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Munts, A.G. (author), Mugge, W. (author), Meurs, T.S. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Marinus, J. (author), Lorimer Moseley, G. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Van Hilten, J.J. (author)Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) may occur after trauma, usually to one limb, and is characterized by pain and disturbed blood flow, temperature regulation and motor control. Approximately 25% of cases develop fixed dystonia. Involvement of dysfunctional GABAergic interneurons has been suggested, however the mechanisms that...journal article 2011
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Hu, B.I. (author), Rush, D. (author), Van der Biezen, E. (author), Zheng, P. (author), Van Mullekom, M. (author), Schouten, S. (author), Sinninghe Damste, J.S. (author), Smolders, A.J.P. (author), Jetten, M.S.M. (author), Kartal, B. (author)Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria have been recognized as an important sink for fixed nitrogen and are detected in many natural environments. However, their presence in terrestrial ecosystems has long been overlooked, and their contribution to the nitrogen cycling in natural and agricultural soils is currently unknown. Here we...journal article 2010
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Schuurmans, J. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author)During posture control, reflexive feedback allows humans to efficiently compensate for unpredictable mechanical disturbances. Although reflexes are involuntary, humans can adapt their reflexive settings to the characteristics of the disturbances. Reflex modulation is commonly studied by determining reflex gains: a set of parameters that quantify...journal article 2010
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Picot, T. (author), Schouten, R. (author), Harmans, C.J.P.M. (author), Mooij, J.E. (author)Quantum state detectors based on switching of hysteretic Josephson junctions biased close to their critical current are simple to use but have strong backaction. We show that the backaction of a dc-switching detector can be considerably reduced by limiting the switching voltage and using a fast cryogenic amplifier, such that a single readout can...journal article 2010
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De Groot, P.C. (author), Van Loo, A.F. (author), Lisenfeld, J. (author), Schouten, R.N. (author), Lupa?cu, A. (author), Harmans, C.J.P.M. (author), Mooij, J.E. (author)We present experimental results on the crosstalk between two ac-operated dispersive bifurcation detectors, implemented in a circuit for high-fidelity readout of two strongly coupled flux qubits. Both phase-dependent and phase-independent contributions to the crosstalk are analyzed. For proper tuning of the phase the measured crosstalk is 0.1%...journal article 2010
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Van der Meer, J.N. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Bour, L.J. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Van Rootselaar, A.F. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Tijssen, M.A.J. (author)In dystonia, both sensory malfunctioning and an abnormal intermuscular low-frequency drive of 3–7 Hz have been found, although cause and eVect are unknown. It is hypothesized that sensory processing is primarily disturbed and induces this drive. Accordingly, experimenter-controlled sensory input should be able to inXuence the frequency of the...journal article 2010
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Meskers, C.G.M. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Rich, M.M.L. (author), De Groot, J.H. (author), Schuurmans, J. (author), Arendzen, J.H. (author)The long latency M2 electromyographic response of a suddenly stretched active muscle is stretch duration dependent of which the nature is unclear. We investigated the inXuence of the group II aVerent blocker tizanidine on M2 response characteristics of the m. Xexor carpi radialis (FCR). M2 response magnitude and eliciting probability in a group...journal article 2009
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Mugge, W. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Dewald, J.P.A. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author)This study aims to quantify the separate contributions of muscle force feedback, muscle spindle activity and co-contraction to the performance of voluntary tasks (‘‘reduce the influence of perturbations on maintained force or position’’). Most human motion control studies either isolate only one contributor, or assume that relevant reflexive...journal article 2009
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Forn-Díaz, P. (author), Schouten, R.N. (author), Den Braver, W.A. (author), Mooij, J.E. (author), Harmans, C.J.P.M. (author)We fabricated and tested a squelch circuit consisting of a copper powder filter with an embedded Josephson junction connected to ground. For small signals (squelch ON), the small junction inductance attenuates strongly from dc to at least 1 GHz, while for higher frequencies dissipation in the copper powder increases the attenuation exponentially...journal article 2009
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Meskers, C.G.M. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), De Groot, J.H. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Van Hilten, B.J.J. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Arendzen, H.J.H. (author)Background Instead of hyper-reflexia as sole paradigm, post-stroke movement disorders are currently considered the result of a complex interplay between neuronal and muscular properties, modified by level of activity. We used a closed loop system identification technique to quantify individual contributors to wrist joint stiffness during an...journal article 2009
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Meskers, C.G.M. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), De Groot, J. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Van Hilten, B.J.J. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Arendzen, H.J.H. (author)Instead of hyper-reflexia as sole paradigm, post-stroke movement disorders are currently considered the result of a complex interplay between neuronal and muscular properties, modified by level of activity. We used a closed loop system identification technique to quantify individual contributors to wrist joint stiffness during an active posture...journal article 2009
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Herfort, L. (author), Kim, J.H. (author), Coolen, M.J.L. (author), Abbas, B. (author), Schouten, S. (author), Herndl, G.J. (author), Sinninghe Damste, J.S. (author)Pelagic archaeal phylogenetic diversity and the potential for crenarchaeotal nitrification of Group 1.1a were determined in the rivers Rhine and Têt by 16S rRNA sequencing, catalyzed reported deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD–FISH) and quantification of 16S rRNA and functional genes. Euryarchaeota were, for the first time,...journal article 2009
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Mugge, W. (author), Schuurmans, J. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author)In daily life humans integrate force and position feedback from mechanoreceptors, proprioception, and vision. With handling relatively soft, elastic objects, force and position are related and can be integrated to improve the accuracy of an estimate of either one. Sensory weighting between different sensory systems (e.g., vision and...journal article 2009
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Van Dijk, T. (author), Schouten, H.F. (author), Visser, T.D. (author)We analyze the coherence singularities that occur in the far field that is generated by a broad class of partially coherent sources. It is shown that for rotationally symmetric planar quasihomogeneous sources the coherence singularities form a two-dimensional surface in a reduced three-dimensional space. We illustrate our results by studying the...journal article 2009
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Schuurmans, J. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Schouten, A.C. (author), Meskers, C.G. (author), De Groot, J.H. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author)Sudden stretch of active muscle typically results in two characteristic electromyographic responses: the short latency M1 and the long latency M2. The M1 response originates from the monosynaptic Ia afferent reflex pathway. The M2 response is less well understood and is likely a compound response to different afferent inputs mediated by spinal...journal article 2009
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Schouten, A.C. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author)This study aimed to identify the functional contribution of reflexes to human motor control during posture maintenance. Continuous random force disturbances were applied at the hand while the subjects were instructed to minimize the deviation resulting from the force disturbances. The results were analyzed in the frequency domain with frequency...journal article 2008
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Schouten, A.C. (author), De Vlugt, E. (author), Van Hilten, J.J. (author), Van der Helm, F.C. (author)This study aimed to analyse the dynamic properties of the muscle spindle feedback system of shoulder muscles during a posture task. External continuous force disturbances were applied at the hand while subjects had to minimize their hand displacements. The results were analysed using two frequency response functions (FRFs) from which the model...journal article 2008
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Vink, I.T. (author), Nooitgedagt, T. (author), Schouten, R.N. (author), Vandersypen, L.M.K. (author), Wegscheider, W. (author)The authors employ a cryogenic high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) amplifier to increase the bandwidth of a charge detection setup with a quantum point contact (QPC) charge sensor. The HEMT is operating at 1?K and the circuit has a bandwidth of 1?MHz. The noise contribution of the HEMT at high frequencies is only a few times higher than...journal article 2007
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Coolen, M.J.L. (author), Volkman, J.K. (author), Abbas, B. (author), Muyzer, G. (author), Schouten, S. (author), Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (author)The 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) isolated from sulfidic Holocene sediments and particulate organic matter in the water column of the stratified Small Meromictic Basin (SMB) in Ellis Fjord (eastern Antarctica) was analyzed to identify possible biological sources of organic matter. Previous work had shown that the sediments contained numerous diatom...journal article 2007
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