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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Although strain engineering and soft-clamping techniques for attaining high Q-factors in nanoresonators have received much attention, their impact on nonlinear dynamics is not fully understood. In this study, we show that nonlinearity of high-Q Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanomechanical string resonators can be substantially tuned by support...journal article 2024
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Heidary, Amir (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Popov, M. (author)This paper introduces an innovative Magnetic Switch (MFS) designed to control and alter magnetic flux within energy system components, offering an alternative to conventional power electronic devices. The MFS comprises a low-current control coil, a control core, and a high-density magnetic flux-carrying main core combined with a main coil energy...journal article 2024
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Ceria, A. (author), Wang, H. (author)Human social interactions are typically recorded as time-specific dyadic interactions, and represented as evolving (temporal) networks, where links are activated/deactivated over time. However, individuals can interact in groups of more than two people. Such group interactions can be represented as higher-order events of an evolving network....journal article 2023
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Bouland, G.A. (author), Mahfouz, A.M.E.T.A. (author), Reinders, M.J.T. (author)With the number of cells measured in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets increasing exponentially and concurrent increased sparsity due to more zero counts being measured for many genes, we demonstrate here that downstream analyses on binary-based gene expression give similar results as count-based analyses. Moreover, a binary...journal article 2023
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Tišma, M. (author), Janissen, R. (author), Antar, Hammam (author), Martin Gonzalez, A. (author), Barth, R. (author), Beekman, T.G.T. (author), van der Torre, J. (author), Michieletto, Davide (author), Gruber, Stephan (author), Dekker, C. (author)In most bacteria, chromosome segregation is driven by the ParABS system where the CTPase protein ParB loads at the parS site to trigger the formation of a large partition complex. Here, we present in vitro studies of the partition complex for Bacillus subtilis ParB, using single-molecule fluorescence microscopy and AFM imaging to show that...journal article 2023
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Carvalho Teixeira, M.T. (author), Pillay, S. (author), Urhan, A. (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author)Motivation: Plasmids are carriers for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes and can exchange genetic material with other structures, contributing to the spread of AMR. There is no reliable approach to identify the transfer of AMR genes across plasmids. This is mainly due to the absence of a method to assess the phylogenetic distance of...journal article 2023
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Zhang, M. (author), Bouland, G.A. (author), Holstege, H. (author), Reinders, M.J.T. (author)Background and Objectives - With age, somatic mutations accumulated in human brain cells can lead to various neurologic disorders and brain tumors. Because the incidence rate of Alzheimer disease (AD) increases exponentially with age, investigating the association between AD and the accumulation of somatic mutation can help understand the...journal article 2023
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Copeland, S.M. (author), Hinrichs-Krapels, S. (author), Fecondo, Federica (author), Santizo, Esteban Ralon (author), Bal, Roland (author), Comes, M. (author)BACKGROUND: Prompted by recent shocks and stresses to health systems globally, various studies have emerged on health system resilience. Our aim is to describe how health system resilience is operationalised within empirical studies and previous reviews. We compare these to the core conceptualisations and characteristics of resilience in a...journal article 2023
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Devia Pinzon, C.A. (author), Giordano, G. (author)We propose an agent-based opinion formation model characterised by a two-fold novelty. First, we realistically assume that each agent cannot measure the opinion of its neighbours about a given statement with infinite resolution and accuracy, and hence it can only perceive the opinion of others as agreeing much more, or more, or comparably, or...journal article 2023
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Geleijnse, J. (author), Rutten, M.M. (author), de Villiers, D.J. (author), Bamwenda, James Tayebwa (author), Abraham, E. (author)Monitoring safe water access in developing countries relies primarily on household health survey and census data. These surveys are often incomplete: they tend to focus on the primary water source only, are spatially coarse, and usually happen every 5-10 years, during which significant changes can happen in urbanisation and infrastructure...journal article 2023
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Hobeika, N. (author), van Rijssel, L.N. (author), Prusti, M.K. (author), Dinklo, C.J.T. (author), Giannelli, D. (author), Dukai, B. (author), Kok, Arnaud (author), van Loon, Rob (author), Nota, René (author), Stoter, J.E. (author)Noise simulations are an important part of noise studies that investigate the impact of noise sources on the environment. In noise simulation, noise levels at receiver points are calculated based on the noise propagation paths between the receiver and source points. These paths are derived from the height of the terrain. In current calculation...journal article 2023
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de Jong, M.H.J. (author), Ganesan, Adarsh (author), Cupertino, A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)Mechanical frequency combs are poised to bring the applications and utility of optical frequency combs into the mechanical domain. So far, their main challenge has been strict requirements on drive frequencies and power, which complicate operation. We demonstrate a straightforward mechanism to create a frequency comb consisting of mechanical...journal article 2023
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Hartel, P.H. (author), van Wegberg, R.S. (author)Law enforcement agencies struggle with criminals using end-to-end encryption (E2EE). A recent policy paper states: “while encryption is vital and privacy and cyber security must be protected, that should not come at the expense of wholly precluding law enforcement”. The main argument is that E2EE hampers attribution and prosecution of...journal article 2023
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Pols, C.F.J. (author), Dekkers, P.J.J.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)This small-scale, qualitative study uses educational design research to explore how focusing on argumentation may contribute to students’ learning to engage in inquiry independently. Understanding inquiry as the construction of a scientifically cogent argument in support of a claim may encourage students to develop personal reasons for adhering...journal article 2023
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Aleebrahimdehkordi, M. (author), Lechner, J.M. (author), Ghorbani, Amineh (author), Nikolic, I. (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS), whether simple toy models or complex data-driven ones, is regularly applied in various domains to study the system-level patterns arising from individual behaviour and interactions. However, ABMS still faces diverse challenges such as modelling more representative agents or improving computational...journal article 2023
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Bal, Frans (author), Vleugel, J (author)Climate change is related with weather extremes, which may cause damages to infrastructure used by freight transport services. Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding and damage to railway lines, roads and inland waterways. Extreme drought may lead to extremely low water levels, which prevent safe navigation by inland barges. Wet and dry periods may...journal article 2023
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Naghibi, M. (author), Ekhlassi, Ahmad (author), Faizi, Mohsen (author)Tectonic theory is an integrative philosophy that examined the relations formed between design, construction, and space while create or experience architecture. Various tectonic perspectives since 1852 considering ‘space’ as an important parameter in tectonic were reviewed. This study aimed at proposing a new definition of landscape tectonics...journal article 2023
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Cosma, Bianca-Maria (author), Shirali Hossein Zade, R. (author), Jordan, E.N. (author), van Lent, P.H. (author), Peng, C. (author), Pillay, S. (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author)Background: Assembly algorithm choice should be a deliberate, well-justified decision when researchers create genome assemblies for eukaryotic organisms from third-generation sequencing technologies. While third-generation sequencing by Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) has overcome the disadvantages of short...journal article 2023
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de Boer, T.A.B. (author), de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Eisma, Y.B. (author)A spectrum of control methods in human–robot interaction was investigated, ranging from direct control to telepresence with a virtual representation of the robot arm. A total of 24 participants used a setup that included a Franka Emika Panda robot arm, Varjo XR-3 head-mounted display, and Leap Motion Controller. Participants performed a box...journal article 2023
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Ranjan, R. (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Ayas, C. (author)Computational process modelling of metal additive manufacturing has gained significant research attention in recent past. The cornerstone of many process models is the transient thermal response during the AM process. Since deposition-scale modelling of the thermal conditions in AM is computationally expensive, spatial and temporal...journal article 2023