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Shahverdi, Amir Farbod (author), Mostafavi, F. (author), Roodkoly, Sogand Haghighat (author), Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat (author), Homayouni, Hoda (author)As the current environmental crisis and depletion of our energy resources are pushing the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry toward the design and construction of High-Performance (HP) buildings, new organizational and technological methods of practice, such as Integrated Design Process (IDP) and Building Information...journal article 2024
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Cai, Jitao (author), Wu, Jiansong (author), Yuan, S. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Bai, Yiping (author)Focusing on the effective configuration of emergency response systems in utility tunnels, this study proposes an innovative approach to optimize existing emergency response systems based on a consequence rapid prediction model and genetic algorithm. In the proposed approach, the interactions between different emergency response components are...journal article 2024
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Wang, G. (author), Bar, Daniel (author), Schreier, S. (author)This study examines the potential of a new type of floating seawall, made up of retired large-scale oceangoing vessels, to be used in open water and exposed coastal areas. The main objectives of the research are to assess the effectiveness of the floating seawall concept, to determine the contribution of the gap resonance to wave attenuation,...journal article 2024
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Spierenburg, L.J. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), van Oort, N. (author)Enabling cycling at the home side or at the activity side of transit trips has been recognized as a promising solution to address transit network discrepancies and enhance connectivity between residents and employment opportunities. However, this multimodal solution is conditional to bicycle parking and cycle lanes, and urban planners need...journal article 2024
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Bodnar, Taras (author), Ivasiuk, Dmytro (author), Parolya, N. (author), Schmid, Wolfgang (author)In this paper, we derive an analytical solution to the dynamic optimal portfolio choice problem in the case of an investor equipped with a power utility function of wealth. The results are established by solving the Bellman backward recursion under the assumption that the vector of asset returns follows a vector-autoregressive process with...journal article 2023
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Gauthier, S.S. (author), Vardoyan, G.S. (author), Wehner, S.D.C. (author)Entanglement between quantum network nodes is often produced using intermediary devices - such as heralding stations - as a resource. When scaling quantum networks to many nodes, requiring a dedicated intermediary device for every pair of nodes introduces high costs. Here, we propose a cost-effective architecture to connect many quantum...journal article 2023
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Guo, Z. (author), Qiu, Jingping (author), Kirichek, Alex (author), Zhou, Hao (author), Liu, C. (author), Yang, Lei (author)The increasing amount of solid waste, e.g., waste tyres from car industry and tailings from mine operations, causes substantial environmental and societal issues. The recycled tyre polymer fibre (RTPF) reinforced cemented tailings backfill (CTB) is a kind of composite that can treat waste tyres and tailings simultaneously and realize green...journal article 2023
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Wu, Jiansong (author), Cai, Jitao (author), Liu, Z. (author), Yuan, S. (author), Bai, Yiping (author), Zhou, Rui (author)As an effective way to facilitate the increasing demand for reliable infrastructure, energy supply and sustainable urban development, underground utility tunnels have been developed rapidly in recent years. Due to the widespread distribution of utility tunnels, the safe operation of natural gas pipelines accommodated in utility tunnels has...journal article 2023
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Kuo, Po Chih (author), Sun, Zhuang (author), Özdemir, F. (author), Aziz, Muhammad (author), Wu, Wei (author)Efficient CO<sub>2</sub> utilization in the thermochemical conversion of biomass plays an important role in creating a future low-carbon economy. This study attempts to explore the CO<sub>2</sub>-assisted chemical looping gasification and co-gasification process of lignocellulosic biomass components (hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin) with...journal article 2023
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)Cooperation between container transport service providers can increase efficiency in the logistics sector significantly. However, cooperation between competitors requires co-planning methods that not only give the cooperating partners an advantage towards external competition but also protect the partners from losing information, clients and...journal article 2023
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Wirner, Luca C. (author), Kosaka, Fumihiko (author), Sasayama, T. (author), Liu, Yanyong (author), Urakawa, A. (author), Kuramoto, Koji (author)Recently, carbon capture and reduction (CCR) technology has gained interest to directly convert CO<sub>2</sub> to value-added products without requiring purification of CO<sub>2</sub> and its subsequent transportation. CCR to methanol in one dual function material (DFM) poses mechanistic and kinetic challenges. To counteract this, a process...journal article 2023
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Biersteker, Erwin (author), van Marrewijk, A.H. (author)This study focuses upon knowledge governance mechanisms of integrating specialised knowledge on underground utilities in large infrastructure projects. The integration of knowledge is essential for the realisation of such projects. The study explores the formal and informal knowledge governance mechanisms in three large infrastructure...journal article 2023
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Zhou, Yong (author), Sadia Traore, Aliou (author), Peron, Deizi V. (author), Barrios, Alan J. (author), Chernyak, Sergei A. (author), Corda, Massimo (author), Safonova, Olga V. (author), Dugulan, A.I. (author), Ersen, Ovidiu (author)CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation is an attractive way to store and utilize carbon dioxide generated by industrial processes, as well as to produce valuable chemicals from renewable and abundant resources. Iron catalysts are commonly used for the hydrogenation of carbon oxides to hydrocarbons. Iron-molybdenum catalysts have found numerous...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
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Eltayieb, M.F.M.I. (author), Werthmüller, D. (author), Drijkoningen, G.G. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)Tracking temperature changes by measuring the resulting resistivity changes inside low-enthalpy reservoirs is crucial to avoid early thermal breakthroughs and maintain sustainable energy production. The controlled-source electromagnetic method (CSEM) allows for the estimation of sub-surface resistivity. However, it has not yet been proven that...journal article 2023
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Wang, P. (author), Bešinović, Nikola (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author), Corman, F. (author)Employing regenerative braking in trains contributes to reducing the amount of energy used, especially when applied to commuter trains and to those used on very dense suburban networks. This paper presents a method to fine-tune the periodic timetable to improve the utilization of regenerative energy and to shave power peaks while maintaining...journal article 2022
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Adumene, Sidum (author), Islam, Rabiul (author), Dick, Ibitoru Festus (author), Zarei, Esmaeil (author), Inegiyemiema, Morrison (author), Yang, M. (author)The complexity of corrosion mechanisms in harsh offshore environments poses safety and integrity challenges to oil and gas operations. Exploring the unstable interactions and complex mechanisms required an advanced probabilistic model. The current study presents the development of a probabilistic approach for a consequence-based assessment of...journal article 2022
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Kosaka, Fumihiko (author), Sasayama, Tomone (author), Liu, Yanyong (author), Chen, S. (author), Mochizuki, Takehisa (author), Matsuoka, Koichi (author), Urakawa, A. (author), Kuramoto, Koji (author)Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies, such as CO<sub>2</sub> methanation, generally require energy-intensive CO<sub>2</sub> capture and separation processes prior to catalytic CO<sub>2</sub> conversion. In contrast, integrated CO<sub>2</sub> capture and reduction (CCR) technologies that use dual function materials (DFM) can...journal article 2022
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), de Vries, G. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)Retrofitting residential buildings can help mitigate the effects of climate change. Cognitive biases are systematic deviations from rationality in decision making and can lead to inaction, delay, and uncertain decisions. Understanding the cognitive biases involved in residential renovation decisions and developing interventions to overcome...journal article 2022
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Li, Yongzhe (author), Horvath, I. (author), Rusak, Z. (author)Applicability testing of constructive computational mechanisms (CCMs) is a new challenge for both the academia and the industry. The overwhelming majority of the existing validation approaches focuses on the internal validity of CCMs (e.g. consistency, bias), while there is a shortage of efficient approaches for assessing the external...journal article 2022