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Liu, C. (author), Liang, X. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Li, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)In this study, the impacts of tap water immersion on the pore solution, phase assemblages, gel chemistry and structure, and pore structure of alkali-activated slag (AAS) pastes were studied. AAS degrades under such condition and the potential mechanisms can be concluded as lower reaction rates, gel decomposition and carbonation. The leaching...journal article 2023
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van Helden, G. (author), Zandbergen, B.T.C. (author), Specht, M.M. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Contribution: This article presents a comprehensive overview of characteristics of educational designs of collaborative engineering design activities found in literature and how these characteristics mediate students' collaboration. Background: Engineers have to solve complex problems that require collaboration. In education, various...journal article 2023
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Sun, Renjuan (author), Bu, Linglai (author), Zhang, Hongzhi (author), Guan, Yanhua (author), Ma, Chuanyi (author), Ge, Zhi (author), Šavija, B. (author)White mud is a solid waste from the papermaking industry, composed mainly of CaCO<sub>3</sub> and residual alkali metal ions (such as Na+, Mg<sup>2+</sup>). In the current study, the feasibility of using white mud as partial replacement of slag in alkali activated materials is explored. The fluidity, setting time, autogenous shrinkage,...journal article 2023
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Sider, A. (author), Di Fronzo, C. (author), Amez-Droz, L. (author), Amorosi, A. (author), Badaracco, F. (author), Baer, P. (author), Bruno, G. (author), Cebeci, P. (author), Loicq, J.J.D. (author)To achieve the expected level of sensitivity of third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatories, more accurate and sensitive instruments than those of the second generation must be used to reduce all sources of noises. Amongst them, one of the most relevant is seismic noise, which will require the development of a better isolation...journal article 2023
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Shuang, F.S. (author), Ji, Rigelesaiyin (author), Xiong, Liming (author), Gao, Wei (author)Periodic boundary condition along a dislocation line is commonly used in computing activation barriers or formation energies of kink pair of screw dislocation in BCC metals. Although the effect of periodic image interactions on the computation results is obvious, there had been no comprehensive analysis on such effect. In this work, we...journal article 2023
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Kranzbühler, A. (author), Schifferstein, Hendrik N.J. (author)Eating meat can have detrimental effects on the environment, animal welfare, and a person’s health. However, consumers are often reluctant to reduce their meat consumption and public information-based awareness campaigns show little effect. As an alternative, some vegan activists and pressure groups employ emotion-based campaigns using meat...journal article 2023
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de Pater, I. (author), Lellouch, Emmanuel (author), Strobel, Darrell F. (author), de Kleer, Katherine (author), Fouchet, Thierry (author), Wong, Michael H. (author), Holler, Bryan J. (author), Cazaux, S.M. (author), Moeckel, Chris (author)We observed Io with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) while the satellite was in eclipse, and detected thermal emission from several volcanoes. The data were taken as part of our JWST-ERS program #1373 on 15 November 2022. Kanehekili Fluctus was exceptionally bright, and Loki Patera had most likely entered a new brightening phase. Spectra...journal article 2023
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Pei, R. (author), Vicente-Venegas, Gerard (author), Tomaszewska-Porada, Agnieszka (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author), Werker, A. (author)Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can be produced with municipal waste activated sludge from biological wastewater treatment processes. Methods of selective fluorescent staining with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) were developed and optimized to evaluate the distribution of PHA storage activity in this mixed culture activated sludge...journal article 2023
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Benke, P. (author), Gabányi, K. E. (author), Frey, S. (author), An, T. (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Kun, E. (author), Mohan, P. (author), Paragi, Z. (author), Ros, E. (author)Context. PSO J334.2028+1.4075 (PSO J334) is a luminous quasar located at redshift z = 2.06. The source gained attention when periodic flux density variations were discovered in its optical light curve. These variations were initially interpreted as the variability due to the orbital motion of a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) residing...journal article 2023
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Joseph, G. (author), Zhong, Chen (author), Gursoy, M. Cenk (author), Velipasalar, Senem (author), Varshney, Pramod (author)We address the problem of sequentially selecting and observing processes from a given set to find the anomalies among them. The decision-maker observes a subset of the processes at any given time instant and obtains a noisy binary indicator of whether or not the corresponding process is anomalous. We develop an anomaly detection algorithm that...journal article 2023
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Ren, Chao (author), Tan, J. (author), Xing, Yihan (author)Wave energy is considered one of the most potential renewable energy. In the last two decades, many wave energy converters (WECs) have been designed to harvest energy from the ocean. Different power take-off systems are developed to maximize the power generation of WECs. However, the estimation of the power matrix of the WECs and annual power...journal article 2023
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Scheder-Bieschin, Lotte (author), Bodea, Serban (author), Popescu, M.A. (author), Van Mele, Tom (author), Block, Philippe (author)This paper presents a formwork system consisting of a bending-active gridshell that simultaneously serves as falsework and integrated reinforcement for realising a ribbed funicular concrete skeleton shell. Encased by a knitted textile shuttering, the formwork system was demonstrated through KnitNervi, an architectural-scale, funnel-shaped...journal article 2023
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Pani, Agnivesh (author), Sahu, Prasanta K. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Mishra, Sabya (author)Trip-based models and activity-based models represent two extreme ends of the spectrum of travel demand models in data granularity requirement and ability to reflect the underlying motivation to travel. Modelling of representative freight activity-travel patterns (RFAPs) has the potential to serve as the bridge between these approaches. RFAP...journal article 2023
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Lyu, D. (author), Straathof, C.A. (author), Soeiro, Thiago B. (author), Qin, Z. (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper proposes two modulation schemes for Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converters, with the aim of maximizing Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) operation over a wide operational range. The first is a ZVS-optimized constant frequency modulation scheme, constructed based on the boundary conditions of ZVS operation. This scheme maximizes the number...journal article 2023
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Miyatake, Tetsuya (author), Kawaguchi, Kenichi (author), Ohtomo, Manabu (author), Iwai, Toshiki (author), Ishiguro, Tetsuro (author), Doi, Yoshiyasu (author), Hermias, J. (author), Nur, S. (author), Ishihara, R. (author), Sato, Shintaro (author)Surface-activated direct bonding of diamond (100) and c-plane sapphire substrates is investigated using Ar atom beam irradiation and high-pressure contact at RT. The success probability of bonding strongly depends on the surface properties, i.e, atomic smoothness for the micron-order area and global flatness for the entire substrate....journal article 2023
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Ramani, Balan (author), Van Der Stel, Jan (author), Jagers, Gerard (author), Buijs, W. (author)Coal is playing a major role as a reductant and as an energy source in the present world steel production due to its low cost and widespread distribution around the world. At the same time, being the largest contributor to global CO2 emissions, coal faces significant environmental challenges in terms of air pollution and global warming....journal article 2023
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Chen, B. (author), Zuo, Yibing (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Miranda de Lima Junior, L.C. (author), Liang, X. (author), Chen, Y. (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Ye, G. (author)This work evaluated the reactivity and leaching potential of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as supplementary cementitious material (SCM) and precursor for alkali-activated materials (AAM). The chemical composition of the amorphous phase in MSWI bottom ash was found to be in the same range as that of Class F coal fly ash....journal article 2023
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van de Berg, N.J. (author), van Beurden, F.P. (author), Wendel-Vos, G. C. Wanda (author), Duijvestijn, Marjolein (author), van Beekhuizen, Heleen J. (author), Maliepaard, Marianne (author), van Doorn, Helena C. (author)Patients treated for vulvar carcinoma may experience losses in mobility and physical activity. In this study, we assess the prevalence and severity of mobility problems using patient-reported outcomes of three questionnaires: EQ-5D-5L to estimate QoL and perceived health; SQUASH to estimate habitual physical activity; and a problem-specific...journal article 2023
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Adlakha, D. (author), HIggs, Carl (author), Sallis, James F. (author)In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, dubious assertions that population density increased spread of the virus led to premature and dangerous recommendations promoting suburban sprawl. In 2020, we published a commentary in Cities & Health to refute these recommendations. We hypothesized that features of activity-supportive...journal article 2023
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Yang, Jun (author), Paragi, Zsolt (author), Frey, Sándor (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Liao, Mai (author), Liu, Xiang (author), Cui, Lang (author), Yang, Xiaolong (author), Chen, Wen (author)Dwarf galaxies are characterized by a very low luminosity and low mass. Because of significant accretion and ejection activity of massive black holes, some dwarf galaxies also host low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In a few dwarf AGNs, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations have found faint non-thermal radio...journal article 2023