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Mast, S. (author), Dreischer, T. (author), den Breeje, R. (author), Borst, G. (author), Glas, A.H. (author), Nalla, R. (author), Greven, A. (author)Robust laser beam pointing, acquisition and tracking capabilities are key to enable the next generation of laser communication applications. This paper highlights key elements of the design concept, performance simulations and test results of Lighthouse, a wavelength-agnostic and externally mountable high-power beacon for use in optical ground...conference paper 2023
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la Rosa, A. (author), Agamennone, V. (author), Saitta, A. (author), Ambrosio, E. (author)Xylaria putaminum is reported for the first time in Italy. The species was described from Northern Africa and this Italian record represents the second one in Europe. The ascomata were collected in the Natural Reserve of “Capo Rama” (Sicily) on senescent fruits of Olea europaea. Macro- and micromorphological descriptions are provided and new...article 2022
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van de Sande, M.C. (author), Fekkes, M. (author), Diekstra, R.F. (author), Gravesteijn, C. (author), Reis, R. (author), Kocken, P.L. (author)Adolescents’ social-emotional skills are associated with positive outcomes in psychosocial health and success in education and work. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of Skills4Life, a Social Emotional Learning program for preparatory vocational secondary education aimed at enhancing self-awareness, social awareness, self-management,...article 2022
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de Graaf, M.M.A. (author), Perugia, G. (author), Fosch-Villaronga, E. (author), Schaertl Short, E. (author), Lim, A. (author), Broz, F. (author), Neerincx, M. (author)Discrimination and bias are pressing issues of many AI and robotics applications. These outcomes may derive from limited datasets that do not fully represent society as a whole or from the AI scientific community’s western-male configuration bias. Although being a pressing issue, understanding how robotic systems can replicate and amplify...conference paper 2022
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Bakens, J. (author), Florax, R.J.G.M. (author), de Groot, H.L.F. (author), Mulder, P. (author)In consumer cities, the presence and location of immigrants impacts house prices through two channels, which both can be valued positively as well as negatively: (i) their presence and con tribution to population diversity and (ii) the creation of immigrant-induced consumer amenities like those associated with ethnic restaurants in terms of both...article 2022
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Díaz-Lanchas, J. (author), Mulder, P. (author)The worldwide trend to decentralize the responsibilities and budgets of governments impacts regional economies in various ways. We use the example of Spain to test empirically whether the decentralization of governance is an important determinant of the sectoral composition of cities in an urban system. Our regression results, exploiting unique...article 2021
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Vandenbroucke, A.R.E. (author), Crone, E.A. (author), van Erp, J.B.F. (author), Güroğlu, B. (author), Hulshoff Pol, H.E. (author), de Kogel, C.H. (author), Krabbendam, L. (author), Jansen, L.M.C. (author), Brouwer, A.M. (author)Integrating fundamental science in society, with the goal to translate research findings to daily practice, comes with certain challenges. Successfully integrating research projects into society requires (1) good collaboration between scientists and societal stakeholders, (2) collaboration partners with common expectations and goals, and (3)...article 2021
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Dol, H. (author), Blom, K. (author)It is a persistent misunderstanding that underwater acoustic communication at short range is always easier than at long range. Same for (quasi) stationary configurations being always easier than dynamic ones. This paper gives examples of high-rate links in very shallow water at several kilometres distance, as well as difficult communication...conference paper 2021
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Schweiker, M. (author), Andréu, M. (author), Al-Atrash, F. (author), Al-Khatri, H. (author), Alprianti, R.R. (author), Alsaad, H. (author), Amin, R. (author), Ampatzi, E. (author), Arsano, A.Y. (author), Azar, E. (author), Bannazadeh, B. (author), Batagarawa, A. (author), Becker, S. (author), Buonocore, C. (author), Cao, B. (author), Choi, J.H. (author), Chun, C. (author), Daanen, H.A.M. (author), Damiati, S.A. (author), Daniel, L. (author), de Vecchi, R. (author), Dhaka, S. (author), Domínguez-Amarillo, S. (author), Dudkiewicz, E. (author), Edappilly, L.P. (author), Fernández-Agüera, J. (author), Folkerts, M. (author), Frijns, A. (author), Gaona, G. (author), Garg, V. (author), Gauthier, S. (author), Ghaffari Jabbari, S. (author), Harimi, D. (author), Hellwig, R.T. (author), Huebner, G.M. (author), Jin, Q. (author), Jowkar, M. (author), Kim, K. (author), King, N. (author), Kingma, B.R.M. (author), Koerniawan, M.D. (author), Kolarik, J. (author), Kumar, S. (author), Kwok, A. (author), Lamberts, R. (author), Laska, M. (author), Lee, M.C.J. (author), Lee, Y. (author), Lindermayr, V. (author), Mahaki, M. (author), Marcel-Okafor, U. (author), Marín-Restrepo, L. (author), Marquardsen, A. (author), Martellotta, F. (author), Mathur, J. (author), Mino-Rodriguez, I. (author), Montazami, A. (author), Mou, D. (author), Moujalled, B. (author), Nakajima, M. (author), Ng, E. (author), Okafor, M. (author), Olweny, M. (author), Ouyang, W. (author), Lígia Papst de Abreu, A. (author), Pérez-Fargallo, A. (author), Rajapaksha, I. (author), Ramos, G. (author), Rashid, S. (author), Reinhart, C.F. (author), Rivera, I.M. (author), Salmanzadeh, M. (author), Schakib-Ekbatan, K. (author), Schiavon, S. (author), Shooshtarian, S. (author), Shukuya, M. (author), Soebarto, V. (author), Suhendri, S. (author), Tahsildoost, M. (author), Tartarini, F. (author), Teli, D. (author), Tewari, P. (author), Thapa, S. (author), Trebilcock, M. (author), Trojan, J. (author), Tukur, R.B. (author), Voelker, C. (author), Yam, Y. (author), Yang, L. (author), Zapata-Lancaster, G. (author), Zhai, Y. (author), Zhu, Y. (author), Zomorodian, Z. (author)People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results collected in this way rely on the assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed on the scale exist and that relationships...article 2020
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Heidelberger, N. (author), Karpinnen, K. (author), D'Acunto, L. (author)Personalized recommendations in search engines, social media and also in more traditional media increasingly raise concerns over potentially negative consequences for diversity and the quality of public discourse. The algorithmic filtering and adaption of online content to personal preferences and interests is often associated with a decrease in...article 2018
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Leijtens, J. (author), de Boom, K. (author), Durkut, M. (author), Hakkesteegt, H. (author), Theuwissen, A. (author), Xie, N. (author)What started as an academic development in frame of the Dutch MicroNed program five years ago should culminate in the introduction of the smallest digital sunsensor available in (and probably outside) of Europe at the ICSO. At the ICSO, TNO plans to show for the first time a working mini-DSS, based on the APS+ chip. The sunsensor has been...conference paper 2017
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Aguirre, M. (author), Eck, A. (author), Koenen, M.E. (author), Savelkoul, P.H.M. (author), Budding, A.E. (author), Venema, K. (author)This study investigated the optimal preservation approach to prepare human feces as inoculum for in vitro fermentations as an alternative to the use of fresh feces. The four treatments studied were: Treatment 1) fresh feces resuspended in dialysate solution + glycerol; Treatment 2) fresh feces resuspended in dialysate solution + glycerol and...article 2015
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Gautam, R. (author), Borgdorff, H. (author), Jespers, V. (author), Francis, S.C. (author), Verhelst, R. (author), Mwaura, M. (author), Delany-Moretlwe, S. (author), Ndayisaba, G. (author), Kyongo, J.K. (author), Hardy, L. (author), Menten, HJ. (author), Crucitti, T. (author), Tsivtsivadze, E. (author), Schuren, F. (author), van de Wijgert, J.H.R.M. (author), Vaginal biomarkers Study Group, (author)Background: Sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical correlates of the vaginal microbiome (VMB) as characterized by molecular methods have not been adequately studied. VMB dominated by bacteria other than lactobacilli may cause inflammation, which may facilitate HIV acquisition and other adverse reproductive health outcomes. Methods: We...article 2015
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Korkiakoski, V. (author), Keller, C.U. (author), Doelman, N.J. (author), Kenworthy, M. (author), Otten, G. (author), Verhaegen, M. (author)We investigate methods to calibrate the non-common path aberrations at an adaptive optics system having a wavefront-correcting device working with an extremely high resolution (larger than 150x150 correcting elements). We use focal-plane images collected successively, the corresponding phase-diversity information and numerically efficient...conference paper 2014
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Schuller, A.A. (author), van Dommelen, P. (author), Poorterman, J.H. (author)OBJECTIVES: From 1 January 2006, the distinction between the health insurance fund and private insurance was abolished and a basic insurance package was agreed for everyone in the Netherlands. Dental treatment for young people below the age of 18 is reimbursed under the terms of this basic package. Dental treatment for adults is not covered in...article 2014
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Belzer, C. (author), Gerber, G.K. (author), Roeselers, G. (author), Delaney, M. (author), DuBois, A. (author), Liu, Q. (author), Belavusava, V. (author), Yeliseyev, V. (author), Houseman, A. (author), Onderdonk, A. (author), Cavanaugh, C. (author), Bry, L. (author)Longitudinal studies of the microbiota are important for discovering changes in microbial communities that affect the host. The complexity of these ecosystems requires rigorous integrated experimental and computational methods to identify temporal signatures that promote physiologic or pathophysiologic responses in vivo. Employing a murine model...article 2014
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Saccenti, E. (author), Tenori, L. (author), Verbruggen, P. (author), Timmerman, M.E. (author), Bouwman, J. (author), van der Greef, J. (author), Luchinat, C. (author), Smilde, A.K. (author)Background: Metabolomics has attracted the interest of the medical community for its potential in predicting early derangements from a healthy to a diseased metabolic phenotype. One key issue is the diversity observed in metabolic profiles of different healthy individuals, commonly attributed to the variation of intrinsic (such as (epi)genetic...article 2014
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Biesbroek, G. (author), Bosch, A.A.T.M. (author), Wang, X. (author), Keijser, B.J.F. (author), Veenhoven, R.H. (author), Sanders, E.A.M. (author), Bogaert, D. (author)Rationale: Breastfeeding elicits significant protection against respiratory tract infections in infancy. Modulation of respiratory microbiota might be part of the natural mechanisms of protection against respiratory diseases induced by breastfeeding. Objectives: To study the association between breastfeeding and nasopharyngeal microbial...article 2014
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Blatchford, P. (author), Ansell, J. (author), de Godoy, M.R.C. (author), Fahey, G. (author), Garcia-Mazcorro, J.F. (author), Gibson, G.R. (author), Goh, Y.J. (author), Hotchkiss, A.T. (author), Hutkins, R. (author), LaCroix, C. (author), Rastall, R.A. (author), Reimer, R.A. (author), Schoterman, M. (author), Van Sinderen, D. (author), Venema, K. (author), Whelan, K. (author)In October 2012, a group of scientists met at the 10th Meeting of the International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) in Cork, Ireland to discuss issues surrounding prebiotics and their development. This article summarises outputs from the meeting. Various prebiotic definitions were discussed and how the concept has...article 2013
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Bazley, C.M. (author), de Jong, A. (author), Vink, P. (author)A human factors specialist researched the expectations of a culturally and professionally diverse team throughout a year long participatory design process of a large processing facility. For a deeper understanding of high-level team expectations and characteristics, the specialist collected data and information through in-situ ethnography and...article 2012