Publicaties

Since the discovery and definition of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) 14 years ago, numerous characteristics and physiological functions of NETs have been uncovered. Nowadays, the field continues to expand and novel mechanisms that orchestrate formation of NETs, their previously unknown properties, and novel implications in disease continue to emerge. The abundance of available data has also led to some confusion in the NET research ...

Since the discovery and definition of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) 14 years ago, numerous characteristics and physiological functions of NETs have been uncovered. Nowadays, the field continues to expand and novel mechanisms that orchestrate formation of NETs, their previously unknown properties, and novel implications in disease continue to emerge. The abundance of available data has also led to some confusion in the NET research ...

Global warming impacts natural communities through effects on performance of individual species and through changes in the strength of interactions between them. While there is a body of evidence of the former, we lack experimental evidence on potential changes in interaction strengths. Knowledge about multispecies interactions is fundamental to understand the regulation of biodiversity and the impact of climate change on communities. This study ...

INTRODUCTION: Proponents of peritoneal drainage (PD) hypothesize that it allows stabilization before laparotomy. We examined this hypothesis by comparing clinical status before and after either PD or primary laparotomy (LAP). METHODS: In an ethically approved, international, prospective randomized controlled trial (2002-2006), extremely low birth weight (<1000 g) infants with pneumoperitoneum received primary PD (n = 35) or LAP (n = 34). ...

Infrared thermography is an efficient non-destructive testing technique in which heat waves are actively stimulated in the test piece by an external device, and an infrared camera measures the evolution of the surface temperature for revealing hidden defects as localized anomalies. The excitation amplitude is often sinusoidally modulated for a few cycles to obtain an improved detectability and to tune the detection depth. However, the commonly ...

A new concept of structural health monitoring, the effective Structural Health Monitoring (eSHM) system, has the potential to improve life safety and decrease the direct operational cost. The basic physical principle of the eSHM system is checking the absolute fluid pressure changes in a 3D-curved network of capillaries that are integrated with 3D printing. A pressure change in the capillary indicates the presence of a crack. The main objective ...

During the last decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are used in order to detect damage in structures. We have developed a novel structural health monitoring approach, the so-called “effective structural health monitoring” (eSHM) system. The current SHM system is incorporated into a metallic structure by means of additive manufacturing (AM) and has the possibility to advance life safety and reduce direct operative costs. It ...

The objective of the present study is the evaluation of the condition of the concrete floor that suffers from extensive cracking on its surface, through systematic tests using NDT methods. The study contained a
thorough visual inspection and recording of cracks, estimation of the crack depth using ultrasonic pulse
velocity measurements, investigation for voids between the concrete floor and the underlying aggregate
layer using the ...

The 5th International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Nondestructive Testing (ETNDT5) took place in Ioannina, Greece September in 2011. It was jointly organized by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Ioannina, Greece, Envirocoustics S.A. (now Mistras Group Hellas S.A.), and
the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. There, a specialized session chaired by Professor M. Ohtsu from Kumamoto University, ...