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Kashifi, M.T.K. (author)Road traffic crash is a global tragedy that leads to economic loss, injury, and fatalities. Understanding the severity of a road crash at the early stages is vital to timely providing emergency medical services to crash victims. This study developed a crash emergency response management framework that requires basic crash information for...journal article 2024
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Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Erkens, S. (author)The low-temperature relaxation and fatigue cracking performance are two essential aspects in estimating the rejuvenation efficiency of recycling agents (RAs). This study aims to fundamentally investigate the effects of recycling agent type/dosage and aging degree of bitumen on thermodynamic and rheological properties of rejuvenated bitumen at...journal article 2024
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Zeng, Y. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Li, Z. (author)A transfer function (TF) is an effective representation of the load-response relationship of railway track structures. To fill the gap in measuring track structure TFs over a wide frequency range from a moving vehicle, we develop a TF measurement system and the associated TF estimation methodology. Accelerometers are utilized to estimate the...journal article 2024
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Zhang, P. (author), Li, Z. (author)This paper aims at identifying the formation mechanism of short pitch rail corrugation using an improved configuration of a 1/5 scaled V-Track test rig. The loading conditions of the V-Track are designed to simulate the wheel-rail dynamic interactions on the tangent track. Corrugation initiation and consistent growth are successfully produced...journal article 2024
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Jain, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author), Steenbergen, M.J.M.M. (author), van Dalen, K.N. (author)Railway transition zones (RTZs) experience higher rates of degradation compared to open tracks, which leads to increased maintenance costs and reduced availability. Despite existing literature on railway track assessment and maintenance, effective design solutions for RTZs are still limited. Therefore, a robust design criterion is required to...journal article 2024
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Li, Meng (author), Li, Chao (author), Wu, Guanyin (author), An, Xizhong (author), Zhang, Hao (author), Fu, Haitao (author), Yang, Xiaohong (author), Zou, Qingchuan (author), Wu, Yongli (author), Dong, Kejun (author)An in-depth exploration of the reaction kinetics and thermo-chemical behaviors of the raceway can offer practical insights for optimizing the operations of blast furnace (BF), thus achieving a more effective iron and steel production process. In this study, the dynamic characteristics and the flow, heat and mass transfer behaviors in the BF...journal article 2024
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Shoja, Aydin (author), van der Neut, J.R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author)Recently, the focus of reflection seismologists has shifted to applications where a high-resolution image of the subsurface is required. Least-Squares Reverse-Time Migration (LSRTM) is a common tool used to compute such images. Still, its high computational costs have led seismologists to use target-oriented LSRTM for imaging only a small target...journal article 2024
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Haverkort, J.W. (author), Sanderse, B. (author), Padding, J.T. (author), Blake, J.W. (author)In flow-by capacitive deionization (CDI) brackish water flows between two electrodes that capacitively remove salt. We assume low inlet concentrations so “salt shocks” appear in the electrodes and the process becomes diffusion-limited. For unit charge efficiency, a simplified model is derived consisting of two coupled partial differential...journal article 2024
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Mier Escurra, C. (author), Mor, A. R. (author), Luo, T. (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)The correct identification of partial discharges (PDs) is instrumental for the maintenance plan in gas-insulated systems (GIS). However, onsite PD measurements are difficult, especially in HVDC systems, where partial discharges can be confused with interference. This paper proposes a method to discern PDs from interferences based on the GIS...journal article 2024
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Rejali, Sina (author), Watson-Brown, Natalie (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Senserrick, Teresa (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)Empirical data demonstrates that distracted driving is a leading cause of crashes even in countries with sophisticated road safety systems. As such, a paradigm shift is needed to prevent driver distraction. This study aims to contribute to this paradigm shift by critically investigating the official distraction-related information and road...journal article 2024
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van Schilt, Isabelle M. (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Mense, Jelte P. (author), Verbraeck, A. (author)Supply chain visibility concerns the ability to track parts, components, or products in transit from supplier to customer. The data that organizations can obtain to establish or improve supply chain visibility is often sparse. This paper presents a classification of the dimensions of data sparseness and quantitatively explores the impact of...journal article 2024
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Pelka, S. (author), Kesselring, Anne (author), Preuß, Sabine (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), De Vries, Laurens (author)Aligning prosumers' electricity consumption to the availability of self-generated electricity decreases CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and costs. Nudges are proposed as one behavioral intervention to orchestrate such changes. At the same time, fragmented findings in the literature make it challenging to identify suitable behavioral interventions...journal article 2024
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Collenteur, R.A. (author), Bakker, M. (author), Caljé, Ruben (author), Klop, Stijn A. (author), Schaars, Frans (author)Time series analysis is an increasingly popular method to analyze heads measured in an observation well. Common applications include the quantification of the effect of different stresses (rainfall, pumping, etc.), and the detection of trends and outliers. Pastas is a new and open source Python package for the analysis of hydrogeological time...journal article 2019
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Klenk, M.B.O.T. (author)Franke, in Philosophy & Technology, 37(1), 1–6, (2024), connects the recent debate about manipulative algorithmic transparency with the concerns about problematic pursuits of positive liberty. I argue that the indifference view of manipulative transparency is not aligned with positive liberty, contrary to Franke’s claim, and even if it is...journal article 2024
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Lnenicka, Martin (author), Rizun, Nina (author), Alexopoulos, Charalampos (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)Digital government comprises all means to enable governments to interact with their constituents digitally. The metaverse provides a virtual reality environment where various activities can be carried out without physically visiting the places of interest, including the public authorities. Yet, how governments can use the metaverse is unknown...journal article 2024
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Muravyov, Dmitry (author)While the prevalent view positions data as an objective and unbiased resource of truth about the world, scholars have noted that this understanding cannot be all-encompassing and data activists may comprehend the relationship between knowledge, reality, and data differently. Data activists are civil society actors with a critical stance towards...journal article 2022
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Yu, F. (author), Ching, Wai Ki (author), Wu, Chufang (author), Gu, Jia Wen (author)In this paper, we consider optimal pairs trading strategies in terms of static optimality and dynamic optimality under mean–variance criterion. The spread of the entity pairs is assumed to be mean-reverting and follows an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process. A constrained optimal control problem is considered, and the Lagrange multiplier technique is...journal article 2022
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Paulus, D. (author), Fathi, Ramian (author), Fiedrich, Frank (author), van de Walle, B.A. (author), Comes, M. (author)Humanitarian crises, such as the 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic, challenge information management and thereby threaten the digital resilience of the responding organizations. Crisis information management (CIM) is characterised by the urgency to respond despite the uncertainty of the situation. Coupled with high stakes, limited resources and a...journal article 2022
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Cozzolino, Vittorio (author), Tonetto, Leonardo (author), Mohan, Nitinder (author), Ding, Aaron Yi (author), Ott, Jorg (author)Widespread adoption of mobile augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications depends on their smoothness and immersiveness. Modern AR applications applying computationally intensive computer vision algorithms can burden today's mobile devices, and cause high energy consumption and/or poor performance. To tackle this challenge, it...journal article 2022
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Lu, Hai (author), Yu, Ruyun (author), Zhu, Yan (author), He, Xiao (author), Liang, K. (author), Chu, William Cheng-Chung (author)Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) plays an important role in current secure data sharing through fine-grained customizable policies. However, the existing ABE schemes only support simple predicates, = and ≠, but cannot express a more general membership predicates, ∈ and ∉, in policies. The low expressivity of ABE will enlarge the ciphertext...journal article 2022