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Wils, K.A. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author)With the advent of novel quantum computing technologies and the new possibilities thereby offered, a prime opportunity has presented itself to investigate the practical application of quantum computing. This work investigates the feasibility of using quantum annealing for structural optimization. The target problem is the discrete truss sizing...journal article 2023
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Lu, Qi (author), Li, Shuangmu (author), Zhao, Bo (author), Jiang, Junmin (author), Chen, Zhiyuan (author), Du, S. (author)Multiple voltage conversion ratio (VCR) recursive switched-capacitor (SC) dc-dc converters, based on several basic 2:1 converters, are widely used for on-chip power supplies due to their flexible VCRs for higher energy efficiency. However, conventional multiple VCR SC converters usually have one or more 2:1 converters unused for some VCRs,...journal article 2023
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Tong, Liang-yu (author), Xiong, Qing Xiang (author), Zhang, Zhidong (author), Chen, Xiangsheng (author), Ye, G. (author), Liu, Qing feng (author)This paper develops a novel lattice diffusive model to quantitatively study the chloride diffusion coefficient in unsaturated cementitious materials, in which the pore voxels are redistributed to make a better representation of a real microstructure of hardened cement paste. Considering the hierarchical microstructure and different drying...journal article 2023
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Wang, Heng (author), Chen, Feng (author), Shiau, Jim (author), Dias, Daniel (author), Lai, F. (author), Huang, Jianhua (author)Cement-based columns in combination with geosynthetic reinforcement is a well-established soft ground improvement technique to enhance embankment stability. This paper aims to present a finite-element (FE) study based on a case history of a geosynthetic-reinforced column-supported (GRCS) embankment over soft soil. In this study, the columns...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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Chen, L.M. (author), Keisham, Sunanda (author), Tateno, Hiroaki (author), van Ede, J.M. (author), Pronk, M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Lin, Y. (author)Bacteria can synthesize a diverse array of glycans, being found attached to proteins and lipids or as loosely associated polysaccharides to the cells. The major challenge in glycan analysis in environmental samples lies in developing high-throughput and comprehensive characterization methodologies to elucidate the structure and monitor the...journal article 2023
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Ghiassi, S. (author), Birke, Robert (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author)Learning robust deep models against noisy labels becomes ever critical when today's data is commonly collected from open platforms and subject to adversarial corruption. The information on the label corruption process, i.e., corruption matrix, can greatly enhance the robustness of deep models but still fall behind in combating hard classes....conference paper 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Rahmani, Hossein (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)The implementation of extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP) in large-scale constructions is currently limited by concerns regarding rheology control and the sustainability of this process. To address these issues, this study presents an approach to develop limestone-calcined clay-based cementitious (LC3) materials accelerated by Ca(NO...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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Qiu, Xiujiao (author), Chang, Z. (author), Chen, J. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Ye, G. (author), Schutter, Geert De (author)In our former paper, based on a published 3D reactive transport model at microscale with the capability of simulating the chemical reactions involved in ASR, the location of expansive ASR gel related to the reactivity of aggregate, temperature, aggregate porosity and silica content in aggregate, is clarified. Based on the simulation results,...journal article 2023
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Rahimi, E. (author), Sanchis-Gual, Roger (author), Chen, Xiangzhong (author), Imani, Amin (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Asselin, Edouard (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Fedrizzi, Lorenzo (author), Pané, Salvador (author), Lekka, Maria (author)The last two decades have witnessed the emergence of micro- and nanoswimmers (MNSs). Researchers have invested significant efforts in engineering motile micro- and nanodevices to address current limitations in minimally invasive medicine. MNSs can move through complex fluid media by using chemical fuels or external energy sources such as...review 2023
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Zhou, Hui (author), Docherty, Scott R. (author), Phongprueksathat, N. (author), Chen, Zixuan (author), Bukhtiyarov, Andrey V. (author), Prosvirin, Igor P. (author), Safonova, Olga V. (author), Urakawa, A. (author), Copéret, Christophe (author), Müller, Christoph R. (author), Fedorov, Alexey (author)The direct synthesis of methanol via the hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub>, if performed efficiently and selectively, is potentially a powerful technology for CO<sub>2</sub> mitigation. Here, we develop an active and selective Cu-Zn/SiO<sub>2</sub> catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub> by introducing copper and zinc onto...journal article 2023
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Diao, Yan (author), Chen, Long (author), Huang, Y. (author)Waste glass (WG), as a nonbiodegradable material, poses a threat to environmental protection. The reuse of WG as a raw material to replace cement or aggregate in concrete production is gaining attention for recycling purposes. However, the optimal proportion of WG in concrete mixtures and its particle size distribution are hard to determine....journal article 2023
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Wei, Ziyi (author), Huang, Kai (author), Chen, Ying (author), Wang, D. (author), Yu, Yajuan (author), Xu, Ming (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)To alleviate the geographical mismatch between supply and demand of water resources, virtual water trade had attracted extensive attention. Many studies had estimated the virtual water flow and measured the virtual water inequality using Environmental Input-Output (EIO) model. However, EIO model ignores the feedback effect in the trade, which...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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Chang, Z. (author), Liang, M. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Cementitious materials may exhibit significant creep at very early age. This is potentially important for concrete 3D printing, where the material is progressively loaded even before it sets. However, does creep actually affect the buildability of 3D printed concrete? Herein, the influence of early-age creep on the buildability of 3D printed...journal article 2023
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Zhang, R. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Lei, Jiaxin (author), Zhou, Xin (author), Yao, P. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)Mangroves can function as a ‘bio-shield’ to protect coastal communities from harsh environments because of their strong ability to attenuate wave energy. However, as mangroves are usually oversimplified as rigid cylinders in antecedent studies, the effects of complex mangrove morphology on wave attenuation have not been well researched....journal article 2023
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Fu, Sheng (author), Chen, P. (author), Ye, Zhisheng (author)The multicategory support vector machine (MSVM) has been widely used for multicategory classification. Despite its widespread popularity, regular MSVM cannot provide direct probabilistic results and suffers from excessive computational cost, as it is formulated on the hinge loss function and it solves a sum-to-zero constrained quadratic...journal article 2023
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Chen, Qiting (author), Jia, Li (author), Menenti, M. (author), Hu, Guangcheng (author), Wang, Kun (author), Yi, Zhiwei (author), Zhou, Jie (author), Peng, Fei (author), Ma, Shaoxiu (author)Information on crop yield is important for food security, in particular under the conditions of climate change and growing population worldwide. We developed a new fully distributed, high spatial resolution, model of biomass accumulation and crop yield applicable to a highly heterogeneous desert-oasis agroecosystem. The bulk of required input...journal article 2023
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Huang, J. (author), Zhao, Z. (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author), Roos, S. (author)Attacks on Federated Learning (FL) can severely reduce the quality of the generated models and limit the usefulness of this emerging learning paradigm that enables on-premise decentralized learning. However, existing untargeted attacks are not practical for many scenarios as they assume that i) the attacker knows every update of benign...conference paper 2023