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Ahmad, Arslan (author), van der Wens, Patrick (author), Baken, Kirsten (author), de Waal, Luuk (author), Bhattacharya, Prosun (author), Stuyfzand, Pieter Jan (author)Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic element which naturally occurs in drinking water. In spite of substantial evidence on the association between many illnesses and chronic consumption of As, there is still a considerable uncertainty about the health risks due to low As concentrations in drinking water. In the Netherlands, drinking water companies...review 2020
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Callens, S.J.P. (author), Uyttendaele, Rafael J.C. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Recent evidence clearly shows that cells respond to various physical cues in their environments, guiding many cellular processes and tissue morphogenesis, pathology, and repair. One aspect that is gaining significant traction is the role of local geometry as an extracellular cue. Elucidating how geometry affects cell and tissue behavior is,...review 2020
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Schrijvers, Dieuwertje (author), Hool, Alessandra (author), Blengini, Gian Andrea (author), Chen, Wei Qiang (author), Dewulf, Jo (author), Eggert, Roderick (author), van Ellen, L.A. (author), Gauss, Roland (author), Goddin, James (author), Peck, David (author)The assessment of the criticality of raw materials allows the identification of the likelihood of a supply disruption of a material and the vulnerability of a system (e.g. a national economy, technology, or company) to this disruption. Inconclusive outcomes of various studies suggest that criticality assessments would benefit from the...review 2020
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Choi, Deung Jang (author), Lorente, Nicolas (author), Wiebe, Jens (author), Von Bergmann, Kirsten (author), Otte, A. F. (author), Heinrich, Andreas J. (author)Magnetism at low dimensions is a thriving field of research with exciting opportunities in technology. This Colloquium focuses on the properties of 1D magnetic systems on solid surfaces. From the emulation of 1D quantum phases to the potential realization of Majorana edge states, spin chains are unique systems to study. The advent of scanning...review 2019
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Burger, Franziska (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author)BACKGROUND: Electronic mental (e-mental) health care for depression aims to overcome barriers to and limitations of face-to-face treatment. Owing to the high and growing demand for mental health care, a large number of such information and communication technology systems have been developed in recent years. Consequently, a diverse system...review 2020
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Hinrichs-Krapels, S. (author), Ditewig, Bor (author), Boulding, Harriet (author), Chalkidou, Anastasia (author), Erskine, Jamie (author), Shokraneh, Farhad (author)Objectives To systematically review academic literature for studies on any processes, procedures, methods or approaches to purchasing high-cost medical devices and equipment within hospitals in high-income countries. Methods On 13 August 2020, we searched the following from inception: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry, EconLit and ProQuest...review 2022
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Lai, Marco (author), Skyrman, Simon (author), Shan, Caifeng (author), Babic, Drazenko (author), Homan, Robert (author), Edström, Erik (author), Persson, Oscar (author), Burström, Gustav (author), Elmi-Terander, Adrian (author), Hendriks, B.H.W. (author), de With, Peter H.N. (author)OBJECTIVE: Surgical navigation is a well-established tool in endoscopic skull base surgery. However, navigational and endoscopic views are usually displayed on separate monitors, forcing the surgeon to focus on one or the other. Aiming to provide real-time integration of endoscopic and diagnostic imaging information, we present a new...review 2020
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Arjmandi Tash, H. (author)Transferring graphene flakes onto hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has become a common approach for fabricating graphene/h-BN heterostructures. Controlling the alignment between graphene and h-BN lattices is difficult to achieve and the h-BN/graphene interface is prone to contamination in this complicated process. Direct synthesis of graphene...review 2020
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Martens, Sonja (author), Brehme, M. (author), Bruckman, Viktor J. (author), Juhlin, Christopher (author), Miocic, Johannes (author), Rinaldi, Antonio P. (author), Kühn, Michael (author)Since 2004, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) brings together experts from all over the world into one annual event covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. This special issue in Advances in Geosciences comprises a collection of contributions from the Division on Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) which...review 2020
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Ahmad, Z. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Veerakumar, Nidarshan (author), Rakhshani, E. (author), Palensky, P. (author), van der Meijden, M.A.M.M. (author)A task for new power generation technologies, interfaced to the electrical grid by power electronic converters, is to stiffen the rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) at the initial few milliseconds (ms) after any variation of active power balance. This task is defined in this article as fast active power regulation (FAPR), a generic definition...review 2020
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Ozsahin, Ilker (author), Chen, Ling (author), Könik, Arda (author), King, Michael A. (author), Beekman, F.J. (author), Mok, Greta S.P. (author)Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an important imaging modality for various applications in nuclear medicine. The use of multi-pinhole (MPH) collimators can provide superior resolution-sensitivity trade-off when imaging small field-of-view compared to conventional parallel-hole and fan-beam collimators. Besides the very...review 2020
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Yin, F. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)Society is going through transformations at a rate that is unprecedented in human history. One such transformation is the energy transition, which will affect almost every facet of our society. Gas turbine engines are state of the art machines, a backbone of modern society, and used in various applications, right from power generation to...review 2020
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Weusthuis, Ruud A. (author), Folch, Pauline L. (author), Pozo-Rodríguez, Ana (author), Paul, C.E. (author)Fermentation processes are used to sustainably produce chemicals and as such contribute to the transition to a circular economy. The maximum theoretical yield of a conversion can only be approached if all electrons present in the substrate end up in the product. Control over the electrons is therefore crucial. However, electron transfer via...review 2020
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Farooq, U. (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author)Epoxy resins are widely used for different commercial applications, particularly in the aerospace industry as matrix carbon fibre reinforced polymers composite. This is due to their excellent properties, i.e., ease of processing, low cost, superior mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. However, a pure epoxy system possesses some...review 2020
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Sewdien, V.N. (author), Wang, Xiongfei (author), Rueda, José L. (author), van der Meijden, M.A.M.M. (author)The replacement of conventional generation by power electronics-based generation changes the dynamic characteristics of the power system. This results in, among other things, the increased susceptibility to subsynchronous oscillations (SSO). First, this paper discusses three recently emerging SSO phenomena, which arise due to the interactions...review 2020
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Hilt, Alexander D. (author), Kapllani, Kevin Mamaqi (author), Hierck, Beerend P. (author), Kemp, Anne C. (author), Albayrak, A. (author), Melles, M. (author), Schalij, Martin J. (author), Scherptong, R.W.C. (author)Background: Patient education is crucial in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Novel technologies such as augmented reality or mixed reality expand the possibilities for providing visual support in this process. Mixed reality creates interactive digital three-dimensional (3D) projections overlaying virtual objects on the real...review 2020
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Boumans, R.J.L. (author), van Meulen, Fokke (author), van Aalst, William (author), Albers, Joyce (author), Janssen, Marèse (author), Peters-Kop, Marieke (author), Huisman- de Waal, Getty (author), van de Poll, Alexandra (author), Hindriks, K.V. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Olde Rikkert, Marcel (author)Background: Society is facing a global shortage of 17 million health care workers, along with increasing health care demands from a growing number of older adults. Social robots are being considered as solutions to part of this problem. Objective: Our objective is to evaluate the quality of care perceived by patients and caregivers for an...review 2020
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Meng, M. (author), Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Stead, D. (author)The need to respond to increasing flood risk, climate change, and rapid urban development has shaped innovative policies and practices of spatial planning in many countries over recent decades. As an instrumental–technical intervention, planning is mainly used to improve the physical environment (through concepts such as regulating waterproof...review 2020
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Collecting pedestrian behaviour data is vital to understand pedestrian behaviour. This systematic review of 145 studies aims to determine the capability of contemporary data collection methods in collecting different pedestrian behavioural data, identify research gaps and discuss the possibilities of using new technologies to study pedestrian...review 2021
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van der Male, P. (author), Vergassola, M. (author), van Dalen, K.N. (author)To meet the political goals regarding renewable energy production, offshore wind keeps expanding to waters with larger depths and harsher conditions, while the turbine size continues to grow and ever-larger foundation structures are required. This development can only be successful if further cuts in the levelized cost of energy are established....review 2020