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Numerical modelling and quantification of coastal urban compound flooding

Yuan, Jiao (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Duan, Huan Feng (author), Deng, Zhengzhi (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Savic, Dragan (author), Shao, Tan (author), Huang, Wei Min (author), Zhao, Tongtiegang (author), Chen, Xiaohong (author)

Low-lying coastal cities are vulnerable to compound floods caused by many factors including river flows, tides and local rainfall. Many previous studies focus on the impacts of rainfall and tidal levels (two driving factors) on estuaries or regions near the main single river, while research about the three influencing factors on the floods...

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Vanadium-Containing Chloroperoxidase-Catalyzed Versatile Valorization of Phenols and Phenolic Acids

Li, Huanhuan (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Huang, Yawen (author), Cui, Chengsen (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Ma, Yunjian (author), Wang, Yonghua (author), Zhang, Jie (author), Liu, Weidong (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author)

The downstream product transformation of lignin depolymerization is of great interest in the production of high-value aromatic chemicals. However, this transformation is often impeded by chemical oxidation under harsh reaction conditions. In this study, we demonstrate that hypohalites generated in situ by the vanadium-containing...

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To Share or Not to Share: Understanding and Modeling Individual Disclosure Preferences in Recommender Systems for the Workplace

Musick, Geoff (author), Duan, Wen (author), Najafian, S. (author), Sengupta, Subhasree (author), Flathmann, Christopher (author), Knijnenburg, Bart (author), McNeese, Nathan (author)

Newly-formed teams often encounter the challenge of members coming together to collaborate on a project without prior knowledge of each other’s working and communication styles. This lack of familiarity can lead to conflicts and misunderstandings, hindering effective teamwork. Derived from research in social recommender systems, team...

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Peroxygenase-Catalysed Sulfoxidations in Non-Aqueous Media

Li, Huanhuan (author), Shen, Qianqian (author), Zhou, Xiaoying (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Huang, Yawen (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author)

Chiral sulfoxides are valuable building blocks in asymmetric synthesis. However, the biocatalytic synthesis of chiral sulfoxides is still challenged by low product titres. Herein, we report the use of peroxygenase as a catalyst for asymmetric sulfoxidation under non-aqueous conditions. Upon covalent immobilisation, the peroxygenase showed...

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Toward Improved Real-Time Rainfall Intensity Estimation Using Video Surveillance Cameras

Zheng, Feifei (author), Yin, Hang (author), Ma, Yiyi (author), Duan, Huan Feng (author), Gupta, Hoshin (author), Savic, Dragan (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)

Under global climate change, urban flooding occurs frequently, leading to huge economic losses and human casualties. Extreme rainfall is one of the direct and key causes of urban flooding, and accurate rainfall estimates at high spatiotemporal resolution are of great significance for real-time urban flood forecasting. Using existing rainfall...

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Bio-inspired combinable self-powered soft device operating during the disintegration and reconstruction for next-generation artificial electric organs

Chen, Yuanyuan (author), Dai, Hanqing (author), Hu, Zhe (author), Wei, Jinxin (author), Zhou, Wenjie (author), Duan, Zhongtao (author), Cui, Zhongjie (author), Wei, Wei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

Hydrogel materials have biocompatibility, flexibility, transparency, self-healing ability, adhesion with various substrates, anti-freeze ability, and high-temperature resistance. However, the existing hydrogel devices cannot continue to operate in the case of damage, and they cannot work during the repair period, which brings great challenges...

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Evaluating the Robustness of Water Quality Sensor Placement Strategies of Water Distribution Systems Considering Possible Sensor Failures and System Changes

Zheng, Zixuan (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Bi, Weiwei (author), Du, Jiawen (author), Duan, Huan-Feng (author), Savić, Dragan (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)

An early contamination warning system with deployed water quality sensors is often used to enhance the safety of a water distribution system (WDS). While algorithms have been developed to select an optimal water quality sensor placement strategy (WQSPS) for WDSs, many of them do not account for the influences caused by future uncertainties,...

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Estimating Rainfall Intensity Using an Image-Based Deep Learning Model

Yin, Hang (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Duan, Huan-Feng (author), Savić, Dragan (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)

Urban flooding is a major issue worldwide, causing huge economic losses and serious threats to public safety. One promising way to mitigate its impacts is to develop a real-time flood risk management system; however, building such a system is often challenging due to the lack of high spatiotemporal rainfall data. While some approaches (i.e.,...

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An Effective and Efficient Method for Identification of Contamination Sources in Water Distribution Systems Based on Manual Grab-Sampling

Ji, Yiran (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Du, Jiawen (author), Huang, Yuan (author), Bi, Weiwei (author), Duan, Huan Feng (author), Savic, Dragan (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)

Most of the contamination source localization methods for water distribution systems (WDSs) assume the availability of accurate water quality models and multi-parameter online sensors, which are often out of reach of many water utilities. To address this, a novel manual grab-sampling method (MGSM) is developed to effectively and efficiently...

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Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Site Occupancy and Luminescence of Ce³⁺in LiSr₄(BO₃)₃for Potential X-ray Detecting Applications

Yang, Yunlin (author), Lou, Bibo (author), Ou, Yiyi (author), Su, Fang (author), Ma, Chong Geng (author), Duan, Chang Kui (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Liang, Hongbin (author)

Ce3+-doped LiSr4(BO3)3 phosphors have been prepared by a high-temperature solid-state reaction method, and structural refinement of the host compound has been performed. The excitation and emission spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet-ultraviolet-visible range at cryogenic temperatures reveal that Ce3+ ions preferentially occupy eight...

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Chemoenzymatic Hunsdiecker-Type Decarboxylative Bromination of Cinnamic Acids

Li, Huanhuan (author), Younes, S.H.H. (author), Chen, Shaohang (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Cui, Chengsen (author), Wever, Ron (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author), Hollmann, F. (author)

In this contribution, we report chemoenzymatic bromodecarboxylation (Hunsdiecker-type) of α,ß-unsaturated carboxylic acids. The extraordinarily robust chloroperoxidase from Curvularia inaequalis (CiVCPO) generated hypobromite from H2O2 and bromide, which then spontaneously reacted with a broad range of unsaturated carboxylic acids and yielded...

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Water and productivity accounting using WA+ framework for sustainable water resources management: Case study of northwestern Iran

Ghorbanpour, Ali Karbalaye (author), Afshar, Abbas (author), Hessels, T.M. (author), Duan, Zheng (author)

An exhaustive evaluation of water resources is a prerequisite for evidence-informed planning and implementing sustainable management strategies. However, the lack of sufficient information on water supply and consumption, alongside the technical limitations on comprehensive accounting for inter-relations and interactions between the...

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Crop Water Productivity Mapping and Benchmarking Using Remote Sensing and Google Earth Engine Cloud Computing

Ghorbanpour, Ali Karbalaye (author), Kisekka, Isaya (author), Afshar, Abbas (author), Hessels, T.M. (author), Taraghi, Mahdi (author), Hessari, Behzad (author), Tourian, Mohammad J. (author), Duan, Zheng (author)

Scarce water resources present a major hindrance to ensuring food security. Crop water productivity (WP), embraced as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is playing an integral role in the performance-based evaluation of agricultural systems and securing sustainable food production. This study aims at developing a cloud-based...

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Copernicus Sentinel–1 POD reprocessing campaign

Fernández, Marc (author), Peter, Heike (author), Arnold, Daniel (author), Duan, Bingbing (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Wermuth, Martin (author), Hackel, S.F.G. (author), Fernández, Jaime (author), Jäggi, Adrian (author), Hugentobler, Urs (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Féménias, Pierre (author)

Copernicus Sentinel–1 is a C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite mission within the European Copernicus Programme. The two satellites Sentinel-1A and -1B were launched in April 2014 and 2016, respectively. The Copernicus POD (Precise Orbit Determination) Service is responsible for the determination of orbital and auxiliary products...

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Fixation effects of different types of cannulated screws on vertical femoral neck fracture: A finite element analysis and experimental study

Zhan, Shi (author), Jiang, Dajun (author), Ling, Ming (author), Ding, Jian (author), Yang, Kai (author), Duan, Lei (author), Tsai, Tsung Yuan (author), Feng, Yong (author), van Trigt, B. (author), Jia, Weitao (author), Zhang, Changqing (author), Hu, Hai (author)

Femoral neck fractures (FNFs) in young patients usually result from high-energy violence, and the vertical transcervical type is typically challenging for its instability. FNFs are commonly treated with three cannulated screws (CS), but the role of screws type on fixation effects (FE) is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the...

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A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%

Köhler, Malte (author), Pomaska, Manuel (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Lambertz, Andreas (author), Duan, Weiyuan (author), Eberst, Alexander (author), Luysberg, Martina (author), Isabella, O. (author)

A highly transparent passivating contact (TPC) as front contact for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells could in principle combine high conductivity, excellent surface passivation and high optical transparency. However, the simultaneous optimization of these features remains challenging. Here, we present a TPC consisting of a silicon-oxide...

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Foul sewer model development using geotagged information and smart water meter data

Jia, Yueyi (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Zhang, Qingzhou (author), Duan, Huan Feng (author), Savic, Dragan (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)

Hydraulic modeling of a foul sewer system (FSS) enables a better understanding of the behavior of the system and its effective management. However, there is generally a lack of sufficient field measurement data for FSS model development due to the low number of in-situ sensors for data collection. To this end, this study proposes a new method...

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2d wavelet decomposition and f-k migration for identifying fractured rock areas using ground penetrating radar

Jin, J. (author), Duan, Yunling (author)

The quality of the surrounding rock is crucial to the stability of underground caverns, thereby requiring an effective monitoring technology. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) can reconstruct the subterranean profile by electromagnetic waves, but two significant issues, called clutter and hyperbola tails, affect the signal quality. We propose an...

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Wavelet scattering network-based machine learning for ground penetrating radar imaging: Application in pipeline identification

Jin, J. (author), Duan, Yunling (author)

Automatic and efficient ground penetrating radar (GPR) data analysis remains a bottleneck, especially restricting applications in real-time monitoring systems. Deep learning approaches have good practice in automatic object identification, but their intensive data requirement has reduced their applicability. This paper developed a machine...

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Efficient Leak Localization in Water Distribution Systems Using Multistage Optimal Valve Operations and Smart Demand Metering

Huang, Yuan (author), Zheng, Feifei (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Savić, Dragan (author), Duan, Huan-Feng (author)

This paper proposes a multistage method for burst leak localization through valve operations (VOs) and smart demand metering in district meter areas (DMAs) of water distribution systems (WDSs). Each stage includes partitioning of the DMA into two subregions using VOs and identification of potentially leaking pipes within the subregions...

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