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Boksteen, S.Z. (author)This thesis investigates various operational aspects of Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants (GTCC). GTCC power plants are expected to play an increasingly important role in the balancing of supply and demand in the electricity grid. Although originally meant for predominantly base load operation with high efficiencies, market circumstances,...doctoral thesis 2014
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Ingenito, A. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Zeman, M. (author)The need for cost reduction requires using less raw material and cost-effective processes without sacrificing the conversion efficiency. For keeping high the generated photo-current, an advanced light trapping scheme for ultra-thin silicon wafers is here proposed, exhibiting absorptances up to 99% of 4n2 classical absorption limit for wafer...conference paper 2014
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Tulinski, P. (author), Duim, B. (author), Wittink, F.R. (author), Jonker, M.J. (author), Breit, T.M. (author), Van Putten, J.P. (author), Wagenaar, J.A. (author), Fluit, A.C. (author)Background Staphylococcus aureus is a common human and animal opportunistic pathogen. In humans nasal carriage of S. aureus is a risk factor for various infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus ST398 is highly prevalent in pigs in Europe and North America. The mechanism of successful pig colonization by MRSA ST398 is poorly understood....journal article 2014
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Kecman, P. (author)The potential growth in transport demand in the next decade and beyond requires a change from reactive to proactive traffic control to maintain and improve the reliability of railway traffic. In order to enable an anticipative approach to traffic management, it is necessary to develop the tools for monitoring, prediction and optimisation of the...doctoral thesis 2014
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Boelhouwer, P.J. (author), Elsinga, M.G. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Priemus, H. (author), van der Schaar, J. (author), Thomsen, A.F. (author)Concentreer je op sociale kerntaken, verhuur een beperkt aantal corporatiewoningen in de marktsector, benoem een onafhankelijke extern toezichthouder en bevorder het zelfbeheer van huurders. Dat zijn de belangrijkste aanbevelingen van zes hoogleraren volkshuisvesting van de TU Delft voor een nieuw corporatiebeleid.book 2014
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Akbari Pazooki, A.M. (author)The local material expansion and contraction involved in welding result in permanent deformations or instability i.e., welding distortion. Considerable efforts have been made in controlling welding distortion prior to, during or after welding. Thermal Tensioning (TT) describes a group of in-situ methods to control welding distortion. In these...doctoral thesis 2014
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Alic, L. (author), Niessen, W.J. (author), Veenland, J.F. (author)BACKGROUND: Many techniques are proposed for the quantification of tumor heterogeneity as an imaging biomarker for differentiation between tumor types, tumor grading, response monitoring and outcome prediction. However, in clinical practice these methods are barely used. This study evaluates the reported performance of the described methods and...journal article 2014
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Visser, Eelco (author), Wachsmuth, G.H. (author), Tolmach, Andrew (author), Neron, P.J.M. (author), Vergu, V.A. (author), Passalaqua Martins, A. (author), Konat, G.D.P. (author)The realization of a language design requires multiple artifacts that redundantly encode the same information. This entails significant effort for language implementors, and often results in late detection of errors in language definitions. In this paper we present a proof-of-concept language designer's workbench that supports generation of IDEs...conference paper 2014
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Gong, J. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Fracture network connectivity and aperture (or conductivity) distribution are two crucial features controlling the flow behavior of fractured formations. The effect of connectivity on flow properties is well documented. We focus here on the influence of fracture aperture distribution. We model a two-dimensional fractured reservoir in which the...conference paper 2014
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Naddaf Dezfuli, S. (author), Huan, Z. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Chang, J. (author), Zhou, J. (author)The human body is a buffered environment where pH is effectively maintained. HEPES is a biological buffer often used to mimic the buffering activity of the body in in vitro studies on the degradation behavior of magnesium. However, the influence of HEPES on the degradation behavior of magnesium in the DMEM pseudo-physiological solution has not...journal article 2014
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Stam, C.J. (author), Van der Velden, N.M. (author), Rubio, G. (author), Verlinden, J.C. (author)The maker culture has created a dynamic in which designers are less responsible for the design and quality of the final product, but for the tools the consumer uses to create their own. While additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining acceptance among the general public, it is still seen as a prototyping tool instead of a high quality production...conference paper 2014
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Thomsen, A.F. (author)columnjournal article 2014
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Mulder, G. (author), Olsthoorn, T.N. (author), Al-manmi, D.A.M.A. (author), Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Smidt, E.H. (author)Observations acquired by Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission indicate a mass loss of 31 ± 3 km3 or 130 ± 14 mm in Northern Iraq between 2007 and 2009. This data is used as an independent validation of a hydrologic model of the region including lake mass variations. We developed a rainfall–runoff model for five tributaries of...journal article 2014
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Verlinden, J.C. (author)Physical prototypes and scale models play an important role in engineering design processes, especially in the field of industrial design. Such models are typically used to explore and discuss design concepts in various stages, from initial idea generation to manufacturing. Over the last decade, augmented reality technologies have been developed...doctoral thesis 2014
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Cai, H. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Jiang, C. (author)As the tidal wave propagates into an estuary, the tidally averaged water level tends to rise in landward direction due to the density difference between saline and fresh water and the asymmetry of the friction. The effect of friction on the residual slope is even more remarkable when accounting for fresh water discharge. In this study, we...journal article 2014
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Ristè, D. (author)Superconducting circuits have recently risen to the forefront of the solid-state prototypes for quantum computing. Reaching the stage of robust quantum computing requires closing the loop between measurement and control of quantum bits (qubits). This thesis presents the realization of feedback control of superconducting qubits based on...doctoral thesis 2014
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Bakker, M. (author)Water demand forecasting The total water demand in an area is the sum of the water demands of all individual domestic and industrial consumers in that area. These consumers behave in repetitive daily, weekly and annual patterns, and the same repetitive patterns can be observed in the drinking water demand. The observations of the water demand...doctoral thesis 2014
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Mahfouz, A.M.E.T.A. (author), Van de Giessen, M. (author), Van der Maaten, L.J.P. (author), Huisman, S.M.H. (author), Reinders, M.J.T. (author), Hawrylycz, M.J. (author), Lelieveldt, B.P.F. (author)The Allen Brain Atlases enable the study of spatially resolved, genome-wide gene expression patterns across the mammalian brain. Several explorative studies have applied linear dimensionality reduction methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and classical Multi-Dimensional Scaling (cMDS) to gain insight into the spatial organization...journal article 2014
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Jassal, A. (author)This thesis deals with analysis, calculation and validation of eddy current loss models for Permanent Magnet (PM) direct drive generators for wind turbines. The modelling approach is a mixed use of analytical and Finite Element (FE) methods. The models are validated experimentally and design guidelines are developed thereafter.doctoral thesis 2014