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Hooimeijer, F.L. (author)The planning culture in the Netherlands is based on the experience of building cities on very wet and soft soils. The design of Dutch polder cities was from early on a balance between land and water: building site preparation. The relation between technological development and urban development can be ordered in six phases: natural (-1000),...journal article 2010
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Ehrenfreund, P. (author), Röling, W.F.M. (author), Thiel, C.S. (author), Quinn, R. (author), Sephton, M.A. (author), Stoker, C. (author), Kotler, J.M. (author), Direito, S.O.L. (author), Martins, Z. (author), Orzechowska, G.E. (author), Kidd, R.D. (author), Van Sluis, C.A. (author), Foing, B.H. (author)Several robotic exploration missions will travel to Mars during this decade to investigate habitability and the possible presence of life. Field research at Mars analogue sites such as desert environments can provide important constraints for instrument calibration, landing site strategies and expected life detection targets. We have...journal article 2011
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Durucan, S. (author), Korre, A. (author), Shi, J.Q. (author), Idiens, M. (author), Stanczyk, K. (author), Kapusta, K. (author), Rogut-Dabrowska, A. (author), Kempka, T. (author), Wolf, K.H.A.A. (author), Younger, P. (author), Zavsek, S. (author), Poulsen, N.E. (author), Bojda, D. (author), Franzsen, S. (author), Muresan, M. (author), Gao, J. (author), Beath, A. (author), Mastalerz, M. (author)The TOPS project takes a radical and holistic approach to coupled UCG-CCS, and thus the site selection criteria for the coupled processes, considering both geological, reservoir and process engineering aspects and different end-uses of the produced synthetic gas in order to optimise the whole value chain. In particular, the experimental research...journal article 2014
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Verdaasdonk, E.G.G. (author), Stassen, L.P.S. (author), Hoffmann, W.F. (author), Van der Elst, M. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)Background A high incidence of problems with the technical equipment is known to occur during routine laparoscopic procedures. Use of a structured checklist of preparatory measures could help to prevent these problems. This study aimed to determine the extent to which a checklist reduced the number of incidents with technical laparoscopic...journal article 2008
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Neykov, N.M. (author), Neytchev, P.N. (author), Van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Todorov, V.K. (author)The discordancy measure in terms of the sample L?moment ratios (L?CV, L?skewness, L?kurtosis) of the at?site data is widely recommended in the screening process of atypical sites in the regional frequency analysis (RFA). The sample mean and the covariance matrix of the L?moments ratios, on which the discordancy measure is based, are not robust...journal article 2007
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Gulski, E. (author), Cichecki, P. (author), Wester, F. (author), Smit, J.J. (author), Bodega, R. (author), Hermans, T.J.W.H. (author), Seitz, P.P. (author), Quak, B. (author), De Vries, F. (author)In addition to after-laying of new-installed high voltage (HV) power cables the use of on-site non-destructive on-site testing and diagnosis of service aged power cables is becoming an important issue to determine the actual condition of the cable systems and to determine the future performances. In this paper based on field experience an...journal article 2008
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Dinh, V.N. (author), Basu, B. (author), Brinkgreve, R.B.J. (author)Stochastic seismic wavelet-based evolutionary response of multispan structures including wave-passage and site-response effects is formulated in this paper. A procedure to estimate site-compatible parameters of surface-to-bedrock frequency response function (FRF) by using finite-element analysis of the supporting soil medium is proposed. The...journal article 2013
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Kaliarnta, S. (author)In a special issue of “Ethics and Information Technology” (September 2012), various philosophers have discussed the notion of online friendship. The preferred framework of analysis was Aristotle’s theory of friendship: it was argued that online friendships face many obstacles that hinder them from ever reaching the highest form of Aristotelian...journal article 2016
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Lloret Cabot, M. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Van den Eijnden, A.P. (author)Spatial variability of soil properties is inherent in soil deposits, whether as a result of natural geological processes or engineering construction. It is therefore important to account for soil variability in geotechnical design in order to represent more realistically a soil’s in situ state. This variability may be modelled as a random field,...journal article 2012
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Alkadri, M.F. (author), Turrin, M. (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)This paper investigates a prospective application of point cloud data in supporting the contextual analysis of the built environment during the conceptual design process. Often, the complexity of site information causes architects to neglect several relevant properties that may affect environmental performance analysis, especially when dealing...journal article 2019
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Boonekamp, F.J. (author), Dashko, S. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Gehrmann, T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)The ability of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to convert glucose, even in the presence of oxygen, via glycolysis and the fermentative pathway to ethanol has played an important role in its domestication. Despite the extensive knowledge on these pathways in S. cerevisiae, relatively little is known about their genetic makeup in other...journal article 2018
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Yang, Yapin (author), Sun, Ying (author), Chen, Mingsi (author), Zhou, Yuekuan (author), Wang, Ran (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)Fire at a construction site usually results in serious accidents. Therefore, fire management at the construction site is critical to decreasing possible accidents. However, conventional fire safety management can be problematic in many aspects, such as visualization, multi-stage alarm systems, and dynamic escape route optimization. To solve...journal article 2022
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Xie, Fangyun (author), Fu, Xinyue (author), Huang, R. (author)Off-site construction (OSC) is an innovative construction method. However, OSC is not widely applied in residential buildings due to many barriers. Therefore, this paper aims to unravel this puzzle and interpret the slow development of OSC. The paper develops a new analytical lens based on the ecosystem concept. By deconstructing some ecosystem...journal article 2023
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Čustović, I. (author), Cao, Jianpeng (author), Hall, Daniel M. (author)More widespread use of industrialized construction (IC) is hampered by the high capital cost of advanced production facilities paired with low profit margins. A novel service-oriented cloud manufacturing (CMfg) model could in theory increase utilization and profitability of distributed production facilities. However, little research has...journal article 2023
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Orr, Scott Allan (author), Richards, Jenny (author), Fatorić, Sandra (author)Research focusing on climate change and cultural heritage informs heritage management and policy. Fatorić and Seekamp assessed this field up to 2015, highlighting the need for periodic reassessment of the field given the observed growth and research that documents how cultural heritage contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation....journal article 2021
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Advances in reliability analysis of the piping failure mechanism of flood defences in the NetherlandsSchweckendiek, T. (author), Kanning, W. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author)Piping is one of the main failure mechanisms for flood defences. This paper gives an overview of recent developments in the reliability analysis for this mechanism in the Netherlands. These comprise new approaches in the treatment of heterogeneity of the subsoil with respect to the failure process, the inclusion of information from field...journal article 2014
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Syed, M.H. (author), Guillo-Sansano, E. (author), Wang, Y. (author), Vogel, S. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Burt, G. M. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Monti, A. (author), Hovsapian, R. (author)Novel concepts enabling a resilient future power system and their subsequent experimental evaluation are experiencing a steadily growing challenge: large scale complexity and questionable scalability. The requirements on a research infrastructure (RI) to cope with the trends of such a dynamic system therefore grow in size, diversity and costs...journal article 2020
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Bobbink, I. (author), Gao, W. (author), Banfi, I. (author)The water-harvesting system of the ancient Sassi di Matera, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy, represents a clever way of living with water in an arid climate. The terrain, with its soft rocks (Calcarenite di Gravina), provided the foundation for the water-harvesting system that shaped the cave dwellings of Sassi physically, socially...journal article 2023
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Havik, K.M. (author)By recognizing the potential of literary language in the description of architectural atmospheres, this contribution aims to confront the shortcomings of conventional pedagogical approaches in architecture that often fail to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiential aspects of place. To contribute to the development of appropriate...journal article 2019