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Wang, X. (author), Verlaan, M. (author), Apecechea, Maialen Irazoqui (author), Lin, H.X. (author)Accurate parameter estimation for the Global Tide and Surge Model (GTSM) benefits from observations with long time-series. However, increasing the number of measurements leads to a large computation demand and increased memory requirements, especially for the ensemble-based methods that assimilate the measurements at one batch. In this study,...journal article 2022
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van Oorschot, Kim E. (author), Akkermans, Henk A. (author), Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (author), Wang, Y. (author)Purpose: Due to the complexity of digital services, companies are increasingly forced to offer their services “in permanent beta”, requiring continuous fine-tuning and updating. Complexity makes it extremely difficult to predict when and where the next service disruption will occur. The authors examine what this means for performance measurement...journal article 2022
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Wang, X. (author), Roy, Spandan (author), Fari, S. (author), Baldi, S. (author)The high maneuverability of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) exposes these systems to several dynamical and parametric uncertainties, severely affecting the fidelity of modeling and causing limited guidance autonomy. This article shows enhanced autonomy via adaptation mechanisms embedded in the guidance law: a vector-field method is...journal article 2022
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Li, Mingyang (author), Ao, Yibin (author), Deng, Shulin (author), Peng, Panyu (author), Chen, Shuangzhou (author), Wang, T. (author), Martek, Igor (author), Bahmani, Homa (author)Under circumstances of pervasive global aging combined with weakened traditional family elder care, an incremental demand for institutional elder care is generated. This has led to a surge in research regarding institutional elder care. Rural residents’ institutional elder care is receiving more attention as a major theme in social sciences and...journal article 2022
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Wang, Z. (author), Krishnakumari, P.K. (author), Anupam, K. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Erkens, S. (author)Understanding the relationship between pavement raveling and traffic characteristics is important to pavement management and maintenance planning. In this work, we propose a framework to empirically quantify this relationship. It consists of an alignment method to tackle the inconsistent spatial-temporal scales of the raveling and traffic...conference paper 2022
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Zhao, Kangqi (author), Wang, Yihui (author), Ding, Miaomiao (author), Li, Shukai (author), Quaglietta, E. (author), Meng, Lingyun (author)More and more people in big cities choose urban rail transit as the main means of public transportation. With the increasing unbalanced passenger flow in time and space, the traditional operation mode with fixed train formation (or composition) is difficult to satisfy the varying passenger demands. This paper distinguishes different train...conference paper 2022
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Wang, H. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Liu, X. (author), Apostolidis, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author), Leng, Zhen (author), Airey, G.D. (author)Crumb rubber modified bitumen (CRMB) can be regarded as a binary composite system in which swollen rubber particles are embedded in the bitumen matrix. Previous study has successfully implemented the micromechanics models in predicting the complex moduli of CRMB binders using more representative constituent parameters. In the regime of master...journal article 2022
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Wang, Ji Yin (author), van Loo, N. (author), Mazur, G.P. (author), Levajac, V. (author), Malinowski, F.K. (author), Lemang, M.F. (author), Borsoi, F. (author), Badawy, G.H.A. (author), Quintero Perez, M. (author), Heedt, S. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author)We systematically study three-terminal InSb-Al nanowire devices by using radio-frequency reflectometry. Tunneling spectroscopy measurements on both ends of the hybrid nanowires are performed while systematically varying the chemical potential, magnetic field, and junction transparencies. Identifying the lowest-energy state allows for the...journal article 2022
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Garg, Sahil (author), Li, Mengran (author), Hussain, Tanveer (author), Idros, Mohamed Nazmi (author), Wu, Yuming (author), Zhao, Xiu Song (author), Wang, Geoff G.X. (author), Rufford, Thomas E. (author)We report a new strategy to improve the reactivity and durability of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA)-type electrolyzer for CO2 electrolysis to CO by modifying the silver catalyst layer with urea. Our experimental and theoretical results show that mixing urea with the silver catalyst can promote electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R),...journal article 2022
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Wang, L. (author), Li, S. (author), Wang, Ping (author), Chen, Rong (author), Li, Z. (author)The continuous homogeneous rail constraint of embedded rail system (ERS) is realized by the encapsulation of rails with the elastic poured compound (EPC) which is a composite material. Previous treatment of EPC as linear elastic material was insufficient in the failure analysis of ERS. In this work, a hyperelastic model is developed to...journal article 2022
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Wang, Guanzhong (author), Dvir, T. (author), van Loo, N. (author), Mazur, G.P. (author), Gazibegovic, Sasa (author), Badawy, G.H.A. (author), Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), de Lange, G. (author)The lowest-energy excitations of superconductors do not carry an electric charge, as their wave function is equally electron-like and hole-like. This fundamental property is not easy to study in electrical measurements that rely on the charge to generate an observable signal. The ability of a quantum dot to act as a charge filter enables us...journal article 2022
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Malinowski, F.K. (author), Han, L. (author), de Jong, D. (author), Wang, Ji Yin (author), Prosko, C.G. (author), Krogstrup, Peter (author), Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), Koski, Jonne V. (author)We demonstrate the use of radio-frequency (rf) resonators to measure the capacitance of nanoscale semiconducting devices in field-effect transistor configurations. The rf resonator is attached to the gate or the lead of the device. Consequently, tuning the carrier density in the conducting channel of the device affects the resonance frequency...journal article 2022
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Yang, Liu (author), Ma, Yunjian (author), Chen, Yebao (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Wang, Yonghua (author)Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) are widely used as plastic additives to increase the flexibility and durability of plastics. Constantly leaching out from plastics, PAEs are ubiquitously found in the environment. As PAEs exhibit biological activities such as being endocrine disruptive, the quest for efficient degradation strategies continues. Here...journal article 2022
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author), Ren, S. (author), Li, Yi (author)High content rubber modified bitumen (HCRMB) prepared from the high content of waste tire rubber and bitumen has good performance while allowing greater use of the waste tires. However, HCRMB is subject to aging during use, which can affect its performance. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of high content of waste tire...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Liu, X. (author), Ren, S. (author), Jing, R. (author), Lin, P. (author), Apostolidis, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author), Wang, Xuancang (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author)Lignin, one of the most abundant natural polymers, has been extensively studied as an additive in bituminous binders. Even though the lignin improves the overall resistance against oxidative aging of bitumen, it could lead to high thermal cracking sensitivity. In this study, a bio-oil (i.e., rapeseed oil) is implemented in lignin-modified...journal article 2022
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Wang, Ye (author), Ren, Genkuan (author), Jiang, Bing (author), Yang, Lin (author), Zhang, Zhiye (author), Wang, Xinlong (author), Zhong, Yanjun (author), Chen, Z. (author), Yang, Xiushan (author), Morita, Kazuki (author), Ma, Wenhui (author)Nanometer-sized hematite was prepared via a two-step process. In the first step, FeSO<sub>4</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O was oxidized to Fe<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> by oxygen in an acidic solution. In the second step, the Fe<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> was reduced to nanosize hematite with sulfur vapor at 550 °C. The...journal article 2022
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Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Fan, Jiajie (author), Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Xie, Bin (author), Ye, H. (author)The wide-bandgap semiconductors represented by GaN have a broad application prospect because of their high service temperature and high switch frequency. Quad-Flat-No-Lead (QFN) Package is currently one of the mainstream packaging methods due to its low cost and high efficiency. However, the low reliability of QFN used in GaN devices is still...conference paper 2022
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Liu, Guixian (author), Peng, Zhan (author), Jing, Guoqing (author), Wang, Shilei (author), Li, Yaonan (author), Guo, Y. (author)Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a popular technology for inspecting railway ballast layer, mainly on the ballast fouling level. However, different GPR antennas with different frequencies are suitable for different inspection emphasis and diverse railway lines (weather and sub-structure). In addition, the full-scale track model (with...journal article 2022
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Ren, Jie (author), Sun, Hongfang (author), Li, Qun (author), Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Xiaogang (author), Wang, Yanshuai (author), Li, Linfei (author), Xing, Feng (author)In this research, the effects of natural seawater (SW) on the properties of alkali-activated slag/fly ash (AASF) are studied. AASF prepared with deionized water is set as the reference mixture. The results showed that the use of natural SW resulted in a prolonged setting time and lower heat release, but no obvious impact on the flowability of...journal article 2022
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Wang, Ningzhen (author), van Turnhout, J. (author), Daniels, Robert (author), Wu, Chao (author), Huo, Jindong (author), Gerhard, Reimund (author), Sotzing, Gregory (author), Cao, Yang (author)In contrast to molecular-dipole polymers, such as PVDF, ferroelectrets are a new class of flexible spatially heterogeneous piezoelectric polymers with closed or open voids that act as deformable macro-dipoles after charging. With a spectrum of manufacturing processes being developed to engineer the heterogeneous structures, ferroelectrets are...journal article 2022