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Marra, Giuseppe (author), Dumančić, S. (author), Manhaeve, Robin (author), De Raedt, Luc (author)This survey explores the integration of learning and reasoning in two different fields of artificial intelligence: neurosymbolic and statistical relational artificial intelligence. Neurosymbolic artificial intelligence (NeSy) studies the integration of symbolic reasoning and neural networks, while statistical relational artificial...review 2024
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Bianchi, S. (author), Andriotis, C. (author), Klein, T. (author), Overend, M. (author)Façade engineering is facing an era of extraordinary challenge to meet the surge in demand for buildings that are environmentally sustainable and enhance occupant wellbeing. Facades, also known as building envelopes, play a major role in the resource-efficiency of buildings and the quality of its indoor environment. Consequently, the...review 2024
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4D printed shape-shifting biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applicationsKalogeropoulou, Maria (author), Diaz Payno, P.J. (author), Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author), van Osch, G.J.V.M. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)The existing 3D printing methods exhibit certain fabrication-dependent limitations for printing curved constructs that are relevant for many tissues. Four-dimensional (4D) printing is an emerging technology that is expected to revolutionize the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM). 4D printing is based on 3D printing,...review 2024
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Bhatta, A. (author), Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Slinger, J (author)Nature-based living labs combine the elements of nature-based solution design with a living lab context to address social and environmental resilience challenges. There is a need to deepen insights on the characteristics of the emergent phenomenon of nature-based living labs, with respect to their predecessors. Accordingly, the paper first...review 2024
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Duits, Anneli A.A. (author), Van Urk, Paul R. (author), Lehr, A. Mechteld (author), Nutzinger, Don (author), Reijnders, Maarten R.L. (author), Weinans, Harrie (author), Foppen, Wouter (author), Oner, F. Cuhmur (author), Van Gaalen, Steven M. (author), Kruyt, Moyo C. (author)Background: Lumbar interbody fusion (IF) is a common procedure to fuse the anterior spine. However, a lack of consensus on image-based fusion assessment limits the validity and comparison of IF studies. This systematic review aims to (1) report on IF assessment strategies and definitions and (2) summarize available literature on the...review 2024
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Hasan, Shaho (author), van Schie, Peter (author), Kaptein, B.L. (author), Schoones, Jan W. (author), Marang-van de Mheen, P.J. (author), Nelissen, R.G.H.H. (author)<b>Background</b>: Loosening is a major cause for failure of total hip and total knee arthroplasties (THAs/TKAs). Preemptive diagnostics of asymptomatic loosening could open strategies to prevent gross loosening. A multitude of biomarkers may discriminate between loosened and stable implants, but it is unknown which have the best performance....review 2024
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Liang, M. (author), Xie, J. (author), He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Early-age cracking risk induced by autogenous deformation is high for cementitious materials of low water-binder ratios. The autogenous deformation, viscoelastic properties, and stress evolution are three important factors for understanding and quantifying the early-age cracking risk. This paper systematically reviewed the experimental and...review 2024
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Ruiz Hadad, L. (author), Ali, Muhammad (author), Pronk, M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Saikaly, Pascal E. (author)Currently, the most cost-effective and efficient method for phosphorus (P) removal from wastewater is enhanced biological P removal (EPBR) via polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs). This study integrates a literature review with genomic analysis to uncover the phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of the relevant PAOs for wastewater...review 2024
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Huber, S. (author), Jakobi, A. (author)Gas vesicles mediate buoyancy-based motility in aquatic bacteria and archaea and are the only protein-based structures known to enclose a gas-filled volume. Their unique physicochemical properties and ingenious architecture rank them among the most intriguing macromolecular assemblies characterised to date. This review covers the 60-year...review 2024
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Eijkel, B.I.M. (author), Apachitei, I. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)The antibacterial biofunctionality of bone implants is essential for the prevention and treatment of implant-associated infections (IAI). In vitro co-culture models are utilized to assess this and study bacteria-host cell interactions at the implant interface, aiding our understanding of biomaterial and the immune response against IAI without...review 2024
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van Beljouw, S.P.B. (author), Brouns, S.J.J. (author)With the discovery of CRISPR-controlled proteases, CRISPR–Cas has moved beyond mere nucleic acid targeting into the territory of targeted protein cleavage. Here, we review the understanding of Craspase, the best-studied member of the growing CRISPR RNA-guided protease family. We recollect the original bioinformatic prediction and early...review 2024
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Chen, M. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Membrane technology presents an effective solution for treating oily wastewater, a significant environmental hazard stemming from industries such as food processing, metalworking, and oil extraction. Compared to polymeric membranes, ceramic ones exhibit superior mechanical, chemical, and thermal stability, enabling more effective oil removal...review 2024
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Gillespie, Sarah C. (author), van der Laan, Marco (author), Poonia, D. (author), Maiti, Sourav (author), Kinge, S.S. (author), Siebbeles, L.D.A. (author), Schall, Peter (author)Heterostructures (HSs) based on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are highly intriguing materials because of the layers’ pronounced excitonic properties and their nontrivial contributions to the HS. These HSs exhibit unique properties that are not observed in either of the constituent components in isolation. Interlayer...review 2024
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Zhang, F. (author), Miao, Xuefei (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), Ren, Yang (author)Solid-state caloric effects as intrinsic thermal responses to different physical external stimuli (magnetic-, uniaxial stress-, pressure-, and electric-fields) can achieve a higher energy efficiency compared with traditional gas compression techniques. Among these effects, magnetocaloric energy conversion is regarded as the best available...review 2024
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Rathnayake, Manula S.B. (author), Boos, Manuela A. (author), Farrugia, Brooke L. (author), van Osch, G.J.V.M. (author), Stok, Kathryn S. (author)Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are ubiquitous components in the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM). Ultrastructural arrangement of ECM and GAG-mediated interactions with collagen are known to govern the mechanics in articular cartilage, but these interactions are less clear in other cartilage types. Therefore, this article reviews the current...review 2024
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Alhaddad, S.M.S. (author), Keetels, G.H. (author), Mastbergen, Dick (author), van Rhee, C. (author), Lee, Cheng-Hsien (author), Montellà, Eduard Puig (author), Chauchat, Julien (author)This article presents the current state-of-the-art understanding of underwater dilative slope failure (breaching). Experimental investigations are reviewed, providing critical insights into the underlying physics of breaching and pointing out knowledge gaps, which underscore the need for further research. Besides, field observations at several...review 2024
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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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Chen, B. (author), Perumal, Priyadharshini (author), Aghabeyk, F. (author), Adediran, Adeolu (author), Illikainen, Mirja (author), Ye, G. (author)The pursuit of low-carbon binders as alternatives to Portland cement has sparked interest in developing alkali-activated materials (AAM).<sup>1</sup> Using municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as precursor for AAM has attracted increasing attention as it offers a sustainable, resource-efficient solution to mitigate the...review 2024
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Dischinger, Sarah M. (author), Miller, Daniel J. (author), Vermaas, D.A. (author), Kingsbury, Ryan S. (author)Dense polymer membranes enable a diverse range of separations and clean energy technologies, including gas separation, water treatment, and renewable fuel production or conversion. The transport of small molecular and ionic solutes in the majority of these membranes is described by the same solution-diffusion mechanism, yet a comparison of...review 2024
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Radman, A. (author)Review of Architecture after Deleuze and Guattari, by Chris L. Smith, London, Bloomsbury, 2023, 248 pp., ISBN: 978-1-3501-6849-7review 2024