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Jensen, Per Anker (author), van der Voordt, Theo (author)Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of buildings on the creation of healthy workplaces (HWs) and end users’ physical and mental health and well-being. The paper presents available research on the impact of workplace layout, interior design, indoor climate and “green” offices. It ends with reflections on the main lessons learned,...review 2019
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Smith, W.A. (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author), Vermaas, D.A. (author), Geerlings, J.J.C. (author)Using renewable energy as an input, Power-to-X technologies have the potential to replace fossil fuels and chemicals with dense-energy carriers that are instead derived out of thin air. In this work, we put into context what the industrial-scale production of chemicals from ambient CO<sub>2</sub> using CO<sub>2</sub> electrolysis means in...review 2019
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van Zandwijk, Jan Peter (author), Vester, Marloes E.M. (author), Bilo, Rob A. (author), van Rijn, Rick R. (author), Loeve, A.J. (author)Various types of complex biomechanical models have been published in the literature to better understand processes related to inflicted head injury by shaking trauma (IHI-ST) in infants. In this systematic review, a comprehensive overview of these models is provided. A systematic review was performed in MEDLINE and Scopus for articles using...review 2019
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Wu, D. (author), Zhang, R. (author), Pore, Ameya (author), Ha, Xuan Thao (author), Li, Z. (author), Herrera, Fernando (author), Kowalczyk, Wojtek (author), De Momi, Elena (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Kober, J. (author)Minimally Invasive Procedures (MIPs) emerged as an alternative to more invasive surgical approaches, offering patient benefits such as smaller incisions, less pain, and shorter hospital stay. In one class of MIPs, where natural body lumens or small incisions are used to access deeper anatomical locations, Flexible Surgical and Interventional...review 2024
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Idema, T. (author), Kraft, Daniela J. (author)Protein inclusions in the membranes of living cells interact via the deformations they impose on that membrane. Such membrane-mediated interactions lead to sorting and self-assembly of the inclusions, as well as to membrane remodelling, crucial for many biological processes. For the past decades, theory, numerical calculations and experiments...review 2019
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Vilhunen, Tuuli (author), Kojo, Matti (author), Litmanen, Tapio (author), Taebi, B. (author)Final disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from nuclear power plants (NPPs) is an ethical issue with implications within and across generations. We address this issue from the perspective of nuclear communities that host nuclear waste disposal sites. These are primarily the communities that face injustice due to the potential radiological...review 2019
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Mohd Isa, W.H.B. (author), Hunt, A. (author), Hassan HosseinNia, S. (author)Ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMC) are smart material transducers that bend in response to low-voltage stimuli and generate voltage in response to bending. IPMCs are mechanically compliant, simple in construction, and easy to cut into desired shape. This allows the designing of novel sensing and actuation systems, e.g., for soft and bio...review 2019
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Ansari, Mohammad H. (author), van Steensel, Alwin (author), Nazarov, Y.V. (author)Currently, 'time' does not play any essential role in quantum information theory. In this sense, quantum information theory is underdeveloped similarly to how quantum physics was underdeveloped before Erwin Schrödinger introduced his famous equation for the evolution of a quantum wave function. In this review article, we cope with the problem...review 2019
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van der Werf, Job (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author)Real Time Control (RTC) is widely accepted as a cost-effective way to operate urban drainage systems (UDS) effectively. However, what factors influence RTC efficacy and how this might change in the long term remains largely unknown. This paper reviews the literature to understand what these factors likely are, and how they can be assessed in...review 2022
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Sand, M. (author), Bredenoord, Annelien L. (author), Jongsma, Karin R. (author)The world has been startled by the irresponsible experiment of He Jiankui, who used CRISPR to genetically modify human embryos. In this viewpoint, we explore the phenomenon of moral luck in medicine and its bearing on the limits of simple judgements of the kind “everything that ends well is well” or “someone broke the rules, and is therefore...review 2019
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Asveld, L. (author)Green and sustainable chemistry holds the promise of realising a sustainable society by providing environmentally friendly production processes. However until now the focus has been very much on reducing waste and hazards, while there is also a need to consider the broader societal impact of chemical innovations. This article presents three...review 2019
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Kas, R. (author), Ayemoba, Onagie (author), Firet, N.J. (author), Middelkoop, J. (author), Smith, W.A. (author), Cuesta, Angel (author)The field of electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> conversion is undergoing significant growth in terms of the number of publications and worldwide research groups involved. Despite improvements of the catalytic performance, the complex reaction mechanisms and solution chemistry of CO<sub>2</sub> have resulted in a considerable amount of...review 2019
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Tepjit, S. (author), Horvath, I. (author), Rusak, Z. (author)Smart CPSs (S-CPSs) have been evolving beyond what was identified by the traditional definitions of CPSs. The objective of our research is to investigate the concepts and implementations of reasoning processes for S-CPSs, and more specifically, the frameworks proposed for the fuzzy front end of their reasoning mechanisms. The objectives of...review 2019
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Bentivoglio, Roberto (author), Isufi, E. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), Taormina, R. (author)Deep learning techniques have been increasingly used in flood management to overcome the limitations of accurate, yet slow, numerical models and to improve the results of traditional methods for flood mapping. In this paper, we review 58 recent publications to outline the state of the art of the field, identify knowledge gaps, and propose future...review 2022
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Elfferich, J.F. (author), Dodou, D. (author), Della Santina, C. (author)Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables and edible fungi requires a large input of manual human labor. The relatively low wages and many health problems the workforce faces make this profession increasingly unpopular. Meanwhile, robotic systems that selectively harvest crops are being developed. Whilst the moving platform...review 2022
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Cohen, Keira A. (author), Manson, Abigail L. (author), Desjardins, Christopher A. (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author), Earl, Ashlee M. (author)Tuberculosis (TB) is a global infectious threat that is intensified by an increasing incidence of highly drug-resistant disease. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB, have greatly increased our understanding of this pathogen. Since the first M. tuberculosis genome was published in 1998...review 2019
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de Fouw, Marlieke (author), Oosting, R.M. (author), Rutgrink, Amy (author), Dekkers, Olaf Matthijs (author), Peters, Alexander Arnold Willem (author), Beltman, Jogchum Jan (author)Background: Thermal coagulation is gaining popularity for treating cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in screening programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) due to unavailability of cryotherapy. Objectives: Assess the effectiveness of thermal coagulation for treatment of CIN lesions compared with cryotherapy, with a focus on...review 2019
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van Thoor, M.T.A. (author)The Rietveld Schröder House (1924) in Utrecht is the only private home among the ten UNE SCO World Heritage sites in the Netherlands. In 1987 it was opened to the public as a museum house and since 2013 it has been part of the collection of Utrecht's Centraal Museum. The world-famous house was designed by the architect Gerrit T. Rietveld ...review 2019
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Esen, Cansu (author), Kumru, B. (author)The utilization of sunlight to conduct chemistry has been on a stark rise in the era of sustainability. A similar trend is observed in polymer science, mainly to initiate polymerization and modify polymer materials, but mostly relying on the utilization of soluble initiator/activator molecules. Semiconductors, on the other hand, grant a...review 2022
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Angst, Ueli M. (author), Geiker, Mette R. (author), Alonso, Maria Cruz (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Elsener, Bernhard (author), Wong, Hong (author), Michel, Alexander (author), Hornbostel, Karla (author), Sanchez, Mercedes (author)The steel–concrete interface (SCI) is known to influence corrosion of steel in concrete. However, due to the numerous factors affecting the SCI—including steel properties, concrete properties, execution, and exposure conditions—it remains unclear which factors have the most dominant impact on the susceptibility of reinforced concrete to...review 2019