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van Heijst, S.E. (author)Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have attracted the interest of the scientific community following the discovery of graphene and its extraordinary properties. Of particular interest is a class of materials called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). The materials within this class were discovered to show similarly...doctoral thesis 2024
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Khlebnikova, E. (author), Pothof, I.W.M. (author), van der Zwan, Sam (author), Loverdou, Lefki (author)This paper presents challenges in the control of 5GDHC networks and proposes an approach for the robust control design of these networks. Temperatures are low and temperature differences are small in 5GDHC networks, in order to minimise heat losses in the distribution network and directly utilise low-temperature heat sources. Therefore, the...journal article 2024
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Tosto, F. (author)The vast majority of energy conversion systems currently makes use of fossil fuels, whose combustion generates harmful greenhouse gases. Transitioning to renewable energy sources is thus paramount to limiting the environmental impact of human activities on the climate. In this regard, the harvesting of wasted thermal energy constitutes a...doctoral thesis 2023
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Chen, N. (author)The issue of climate change, including global warming, poses a significant challenge to our planet. In response to this challenge, the Paris Agreement was signed, which aims to limit the rise in global temperatures to well below 2 <sup style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw...doctoral thesis 2023
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Wang, Guozhi (author), Pei, Binbin (author), Xu, Haojun (author), Lv, Maolong (author), Zhao, Z. (author), Bu, Xiangwei (author)This paper proposes a flight risk analysis method that combines risk assessment and visual deduction to study the causes of flight accidents, specifically the loss of control caused by failure factors. The goal is to explore the impact of these failure factors on loss-of-control events and illustrate the risk evolution under different scenarios...journal article 2023
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Isaakidou, A. (author), Apachitei, I. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Hearing loss is a highly prevalent multifactorial disorder affecting 20% of the global population. Current treatments using the systemic administration of drugs are therapeutically ineffective due to the anatomy of the cochlea and the existing blood–labyrinth barrier. Local drug delivery systems can ensure therapeutic drug concentrations locally...journal article 2023
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Ferranti, L. (author), Lyons, L. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Keviczky, T. (author), Alonso-Mora, J. (author)This work presents a method for multi-robot coordination based on a novel distributed nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) formulation for trajectory optimization and its modified version to mitigate the effects of packet losses and delays in the communication among the robots. Our algorithms consider that each robot is equipped with an...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Jingping (author), Luo, Houcai (author), Wu, Huan (author), Wang, Zeping (author), Zheng, Bofeng (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Chen, Xianping (author)A novel 4H-SiC Multiple Stepped SGT MOSFET (MSGT-MOSFET) is presented and investigated utilizing TCAD simulations in this paper. We have quantitatively studied the characteristics of the device through simulation modeling and physical model calculations, and comparatively analyzed the performance and application prospects of this novel device...journal article 2023
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Beernink, S.T.W. (author), Hartog, Niels (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Bloemendal, Martin (author)The technical and economic success of an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) system depends strongly on its thermal recovery efficiency, i.e. the ratio of the amount of energy that is recovered to the energy that was injected. Typically, conduction most strongly determines the thermal recovery efficiency of ATES systems at low storage...journal article 2023
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Lopez Rodriguez, B. (author), van der Kolk, R.J.H. (author), Aggarwal, Samarth (author), Sharma, N. (author), Li, Z.Z.L. (author), van der Plaats, D.W. (author), Scholte, T.C. (author), Chang, J. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Bhaskaran, Harish (author), Esmaeil Zadeh, I.Z. (author)Integrated photonic platforms have proliferated in recent years, each demonstrating its unique strengths and shortcomings. Given the processing incompatibilities of different platforms, a formidable challenge in the field of integrated photonics still remains for combining the strengths of different optical materials in one hybrid integrated...journal article 2023
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Hut, T.Y. (author), Roest, Arno (author), Gaillard, D.H.K. (author), Hazekamp, Mark (author), Van Den Boogaard, Pieter (author), Lamb, Hildo (author), Jongbloed, Monique (author), Rijnberg, Friso (author), Kenjeres, S. (author)Objectives: Recent evidence suggests that conduits implanted in Fontan patients at the age of 2-4 years become undersized for adulthood. The objective of this study is to use computational fluid dynamic models to evaluate the effect of virtual expansion of the Fontan conduit on haemodynamics and energetics of the total cavopulmonary...journal article 2023
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Ghiassi, S. (author), Birke, Robert (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author)Learning robust deep models against noisy labels becomes ever critical when today's data is commonly collected from open platforms and subject to adversarial corruption. The information on the label corruption process, i.e., corruption matrix, can greatly enhance the robustness of deep models but still fall behind in combating hard classes....conference paper 2023
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Bianchi, S. (author)Recent natural disasters and climate change-induced extremes emphasize the urgent need to enhance the overall resilience of society by addressing the various hazards that buildings may face. Current design approaches recognize the need for integrated risk assessments, but studies primarily focus on existing buildings and single hazards,...journal article 2023
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Yao, X. (author), Yang, Y. (author), Vledder, G. (author), Xu, J. (author), Song, Y. (author), Vink, P. (author)Wearables are used to recognize human activities in various applications. However, there is limited evidence on the comfort feelings in using wearables, which is crucial for the adoption and long-term engagement of users in those applications. In this paper, we propose the concept of comfort wearables in the context of in-flight posture...journal article 2023
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Jordan, Sebastian O. (author), Sherson, T.W. (author), Heusdens, R. (author)In recent years, the large increase in connected devices and the data that are collected by these devices have caused a heightened interest in distributed processing. Many practical distributed networks are of heterogeneous nature, because different devices in the network can have different specifications. Because of this, it is highly desirable...conference paper 2023
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Boatto, Umberto (author), Bonnet, Paul A. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Ragni, D. (author)Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) -based approaches provide 15%–20% inaccurate load predictions under uniform steady inflow. Inaccuracies were related to unclear aerodynamic mechanisms causing the Prandtl Tip-Root Loss (TRL) correction to fail at high Tip-Speed Ratio (TSR) and the ambiguous drag coefficient treatment under Stall Delay (SD)...journal article 2023
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Chen, N. (author), Tune, Daniel (author), Buchholz, Florian (author), Roescu, Razvan (author), Zeman, M. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Mihailetchi, Valentin D. (author)In this study, the edge passivation effectiveness and long-term stability of Nafion polymer in n-type interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells are investigated. For new module technologies such as half-cut, triple-cut, or shingled modules, cutting of the cells introduces unpassivated edges with a high recombination rate and this limits the...journal article 2023
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Du, Yunlu (author), Huang, Yunkai (author), Guo, Baocheng (author), Peng, Fei (author), Yao, Y. (author), Dong, J. (author)This article proposes a hybrid analytical model (HAM) for predicting ac copper losses in hairpin windings. The HAM combines the nonlinear semi-analytical model (SAM) and the 1-D ac copper loss computation model to solve the inaccurate boundary solutions of the 1-D ac copper loss computation model when magnetic saturation occurs in the stator...journal article 2023
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Harbi, Ibrahim (author), Rodriguez, Jose (author), Poorfakhraei, Amirreza (author), Vahedi, H (author), Guse, Miguel (author), Trabelsi, Mohamed (author), Abdelrahem, Mohamed (author), Ahmed, Mostafa (author), Lin, Chang Hua (author)Multilevel converters (MLCs) are widely recognized for their exceptional benefits and have emerged as the preferred choice for medium- and high-power/voltage applications. Their usage has also been extended to low-power applications to overcome issues associated with high switching frequencies and electromagnetic interference (EMI) commonly...journal article 2023
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Liebe, Ulf (author), van Cranenburgh, S. (author), Chorus, C.G. (author)Empirical studies on individual behaviour often, implicitly or explicitly, assume a single type of decision rule. Other studies do not specify behavioural assumptions at all. We advance sociological research by introducing (random) regret minimization, which is related to loss aversion, into the sociological literature and by testing it against ...journal article 2023