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Xu, Y. (author), Peng, Y. (author), Qian, K. (author), Chan, A.P.C. (author)Public-private partnerships (PPP) can be employed to provide public rental housing for young graduates, which has been urgent to achieve social sustainability in China. However, few studies have been conducted to investigate the financing structure of PPPs, particularly the ratio of private investment, which is important in initiating a PPP...journal article 2015
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Wegman, F. (author), Berg, H.Y. (author), Cameron, I. (author), Thompson, C. (author), Siegrist, S. (author), Weijermans, W. (author)Over the past decades, road safety in highly-motorised countries has made significant progress. Although we have a fair understanding of the reasons for this progress, we don't have conclusive evidence for this. A new generation of road safety management approaches has entered road safety, starting when countries decided to guide themselves by...journal article 2015
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Shao, W. (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author), Bakker, M. (author), Greco, R. (author)The effect of preferential flow on the stability of landslides is studied through numerical simulation of two types of rainfall events on a hypothetical hillslope. A model is developed that consists of two parts. The first part is a model for combined saturated/unsaturated subsurface flow and is used to compute the spatial and temporal water...journal article 2015
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Dintzner, N.J.R. (author), Van Deursen, A. (author), Pinzger, M. (author)Evolving a large scale, highly variable sys- tems is a challenging task. For such a system, evolution operations often require to update consistently both their implementation and its feature model. In this con- text, the evolution of the feature model closely follows the evolution of the system. The purpose of this work is to show that fine...report 2015
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Kuitenbrouwer, P.A.M. (author), De Saeger, R. (author)In the Netherlands, the topics of ‘cluttering’ of the landscape and ‘compact city’ at present guide the search for alternatives to suburban residential areas, which have taken too much space of open land. This paper discusses the very important issue of finding ways to comply with our growing need for urban, high-quality housing environments,...conference paper 2015
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Tamis, J. (author)Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a natural product that can potentially replace a part of the chemicals and plastics derived from fossil sources. One of the main barriers for market entry of PHA is its relatively high price compared to conventional (fossil) feedstocks. This high price is related to current industrial production methods which are...doctoral thesis 2015
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Ghafarian Malamiri, H.R. (author)The soil thermal properties (soil thermal conductivity, soil heat capacity and soil diffusivity) are the main parameters in the applications that need quantitative information on soil heat transfer. Conventionally, these properties are either measured in situ or estimated by semi-empirical models using the fractions of soil constituents. The use...doctoral thesis 2015
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Walraven, E.M.P. (author), Spaan, M.T.J. (author)Integration of renewable energy in power systems is a potential source of uncertainty, because renewable generation is variable and may depend on changing and highly uncertain weather conditions. In this paper we present and evaluate a new method to schedule power-demanding tasks with release times and deadlines under uncertainty, in order to...conference paper 2015
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Li, G. (author), Hung, H.S. (author), Whiteson, S. (author)The TAMER framework, which provides a way for agents to learn to solve tasks using human-generated rewards, has been examined in several small-scale studies, each with a few dozen subjects. In this paper, we present the results of the first large-scale study of TAMER, which was performed at the NEMO science museum in Amsterdam and involved 561...conference paper 2015
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Rodrigues, S.P. (author), Horeman, T. (author), Blomjous, M.S.H. (author), Hiemstra, E. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)Background The aim of this study was to examine the influence of training under direct vision prior to training with indirect vision on the learning curve of the laparoscopic suture task. Methods Novices were randomized in two groups. Group 1 performed three suturing tasks in a transparent laparoscopic box trainer under direct vision followed by...journal article 2015
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Casseau, V. (author), De Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Izzo, D. (author), Pandolfi, C. (author)Tragopogon pratensis is a small herbaceous plant that uses wind as the dispersal vector for its seeds. The seeds are attached to parachutes that increase the aerodynamic drag force and increase the total distance travelled. Our hypothesis is that evolution has carefully tuned the air permeability of the seeds to operate in the most convenient...journal article 2015
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Bruno, A. (author), De Lange, G. (author), Asaad, S. (author), Van der Enden, K.L. (author), Langford, N.K. (author), DiCarlo, L. (author)We present microwave-frequency NbTiN resonators on silicon, systematically achieving internal quality factors above 1?M in the quantum regime. We use two techniques to reduce losses associated with two-level systems: an additional substrate surface treatment prior to NbTiN deposition to optimize the metal-substrate interface and deep reactive...journal article 2015
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Gaitan, S. (author), Ten Veldhuis, J.A.E. (author), Van de Giesen, N.C. (author)An increase of urban flood risks is expected for the following decades not only because climate is becoming more extreme, but also because population and asset densities in cities are increasing. There is a need for models that can explain the damage process of urban flooding and support damage prevention. Recent improvements in flood modeling...journal article 2015
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Fernandez Maldonado, A.M. (author)The barriadas of Lima have been the most thoroughly studied urban and social process in the field of housing and social sciences in Peru. The processes observed in them served as inspiration for two enthusiastic and influential proposals in the field of housing and urban economics, elaborated and advocated by John F.C. Turner and Hernando de...journal article 2015
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Ponziani, M. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Luthi, S.M. (author), Bloemenkamp, R. (author), Le Nir, I. (author)We studied the electric response of fractures with laboratory experiments and numerical simulations for a full-bore formation microimaging tool. The laboratory setup was designed and built to perform controlled experiments with accurate measurements of all principal properties involved for electric borehole imaging. These properties are...journal article 2015
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Van der Heijden, H.M.H. (author), Groetelaers, D.A. (author), Dol, C.P. (author), Lamain, C.J.M. (author)Eindrapport. Onderzoek in opdracht van het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties.report 2015