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Ren, S. (author)The increasing popularity of sustainable asphalt pavement stems from its advantageous attributes, such as cost-saving, environmental protection, and reductions in energy and material consumption. Although there is a desire to maximize the reuse of reclaimed asphalt (RA) waste materials in road construction, this is hindered by the poor...doctoral thesis 2024
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Wang, T. (author), Giunti, Guido (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Melles, M. (author)BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of DH applications has outpaced research and practice in digital health (DH) evaluations. Patient experience (PEx) was reported as one of the challenges facing the health system by the World Health Organization. To generate evidence on DH and promote the appropriate integration and use of technologies, a...review 2024
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Noorian Najafabadi, S.A. (author), Ding, Er (author), Hobeika, N. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important aspect of maintaining human health and well-being, particularly since people spend most of their time indoors. Carpets, with their large surface area and dense fibre piles, have the potential to significantly impact IAQ by emitting and absorbing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from building materials and...journal article 2024
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Boxebeld, Sander (author), Geijsen, Tom (author), Tuit, Charlotte (author), Exel, Job van (author), Makady, Amr (author), Maes, Laurence (author), van Agthoven, Michel (author), Mouter, N. (author)Objective: Increasing healthcare expenditures require governments to make difficult prioritization decisions. Considering public preferences can help raise citizens’ support. Previous research has predominantly elicited preferences for the allocation of public resources towards specific treatments or patient groups and principles for resource...journal article 2024
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Li, Chunjie (author), Xu, Chengcheng (author), Chen, Y. (author), Li, Zhibin (author)To increase the efficiency and safety of expressway, this paper constructed a new intelligent connected cooperative vehicle infrastructure system and its effectiveness was verifid from both data and practical applications. Firstly, considering the convenience of using intelligent networking systems for public transportation, a new intelligent...journal article 2024
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van Beek, Lisette (author), Mouter, N. (author), Pelzer, Peter (author), Hajer, Maarten (author), van Vuuren, Detlef (author)The need for engaging citizens in climate policymaking is increasingly recognised. Despite indications that the form of expert involvement can strongly influence participatory processes, this remains scarcely researched. We analysed two unique and contrasting cases of citizen engagement in national climate mitigation policy: (1) the Irish...journal article 2024
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Chen, Siyuan (author), Laefer, Debra F. (author), Zeng, Xiangding (author), Truong-Hong, Linh (author), Mangina, Eleni (author)Road networks are essential elements of a community's infrastructure and need regular inspection. Present practice requires traffic interruptions and safety risks for inspectors. The road detection system based on vehicle-mounted lasers is also quite mature, offering advantages such as high-precision defect detection, high automation, and...journal article 2024
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Kat, C. (author), Skrickij, Viktor (author), Shyrokau, B. (author), Kojis, Paulius (author), Dhaens, Miguel (author), Mantovani, Sara (author), Gherardini, Francesco (author), Strano, Salvatore (author), Terzo, Mario (author), Fujimoto, Hiroshi (author), Sorniotti, Aldo (author), Camocardi, Pablo (author), Victorino, Alessandro Corrêa (author), Ivanov, Valentin (author)This article introduces a methodology for conducting comparative evaluations of vibration-induced discomfort. The aim is to outline a procedure specifically focused on assessing and comparing the discomfort caused by vibrations. The article emphasizes the metrics that can effectively quantify vibration-induced discomfort and provides insights...journal article 2024
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Rahimi, Zahra (author), Zinatizadeh, Ali Akbar (author), Zinadini, Sirus (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), JBatstone, Damien (author)In this work, a one-stage dual internal circulation airlift anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (DCAL-A2O) bioreactor was continuously operated for concurrent removal of nutrients and organics from milk processing wastewater (MPW). Special configuration of the airlift A2O bioreactor created possibility of the formation of desired anaerobic, anoxic and...journal article 2024
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Tao, N. (author)THICK composite materials, e.g., thickness of more than 50 mm, are increasingly being used across diverse industry sectors owing to their significant advantages of weightsavings, superiormaterial properties and load-carrying capability. These materials tend to be adopted in safety-critical applications such as large primary or secondary load...doctoral thesis 2023
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Hernández, J.I. (author)Since its origins in the 1970s, choice modelling has become an important field of study in diverse areas, including transportation, health economics, environmental economics and marketing. Choice modellers have developed several methods to collect and model individual choices. Researchers and policymakers use such methods to understand...doctoral thesis 2023
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Saccher, M. (author), Kawasaki, S. (author), Klootwijk, Johan (author), van Schaijk, Rob (author), Dekker, R. (author)Recently, the applications of ultrasound transducers expanded from high-end diagnostic tools to point of care diagnostic devices and wireless power receivers for implantable devices. These new applications additionally require that the transducer technology must comply to biocompatibility and manufacturing scalability. In this respect,...journal article 2023
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Mens, J.S. (Jeroen) (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author), Vrijhoef, R. (author), Heurkens, E.W.T.M. (author)Comprehensive understanding of the merits of bottom-up urban development is lacking, thus hampering and complicating associated collaborative processes. Therefore, and given the assumed relevancies, we mapped the social, environmental and economic values generated by bottom-up developments in two Dutch urban areas, using theory-based evaluation...journal article 2023
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Geng, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Mitici, Mihaela (author), Liu, Sifeng (author)System resilience characterizes the capability of maintaining the required functionality under disruptions, which is of great significance in evaluating the productivity and safety of complex engineered systems. Although most studies conduct resilience assessment from qualitative and quantitative perspectives, system functionality that reflects...journal article 2023
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Jain, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author), Steenbergen, M.J.M.M. (author), van Dalen, K.N. (author)This comprehensive study addresses the persistent issue of railway transition zone degradation, evaluating the efficacy of the most commonly used mitigation measures and proposing a novel Safe Hull-Inspired Energy Limiting Design (SHIELD) of a transition structure. Firstly, this work assesses the traditional transition structures, including...journal article 2023
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Moradi, M. (author), Chiachío, Juan (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Composite structures are highly valued for their strength-to-weight ratio, durability, and versatility, making them ideal for a variety of applications, including aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure. However, potential damage scenarios like impact, fatigue, and corrosion can lead to premature failure and pose a threat to safety. This...conference paper 2023
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Osses, Alejandro (author), Greco, Gil Felix (author), Merino Martinez, R. (author)Sound evaluation based on listening experiments is very costly and time-consuming. Alternatively, the sounds under evaluation can be compared using psychoacoustic metrics, under the hypothesis that sounds that differ by more than one just-noticeable difference (JND) are perceived as significantly different from each other. Wellestablished...conference paper 2023
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Faber, J.S. (author), Al-Dhahir, Isra (author), Kraal, J.J. (author), Breeman, Linda D. (author), Reijnders, Thomas (author), van Dijk, S. (author), Visch, V.T. (author), Chavannes, N.H. (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author)BACKGROUND: People with a low socioeconomic position (SEP) are less likely to benefit from eHealth interventions, exacerbating social health inequalities. Professionals developing eHealth interventions for this group face numerous challenges. A comprehensive guide to support these professionals in their work could mitigate these inequalities....journal article 2023
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Halpern, B.M. (author), Feng, S. (author), van Son, Rob (author), van den Brekel, Michiel (author), Scharenborg, O.E. (author)In this paper, we build and compare multiple speech systems for the automatic evaluation of the severity of a speech impairment due to oral cancer, based on spontaneous speech. To be able to build and evaluate such systems, we collected a new spontaneous oral cancer speech corpus from YouTube consisting of 124 utterances rated by 100 non...journal article 2023
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Abdelrahman, Amr Mustafa (author), Kosar, Sadiye (author), Gulhan, Hazal (author), Cicekalan, Busra (author), Ucas, Gulin (author), Atli, Ezgi (author), Guven, Huseyin (author), Ozgun, Hale (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)Biogas production from anaerobic sludge digestion plays a central role for wastewater treatment plants to become more energy-efficient or even energy-neutral. Dedicated configurations have been developed to maximize the diversion of soluble and suspended organic matter to sludge streams for energy production through anaerobic digestion, such...journal article 2023