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Sheldon, R.A. (author)The conversion of sugars, derived from waste polysaccharide biomass, to commodity chemicals by fermentation or catalytic hydrogenation, oxidation or dehydration or combinations thereof are reviewed.review 2018
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Restrepo Perez, L. (author), Joo, C. (author), Dekker, C. (author)Proteins are major building blocks of life. The protein content of a cell and an organism provides key information for the understanding of biological processes and disease. Despite the importance of protein analysis, only a handful of techniques are available to determine protein sequences, and these methods face limitations, for example,...review 2018
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van der Kruk, E. (author), van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Veeger, H.E.J. (author), Schwab, A.L. (author)The quantification of mechanical power can provide valuable insight into athlete performance because it is the mechanical principle of the rate at which the athlete does work or transfers energy to complete a movement task. Estimates of power are usually limited by the capabilities of measurement systems, resulting in the use of simplified power...review 2018
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Buşoniu, Lucian (author), de Bruin, T.D. (author), Tolić, Domagoj (author), Kober, J. (author), Palunko, Ivana (author)Reinforcement learning (RL) offers powerful algorithms to search for optimal controllers of systems with nonlinear, possibly stochastic dynamics that are unknown or highly uncertain. This review mainly covers artificial-intelligence approaches to RL, from the viewpoint of the control engineer. We explain how approximate representations of the...review 2018
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Prewett, Philip D. (author), Hagen, C.W. (author), Lenk, Claudia (author), Lenk, Steve (author), Kaestner, Marcus (author), Ivanov, Tzvetan (author), Ahmad, Ahmad (author), Robinson, A.J. (author), Hari, S. (author), Scotuzzi, M. (author)Following a brief historical summary of the way in which electron beam lithography developed out of the scanning electron microscope, three state-of-the-art charged-particle beam nanopatterning technologies are considered. All three have been the subject of a recently completed European Union Project entitled "Single Nanometre Manufacturing:...review 2018
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Morgan, Steven G. (author), Shanks, Alan L. (author), MacMahan, Jamie H. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), Feddersen, Falk (author)Plankton are transported onshore, providing subsidies of food and new recruits to surf-zone and intertidal communities. The transport of plankton to the surf zone is influenced by wind, wave, and tidal forcing, and whether they enter the surf zone depends on alongshore variation in surf-zone hydrodynamics caused by the interaction of breaking...review 2018
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Sharei Amarghan, H. (author), Alderliesten, Tanja (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)Guidewires and catheters are used during minimally invasive interventional procedures to traverse in vascular system and access the desired position. Computer models are increasingly being used to predict the behavior of these instruments. This information can be used to choose the right instrument for each case and increase the success rate...review 2018
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Oikonomopoulou, F. (author), Bristogianni, T. (author), Barou, L. (author), Veer, F.A. (author), Nijsse, R. (author)This paper investigates the potential of cast glass structural components in architectural applications. Initially, the commonly applied casting methods, glass types and mould types are discussed. To address both the possibilities and limitations in the size and form of cast glass components, an overview of the largest monolithic pieces of...review 2018
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Hernandez Santana, M. (author), den Brabander, Michael (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)This review outlines latest developments in the field of self-healing rubbers and elastomers, analyzing their potential application to natural rubber (NR). Different validated healing concepts are presented and the possibilities of applying them to NR are discussed. Research in this field should aim at modifying the chemical structure of NR...review 2018
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Pasetto, Damiano (author), Arenas-Castro, Salvador (author), Bustamante, Javier (author), Casagrandi, Renato (author), Chrysoulakis, Nektarios (author), Cord, Anna F. (author), Dittrich, Andreas (author), Domingo‐Marimon, Cristina (author), El Serafy, G.Y.H. (author), Karnieli, Arnon (author), Kordelas, Georgios A. (author), Manakos, Ioannis (author), Mari, Lorenzo (author), Monteiro, Antonio (author), Palazzi, Elisa (author), Poursanidis, Dimitris (author), Rinaldo, Andrea (author), Terzago, Silvia (author), Ziemba, A.M. (author), Ziv, Guy (author)Spatiotemporal ecological modelling of terrestrial ecosystems relies on climatological and biophysical Earth observations. Due to their increasing availability, global coverage, frequent acquisition and high spatial resolution, satellite remote sensing (SRS) products are frequently integrated to in situ data in the development of ecosystem...review 2018
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Eeftens, J.M. (author), Dekker, C. (author)Structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) complexes are central regulators of chromosome architecture that are essential in all domains of life. For decades, the structural biology field has been debating how these conserved protein complexes use their intricate ring-like structures to structurally organize DNA. Here, we review the...review 2017
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Wakelam, Valentine (author), Bron, Emeric (author), Cazaux, S.M. (author), Dulieu, Francois (author), Gry, Cécile (author), Guillard, Pierre (author), Habart, Emilie (author), Hornekær, Liv (author), Morisset, Sabine (author), Nyman, Gunnar (author), Pirronello, Valerio (author), Price, Stephen D. (author), Valdivia, Valeska (author), Vidali, Gianfranco (author), Watanabe, Naoki (author)Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the universe. It is the first one to form and survive photo-dissociation in tenuous environments. Its formation involves catalytic reactions on the surface of interstellar grains. The micro-physics of the formation process has been investigated intensively in the last 20 years, in parallel...review 2017
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Teerds, P.J. (author)Review of the 180th issue of the literary magazine De Gids. Literair tijdschrift De Gids viert haar 180ste verjaardag met een nummer gewijd aan het Nederlandse landschap. Een grotendeels zelf gemaakt landschap, waardoor de behoefte aan verhalen en betekenissen misschien wel des te sterker is.review 2017
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Martínez, Angel T. (author), Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco J. (author), Camarero, Susana (author), Serrano, Ana (author), Linde, Dolores (author), Lund, Henrik (author), Vind, Jesper (author), Tovborg, Morten (author), Herold-Majumdar, Owik M. (author), Hofrichter, Martin (author), Liers, Christiane (author), Ullrich, René (author), Scheibner, Katrin (author), Sannia, Giovanni (author), Piscitelli, Alessandra (author), Pezzella, Cinzia (author), Sener, Mehmet E. (author), Kılıç, Sibel (author), van Berkel, Willem J.H. (author), Guallar, Victor (author), Lucas, Maria Fátima (author), Zuhse, Ralf (author), Ludwig, Roland (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Fernandez Fueyo, E. (author), Record, Eric (author), Faulds, Craig B. (author), Tortajada, Marta (author), Winckelmann, Ib (author), Rasmussen, Jo Anne (author), Gelo-Pujic, Mirjana (author), Gutiérrez, Ana (author), del Río, José C. (author), Rencoret, Jorge (author), Alcalde, Miguel (author)Fungi produce heme-containing peroxidases and peroxygenases, flavin-containing oxidases and dehydrogenases, and different copper-containing oxidoreductases involved in the biodegradation of lignin and other recalcitrant compounds. Heme peroxidases comprise the classical ligninolytic peroxidases and the new dye-decolorizing peroxidases, while...review 2017
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Zeinstra, J.S. (author)Book review - Frans Sturkenboom, De gestiek van de architectuur. Een leerboek hedendaags manierisme, ArtEZ Press 2017, Nl, p. 240, isbn 978-94-91444-34-0.<br/><br/>In het onlangs verschenen De gestiek van de architectuur stelt de auteur Frans Sturkenboom dat wij op dit moment een maniëristisch momentum beleven. Door de verscheidenheid aan...review 2017
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Diepeveen, E.T. (author), Iñigo de la Cruz, L.M. (author), Laan, L. (author)Polarity establishment underlies proper cell cycle completion across virtually all organisms. Much progress has been made in generating an understanding of the structural and functional components of this process, especially in model species. Here we focus on the evolutionary dynamics of the fungal polarization protein network in order to...review 2017
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Calera, Alfonso (author), Campos, Isidro (author), Osann, Anna (author), D’Urso, Guido (author), Menenti, M. (author)The experiences gathered during the past 30 years support the operational use of irrigation scheduling based on frequent multi-spectral image data. Currently, the operational use of dense time series of multispectral imagery at high spatial resolution makes monitoring of crop biophysical parameters feasible, capturing crop water use across...review 2017
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Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), McNairn, Heather (author), Monsivais-Huertero, Alejandro (author), Judge, Jasmeet (author), Liu, Pang Wei (author), Papathanassiou, Kostas (author)Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation dynamics.The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture retrievals and the increased capacity to monitor vegetation phenology and water stress using radar data.The purpose of this review paper is to provide an overview of the...review 2017
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Dufrêne, Yves F. (author), Ando, Toshio (author), Garcia, Ricardo (author), Alsteens, David (author), Martinez-Martin, David (author), Engel, A.H. (author), Gerber, Christoph (author), Müller, Daniel J. (author)Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful, multifunctional imaging platform that allows biological samples, from single molecules to living cells, to be visualized and manipulated. Soon after the instrument was invented, it was recognized that in order to maximize the opportunities of AFM imaging in biology, various technological...review 2017
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Deacon, R. S. (author), Wiedenmann, J (author), Bocquillon, E (author), Domínguez, F. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Leubner, P. (author), Brüne, C (author), Hankiewicz, E. M. (author), Tarucha, S (author), Ishibashi, K (author), Buhmann, H (author), Molenkamp, Laurens W. (author)Frequency analysis of the rf emission of oscillating Josephson supercurrent is a powerful passive way of probing properties of topological Josephson junctions. In particular, measurements of the Josephson emission enable the detection of topological gapless Andreev bound states that give rise to emission at half the Josephson frequency f<sub...review 2017