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Gholamrezaie, F. (author), Mathijssen, S.G.J. (author), Smits, E.C.P. (author), Geuns, T.C.T. (author), van Hal, P.A. (author), Ponomarenko, S.A. (author), Flesch, H.-G. (author), Resel, R. (author), Cantatore, E. (author), Blom, P.W.M. (author), de Leeuw, D.M. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)We report on a two-dimensional highly ordered self-assembled monolayer (SAM) directly grown on a bare polymer surface. Semiconducting SAMs are utilized in field-effect transistors and combined into integrated circuits as 4-bit code generators. The driving force to form highly ordered SAMs is packing of the liquid crystalline molecules caused by...article 2010
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Matthews, S.L. (author), Ueda, T. (author), Bigaj-Van Vliet, A.J. (author)Chapter 9: Conservation of Concrete Structures forms part of the forthcoming fib new Model Code. As it is expected that the fib new Model Code will be largely completed in 2010, it is being referred to as fib Model Code 2010 (fib MC2010) and it will soon become available for wider review by the profession. This paper is part of this activity....conference paper 2010
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Court, A.J. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)The Atmospheric-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) consists of a suite of instruments to make observations of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs). The optical part of the payload is called the Multi-Spectral Modular Imaging Array (MMIA) and consists of a combination of a camera units and photometers. The...conference paper 2009
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Scholten, N.P.M. (author), Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Since 1992 there have been a number of proposals to renew calculation methods available to assess the structural safety of existing buildings. But without operational results. Upon publication of the Eurocodes NL decided to renew and to include them in the Dutch building regulations. The question was how. One decided to develop a new Dutch...conference paper 2009
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Hrapko, M. (author), van Dommelen, J.A.W. (author), Peters, G.W.M. (author), Wismans, J.S.H.M. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)The objective of this work was to investigate the influences of constitutive non linearities of brain tissue in numerical head model simulations by comparing the performance of a recently developed non linear constitutive model [10, 11] with a simplified version, based on neo-Hookean elastic behaviour, and with a previously developed...article 2009
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Weelink, S.A.B. (author), Tan, N.C.G. (author), ten Broeke, H. (author), van den Kieboom, C. (author), van Doesburg, W. (author), Langenhoff, A.A.M. (author), Gerritse, J. (author), Junca, H. (author), Stams, A.J.M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A bacterium, strain BC, was isolated from a benzene-degrading chlorate-reducing enrichment culture. Strain BC degrades benzene in conjunction with chlorate reduction. Cells of strain BC are short rods that are 0.6 μm wide and 1 to 2 μm long, are motile, and stain gram negative. Strain BC grows on benzene and some other aromatic compounds with...article 2008
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Yang, H. (author), Schenk, T.C.W. (author), Smulders, P.F.M. (author), Fledderus, E.R. (author), TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (author)This work investigates the joint impact of quantization and clipping, caused by analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with low bit resolutions, on single- and multi-carrier block transmission systems in wireless multipath environments. We consider single carrier block transmission with frequency domain equalization (SC-FDE) and the multi-carrier...conference paper 2008
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Huiszoon, B. (author), den Hartog, F.T.H. (author), Larrodé, M.G. (author), Koonen, A.M.J. (author), TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (author)In this paper, we analyze, for the first time, the eminent role of optical transparent networking in personal networks. We show how an optical access network mitigates many issues with respect to connectivity and mobility management. A concrete personal network user-scenario deduces requirements for such an architecture. A combination of passive...article 2008
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Punt, P.J. (author), Schuren, F.H.J. (author), Lehmbeck, J. (author), Christensen, T. (author), Hjort, C. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Expression of several Aspergillus niger genes encoding major secreted, but not vacuolar, protease genes including the major acid protease gene pepA, was shown to be affected in the previously isolated A. niger protease mutant, AB1.13 [Mattern, I.E., van Noort, J.M., van den Berg, P., Archer, D.A., Roberts, I.N., Hondel, C.A.M.J.J., 1992....article 2008
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Spaan, S. (author), Schinkel, J. (author), Wouters, I.M. (author), Preller, L. (author), Tielemans, E. (author), Nij, E.T. (author), Heederik, D. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objectives: Workers in many industries are exposed to endotoxins, which may cause adverse health effects. In exposure assessment, information about exposure variability is essential. However, variability in exposure has rarely been investigated for biological agents and more specifically for endotoxin. Therefore, variance components and...article 2008
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Veugen, P.J.M. (author), TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (author)The class of multiple-repetition strategies is known to achieve capacity for specific discrete memorylesschannels with noiseless feedback. We show, given an arbitrary discrete memoryless channel with noiselessfeedback, that the repetition parameters should be chosen close to the self information of a transmissionerror to maximise the...article 2007
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Loftness, V. (author), Hakkinen, B. (author), Adan, O. (author), Nevalainen, A. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Background: The elements that contribute to a healthy building are multifactorial and can be discussed from different perspectives. Objectives: We present three viewpoints of designing a healthy building: the importance of sustainable development, the role of occupants for ensuring indoor air quality, and ongoing developments related to indoor...article 2007
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Sangfelt, E. (author), Nordenvaad, M.L. (author), Olofsson, N. (author), Nilsson, B. (author), van Walree, P.A. (author), Oberg, T. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)We introduce a multi-channel soft input/soft output receiver for underwater communication that performs joint iterative channel estimation, linear equalization, and decoding. The transmitted symbols were encoded using a turbo coded bit-sequence. Our method exploits the gain present in the turbo code through a feed-back of soft information from...conference paper 2007
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Vlaminckx, B.J.M. (author), Schuren, F.H.J. (author), Montijn, R.C. (author), Caspers, M.P.M. (author), Fluit, A.C. (author), Wannet, W.J.B. (author), Schouls, L.M. (author), Verhoef, J. (author), Jansen, W.T.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Group A streptococci (GAS), or Streptococcus pyogenes, are associated with a remarkable variety of diseases, ranging from superficial infections to life-threatening diseases such as toxic-shock-like syndrome (TSS). GAS strains belonging to M types M1 and M3 are associated with TSS. This study aims to obtain insight into the gene profiles...article 2007
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Djapic, R. (author), Shi, N. (author), Leus, G. (author), TNO Informatie- en communicatietechnologie (author)In this paper we present an initial code exchange scheme for a transmit-reference ultra wide-band (TR-UWB) system. We exploit the facts that a TR-UWB transceiver scheme allows for simultaneous transmission and reception as well as detection and separation of distinct users with the same code even if their data packets overlap. We exploit the...conference paper 2007
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Lepelaars, E.S.A.M. (author), Zwamborn, A.P.M. (author), Rogovic, A. (author), Marasini, C. (author), Monorchio, A. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)A Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm has been used in conjunction with a full-wave numerical code based on the Method of Moments (MoM) to design and optimize wire antennas. The PSO is a robust stochastic evolutionary numerical technique that is very effective in optimizing multidimensional problems. The goal of the present work is to...conference paper 2007
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TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (author), de Koning, T.C.M. (author), Veldhoven, P. (author), Knoche, H. (author), Kooij, R.E. (author)In this paper we explore the relation between subjective and objective measures of video quality. We computed objective MOS values from video clips using the video quality measuring tool VQM and compared it to the clips' subjective Acceptability scores. Using the ITU defined mapping (M2G) from MOS to binary Good or Better (GoB) values, we...conference paper 2007
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Yuan, X.L. (author), Goosen, C. (author), Kools, H. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)As a soil fungus, Aspergillus niger can metabolize a wide variety of carbon sources, employing sets of enzymes able to degrade plant-derived polysaccharides. In this study the genome sequence of A. niger strain CBS 513.88 was surveyed, to analyse the gene/enzyme network involved in utilization of the plant storage polymer inulin, and of sucrose,...article 2006
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Brümmer, Niko (author), van Leeuwen, D.A. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)Recent publications have examined the topic of calibration of confidence scores in the field of (binary-hypothesis) speaker detection. We extend this topic to the case of multiple-hypothesis language recognition. We analyze the structure of multiple-hypothesis recognition problems to show that any such problem subsumes a multitude of derived sub...conference paper 2006
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Gerretsen, E. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)The standard EN 12354 gives prediction models for the airborne and impact sound transmission between rooms in buildings. For buildings with mainly heavy, monolithic structures the standard has proven to be quite useful. However, in case of lightweight building elements the standard only gives global indications about the appropriate modelling....conference paper 2006