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Lee, Y. (author)E-learning has shifted the traditional learning paradigms in higher education, offering more flexible, ubiquitous, and personalized learning experiences. The previous years COVID-19 pandemic required a re-calibration of education to accommodate virtual learning environments from the traditional classroom-based education. Widespread learning...doctoral thesis 2024
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Homborg, A.M. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Tinga, Tiedo (author)This paper for the first time treats the interpretation of electrochemical noise time-frequency spectra as an image classification problem. It investigates the application of a convolutional neural network (CNN) for deep learning image classification of electrochemical noise time-frequency transient information. Representative slices of these...journal article 2024
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Singha, Chiranjit (author), Swain, Kishore Chandra (author), Moghimi, Armin (author), Foroughnia, Fatemeh (author), Swain, Sanjay Kumar (author)Accurately assessing forest fire susceptibility (FFS) in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is essential for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and community safety. Most existing studies have primarily focused on climatic and topographical factors, while this research expands the scope by employing a synergistic approach...journal article 2024
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Daoutidis, Prodromos (author), Lee, Jay H. (author), Rangarajan, Srinivas (author), Chiang, Leo (author), Gopaluni, Bhushan (author), Schweidtmann, A.M. (author), Harjunkoski, Iiro (author), Mercangöz, Mehmet (author), Mesbah, Ali (author)This “white paper” is a concise perspective of the potential of machine learning in the process systems engineering (PSE) domain, based on a session during FIPSE 5, held in Crete, Greece, June 27–29, 2022. The session included two invited talks and three short contributed presentations followed by extensive discussions. This paper does not...journal article 2024
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Zhi, Danyue (author), Zhao, Hepeng (author), Chen, Yan (author), Song, Weize (author), Song, Dongdong (author), Yang, Y. (author)The configuration of the urban built environment is critical for promoting sustainability and achieving carbon neutrality. However, existing studies mostly use linear and spatial econometric models to investigate the relationship between urban built environments and traffic carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions, in-depth studies exploring...journal article 2024
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Adla, Soham (author), Bruckmaier, Felix (author), Arias-Rodriguez, Leonardo F. (author), Tripathi, Shivam (author), Pande, S. (author), Disse, Markus (author)Sensor data and agro-hydrological modeling have been combined to improve irrigation management. Crop water models simulating crop growth and production in response to the soil-water environment need to be parsimonious in terms of structure, inputs and parameters to be applied in data scarce regions. Irrigation management using soil moisture...journal article 2024
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Glab, K. (author), Wehrmeyer, G. (author), Thewes, M. (author), Broere, W. (author)Designing the main drive motor capacity of Earth Pressure Balanced Tunnel Boring Machines (EPB TBMs) is a crucial task for every EPB tunnelling project. The machine needs to be equipped with sufficient power to master the geotechnical conditions of the respective project. On the other hand, overpowering the machine should be avoided for...journal article 2024
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Zhang, D. (author), Wang, Zhenpo (author), Liu, Peng (author), She, Chengqi (author), Wang, Qiushi (author), Zhou, Litao (author), Qin, Z. (author)Accurately evaluating battery degradation is not only crucial for ensuring the safe and reliable operation of electric vehicles (EVs) but also fundamental for their intelligent management and maximum utilization. However, the non-linearity, non-measurability, and multi-stress coupled operating conditions have posed significant challenges for...journal article 2024
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Koohmishi, Mehdi (author), Kaewunruen, Sakdirat (author), Chang, L. (author), Guo, Y. (author)Railway track health monitoring and maintenance are crucial stages in railway asset management, aiming to enhance the train operation quality and service life. For this aim, various inspection means (using diverse non-destructive testing techniques) have been applied, however, these means are mostly not able to monitor whole railway track...review 2024
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Khan, Muhammad Hasnain Ayub (author), Jafri, Turab H. (author), Ud-Din, Sameer (author), Ullah, H.S. (author), Nawaz, Muhammad Naqeeb (author)The laboratory determination of maximum dry density (ρ<sub>dmax</sub>) and optimum moisture content (w<sub>opt</sub>) of soils requires considerable time and energy. Efforts have been made in the past to present models to predict the soil compaction parameters (ρ<sub>dmax</sub> and w<sub>opt</sub>), but the existing models are either...journal article 2024
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Slieker, Roderick C. (author), Münch, Magnus (author), Donnelly, Louise A. (author), Bouland, G.A. (author), Dragan, Iulian (author), Kuznetsov, Dmitry (author), Elders, Petra J.M. (author), Rutter, Guy A. (author), Ibberson, Mark (author)Aims/hypothesis: People with type 2 diabetes are heterogeneous in their disease trajectory, with some progressing more quickly to insulin initiation than others. Although classical biomarkers such as age, HbA<sub>1c</sub> and diabetes duration are associated with glycaemic progression, it is unclear how well such variables predict insulin...journal article 2024
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Wu, D. (author), Zhang, R. (author), Pore, Ameya (author), Ha, Xuan Thao (author), Li, Z. (author), Herrera, Fernando (author), Kowalczyk, Wojtek (author), De Momi, Elena (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Kober, J. (author)Minimally Invasive Procedures (MIPs) emerged as an alternative to more invasive surgical approaches, offering patient benefits such as smaller incisions, less pain, and shorter hospital stay. In one class of MIPs, where natural body lumens or small incisions are used to access deeper anatomical locations, Flexible Surgical and Interventional...review 2024
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Starmans, M.P.A. (author), Miclea, Razvan L. (author), Vilgrain, Valerie (author), Ronot, Maxime (author), Purcell, Yvonne (author), Verbeek, Jef (author), Niessen, W.J. (author), Klein, Stefan (author), Thomeer, Maarten G. (author)Rationale and Objectives: Distinguishing malignant from benign liver lesions based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important but often challenging task, especially in noncirrhotic livers. We developed and externally validated a radiomics model to quantitatively assess T2-weighted MRI to distinguish the most common malignant and...journal article 2024
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Ji, Y. (author), Fu, Xiaoqian (author), Ding, Feng (author), Xu, Yongtao (author), He, Yang (author), Ao, Min (author), Xiao, Fulai (author), Chen, Dihao (author), Dey, P. (author), Qin, Wentao (author), Xiao, Kui (author), Ren, Jingli (author), Kong, Decheng (author), Li, Xiaogang (author), Dong, Chaofang (author)Efficiently designing lightweight alloys with combined high corrosion resistance and mechanical properties remains an enduring topic in materials engineering. Due to the inadequate accuracy of conventional stress-strain machine learning (ML) models caused by corrosion factors, a novel reinforcement self-learning ML algorithm combined with...journal article 2024
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Wan, Z. (author)Self-healing concrete has great potential to enhance the durability of concrete structures without significantly increasing the initial costs. Among the self-healing approaches, vascular self-healing cementitious composite is capable of supplying healing agents to the cracked region in a continuous way or multiple times. However, the use of...doctoral thesis 2023
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Mansour Pour, K. (author)Borehole operations play a crucial role in managing various subsurface activities related to energy, including energy storage, geothermal energy production, CO2 sequestration, oil and gas extraction, wastewater disposal, and thermal recovery processes. In recent times, intelligent well technologies, such as long deviated multi-lateral wells...doctoral thesis 2023
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Balayn, A.M.A. (author)Machine learning (ML) is an artificial intelligence technology that has a great potential for being adopted in various sectors of activities. Yet, it is now also increasingly recognized as a hazardous technology. Failures in the outputs of an ML system might cause physical or social harms. Besides, the development and deployment of an ML system...doctoral thesis 2023
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van Natijne, A.L. (author)Landslides are a major geohazard in hilly and mountainous environments. We focus on slow-moving, deep-seated landslides that are characterized by gradual, non-catastrophic deformations of millimeters to decimeters per year and cause extensive economic damage. To assess their potential impact and for the design of mitigation solutions, a detailed...doctoral thesis 2023
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Vargas Quiros, J.D. (author), Kapcak, Oyku (author), Hung, H.S. (author), Cabrera Quiros, L.C. (author)Interpersonal attraction is known to motivate behavioral responses in the person experiencing this subjective phenomenon. Such responses may involve the imitation of behavior, as in mirroring or mimicry of postures or gestures, which have been found to be associated with the desire to be liked by an interlocutor. Speed dating provides a...journal article 2023
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Sabzehee, F. (author), Amiri Simkooei, A. (author), Iran Pour, S. (author), Vishwakarma, B.D. (author), Kerachian, R. (author)The Urmia lake in north-west Iran has dried up to perilously low levels in the past two decades. In this study, we investigate the drivers behind the decline in lake water level with the help of in-situ and remote sensing data. We use total water storage (TWS) changes from the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) satellite mission....journal article 2023