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Bostan, I. (author), van Egmond, R. (author), Gommers, D.A.M.P.J. (author), Ozcan Vieira, E. (author)Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses are burdened by excessive number of false and irrelevant alarms generated by patient monitoring systems. Nurses rely on these patient monitoring systems for timely and relevant medical information concerning patients. However, the systems currently in place are not sensitive to the perceptual and cognitive...journal article 2024
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Xu, J. (author), Doubrovski, E.L. (author), Ozdemir, Mehmet (author), Geraedts, Jo M.P. (author), Song, Y. (author)Structural electronics has garnered significant attention in the past decade. However, there remains a lack of a systematic approach in designing and manufacturing sensors that leverage both mechanical and electronic properties of materials for different applications. In this paper, we introduce a method for designing piezoresistive force...journal article 2024
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Figueroa, C.A. (author), Aguilera, Adrian (author), Hoffmann, Thomas J. (author), Fukuoka, Yoshimi (author)Background: Women are less physically active, report greater perceived barriers for exercise, and show higher levels of depressive symptoms. This contributes to high global disability. The relationship between perceived barriers for physical activity and depressive symptoms in women remains largely unexplored. The aims of this cross-sectional...journal article 2024
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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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Hijaze, Eman (author), Gildor, Tsvia (author), Seidel, Ronald (author), Layous, Majed (author), Winter, M.R. (author), Bertinetti, Luca (author), Politi, Yael (author), Ben-Tabou de-Leon, Smadar (author)Biomineralization had apparently evolved independently in different phyla, using distinct minerals, organic scaffolds, and gene regulatory networks (GRNs). However, diverse eukaryotes from unicellular organisms, through echinoderms to vertebrates, use the actomyosin network during biomineralization. Specifically, the actomyosin remodeling...journal article 2024
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Bouros, Panagiotis (author), Titkov, Artur (author), Christodoulou, G.C. (author), Rauch, Christian (author), Mamoulis, Nikos (author)A wide range of applications manage interval data. HINT was recently proposed to hierarchically index intervals in main memory. The index outperforms competitive structures by a wide margin, but under its current setup, HINT is able to service only single query requests. In practice however, real systems receive a large number of queries at...conference paper 2024
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Rudd, M.T. (author), Schultz, Marc R. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)Traditionally, launch vehicles are constructed with a series of buckling-prone thin-walled cylindrical and conical shells, in which the buckling behavior of these shells has been well studied and buckling design guidance exists. Conical-cylindrical shell geometry is now being utilized for launch-vehicle stage adapters and payload adapters due...conference paper 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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Wang, X. (author), Li, Zirui (author), Alonso-Mora, J. (author), Wang, Meng (author)Risk assessment is a crucial component of collision warning and avoidance systems for intelligent vehicles. Reachability-based formal approaches have been developed to ensure driving safety to accurately detect potential vehicle collisions. However, they suffer from over-conservatism, potentially resulting in false–positive risk events in...journal article 2024
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Wijntjes, M.W.A. (author), van Middelkoop, C. (author)We present a framework that connects ideas from the visual arts and visual perception. It adapts two existing frameworks for the analysis of form and content so that it can be used in an educational context for teaching perception through visual arts. The basis is the formal analysis of texture, colour, light, space, and material. This...journal article 2024
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Liu, X. (author), Bharos, N.P. (author), Markovich, L. (author), Borregaard, J. (author)Generating entanglement between distributed network nodes is a prerequisite for the quantum internet. Entanglement distribution protocols based on high-dimensional photonic qudits enable the simultaneous generation of multiple entangled pairs, which can significantly reduce the required coherence time of the qubit registers. However, current...journal article 2024
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Keshvari, Shaiyan (author), Wijntjes, M.W.A. (author)Humans can rapidly identify materials, such as wood or leather, even within a complex visual scene. Given a single image, one can easily identify the underlying "stuff," even though a given material can have highly variable appearance; fabric comes in unlimited variations of shape, pattern, color, and smoothness, yet we have little trouble...journal article 2024
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Pokhrel, Pranisha (author), Zhou, Yangxiao (author), Smits, F.J.C. (author), Kamps, Pierre (author), Olsthoorn, T.N. (author)An error was made in the definition of the density parameter ρ in Equations 7, 8 and 9 of the original article. It was defined as the bulk density of the aquifer, whereas it should have been the density of pore water. Additionally the density of the aquifer solid matrix ρ<sub>s</sub>, used in equation 11 to compute the retardation factor, was...journal article 2024
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Barczyk, R.T. (author), Kuipers, L. (author), Verhagen, Ewold (author)Control over light propagation and localization in photonic crystals offers wide applications ranging from sensing and on-chip routing to lasing and quantum light–matter interfaces. Although in electronic crystals, magnetic fields can be used to induce a multitude of unique phenomena, the uncharged nature of photons necessitates alternative...journal article 2024
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Huisman, Kees Theo (author), Abdellah, Mohamed H. (author), Alvarez Sosa, Damaris S. (author), Fernandes Simoes, Filipa R. (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Vrouwenvelder, J.S. (author), Szekely, Gyorgy (author)Membrane modules for seawater desalination are becoming increasingly important for obtaining clean water with the rising global water scarcity. The productivity of membrane modules is compromised by biofouling on the membrane and feed spacer. Biofouling development can be mitigated by modification of the spacer or membrane surface. The...journal article 2024
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Guo, W. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Li, Wenfeng (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)Global synchromodal transportation is a promising strategy for providing efficient, reliable, flexible, and sustainable container shipping services across continents. It involves integrating multiple modes and routes owned by various operators to create a comprehensive transport plan. However, these operators often have their own local...journal article 2024
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Li, Z. (author), Homborg, A.M. (author), Visser, Peter (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)In this work, the corrosion mechanism of AA2024-T3 covered by a lithium-based conversion layer is studied with high spatial and temporal resolution. Although the aluminium alloy surface is protected by a multi-layered conversion layer, areas around intermetallic phases (IMPs) represent weak spots due to an insufficient generation of a...journal article 2024
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Jamali, Sina S. (author), Wu, Yanfang (author), Homborg, A.M. (author), Lemay, Serge G. (author), Gooding, J. Justin (author)Stochastic electrochemical measurement has come of age as a powerful analytical tool in corrosion science, electrophysiology, and single-entity electrochemistry. It relies on the fundamental trait that most electrochemical processes are stochastic and discrete in nature. Stochastic measurement of a single entity probes the charge transfer...review 2024
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Rogers, Ciarán (author), de Marchi, Guido (author), Brandl, B.R. (author)In this Letter, we present the first systematic spectroscopic measurements of the near-infrared (NIR) hydrogen recombination lines Paschen alpha (Pa<sub>α</sub>λ = 1.875 µm) and Brackett beta (Br<sub>β</sub>λ = 2.626 µm), produced by pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars. Such stars include T Tauri and Herbig AeBe stars, located in the massive...journal article 2024
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Caradonna, Daniele (author), Pierallini, M. (author), Della Santina, C. (author), Angelini, Franco (author), Bicchi, Antonio (author)Soft robots enable safe and robust operations in unstructured environments. However, the nonlinearities of their continuum structure complicate the accomplishment of classic robotic tasks, such as pick and place. In this work, we propose the R-Soft Inverted Pendulum, a Soft Inverted Pendulum (SIP) actuated only by a revolute joint at the base...journal article 2024