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Mercadal, Juan J. (author), Osadchii, D. (author), Zarubina, Valeriya (author), Valero-Romero, María José (author), Melián-Cabrera, Ignacio (author)An in situ thermal reactivation of a multi-walled carbon-nanostructure (MWCNT) is feasible with improved performance in the O<sub>2</sub>-mediated styrene synthesis, also called oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene (EB). The actual catalyst is the coke deposited at the beginning of the reaction on the MWCNT, denoted as ODH-coke, i.e.,...journal article 2022
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Muntendam-Bos, A.G. (author), Hoedeman, Gerco (author), Polychronopoulou, Katerina (author), Draganov, D.S. (author), Weemstra, C. (author), van der Zee, Wouter (author), Bakker, R.R. (author), Roest, J.C. (author)We present an overview of induced seismicity due to subsurface engineering in the Netherlands. Our overview includes events induced by gas extraction, underground gas storage, geothermal heat extraction, salt solution mining and post-mining water ingress. Compared to natural seismicity, induced events are usually small (magnitudes ≤ 4.0)....journal article 2022
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Wang, T. (author), Dong, Jianfei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Objective: The goal of this study is to investigate the efficacy, safety, and mechanism of ABL for inactivating Candida albicans (C. albicans), and to determine the best wavelength for treating candida infected disease, by experimental measurements and dynamic modeling. Methods: The changes in reactive oxygen species (ROS) in C. albicans and...journal article 2022
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Wagle, Raju (author), Tricarico, Gioacchino (author), Sharma, Pawan (author), Sharma, Charu (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author)Existing electric power distribution systems are evolving and changing as a result of the high renewable energy sources integration. Hence, future smart distribution networks will involve various technical challenges; one of them is real-time monitoring and controlling the network to operate it effectively and efficiently. This paper develops...conference paper 2022
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Bicudo, Bruno (author), Medema, G.J. (author), van Halem, D. (author)Electrochemical ferrous iron (Fe<sup>2+</sup>) wastewater treatment is gaining momentum for treating municipal wastewater due to its decreasing costs, environmental friendliness and capacity for removal of a wide range of contaminants. Disinfection by iron electrocoagulation (Fe-EC) has been occasionally reported in full scale industrial...journal article 2022
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Teo, Ying Shen (author), Jafari, Iman (author), Liang, Fei (author), Jung, Youmi (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Ong, Say Leong (author), Hu, Jiangyong (author)The UV/Cl2 process (also known as chlorine photolysis, which is the combination of chlorine and simultaneous irradiation of UV light) is conventionally applied at acidic mediums for drinking water treatment and further treatment of wastewater effluents for secondary reuse. This is because the quantum yield of HO• from HOCl (ϕHO•, 254 = 1.4) is...journal article 2022
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Ding, J. (author), Han, Linyan (author), Ge, Ligang (author), Liu, Yizhang (author), Pang, Jianxin (author)Robust locomotion is a challenging task for humanoid robots, especially when considering dynamic disturbances. This article proposes a disturbance observer-based cascaded model predictive control (MPC) approach for bipedal locomotion, with the capability of exploiting ankle, stepping, hip and height variation strategies. Specifically, based...journal article 2022
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Londono-Zuluaga, Diana (author), Gholizadeh-Vayghan, Asghar (author), Winnefeld, Frank (author), Avet, François (author), Ben Haha, Mohsen (author), Bernal, Susan A. (author), Cizer, Özlem (author), Ye, G. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author)RILEM TC 267 TRM– “Tests for Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials” recommends the Rapid Reliable Relevant (R3) test as a method for determining the chemical reactivity of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in Portland cement blends. In this paper, the R3 test was applied to 52 materials from a wide range of conventional...journal article 2022
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Money, Rohan (author), Krishnan, Joshin (author), Beferull-Lozano, Baltasar (author), Isufi, E. (author)An online algorithm for missing data imputation for networks with signals defined on the edges is presented. Leveraging the prior knowledge intrinsic to real-world networks, we propose a bi-level optimization scheme that exploits the causal dependencies and the flow conservation, respectively via <italic>(i)</italic> a sparse line...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Chen, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)In this paper, both synthetic slag and commercial slag covering the common composition range were employed to estimate the correlation between slag chemistry and reactivity through hydraulicity and dissolution tests. It was found that slag reactivity was favorably affected by increasing Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and MgO contents, while the...journal article 2022
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Moraru, Mihai Daniel (author), Patrascu, Iulian (author), Kiss, A.A. (author), Bildea, Costin Sorin (author)There are only a handful of process control structures applied to the neat operation of both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactive distillation, for two-reactants / two-products one-reaction systems. All of these control structures employ inferential temperature control (or concentration analyzers) at some location in the column to balance...journal article 2022
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Qiu, Xiujiao (author), Chen, J. (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Prediction of alkali silica reaction is still difficult due to the lack of a comprehensive understanding of its chemical fundamentals. In-site experimentally revealing the fundamentals is not realistic as ASR shows over several years or even decades and is affected by many factors. In this paper, by utilizing a 3D reactive-transport...journal article 2022
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Bicudo, Bruno (author), Van Der Werff, Bart Jan (author), Medema, G.J. (author), van Halem, D. (author)Electrochemical water treatment is gaining increasing popularity due to its wide range of potential applications, its decreasing costs, and its suitability as a decentralized treatment alternative, but mainly due to it being considered a "green technology". In the field of municipal wastewater treatment, the use of iron electrocoagulation (Fe...journal article 2022
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Avet, François (author), Li, Xuerun (author), Ben Haha, Mohsen (author), Bernal, Susan A. (author), Bishnoi, Shashank (author), Cizer, Özlem (author), Cyr, Martin (author), Ye, G. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author)The results of phase 1 of an interlaboratory test, coordinated by the RILEM TC 267-TRM “Tests for Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials” showed that the R<sup>3</sup> (rapid, relevant, reliable) test method, by measurement of heat release or bound water, provided the most reliable and relevant determination of the chemical...journal article 2022
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Wang, T. (author), Dong, Jianfei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Objective: The macroscopic singlet oxygen (MSO) model for quantifying the light-induced singlet oxygen ($^{1}O_{2}$) always contain a set of nonlinear dynamic equations and therefore are generally difficult to be applied. This work was devoted to analyze and simplify this dynamic model. Methods: Firstly, the nonlinearity of the MSO model was...journal article 2022
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Heeringa, Willem (author)Introduction: This research aims to develop a gripper that is capable of handling deformable and delicate objects at high acceleration (≥10 G) using a contact-reactive grasping approach while moving. Commercial grippers are already suitable for handling various food products at high speed and acceleration when combined with a parallel...master thesis 2021
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Chillamcherla, Sai Amith (author)Given the merits of photovoltaic technology (PV), rooftop PV systems are becoming more prevalent in residential and commercial areas. As a result of the growing number of photovoltaic systems connected to low voltage (LV) distribution grids, a significant portion of power flow from photovoltaic arrays to the LV grid, As the PV penetration...master thesis 2021
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Guichelaar, Jamila (author)Introduction: Radiation is an effective treatment to increase overall mean survival of patients with metastatic brain tumours, however, damage to healthy tissue is inevitable. Radiation can cause dysfunction of the cerebrovasculature which is hypothesised to induce cognitive decline in patients after radiotherapy (RT). A new method, the...master thesis 2021
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Mutti, Marcello (author), Joseph, Shiju (author), Cizer, Özlem (author)The mix design of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) is developed by taking into account several interdependent parameters. Therefore, the optimization of these to achieve a robust composition might represent a great challenge. The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the influence of some key parameters on the reactivity and setting...conference paper 2021
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Meeuwissen, A.A. (author), Bizinoto Ferreira Bosco, G. (author), van der Kolk, E. (author)This paper reports the fabrication and characterization of several thulium oxide and nitride thin films grown by reactive magnetron direct-current sputtering. Hysteresis curves of the Tm emission spectra of the sputtering plasma versus the flow of N<sub>2</sub> or O<sub>2</sub> around the Tm-metal target were monitored. Emission spectra of...journal article 2021