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Devia Pinzon, C.A. (author), Giordano, G. (author)Comparing model predictions with real data is crucial to improve and validate a model. For opinion formation models, validation based on real data is uncommon and difficult to obtain, also due to the lack of systematic approaches for a meaningful comparison. We introduce a framework to assess opinion formation models, which can be used to...journal article 2022
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Siskins, M. (author), Kurdi, S. (author), Lee, M. (author), Slotboom, Benjamin J.M. (author), Xing, Wenyu (author), Mañas-Valero, Samuel (author), Coronado, Eugenio (author), Jia, Shuang (author), Han, Wei (author), van der Sar, T. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Two-dimensional magnetic materials with strong magnetostriction are attractive systems for realizing strain-tuning of the magnetization in spintronic and nanomagnetic devices. This requires an understanding of the magneto-mechanical coupling in these materials. In this work, we suspend thin Cr<sub>2</sub>Ge<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>6</sub> layers...journal article 2022
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Chen, X. (author), Ammu, S.K. (author), Masania, K. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Levitation offers extreme isolation of mechanical systems from their environment, while enabling unconstrained high-precision translation and rotation of objects. Diamagnetic levitation is one of the most attractive levitation schemes because it allows stable levitation at room temperature without the need for a continuous power supply....journal article 2022
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De Vries, Laurens (author), Sanchez Jimenez, I.J. (author)Existing indicators of electricity system adequacy need to be supplemented with economic performance indicators. As power systems are decarbonized, energy storage technologies are being developed and demand is becoming more flexible. Reliability standards need to reflect the price elasticity of these sources of flexibility. During scarcity...journal article 2022
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Saredi, E. (author), Sciacchitano, A. (author), Scarano, F. (author)The occurrence of data outliers in PIV measurements remains nowadays a problematic issue; their effective detection is relevant to the reliability of PIV experiments. This study proposes a novel approach to outliers detection from time-averaged three-dimensional PIV data. The principle is based on the agreement of the measured data to the...journal article 2022
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Enserink, B. (author), Bots, P.W.G. (author), van Daalen, C. (author), Hermans, L.M. (author), Kortmann, Rens (author), Koppenjan, Joop (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Ruijgh-van der Ploeg, M.P.M. (author), Slinger, J (author), Thissen, W.A.H. (author)Policy of Multi-Actor Systems is an introduction into the art of craft of problem exploration and problem structuring. It positions policy analysis as a scientific discipline focused on systems analysis in a multi-actor context to support better informed decision-making. The approach presented in this book is considered to be the cornerstone of...book 2022
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This open access book shows how value sensitive design (VSD), responsible innovation, and comprehensive engineering can guide the rapid development of technological responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Responding to the ethical challenges of data-driven technologies and other tools requires thinking about values in the context of a pandemic as well...book 2022
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Saravana Jothi, N. S. (author), Hunt, A. (author)Metamaterials are artificially structured materials and exhibit properties that are uncommon or non-existent in nature. Mechanical metamaterials show exotic mechanical properties, such as negative stiffness, vanishing shear modulus, or negative Poisson's ratio. These properties stem from the geometry and arrangement of the metamaterial unit...journal article 2022
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Gholinejad, M. (author), Pelanis, Egidius (author), Aghayan, Davit (author), Fretland, Åsmund Avdem (author), Edwin, Bjørn (author), Terkivatan, Turkan (author), Elle, Ole Jakob (author), Loeve, A.J. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)Surgical process modelling is an innovative approach that aims to simplify the challenges involved in improving surgeries through quantitative analysis of a well-established model of surgical activities. In this paper, surgical process model strategies are applied for the analysis of different Minimally Invasive Liver Treatments (MILTs),...journal article 2022
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Thorsen, R.Ø. (author), Hulleman, C.N. (author), Rieger, B. (author), Stallinga, S. (author)Combining orientation estimation with localization microscopy opens up the possibility to analyze the underlying orientation of biomolecules on the nanometer scale. Inspired by the recent improvement of the localization precision by shifting excitation patterns (MINFLUX, SIMFLUX), we have adapted the idea towards the modulation of excitation...journal article 2022
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Guo, J. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)The rapid development of high-Q<sub>M</sub> macroscopic mechanical resonators has enabled great advances in optomechanics. Further improvements could allow for quantum-limited or quantum-enhanced applications at ambient temperature. Some of the remaining challenges include the integration of high-Q<sub>M</sub> structures on a chip, while...journal article 2022
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Van Mieghem, P.F.A. (author)A complex fractional derivative can be derived by formally extending the integer k in the kth derivative of a function, computed via Cauchy's integral, to complex α. This straightforward approach reveals fundamental problems due to inherent nonanalyticity. A consequence is that the complex fractional derivative is not uniquely defined. We...journal article 2022
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Willemet, L. (author), Huloux, Nicolas (author), Wiertlewski, M. (author)When grasping objects, we rely on our sense of touch to adjust our grip and react against external perturbations. Less than 200 ms after an unexpected event, the sensorimotor system is able to process tactile information to deduce the frictional strength of the contact and to react accordingly. Given that roughly 1,300 afferents innervate the...journal article 2022
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Steffelbauer, D.B. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Timmermans, Jos (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Bakker, M. (author)Global mean sea-level rise (SLR) has accelerated since 1900 from less than 2 mm yr-1 during most of the century to more than 3 mm yr-1 since 1993. Decision-makers in coastal countries, however, require information on SLR at the regional scale, where detection of an acceleration in SLR is difficult, because the long-term sea-level signal is...journal article 2022
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Wang, T. (author), Giunti, Guido (author), Melles, M. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author)Background: The adoption and use of technology have significantly changed health care delivery. Patient experience has become a significant factor in the entire spectrum of patient-centered health care delivery. Digital health facilitates further improvement and empowerment of patient experiences. Therefore, the design of digital health is...review 2022
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Dutta, S. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)We report on the effect of Fabry-Pérot (FP) resonance on hot-carrier electroluminescence (EL) spectra and the optical power efficiencies of silicon (Si) avalanche-mode (AM) LEDs in the wavelength range from 500 nm to 950 nm. The LEDs, fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator photonics technology, consist of symmetric p-n junctions placed within a 0...journal article 2022
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Guendel, Ronny (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)Continuous Human Activity Recognition (HAR) in arbitrary directions is investigated in this paper using a network of five spatially distributed pulsed Ultra-Wideband radars. While activities performed continuously and in unconstrained trajectories provide a more realistic and natural scenario for HAR, the network of radar sensors is proposed...journal article 2022
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Stockill, Robert (author), Forsch, M. (author), Hijazi, Frederick (author), Beaudoin, Grégoire (author), Pantzas, Konstantinos (author), Sagnes, Isabelle (author), Braive, Rémy (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Mechanical resonators can act as excellent intermediaries to interface single photons in the microwave and optical domains due to their high quality factors. Nevertheless, the optical pump required to overcome the large energy difference between the frequencies can add significant noise to the transduced signal. Here we exploit the remarkable...journal article 2022
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Fritz, E.K. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Boorsma, Koen (author)<br/><br/>This article proposes an efficient correction model that enables the extension of the blade element momentum method (BEM) for swept blades. Standard BEM algorithms, assuming a straight blade in the rotor plane, cannot account for the changes in the induction system introduced by blade sweep. The proposed extension corrects the axial...journal article 2022
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Zivari, A. (author), Fiaschi, N. (author), Burgwal, Roel (author), Verhagen, Ewold (author), Stockill, Robert (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Distributing quantum entanglement on a chip is a crucial step toward realizing scalable quantum processors. Using traveling phonons-quantized guided mechanical wave packets-as a medium to transmit quantum states is now gaining substantial attention due to their small size and low propagation speed compared to other carriers, such as electrons...journal article 2022