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Ghafaryasl, B. (author), Vermeer, Koenraad A. (author), Kalkman, J. (author), Dore-Callewaert, T.W.J. (author), Boer, Johannes F.D.E. (author), van Vliet, L.J. (author)The attenuation coefficient (AC) is an optical property of tissue that can be estimated from optical coherence tomography (OCT) data. In this paper, we aim to estimate the AC accurately by compensating for the shape of the focused beam. For this, we propose a method to estimate the axial PSF model parameters and AC by fitting a model for an...journal article 2020
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Pinel, I.S.M. (author), Kleikamp, H.B.C. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), Vrouwenvelder, J.S. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Lin, Y. (author)Sialic acids in the structural matrix of biofilms developing in engineered water systems constitute a potential target in the battle against biofouling. This report focuses specifically on the presence of sialic acids as part of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of biofilms forming in cooling towers and the potential effect of...journal article 2020
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Vigueras Guillén, J.P. (author), Sari, B. (author), Goes, S.F. (author), Lemij, Hans G. (author), van Rooij, Jeroen (author), Vermeer, K.A. (author), van Vliet, L.J. (author)Background<br/><br/>Corneal endothelium (CE) images provide valuable clinical information regarding the health state of the cornea. Computation of the clinical morphometric parameters requires the segmentation of endothelial cell images. Current techniques to image the endothelium in vivo deliver low quality images, which makes automatic...journal article 2019
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Vollmer, I. (author), Mondal, A. (author), Yarulina, I. (author), Abou-Hamad, Edy (author), Kapteijn, F. (author), Gascon, Jorge (author)The catalytic performance of the bifunctional catalyst Mo/HZSM-5 for methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) depends on the Mo dispersion and on zeolite acidity. Here we separately quantify the effect of dispersion and the effect of acidity on aromatic yields and coke selectivity. Also, the effect of porosity on the same is quantitatively...journal article 2019
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Pereira, Joana P.C. (author), Overbeek, W.J.M. (author), Gudiño Reyes, N.E. (author), Andres Garcia, E. (author), Kapteijn, F. (author), van der Wielen, L.A.M. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author)Biobased 2-butanol offers high potential as biofuel, but its toxicity toward microbial hosts calls for efficient techniques to alleviate product inhibition in fermentation processes. Aiming at the selective recovery of 2-butanol, the feasibility of a process combining in situ vacuum stripping followed by vapor adsorption has been assessed...journal article 2019
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Rombouts, J.L. (author), Mos, G. (author), Weissbrodt, D.G. (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)A mechanistic understanding of microbial community establishment and product formation in open fermentative systems can aid the development of bioprocesses utilising organic waste. Kinetically, a single rate-limiting substrate is expected to result in one dominant species. Four enrichment cultures were operated to ferment either xylose or...journal article 2019
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Jansen, E. (author), Pereira Machado, J.D. (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author)We consider an electromechanical system in which a microwave cavity is coupled to a mechanical resonator, with a mechanical frequency twice the microwave frequency. In this regime, the effective photon-phonon interaction is equivalent to that of a degenerate parametric amplifier, instead of the typical radiation pressure interaction. If the...journal article 2019
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Yu, M. (author), Picanço Castanheira Da Silva, T. (author), van Opstal, A.W.M. (author), Romeijn, Stefan (author), Every, H.A. (author), Jiskoot, Wim (author), Witkamp, G.J. (author), Ottens, M. (author)In this study, we developed a microfluidics method, using a so-called H-cell microfluidics device, for the determination of protein diffusion coefficients at different concentrations, pHs, ionic strengths, and solvent viscosities. Protein transfer takes place in the H-cell channels between two laminarly flowing streams with each containing a...journal article 2019
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Hendriks, M.H.P. (author), van der Kolk, E. (author)The temperature dependent luminescence properties of Yb2+ doped in NaI, SrI2 and LaI3 powders, prepared by a fast synthesis method involving the rapid melting and quenching in vacuum are reported. The 4f→5d excitation and emission spectra obtained for SrI2:Yb2+ were found to be in accordance with earlier work validating the synthesis methods. In...journal article 2019
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Andres Garcia, E. (author), López-Cabrelles, Javier (author), Oar-Arteta Gonzalez, L. (author), Roldan Martinez, B. (author), Cano Padilla, M. (author), Gascon, Jorge (author), Mínguez Espallargas, Guillermo (author), Kapteijn, F. (author)Separation of propylene/propane is one of the most challenging and energy consuming processes in the chemical industry. Propylene demand is increasing and a 99.5% purity is required for industrial purposes. Adsorption based solutions are the most promising alternatives to improve the economical/energetic efficiency of the process. Zeolitic...journal article 2019
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Kuil, Laura E. (author), Oosterhof, Nynke (author), Geurts, S.N. (author), Van Der Linde, Herma C. (author), Meijering, H.W. (author), Van Ham, Tjakko J. (author)Microglia are brain-resident macrophages, which have specialized functions important in brain development and in disease. They colonize the brain in early embryonic stages, but few factors that drive the migration of yolk sac macrophages (YSMs) into the embryonic brain, or regulate their acquisition of specialized properties, are currently...journal article 2019
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Grillo Peternella, F. (author), Esselink, Thomas (author), Dorsman, S.A. (author), Harmsma, Peter (author), Horsten, R.C. (author), Zuidwijk, T. (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author)In this paper, the design and the characterization of a novel interrogator based on integrated Fourier transform (FT) spectroscopy is presented. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first integrated FT spectrometer used for the interrogation of photonic sensors. It consists of a planar spatial heterodyne spectrometer, which is...journal article 2019
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Kroll, J. (author), Borsoi, F. (author), van der Enden, K.L. (author), Uilhoorn, W. (author), de Jong, D. (author), Quintero Perez, M. (author), van Woerkom, D.J. (author), Bruno, A. (author), Plissard, S. R. (author), Car, D. (author), Bakkers, E.P.A.M. (author), Cassidy, M.C. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author)Superconducting coplanar-waveguide resonators that can operate in strong magnetic fields are important tools for a variety of high-frequency superconducting devices. Magnetic fields degrade resonator performance by creating Abrikosov vortices that cause resistive losses and frequency fluctuations or suppress the superconductivity entirely. To...journal article 2019
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Rassam, F. (author), Zhang, T. (author), Cieslak, K. P. (author), Lavini, C. (author), Stoker, J. (author), Bennink, R. J. (author), van Gulik, T. M. (author), van Vliet, L.J. (author), Runge, J. H. (author), Vos, F.M. (author)Objectives: To compare Gd-EOB-DTPA dynamic hepatocyte-specific contrast-enhanced MRI (DHCE-MRI) with <sup>99m</sup> Tc-mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) as quantitative liver function tests for the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing liver resection. Methods: Patients undergoing liver surgery and preoperative assessment...journal article 2019
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Lagendijk, Arnoud (author), Hillebrand, Bas (author), Kalmar, E. (author), van Marion, I. (author), van der Sanden, M.C.A. (author)Blockchain emerged as a well-defined technological object with limited applicability applications (e.g. Bitcoin). Embraced by more and more ‘stakeholders’, Blockchain has turned into a bounty of possibilities and promises. This raises the question whether Blockchain is turning into an overextending, affective ‘hyperobject’. Adopting a post...journal article 2019
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Grimaldi, G. (author), Crisp, R.W. (author), Ten Brinck, Stephanie (author), Zapata, Felipe (author), van Ouwendorp, M. (author), Renaud, N. (author), Kirkwood, N.R.M. (author), Evers, W.H. (author), Kinge, S.S. (author), Infante, Ivan (author), Siebbeles, L.D.A. (author), Houtepen, A.J. (author)Thermalization losses limit the photon-to-power conversion of solar cells at the high-energy side of the solar spectrum, as electrons quickly lose their energy relaxing to the band edge. Hot-electron transfer could reduce these losses. Here, we demonstrate fast and efficient hot-electron transfer between lead selenide and cadmium selenide...journal article 2018
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Cabrera Rodriguez, C.I. (author), Cartin Caballero, C.M. (author), Platarou, E. (author), de Weerd, F.A. (author), van der Wielen, L.A.M. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author)Production of bio-based acetate is commonly hindered by the high costs of the downstream processing. In this paper, a model is developed to describe a new method that recovers acetate salts using anion exchange resins, and subsequently desorbs and upgrades them using CO<sub>2</sub>-expanded alcohol. The model consists of equilibrium...journal article 2018
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Poltorak, L. (author), van der Meijden, N. (author), Oonk, S. (author), Sudhölter, Ernst J. R. (author), de Puit, M. (author)The behaviour of acid phosphatase at an electrified liquid–liquid interface was studied in this work. It was found that only the protonated form of the protein can undergo interfacial adsorption which is affected by the pH of the aqueous phase. With ion transfer voltammetry we could detect acid phosphatase in concentrations as low as 0.1 μM....journal article 2018
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Henriques da Silva, M.D. (author), Cortada García, J. (author), Ottens, M. (author)Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) can be an effective strategy for the purification of polyphenols from a fermentation broth. However, solvents need to be chosen to ensure high extraction capacity and selectivity. For that purpose, a systematic study is here presented, where the partition of different polyphenols - naringin, naringenin, p...journal article 2018
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Levisson, Mark (author), Patinios, Constantinos (author), Hein, Sascha (author), de Groot, P.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Martens, Stefan (author), Hall, Robert D. (author), Beekwilder, Jules (author)Background: Anthocyanins are polyphenolic pigments which provide pink to blue colours in fruits and flowers. There is an increasing demand for anthocyanins, as food colorants and as health-promoting substances. Plant production of anthocyanins is often seasonal and cannot always meet demand due to low productivity and the complexity of the...journal article 2018