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Evans, Michael (author), Angeli, David (author), Tindemans, Simon H. (author)We consider the problem of dispatching a fleet of distributed energy reserve devices to collectively meet a sequence of power requests over time. Under the restriction that reserves cannot be replenished, we aim to maximise the survival time of an energy-constrained islanded electrical system; and we discuss realistic scenarios in which this...conference paper 2018
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Verouden, N.W. (author)In our focus on spoken conversation we tend to forget that there are also things not said. In failing to acknowledge these silences, much of what is significant may be overlooked. This book presents the findings of ethnographic fieldwork in intra- and inter-university collaboration, including that of Dutch and Chinese scientists. It also offers...doctoral thesis 2018
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Neyens, Samuel F. (author), Foote, Ryan H. (author), Thorgrimsson, Brandur (author), Knapp, T. J. (author), McJunkin, Thomas (author), Vandersypen, L.M.K. (author), Amin, Payam (author), Thomas, Nicole K. (author), Clarke, James S. (author), Savage, D. E. (author), Lagally, M. G. (author), Friesen, Mark (author), Coppersmith, S. N. (author), Eriksson, M. A. (author)Atomic-scale disorder at the top interface of a Si quantum well is known to suppress valley splitting. Such disorder may be inherited from the underlying substrate and relaxed buffer growth, but can also arise at the top quantum well interface due to the random SiGe alloy. Here, we perform activation energy (transport) measurements in the...journal article 2018
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Versteijlen, W.G. (author)Offshore wind generated electricity is currently one of the most promising sources of energy to contribute in creating a sustainable global energy mix. The latter is essential for minimising the detrimental impact of human-induced accelerated climate change. The cost of offshore wind power has strongly decreased over the past years due to ...doctoral thesis 2018
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Kotb, O. (author)Due to the increasing share of renewable energy sources in modern power systems and electricity market deregulation, heavy inter-regional and cross-border power flows are becoming a commonplace in system operation. Moreover, largescale integration of renewable energy sources is expected to pace up, therefore new solutions have to be developed to...doctoral thesis 2018
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Transformation in Composition: Ecdysis of Landscape Architecture through the Brownfield Park Projectvan der Velde, J.R.T. (author)This study enlarges on the notion of composition in landscape architecture. It builds upon the ‘Delft method’, which elaborates composition as a methodological framework from its sister discipline architecture. At the same time takes a critical stance in respect to this framework, informed by recent epistemological developments in landscape...doctoral thesis 2018
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Souverijns, Niels (author), Gossart, Alexandra (author), Gorodetskaya, Irina V. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Mangold, Alexander (author), Laffineur, Quentin (author), Delcloo, Andy (author), Van Lipzig, Nicole P.M. (author)Local surface mass balance (SMB) measurements are crucial for understanding changes in the total mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, including its contribution to sea level rise. Despite continuous attempts to decipher mechanisms controlling the local and regional SMB, a clear understanding of the separate components is still lacking, while...journal article 2018
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Pei, W. (author)Much of the observational data that we see around is, is ordered in space or time. For instance, video data, audio data or text data. This ordered data, called sequence data, calls for automatic analysis using supervised learning. Traditional single-observation supervised learning is challenged by sequence data, because (1) the length of...doctoral thesis 2018
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Naddaf Dezfuli, S. (author)When a bone is fractured, it loses its structural integrity which makes it unable to bear any mechanical load. Therefore, a broken bone must be supported until it regains its strength to handle the body's movement and weight. A surgical procedure is needed to set a fractured bone. This procedure often involves repositioning the bone fragments...doctoral thesis 2018
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Wohl, Sharon (author)This dissertation builds upon research that considers how cities operate as Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). It focuses on how certain characteristics of urban form can support an urban environment's capacity to self-organize, enabling emergent features to appear that, while unplanned, remain highly functional. The main thrust of the work is to...doctoral thesis 2018
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Fujimura, Atsushi G. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), Paris, Claire B. (author), Shanks, Alan L. (author), MacMahan, Jamie H. (author), Morgan, Steven G. (author)We investigated whether cross-shore distributions of coastal phytoplankton to the surf zone are controlled by hydrodynamics and their biological characteristics. Data from a rip-channeled beach indicate that concentrations of phytoplankton are higher in the surf zone than offshore. To examine how phytoplankton is transported toward the shore,...journal article 2018
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Papapetridis, I. (author)Mankind’s energy requirements, which are currently mainly covered by the combustion of fossil fuels, have been steadily increasing in the past half century. While fossil fuels have a high energy content, their use results in significant emissions of greenhouse gases (mainly CO2, methane and nitrous oxide). As the industrialization of developing...doctoral thesis 2018
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Kapsenberg, G.K. (author)Slamming of ships is a phenomenon characterized by a high wave load of short duration. Usually the ships structure responds in a vibratory manner on this load; the response can be either a local or a global vibration mode or it can be in both modes together. These short duration loads are caused by large amplitude motions, even to the point that...doctoral thesis 2018
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van der Horst, J. (author)Optical imaging is one of the primary tools in biological and medical research. Over the years many different optical imaging modalities have been developed that have driven the imaging performance in terms of image resolution, contrast, imaging time, and maximum allowed sample size. The goal of this work is to develop techniques for 3D optical...doctoral thesis 2018
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Tagliaferri, M.L.V. (author), Bavdaz, P.L. (author), Huang, W. (author), Dzurak, A. S. (author), Culcer, D. (author), Veldhorst, M. (author)We investigate the effect of the valley degree of freedom on Pauli-spin blockade readout of spin qubits in silicon. The valley splitting energy sets the singlet-triplet splitting and thereby constrains the detuning range. The valley phase difference controls the relative strength of the intra- and intervalley tunnel couplings, which, in the...journal article 2018
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Nunez, Alfredo (author), Jamshidi, A. (author), Wang, H. (author)This paper presents a Pareto-based maintenance decision system for rail welds in a regional railway network. Weld health condition data are collected using a train in operation. A Hilbert spectrum-based approach is used for data processing to detect and assess the weld quality based on multiple registered dynamic responses in the axle box...journal article 2018
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Humphreys, P.C. (author), Kalb, N. (author), Morits, J.P.J. (author), Schouten, R.N. (author), Vermeulen, R.F.L. (author), Twitchen, Daniel J. (author), Markham, Matthew (author), Hanson, R. (author)Large-scale quantum networks promise to enable secure communication, distributed quantum computing, enhanced sensing and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics through the distribution of entanglement across nodes <sup>1-7</sup>. Moving beyond current two-node networks <sup>8-13</sup> requires the rate of entanglement generation between nodes...journal article 2018
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den Hollander, M.C. (author)This thesis argues that in order to increase the likelihood that product lifetime extension in a circular economy will be successful from both an environmental and an economic perspective, industrial designers need to be able to control not only the spatial dimension (materialization and geometry) of products, but also their temporal dimension....doctoral thesis 2018
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Radermacher, M. (author)Artificial sand nourishments are a common measure to mitigate coastal erosion problems. Such nourishments can have an impact on currents and waves near the beach, especially when the nourishment has a large size. As nourished beaches often have a recreational function, these altered wave and current patterns may pose a threat to swimmers. This...doctoral thesis 2018
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Li, X. (author)Since 1978, urban redevelopment in China has resulted in large-scale neighbourhood demolition and forced residential relocation, which can severely disrupt established people-place interactions in the demolished neighbourhoods. Urban redevelopment in China has also been criticized by the public and scholars, because the position of the residents...doctoral thesis 2018