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Hazelwood, L.A. (author), Walsh, M.C. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.M. (author)The hop plant, Humulus lupulus L., has an exceptionally high content of secondary metabolites, the hop -acids, which possess a range of beneficial properties, including antiseptic action. Studies performed on the mode of action of hop iso--acids have hitherto been restricted to lactic acid bacteria. The present study investigated molecular...journal article 2009
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Medina, V.G. (author), Almering, M.J.H. (author), Van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)In anaerobic cultures of wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae, glycerol production is essential to reoxidize NADH produced in biosynthetic processes. Consequently, glycerol is a major by-product during anaerobic production of ethanol by S. cerevisiae, the single largest fermentation process in industrial biotechnology. The present study...journal article 2009
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Alkan, A.S. (author), Altürk, E. (author), De Vylder, J. (author), Fujimoto, S. (author), Gantenbein, C. (author), Geers, K. (author), Grassi, G. (author), Linder, M. (author), Maltzan, M. (author), Milani, S. (author), Ockman, J. (author), Pasquarelli, G. (author), Riedijk, M. (author), Ungers, O.M. (author), Walker, E. (author)Fifteen essays in 'Architecture as a craft' present a vision of the architectural discipline in which the essence is sought in craft itself. The book is based on the eponymous symposium that the Delft University of Technology held at the Faculty of Architecture from May 13 to June 4, 2009. The texts can be divided into three main groups: 1. this...book 2010
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Trung, N.T. (author), Biharie, V. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Caron, L. (author), Buschow, K.H.J. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)Substitution of some Cr for Mn atoms in MnCoGe was employed to control the magnetic and structural transitions in this alloy to coincide, leading to a single first-order magnetostructural transition from the ferromagnetic to the paramagnetic state with a giant magnetocaloric effect observed near room temperature. Further increase in the Cr...journal article 2010
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Brück, E.H. (author), Trung, N.T. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Caron, L. (author), Buschow, K.H.J. (author)The MnCoGe alloy can crystallize in either the hexagonal Ni2In- or the orthorhombic TiNiSi-type of structure. In both phases MnCoGe behaves like a typical ferromagnet with a second-order magnetic phase transition. For MnCoGeBx with B on interstitial positions, we discover a giant magnetocaloric effect associated with a single first-order...journal article 2010
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Wyers, C.E. (author), Breedveld-Peters, J.J.L. (author), Reijven, P.L.M. (author), Van Helden, S. (author), Guldemond, N.A. (author), Severens, J.L. (author), Verburg, A.D. (author), Meesters, B. (author), Van Rhijn, L. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author)Background: Hip fracture patients often have an impaired nutritional status at the time of fracture, which can result in a higher complication rate, prolonged rehabilitation time and increased mortality. A study was designed to evaluate the effect of nutritional intervention on nutritional status, functional status, total length of stay,...journal article 2010
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Van Leeuwen, T. (author), Mulder, W.A. (author)Wave-equation traveltime tomography tries to obtain a subsurface velocity model from seismic data, either passive or active, that explains their traveltimes. A key step is the extraction of traveltime differences, or relative phase shifts, between observed and modelled finite-frequency waveforms. A standard approach involves a correlation of the...journal article 2010
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De Vlugt, E. (author), De Groot, J.H. (author), Schenkeveld, K.E. (author), Arendzen, J.H. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Meskers, C.G.M. (author)Quantifying increased joint resistance into its contributing factors i.e. stiffness and viscosity ("hypertonia") and stretch reflexes ("hyperreflexia") is important in stroke rehabilitation. Existing clinical tests, such as the Ashworth Score, do not permit discrimination between underlying tissue and reflexive (neural) properties. We propose an...journal article 2010
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Khoshelham, K. (author), Soudarissanane, S. (author), Van der Sande, C. (author)AHN-2 is the second part of the Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland project, which concerns the acquisition of high-resolution altimetry data over the entire Netherlands using airborne laser scanning. The accuracy assessment of laser altimetry data usually relies on comparing corresponding tie elements, often points or lines, in the overlapping...journal article 2010
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Haffner, M.E.A. (author), Boumeester, H.J.F.M. (author)Housing became more expensive in the Netherlands between 2002 and 2006, a trend which has been demonstrated using various measures of affordability. The expenditure-to-income ratios calculated for households confirm that the average cost of housing rose for tenants and homeowners, as well as for most income groups generally. This contribution...journal article 2010
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Kulichikhin, V. (author), Semakov, A. (author), Karbushev, V. (author), Makarova, V. (author), Mendes, E. (author), Fisher, H. (author), Picken, S. (author)The main focus of this Chapter was targeted on novel approaches to compatibility of particles with polymer matrices and detail analysis of rheology-morphology interrelationships. Rather attractive method of mixing based on knowledge of rheological behavior of polymers at high shear rates was proposed and studied. The major fraction of ND around...book chapter 2010
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Karami, M.A. (author), Gersbach, M. (author), Yoon, H.J. (author), Charbon, E. (author)We report on the first implementation of a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) in 90nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The detector features an octagonal multiplication region and a guard ring to prevent premature edge breakdown using a standard mask set exclusively. The proposed structure emerged from a systematic...journal article 2010
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Hak, B. (author), Mulder, W.A. (author)Seismic data enable imaging of the Earth, not only of velocity and density but also of attenuation contrasts. Unfortunately, the Born approximation of the constant-density visco-acoustic wave equation, which can serve as a forward modelling operator related to seismic migration, exhibits an ambiguity when attenuation is included. Different...journal article 2010
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Geraldes, C.F.G.C. (author), Djanashvili, K. (author), Peters, J.A. (author)Recently, many research activities in medical diagnosis have been devoted to molecular imaging with MRI. A key issue is the evaluation of molecular targets that allow the early detection and characterization of diseases and the assessment of the effects of therapy. The majority of the current targeting vectors are peptides and proteins; reports...journal article 2010
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Leupen, B. (author), Mooij, H. (author)This manual sheds light on every aspect of designing housing. The organization of the living space and the residential building is dealt with systematically, from the breadth, depth, stacking, access to dwellings and the urban ensemble. This revised edition has been expanded with 20 new exemplary projects, boasts an improved structure and has...book 2011
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Wauben, L.S.G.L. (author), Dekker-van Doorn, C.M. (author), Van Wijngaarden, J.H.D. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Huijsman, R. (author), Klein, J. (author), Lange, J.F. (author)Objective To assess surgical team members’ differences in perception of non-technical skills. Design Questionnaire design. Setting Operating theatres (OTs) at one university hospital, three teaching hospitals and one general hospital in the Netherlands. Participants Sixty-six surgeons, 97 OT nurses, 18 anaesthetists and 40 nurse anaesthetists....journal article 2011
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Dong, J. (author), Van Driel, W. (author), Zhnag, G. (author)This paper describes a new design concept of automatically diagnosing and compensating LED degradations in distributed solid state lighting (SSL) systems. A failed LED may significantly reduce the overall illumination level, and destroy the uniform illumination distribution achieved by a nominal system. To our knowledge, an automatic scheme to...journal article 2011
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Voortman, L.M. (author), Stallinga, S. (author), Schoenmakers, R.H.M. (author), Van Vliet, L.J. (author), Rieger, B. (author)Today, the resolution in phase-contrast cryo-electron tomography is for a significant part limited by the contrast transfer function (CTF) of the microscope. The CTF is a function of defocus and thus varies spatially as a result of the tilting of the specimen and the finite specimen thickness. Models that include spatial dependencies have not...journal article 2011
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Haffner, M.E.A. (author), Heylen, K. (author)Recently housing affordability has reached the agenda in Flanders and the Netherlands, giving a good reason to present a review of the concept of affordability and different definitions. The concept of short-term affordability, which is concerned with financial access to a dwelling and is based on cash flows, is combined with the concept of long...journal article 2011
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Rosso, M. (author), Van Steijn, V. (author), De Smet, L.C.P.M. (author), Sudhölter, E.J.R. (author), Kleijn, C.R. (author), Kreutzer, M.T. (author)A self-similar reaction front develops in reactive ion etching when the ions penetrate channels of shallow height h. This relates to the patterning of microchannels using a single-step etching and bonding, as described by Rhee et al. [Lab Chip 5, 102 (2005)] . Experimentally, we report that the front location scales as xf ? ht1/2 and the width...journal article 2011