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Unsiwilai, S. (author), Shen, C. (author), Zeng, Y. (author), Wang, L. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Li, Z. (author)This study presents a measuring framework for railway transition zones using a case study on the Swedish line between Boden and Murjek. The final goal is to better understand the vertical dynamics of transition zones using hammer tests, falling weight measurements, and axle box acceleration (ABA) measurements. Frequency response functions ...journal article 2024
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Li, Q. (author), Prendergast, L. J. (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Wang, X. Q. (author)To mitigate against scour hole formation, scour protection can be placed around offshore wind turbine monopiles. Few studies have considered the beneficial effect of this geotechnical reinforcement measure on the foundation lateral resistance. The contribution of scour protection to lateral resistance of monopiles in sand is investigated in...journal article 2024
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Wang, Q. (author), Yao, Zhenpeng (author), Wang, Jianlin (author), Guo, Hao (author), Li, Chao (author), Zhou, Dong (author), Bai, Xuedong (author), Li, Hong (author), Li, Baohua (author), Wagemaker, M. (author), Zhao, C. (author)Ordered layered structures serve as essential components in lithium (Li)-ion cathodes<sup>1–3</sup>. However, on charging, the inherently delicate Li-deficient frameworks become vulnerable to lattice strain and structural and/or chemo-mechanical degradation, resulting in rapid capacity deterioration and thus short battery life<sup>2,4</sup>....journal article 2024
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Li, Zirui (author), Gong, Jianwei (author), Zhang, Zheyu (author), Lu, Chao (author), Knoop, V.L. (author), Wang, M. (author)The deep understanding of the behaviors of traffic participants is essential to guarantee the safety of automated vehicles (AV) in mixed traffic with vulnerable road users (VRUs). Precise trajectory prediction of traffic participants can provide reasonable solution space for motion planning of AV. Early works mainly focused on handcrafting...journal article 2024
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Yu, Fuyang (author), Wang, Zhen (author), Li, Dongyuan (author), Zhu, P. (author), Liang, Xiaohui (author), Wang, Xiaochuan (author), Okumura, Manabu (author)Cross-modal retrieval, as an important emerging foundational information retrieval task, benefits from recent advances in multimodal technologies. However, current cross-modal retrieval methods mainly focus on the interaction between textual information and 2D images, lacking research on 3D data, especially point clouds at scene level,...conference paper 2024
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Liu, Jian-Long (author), Luo, Xi-Yu (author), Yu, Y. (author), Wang, Chao-Yang (author), Wang, Bin (author), Hu, Yi (author), Li, Jun (author), Bao, Xiao-Hui (author), Pan, Jian-Wei (author)Towards realizing the future quantum internet, a pivotal milestone entails the transition from two-node proof-of-principle experiments conducted in laboratories to comprehensive multi-node set-ups on large scales. Here we report the creation of memory–memory entanglement in a multi-node quantum network over a metropolitan area. We use three...journal article 2024
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Dianyu, E. (author), Su, Zhongfang (author), Zeng, Jia (author), Yang, Liuyimei (author), Li, Jing (author), Xu, Qiang (author), Wang, L. (author), Cui, Jiaxin (author)Ionic rare earth ore is a type of featured rare earth ore in China. Its mining process suffers from a long leaching cycle and considerable consumption of leaching agents. Improving mining efficiency requires a sound physical understanding of the leaching process. In this study, the CFD-based numerical model is used to analyze the physical...journal article 2023
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Wang, Xia (author), Yuan, Jiachen (author), You, K. (author), Ma, Xianrui (author), Li, Zhaoji (author)The International Energy Agency (IEA) emphasizes that using real building energy use data (RBEUD) to reflect the actual condition of buildings and inform policy-making is the most effective way to reduce buildings’ carbon emissions. However, based on IEA’s evaluation, regional and national building stock data are limited and lacking. Especially...journal article 2023
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Unsiwilai, S. (author), Wang, L. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Li, Z. (author)This paper presents a methodology for monitoring transition zones using responses of multiple-axle box acceleration (multi-ABA) measurements. The time–frequency characteristics of the vertical ABA signals from four wheelsets are analyzed. The major contributions are as follows. (1) We propose four key performance indicators (KPIs) to quantify...journal article 2023
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Xiao, Yue (author), Ju, Xinjiang (author), Li, Chao (author), Wang, Tianlei (author), Mr. Wu, R.W. (author)The reuse in high-value materials is one of the important resource utilization approaches of phosphorus tailings. At present, a mature technical system has been formed on the reuse of phosphorus slag in building materials, and silicon fertilizers in the extraction of yellow phosphorus. But there is a lack of research on the high-value reuse...journal article 2023
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Wang, Yibo (author), Liu, Pan (author), Solomatine, D.P. (author), Li, Liping (author), Wu, Chen (author), Han, Dongyang (author), Zhang, Xiaojing (author), Yang, Zhikai (author), Yang, Sheng (author)Aquatic community dynamics are closely dominated by flow regime and water quality conditions, which are increasingly threatened by dam regulation, water diversion, and nutrition pollution. However, further understanding of the ecological impacts of flow regime and water quality conditions on aquatic multi-population dynamics has rarely been...journal article 2023
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Li, Zhen (author), Chen, Zhiyuan (author), Wang, Jing (author), Wang, Jiawei (author), Jiang, Junmin (author), Du, S. (author), Cheng, Xu (author), Zeng, Xiaoyang (author), Han, Jun (author)This article presents a piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) interface circuit using a new self-bias-flip with the charge recycle (SBFR) technique without employing any additional energy reservoir. Traditional designs, including synchronous-switch harvesting on inductor (SSHI), synchronous-switch harvesting on capacitor (SSHC), synchronous...journal article 2023
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Li, Zejiao (author), Wang, Jixiang (author), Liu, Jialin (author), Chen, Xingyu (author), Lei, Zhongfang (author), Yuan, Tian (author), Lee, Duu Jong (author), Lin, Y. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emission and energy consumption is crucial for the sustainable management of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, an algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge (AGS) system was developed for efficient carbon (C) assimilation and nitrogen (N)/phosphorus (P) removal without the need for mechanical aeration....journal article 2023
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Chen, Honghao (author), Lu, Ruofei (author), Gao, Yixun (author), Yue, Xiaorui (author), Yang, Haihong (author), Li, Hao (author), Lee, Yi Kuen (author), French, P.J. (author), Wang, Yao (author), Zhou, Guofu (author)Inspired by the CO<sub>2</sub>-induced reversible activation mechanism of the slow anion channel 1 (SLAC1) in plant stomatal guard cells during plant photosynthesis, we designed and prepared a CO<sub>2</sub>- switchable H<sup>+</sup>/OH<sup>−</sup> ion channel (CSPH ion channel). A high-performance chemiresistive room temperature CO<sub>2<...journal article 2023
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Liu, Xiangcheng (author), Niu, Yue (author), Jin, Duo (author), Zeng, Junwei (author), Li, Wanjiang (author), Li, Hao (author), Lee, Yi Kuen (author), French, P.J. (author), Wang, Yao (author)Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) garner significant attention for their potential to create high-performance gas sensors. Despite their favorable properties such as tunable bandgap, high carrier mobility, and large surface-to-volume ratio, the performance of TMDCs devices is compromised by sulfur vacancies, which reduce carrier...journal article 2023
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Ruzzi, Alessandro (author), Shi, X. (author), Wang, Xi (author), Li, Gengyan (author), De Mello, Shalini (author), Chang, Hyung Jin (author), Zhang, X. (author), Hilliges, Otmar (author)We propose GazeNeRF, a 3D-aware method for the task of gaze redirection. Existing gaze redirection methods operate on 2D images and struggle to generate 3D consistent results. Instead, we build on the intuition that the face region and eyeballs are separate 3D structures that move in a coordinated yet independent fashion. Our method leverages...conference paper 2023
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Pöhlmann, Katharina Margareta Theresa (author), Al Taie, Ammar Jamal Said (author), Li, Gang (author), Dam, Abhraneil (author), Wang, Yu Kai (author), Wei, Chun Shu (author), Papaioannou, G. (author)The adoption of automated vehicles will be a positive step towards road safety and environmental benefits. However, one major challenge that still exist is motion sickness. The move from drivers to passengers who will engage in non-driving related tasks as well as the potential change in the layout of the car interior that will come with...conference paper 2023
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Wang, Lechen (author), Mao, Jianfeng (author), Li, L. (author), Li, Xuechun (author), Tu, Yilei (author)Predicting Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for a Multi-Airport System (MAS) is much more challenging than for a single airport system because of complex air route structure, dense air traffic volume and vagaries of traffic conditions in an MAS. In this work, we propose a novel “Bubble” mechanism to accurately predict medium-term ETA for a...journal article 2023
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Liang, Hongping (author), Guo, Xin (author), Guo, Lanpeng (author), Liu, Siying (author), Zhan, Qiuqiang (author), Yang, Haihong (author), Li, Hao (author), de Rooij, Nicolaas Frans (author), Lee, Yi Kuen (author), French, P.J. (author), Wang, Yao (author), Zhou, Guofu (author)Constructing near-infrared light (NIR) light-enhanced room temperature gas sensors is becoming more promising for practical application. In this study, learning from the structure and photosynthetic process of chlorophyll thylakoid membranes in plants, the first “Thylakoid membrane” structural formaldehyde (HCHO) sensor is constructed by...journal article 2023
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Chen, Kequan (author), Knoop, V.L. (author), Liu, Pan (author), Li, Zhibin (author), Wang, Yuxuan (author)The pre-insertion process called anticipation is an essential component of a lane-changing manoeuvre. There is little empirical research regarding the impact of anticipation. Thus, this paper aims to explore the behaviour of the new follower (NF) in the target lane when it encounters anticipation by using new trajectory datasets. The changing...journal article 2023