L.M. (author), Pirola, S. (author), Nienaber, Christoph A. (author), Xu, Xiao Yun (author)Introduction: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of the arch is challenging given its complex geometry and the involvement of supra-aortic arteries. Different branched endografts have been designed for use in this region, but their haemodynamic performance and the risk for post-intervention complications are not yet clear. This study...journal article 2023
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Resonant sensors hold great promise in measuring small masses, to enable future mass spectrometers, and small forces in applications like atomic and magnetic force microscopy. During the last decades, scaling down the size of resonators has led to huge enhancements in sensing resolution, but has also raised the question of what the ultimate...journal article 2023
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Ji, W. (author), Chang, J. (author), Xu, He Xiu (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author)As a two-dimensional planar material with low depth profile, a metasurface can generate non-classical phase distributions for the transmitted and reflected electromagnetic waves at its interface. Thus, it offers more flexibility to control the wave front. A traditional metasurface design process mainly adopts the forward prediction algorithm,...review 2023
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Cruz, María Alejandra (author), Xu, Jiaqi (author), Foppen, J.W.A. (author), Pérez, Sandra (author), Vázquez-Suñé, Enric (author), Teixidó, Marc (author)Green infrastructure drainage systems are innovative treatment units that capture and treat stormwater. Unfortunately, highly polar contaminants remain challenging to remove in conventional biofilters. To overcome treatment limitations, we assessed the transport and removal of stormwater vehicle-related organic contaminants with persistent,...journal article 2023
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Lin, P. (author), Liu, X. (author), Ren, S. (author), Li, Yi (author), Xu, Jian (author), Li, Mingliang (author)High-Content SBS Polymer Modified Asphalt Mixtures (HCPMA) combined with fibers have gained popularity in porous pavement construction due to their superior performance. Although the aging behavior of HCPMA has been extensively studied, the impact of fibers on performance and aging susceptibility remains unclear. This research investigates the...journal article 2023
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Liu, Lingya (author), Hua, Cunqing (author), Xu, Jing (author), Leus, G.J.T. (author), Wang, Yiyin (author)This article focuses on greedy approaches to select the most informative k sensors from N candidates to maximize the Fisher information, i.e., the determinant of the Fisher information matrix (FIM), which indicates the volume of the information ellipsoid (VIE) constructed by the FIM. However, it is a critical issue for conventional greedy...journal article 2023
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Yang, Jinxin (author), Wu, Zhifeng (author), Menenti, M. (author), Wong, Man Sing (author), Xie, Yanhua (author), Zhu, Rui (author), Abbas, Sawaid (author), Xu, Yong (author)Urban morphology affects the sensible heat flux and net radiation exchange which can alter urban heat mitigation plans. This study first parameterized the geometric effects on the net radiation, and then calculated the net radiation and sensible heat flux in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. Considering that the sensible heat flux is the main...journal article 2023
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Bai, Wei (author), Xu, X. (author), Liu, Yaolan (author), Liang, Yunxiao (author), Shen, Yijie (author), Han, Zhenyu (author), Sheng, Zhendong (author), Chen, Rong (author), Zhu, Minhao (author)Systematic experimental investigations were conducted to study the microstructures and impact toughness of each heat affected zone (HAZ) formed during rail flash-butt welding. A high-strength carbide-free bainitic rail steel was subjected to different thermal simulation cycles to separately reproduce each HAZ subzone by tailoring the peak...journal article 2023
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Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Flexible strain sensors based on nanomaterials have sparked a lot of interest in the field of wearable smart electronics. Laser induced graphene (LIG) based sensors in particular stand out due to their straightforward fabrication procedure, three-dimensional porous structures, and exceptional electromechanical capabilities. Recent studies...journal article 2023
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Zhuo, Fangping (author), Zhou, Xiandong (author), Gao, Shuang (author), Dietrich, Felix (author), Braga Groszewicz, P. (author), Fulanović, Lovro (author), Breckner, Patrick (author), Xu, Bai Xiang (author), Kleebe, Hans Joachim (author)We report an intrinsic strain engineering, akin to thin filmlike approaches, via irreversible high-temperature plastic deformation of a tetragonal ferroelectric single-crystal BaTiO3. Dislocations well-aligned along the [001] axis and associated strain fields in plane defined by the [110]/[1¯10] plane are introduced into the volume, thus...journal article 2023
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Lin, P. (author), Liu, X. (author), Ren, S. (author), Xu, Jian (author), Li, Yi (author), Li, Mingliang (author)The film thickness of asphalt mixtures is critical for determining their performance and aging durability. However, understanding of the appropriate film thickness and its influence on performance and aging behavior for high-content polymer-modified asphalt (HCPMA) mixtures is still limited. This research aims to examine the relationship between...journal article 2023
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Xu, Y. (author), Zhang, Xiao Zheng (author), Casalino, D. (author), Bi, Chuan Xing (author)An inverse acoustic method is presented in this work, which allows to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of unsteady rotating forces from microphone array measurements. The method is based on the usage of a space–time regularization with a mixed norm. The proposed method can take advantage of a prior knowledge of the space–time...journal article 2023
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Hu, Weidong (author), Xu, Zhihao (author), Jiang, Huanyu (author), Liu, Qingguo (author), Yao, Zhiyu (author), Tan, Zhen (author), Ligthart, L.P. (author)The terahertz frequency modulation continuous-wave (THz FMCW) imaging technology has been widely used in non-destructive testing applications. However, THz FMCW real-aperture radar usually has a small depth of field and poor lateral resolution, thus restricting the high-precision imaging application. This paper proposes a 150-220 GHz FMCW...journal article 2023