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Smith, Kirsten A. (author), Dennis, Matt (author), Masthoff, Judith (author), Tintarev, N. (author)Personality impacts all areas of our lives; it governs who we are and how we react to life’s challenges. Personalized systems that adapt to end users should take into account the user’s personality to perform well. Several methodologies (e.g. User-as-Wizard, indirect studies) that use personality adaptation require first for personality to be...journal article 2019
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Bohra, D. (author), Ledezma Yanez, I.D. (author), Li, G. (author), de Jong, W. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author), Smith, W.A. (author)Ag is a promising catalyst for the production of carbon monoxide (CO) via the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>ER). Herein, we study the role of the formate (HCOO<sup>−</sup>) intermediate *OCHO, aiming to resolve the discrepancy between the theoretical understanding and experimental performance of Ag. We show that...journal article 2019
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Smith, Roland (author), van de Loo, Jasper (author), van den Boomen, M. (author), Khakzad, N. (author), Jan van Heck, Geert (author), Wolfert, A.R.M. (author)Water treatment plants (WTPs) are characterised as complex configurations of repairable and deteriorating components. Previous studies have mainly focused on the average or steady-state availability of such systems while ignoring inherent characteristics like degradation. The current research proposes a two-level hierarchical model for long-term...journal article 2019
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Firet, N.J. (author), Blommaert, M.A. (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author), Venugopal, A. (author), Bohra, D. (author), Longo, Alessandro (author), Smith, W.A. (author)Electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide can provide a valuable pathway towards the sustainable production of chemicals and fuels from renewable electricity sources. One of the main challenges to enable this technology is to find suitable electrodes that can act as efficient, stable and selective CO<sub>2</sub> reduction catalysts. Modified silver...journal article 2019
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Zhang, W. (author), Ma, M. (author), Huijbers, M.M.E. (author), Filonenko, G.A. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author), van Schie, M.M.C.H. (author), de Boer, Sabrina (author), Smith, W.A. (author), Hollmann, F. (author)A recently discovered photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A ( CvFAP) bears the promise for the efficient and selective synthesis of hydrocarbons from carboxylic acids. CvFAP, however, exhibits a clear preference for long-chain fatty acids thereby limiting its broad applicability. In this contribution, we demonstrate that the...journal article 2019
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Ocadiz flores, J.A. (author), Capelli, E. (author), Raison, P. E. (author), Konings, R. (author), Smith, A.L. (author)Using the modified quasi-chemical model in the quadruplet approximation, three new thermodynamic assessments of binary systems useful for the detailed operational design of the Molten Salt Reactor are presented: AF-NiF<sub>2</sub> (A = Li, Na, K). These systems are particularly relevant for the study of the molten salt-structural materials...journal article 2018
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Graversgaard, Morten (author), Hedelin, Beatrice (author), Smith, Laurence (author), Gertz, Flemming (author), Højberg, Anker Lajer (author), Langford, John (author), Martinez, Grit (author), Mostert, E. (author), Ptak, Emilia (author), Peterson, Heidi (author), Stelljes, Nico (author), van den Brink, Cors (author), Refsgaard, Jens Christian (author)Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture (DWPA) and its governance has received increased attention as a policy concern across the globe. Mitigation of DWPA is a complex problem that requires a mix of policy instruments and a multi-agency, broad societal response. In this paper, opportunities and barriers for developing co-governance, defined...journal article 2018
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Siemons, M.E. (author), Hulleman, C.N. (author), Thorsen, R.Ø. (author), Smith, C.S. (author), Stallinga, S. (author)Point spread function (PSF) engineering is used in single emitter localization to measure the emitter position in 3D and possibly other parameters such as the emission color or dipole orientation as well. Advanced PSF models such as spline fits to experimental PSFs or the vectorial PSF model can be used in the corresponding localization...journal article 2018
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Šavija, B. (author), Smith, G.M. (author), Heard, Peter J. (author), Sarakinou, Eleni (author), Darnbrough, James E. (author), Hallam, Keith R. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Flewitt, Peter E.J. (author)Commercial graphites are used for a wide range of applications. For example, Gilsocarbon graphite is used within the reactor core of advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGRs, UK) as a moderator. In service, the mechanical properties of the graphite are changed as a result of neutron irradiation induced defects and porosity arising from radiolytic...journal article 2018
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Cristiano, E. (author), ten Veldhuis, Marie-claire (author), Wright, Daniel B. (author), Smith, James A. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author)Rainfall spatial and temporal variability are key points in the prediction of hydrological response. At the same time, catchment scale and characteristics also play important roles, especially in urban areas, where the high level of imperviousness combined with intense and localised rainfall causes fast responses (Ochoa-Rodriguez et al., 2015)....conference paper 2018
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Digdaya, I.A. (author), Trzesniewski, B.J. (author), Adhyaksa, Gede W.P. (author), Garnett, E.C. (author), Smith, W.A. (author)Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photoelectrodes offer a simple alternative to the traditional semiconductor-liquid junction and the conventional p-n junction electrode. Highly efficient MIS photoanodes require interfacial surface passivating oxides and high workfunction metals to produce a high photovoltage. Herein, we investigate and...journal article 2018
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Perez Rodriguez, P. (author), Cardenas-Morcoso, Drialys (author), Digdaya, I.A. (author), Mangel Raventos, A. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Gimenez, Sixto (author), Zeman, M. (author), Smith, W.A. (author), Smets, A.H.M. (author)Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) is a promising material for photoelectrochemical water splitting owing to its relatively small band-gap energy and high chemical and optoelectrical stability. This work studies the interplay between charge-carrier separation and collection, and their injection into the electrolyte, when modifying the...journal article 2018
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Gottardi, L. (author), Smith, S.J. (author), Kozorezov, A. (author), Akamatsu, H. (author), Bruijn, M. P. (author), Chervenak, J. A. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Jackson, B. D. (author), Ridder, M. (author)Frequency-division multiplexing is the baseline read-out system for large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES’s) under development for the X-ray and infrared instruments like X-IFU (Athena) and SAFARI, respectively. In this multiplexing scheme, the sensors are ac-biased at different frequencies from 1 to 5 MHz and operate...journal article 2018
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Torrisi, Giampaolo (author), Grammatico, S. (author), Smith, Roy S. (author), Morari, Manfred (author)Projected gradient descent denotes a class of iterative methods for solving optimization programs. In convex optimization, its computational complexity is relatively low whenever the projection onto the feasible set is relatively easy to compute. On the other hand, when the problem is nonconvex, e.g., because of nonlinear equality constraints...journal article 2018
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Ma, M. (author), Liu, K. (author), Shen, J. (author), Kas, R. (author), Smith, W.A. (author)In this work, the highly selective and stable electrocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> to CO on nanostructured Ag electrocatalysts is presented. The Ag electrocatalysts are synthesized by the electroreduction of Ag<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> formed by in situ anodic-etching of Ag foil in a KHCO<sub>3</sub> electrolyte. After 3 min of this...journal article 2018
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Šavija, B. (author), Smith, G.E. (author), Liu, D (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Flewitt, P.E.J. (author)Deformation and fracture of materials are usually considered in terms of brittle and ductile modes. However, there is an intermediate class between these limits that is termed quasi-brittle where there is measurable inelastic deformation prior to final graceful ‘brittle’ failure. In previous work, we presented deformation and fracture data...journal article 2018
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ten Veldhuis, Marie-claire (author), Zhou, Zhengzheng (author), Yang, Long (author), Liu, Shuguang (author), Smith, James (author)The impact of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall on hydrological response remains poorly understood, in particular in urban catchments due to their strong variability in land use, a high degree of imperviousness and the presence of stormwater infrastructure. In this study, we analyze the effect of storm scale, position and movement...journal article 2018
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Giamarelou, M (author), Smith, M. (author), Papapanagiotou, E. (author), Martin, S. T. (author), Biskos, G. (author)The hygroscopic properties of KBr, KCl, and KI nanoparticles having diameters from 8 to 60 nm were measured using a tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer. In all cases, the deliquescence and efflorescence relative humidity values increased with decreasing particle diameter. The associated growth factors also decreased with decreasing particle...journal article 2018
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Argyle, Peter (author), Watson, S.J. (author), Montavon, Christiane (author), Jones, Ian (author), Smith, Megan (author)The IEC standard 61400-1 edition 3 uses the so-called Frandsen model to assess levels of turbulence intensity (TI) within wind farms, specifically to determine turbine suitability associated with stress and fatigue. Since the Frandsen model was developed, turbines have significantly grown in size and the number of turbines in an individual wind...journal article 2018
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Van Cleuvenbergen, Stijn (author), Smith, Zachary J. (author), Deschaume, Olivier (author), Bartic, Carmen (author), Wachsmann-Hogiu, Sebastian (author), Verbiest, Thierry (author), van der Veen, M.A. (author)Recent developments in nonlinear optical light scattering techniques have opened a window into morphological and structural characteristics for a variety of supramolecular systems. However, for the study of dynamic processes, the current way of measuring is often too slow. Here we present an alternative measurement scheme suitable for...journal article 2018