cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Benchmarking Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID)
Creators: name: Pander, M.
name: Turek, M.
name: Bauer, J.
name: Luka, T.
name: Hagendorf, C.
name: Ebert, M.
name: Gottschalg, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1265-1268
description: Light Induced Degradation (LID) is a well-known cell effect, impacting in the first hours of testing
or first months of operation. All c-Si device types are affected, typically with less than 5% degradation. The known
mechanisms (Boron Oxygen complex formation and Iron Boron pair dissociation) are identified during certification
by IEC 61215:2016 standard stabilization procedures carried out at around 50°C. Unfortunately, there is a second
degradation mode which is only apparent at higher temperatures. This Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation
(LeTID) is not identified during certification. Typically, there is no specific information commonly available
for system planners to estimate the magnitude of the losses due to this effect.
Testing at higher temperatures of PERC devices resulted in much higher degradation levels (up to 10 %), but
slower degradation rates than BO. Therefore, this new type of degradation was termed Light and elevated Temperature
Induced Degradation (LeTID). Initially LeTID was thought to only affect multi-PERC but recent studies have
shown that mono-PERC may be affected equally. LeTID is not fully understood but can virtually be eliminated in
production.
Currently there is no generally accepted standard to test for LeTID degradation on cell and module level. Thus it
is not possible to identify modules susceptible to LeTID. The question arises to what extent currently available modules
contain LeTID-susceptible cells, and the magnitude of long-term yield losses. For this purpose, nine module
types from different manufacturers were procured from different suppliers and subjected to a LeTID-specific test procedure.
Power losses up to 6 % were found during the LeTID-Test. The three multi-Si modules tested show moderate
degradation or are even stable. Some of the commercially available mono-Si PERC modules show high LeTID.
Brief an Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer
Creators: name: Schönbach, Anton E.
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1903

description: von [Anton Emanuel] Schönbach
description: Eigenhändige Karte mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Oktober 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
The Influence of the EVA Film Quality on the Degradation of PV Modules under Harsh Test Conditions
Creators: name: Brecl, K.
name: Bokalic, M.
name: Barretta, C.
name: Oreski, G.
name: Malic, B.
name: Topic, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1277-1279
description: Photovoltaic modules are normally connected in series and therefore exposed to a high system voltage between the cells and the grounded frame. To study the potentially induced degradation, several in-house developed PV modules were exposed to a damp-heat test under RH 85% and temperature of 60 °C. The modules were assembled with EVA films of different ages and exposed to a high voltage bias of +1000 V. The PV modules with the aged EVA films exhibit very early and severe degradation of solar cells and a high degree of silver corrosion. A DSC analysis reveals a lower crosslinking degree of aged EVA films which leads into the peroxide leftovers that react with silver conduction lines.
Karte an Unbekannt
Creators: name: Müller, Dominik
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1910

description: von Paul Schmitz
description: Eigenhändige Karte mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Oktober 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Eurya szechuanensis Hung T. Chang 1954
Creators: name: Ji, Chun-Feng
name: Zhang, Li-Bing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Pentaphylacaceae
Eurya
Eurya szechuanensis

description: 10. Eurya szechuanensis Hung T. Chang (1954: 43).
 Type:— CHINA. Sichuan:Emei Shan, near Shouxingqiao, 11 Nov.1946, Wen-Guang Hu 8757 (lectotype IBSC-0003699!, here designated). Remaining syntypes:— CHINA. Sichuan: Emei Shan, 1952, Ji-Hua Xiong, Xiu-Shi Zhang & Xing-Lin Jiang 31706 (IBK-00190543!, IBSC-0003698!).
 Two gatherings, Ji-Hua Xiong, Xiu-Shi Zhang & Xing-Lin Jiang 31706 and Wen-Guang Hu 8757, were designated as male and female “type” in Chinese, respectively, in the protologue (Chang 1954). The sheet IBK-00190543 has a “ syntype ” symbol. The one we designate as the lectotype has a paper bag with some flower parts dissected presumably by the original author. This species was originally described from Sichuan. It was treated as a synonym of Eurya oblonga Y.C. Yang (1941: 133) var. oblonga by Ming & Bartholomew (2007). Following IPNI, the correct standard form abbreviation for Yen Chin Yang should be Yen C.Yang instead of Y. C.Yang, which denominates a different author (Yung Chang Yang).
description: Published as part of Ji, Chun-Feng & Zhang, Li-Bing, 2016, Lectotypification of 11 names of Eurya (Pentaphylacaceae) for the Flora of China, pp. 61-64 in Phytotaxa 269 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13651759
Karte an J[ohann] R[udolf] Geigy[-Merian]
Creators: name: Wieland, Hans Beat
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1914

description: von H[ans] B[eat] Wieland
description: Eigenhändige Karte mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
On the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard-Brinkman and Cahn-Hilliard-Hele-Shaw systems
Creators: name: Della Porta, Francesco
name: Grasselli, Maurizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The phase separation of an isothermal incompressible binary fluid in a porous medium can be described by the so-called Brinkman equation coupled with a convective Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation. The former governs the average fluid velocity $\mathbf{u}$, while the latter rules evolution of $φ$, the difference of the (relative) concentrations of the two phases. The two equations are known as the Cahn-Hilliard-Brinkman (CHB) system. In particular, the Brinkman equation is a Stokes-like equation with a forcing term (Korteweg force) which is proportional to $μ\nablaφ$, where $μ$ is the chemical potential. When the viscosity vanishes, then the system becomes the Cahn-Hilliard-Hele-Shaw (CHHS) system. Both systems have been studied from the theoretical and the numerical viewpoints. However, theoretical results on the CHHS system are still rather incomplete. For instance, uniqueness of weak solutions is unknown even in 2D. Here we replace the usual CH equation with its physically more relevant nonlocal version. This choice allows us to prove more about the corresponding nonlocal CHHS system. More precisely, we first study well-posedness for the CHB system, endowed with no-slip and no-flux boundary conditions. Then, existence of a weak solution to the CHHS system is obtained as a limit of solutions to the CHB system. Stronger assumptions on the initial datum allow us to prove uniqueness for the CHHS system. Further regularity properties are obtained by assuming additional, though reasonable, assumptions on the interaction kernel. By exploiting these properties, we provide an estimate for the difference between the solution to the CHB system and the one to the CHHS system with respect to viscosity.
Distill Knowledge in Multi-task Reinforcement Learning with Optimal-Transport Regularization
Creators: name: Le, Bang Giang
name: Ta, Viet Cuong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In multi-task reinforcement learning, it is possible to improve the data efficiency of training agents by transferring knowledge from other different but related tasks. Because the experiences from different tasks are usually biased toward the specific task goals. Traditional methods rely on Kullback-Leibler regularization to stabilize the transfer of knowledge from one task to the others. In this work, we explore the direction of replacing the Kullback-Leibler divergence with a novel Optimal transport-based regularization. By using the Sinkhorn mapping, we can approximate the Optimal transport distance between the state distribution of tasks. The distance is then used as an amortized reward to regularize the amount of sharing information. We experiment our frameworks on several grid-based navigation multi-goal to validate the effectiveness of the approach. The results show that our added Optimal transport-based rewards are able to speed up the learning process of agents and outperforms several baselines on multi-task learning.
description: 6 pages,
Lie and Noether point symmetries of a class of quasilinear systems of second-order differential equations
Creators: name: Paliathanasis, Andronikos
name: Tsamparlis, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Lie and Noether point symmetries of a class of systems of second-order differential equations with $n$ independent and $m$ dependent variables ($n\times m$ systems). We solve the symmetry conditions in a geometric way and determine the general form of the symmetry vector and of the Noetherian conservation laws. We prove that the point symmetries are generated by the collineations of two (pseudo)metrics, which are defined in the spaces of independent and dependent variables. We demonstrate the general results in two special cases (a) a system of $m$ coupled Laplace equations and (b) the Klein-Gordon equation of a particle in the context of Generalized Uncertainty Principle. In the second case we determine the complete invariant group of point transformations, and we apply the Lie invariants in order to find invariant solutions of the wave function for a spin-$0$ particle in the two dimensional hyperbolic space.
description: 20 pages, to be published in Journal of Geometry and Physics
Influence of Near Field Shadowing on the Performance Ratio of Thin Film Modules
Creators: name: Wendlandt, S.
name: Podlowski, L.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1230-1235
description: When planning a photovoltaic system or being responsible for its maintenance, many issues have to be considered. In
order to minimize any kind of risks the properties of the module technology must be well understood. One of the major
potential risks is damage due to partly shading of PV modules. In such conditions the shaded solar cells are operating in
reverse bias and thus can heat up significantly. In extreme situations such a high temperature gradient may occur that it
can cause glass breakage - especially at thin-film modules where not fully-tempered glass can be used. In all module
testing standards only stationary shadowing situations are investigated. However, during daytime also short-term
shadowing situations can occur, e.g. through cleaning or inspection of modules, and therefore such situations must also
be considered as certain module designs or technologies can be sensitive for this. This paper presents measurements
before and after near field shadowing of two different types of thin-film modules. The effect of short-term shading on the
IV curves at different irradiance levels as well as image-based electroluminescence analysis were carried out. Finally, the
initial and after near-field shadowing IV curves where used to simulate the performance ratio for different locations. The
paper will end up in a discussion about the influence of near-field shadowing on the performance ratio at thin film
modules
Genre, ambiguity and the shifting star persona of Cary Grant
Creators: name: Glynn, Belinda Muriel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Cary Grant is one of studio-era Hollywood’s most enduring stars. He commonly represents a personification of Hollywood’s perfect romantic hero: the ideal tall, dark and handsome leading man. Grant’s image in popular culture is so consistently represented as charming, elegant and romantic that it has almost become monosemic. This thesis argues for a layered and complex conception of Grant’s star persona by examining three films starring Cary Grant made between 1940 and 1942, Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock, 1941), Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941) and The Talk of the Town (George Stevens, 1942). Attending to both the films and the extratextual discourse surrounding Grant at the time of the films’ release, I establish an alternative reading of Grant’s image in this period. When Grant first achieved stardom in the late 1930s as an actor in screwball comedies, he was more closely aligned with non-traditional masculinity than elegance and sophistication. In this thesis, I contend that Grant’s star text affected the traditional conventions of genre and narrative in the three films under discussion. I draw on star theory, gender theory and close textual analysis to examine Grant’s early star persona, arguing that it brings a playfulness and ambiguity to the films, disrupting dominant definitions of acceptable masculinity.
Optimal control strategies for the spread of Ebola in West Africa
Creators: name: Rachah, Amira
name: Torres, Delfim F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 92D25, 92D30, 49-04

description: The spread of Ebola virus in 2014 is unprecedented. The epidemic is still affecting West Africa, exacerbated by extraordinary socioeconomic disadvantages and health system inadequacies. With the aim of understanding, predicting, and control the propagation of the virus in the populations of affected countries, it is crucial to model the dynamics of the virus and study several strategies to control it. In this paper, we present a very simple mathematical model that describes quite well the spread of Ebola. Then, we discuss several strategies for the control of the propagation of this lethal virus into populations, in order to predict the impact of vaccine programmes, treatment, and the impact of educational campaigns.
description: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form will be published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis, ISSN: 2217-3412, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2016). Paper Submitted June 9, 2015; Revised and Accepted Dec 10, 2015
Brief an Unbekannt
Creators: name: Honegger, Johann Jacob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1884

description: von J[ohann] J[akob] Honegger
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Comprehensive Study of Reliability of Photovoltaic Modules of Various Configuration under Static and Dynamic Mechanical Loading Conditions Using Finite Element Analysis
Creators: name: Masetty, B.
name: Shiradkar, N.
name: Patwardhan, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1247-1251
description: The performance and durability of photovoltaic
modules are strongly affected by the physical condition
of their component layers, geometry, and mounting
conditions. A proper evaluation of sensitivities of each
design variable would help us strengthen the key aspects
that affect their mechanical durability in various end use
environments. Application of finite element analysis to
study the stress and temperature distributions under
simple static and dynamic conditions have been
suggested previously [1]-[4]. This paper presents a
comprehensive study of a broad spectrum of module
configurations under practical static and dynamic loading
conditions. The objective is to provide comparative
information about stress distributions and component
failure of the modules of Glass-EVA-Cells-EVABacksheet
and Glass-EVA-Cells-EVA-Glass
configurations with varying glass and frame thickness,
loaded in various mounting conditions. In case of Glass
- Glass configurations, the variation in behaviour with
and without frame has also been studied.
Gerhard, Johann: Ein und fünffzig gottselige, christliche evangelische Andachten oder geistreiche Betrachtungen
Creators: name: Junker, Thomas
Publisher: name: Lutherische Beiträge
Year: 1970

description: Lutherische Beiträge, Bd. 8 Nr. 1 (2003): Lutherische Beiträge, Band 8, Heft 1
Paradoxical politics: suffering and protest in the space of detention
Creators: name: Kneebone, Lucy Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The history of Australian immigration detention includes various acts of resistance on the part of detainees. These acts indicate that political subjectivity has not been extinguished, despite the severe restrictions and enormous psychological pressure faced by detainees. Against this backdrop, this thesis seeks to understand the possibilities for politics in spaces of detention. It interrogates how entrenched conceptions of politics can narrow the scope for certain acts to be interpreted as political. I argue that various self-harming acts, including hunger strikes and lip-sewing, can be read as a political response to the biopolitical nature of power relations within detention. Further, I argue that these acts constitute a paradoxical politics of performance in which protesters display the abjection imposed on them whilst simultaneously revealing a subversive political agency. This thesis explores how the potential for understanding this multivalent, and often bleak, form of politics is narrowed by certain racialised and gendered assumptions. Further, it shows how rigid binary thinking can obscure the way in which political subjectivity and suffering can be deeply intertwined. In making these arguments, I address examples of protests that have occurred in Australian detention centres at Woomera, Christmas Island and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. I engage, firstly, with authors who have used Giorgio Agamben’s theories to conceptualise self-harm as a response to sovereign biopower’s decision on life and death. Secondly, I work both with and against Vanessa Pupavac and others, who have addressed the rise of the ‘psy disciplines’ in humanitarian discourse, in order to examine acts of self-harm as both expressions of suffering and of politics. Finally, I engage with the thought of Hannah Arendt and Jacques Rancière to explore the complexities of political visibility and the possibilities for those in detention to bring about political transformation. The ongoing use of self-harming techniques in detention points to the high moral and political stakes of the questions addressed in this thesis. I suggest that by engaging detained protesters as both political subjects and people who suffer, we gain greater insight into the multivalent politics at stake and enable a more profound exchange between people in detention and those who witness their detention.
Determination of Moisture Ingress and Diffusion Path in Encapsulation Layers of Standard PV Modules
Creators: name: Neumaier, L.
name: Holzmann, D.
name: Mühleisen, W.
name: Zikulnig, J.
name: Hirschl, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1284-1286
description: Within this work miniature digital temperature sensors were utilized to monitor the moisture ingress in a specially prepared photovoltaic mini module during accelerated aging. This work was conducted within the Austrian flagship project INFINTIY, which deals with the development of climate-adapted PV solutions in order to achieve yield-optimized PV systems with extended system lifetimes. As a further step in conducting research related to moisture ingress in PV modules, within this work a mini PV module was manufactured, comprising eight digital temperature and humidity sensors in front and behind a solar cell (substituted by an aluminium sheet). The goal here was to determine the diffusion path of the humidity diffusing through the backsheet to the front side (sunny side) of the laminate. Here it was essential to gain knowledge about the duration of the moisture ingress to the front part of the test module during accelerated aging as elevated humidity causes corrosion effects on e.g. the grid fingers (reduced electrical conductivity).
Orchestral cello auditions in Australia: an assessment of commonly set excerpts
Creators: name: Mills, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This exegesis aimed to identify, analyse and collate the orchestral excerpts commonly set for orchestral cello auditions held in Australia in recent years. Other than the individual orchestral papers themselves, there are currently no such readily available compendiums directly applicable to Australian cello auditions. Using excerpts from cello auditions held in Australia in recent decades, a catalogue of commonly featured excerpts was created. From there, an analysis of most-requested excerpts was conducted utilising available recordings made by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. All the professional, full-time Australian orchestras were approached by email for participation in this study, and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra responded with the provision of available excerpts and excerpt lists from cello auditions they had held. All these orchestras excepting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra were able to provide excerpts for auditions held from 2000 onwards, while the MSO had on file excerpts from auditions held since 1974. For this reason and because of the author’s own professional performing base being Melbourne, the study was focused towards comparing commonly selected excerpts overall since 2000 alongside the commonly selected excerpts by the MSO since 1974, and the recordings used in the analysis were made by the MSO. Additional material(s) submitted with thesis.
Rotation Sets of Billiards with N Obstacles on a Torus
Creators: name: Alsheekhhussain, Zainab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For billiards with $N$ obstacles on a torus, we study the behavior of specific kind of its trajectories, \emph{the so called admissible trajectories}. Using the methods developed in \cite{1}, we prove that the \emph{admissible rotation set} is convex, and the periodic trajectories of admissible type are dense in the admissible rotation set. In addition, we show that the admissible rotation set is a proper subset of the general rotation set.
description: 12 pAGES, Rotation sets of billiards with N obstacles on a torus, Differ. Equ. Dyn. Syst. (2015)
Brief an Direktor
Creators: name: Ziegler, Clara
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1844

description: von Clara Ziegler
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Eurya tsaii Hung T. Chang 1954
Creators: name: Ji, Chun-Feng
name: Zhang, Li-Bing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Pentaphylacaceae
Eurya
Eurya tsaii

description: 11. Eurya tsaii Hung T. Chang (1954: 30).
 Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Zhiziluo [Fugong], 4 Sept. 1934, Xi-Tao Cai 58341 (lectotype IBSC-0003705!, here designated; isolectotypes LBG-00077758!, KUN-450763, NAS-00071858!, PE-00024991). Remaining syntypes:— CHINA. Yunnan: without precise locality, Xi-Tao Cai 57613 (IBSC-0003704!, KUN-450762, NAS-00071857!, PE-00024492!, PE-00024493!).
 Two gatherings, Xi-Tao Cai 58341 and 57613, were designated as male and female “type” in Chinese, respectively, in the protologue (Chang 1954). Among all the sheets found in the five herbaria, the one we designate as the lectotype is in the best conditions. This species was originally described from Yunnan and it occurs in SE Xizang, NW Yunnan (Ming & Bartholomew 2007).
description: Published as part of Ji, Chun-Feng & Zhang, Li-Bing, 2016, Lectotypification of 11 names of Eurya (Pentaphylacaceae) for the Flora of China, pp. 61-64 in Phytotaxa 269 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13651759
From Bifaciality to Yield: Different Bifacial Cell Technologies May Differ Even More in Annual Outdoor Performance
Creators: name: Reise, C.
name: Baarah, G.
name: Schnabel, E.
name: Kräling, U.
name: Müller, B.
name: Chang, S.
name: Choe, Y.
name: Cho, H.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1252-1255
description: A comparative outdoor test of different bifacial P-PERC and N-PERT PV modules was designed and
operated in Freiburg, Germany. According to LG Electronic’s specifications, the chosen mounting geometry and albedo
deliver a high bifacial gain. While this is not comparable to typical commercial PV systems, it emphasizes differences
in the bifaciality and the bifacial gain of the module samples.
A greater bifacial gain was expected already for the N-PERT modules. However, the measurements revealed more
differences in annual and in high resolution performance data. Laboratory measurements do confirm the observed
outdoor behavior, given they are performed under bifacial conditions as well.
Brief an Unbekannt
Creators: name: Wolf, Rudolf
name: Haus der Bücher
name: J. A. Stargardt
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1879

description: von R[udolf] Wolf
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Französisch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Properties of the cluster population of NGC 1566 and their implications
Creators: name: Hollyhead, Katherine
name: Adamo, Angela
name: Bastian, Nate
name: Gieles, Mark
name: Ryon, Jenna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a photometric study into the cluster population of NGC 1566, a nearby grand design spiral galaxy, sampled out to a Galactocentric radius of $\approx 5.5$ kpc. The shape of the mass-limited age distribution shows negligible variation with radial distance from the centre of the galaxy, and demonstrates three separate sections, with a steep beginning, flat middle and steep end. The luminosity function can be approximated by a power law at lower luminosities with evidence of a truncation at higher luminosity. The power law section of the luminosity function of the galaxy is best fitted by an index $\approx -2$, in agreement with other studies, and is found to agree with a model luminosity function, which uses an underlying Schechter mass function. The recovered power law slope of the mass distribution shows a slight steepening as a function of galactocentric distance, but this is within error estimates. It also displays a possible truncation at the high mass end. Additionally, the cluster formation efficiency ($Γ$) and the specific U-band luminosity of clusters ($T_L(U)$) are calculated for NGC 1566 and are consistent with values for similar galaxies. A difference in NGC 1566, however, is that the fairly high star formation rate is in contrast with a low $Σ_{SFR}$ and $Γ$, indicating that $Γ$ can only be said to depend strongly on $Σ_{SFR}$, not the star formation rate.
description: 18 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Water Diffusion Simulation of the Photovoltaic Laminate Based on Gravimetric Measurement of Packaging Materials
Creators: name: Dadaniya, A.
name: Datla, N.V.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1256-1259
description: Photovoltaic modules (PV) are expected to be durable against exposure to outdoor environments for prolonged
time durations. The dynamic outdoor environment is in direct contact with the polymeric back sheet of the module that leads
to frequent moisture absorption and desorption within the module. Considering these varying environmental conditions as
well as the multilayer nature of the packaging materials, it is challenging to predict the water concentration accurately and
thereby mechanical durability of the module (back sheet and encapsulation). Therefore, there is a need for systematic
multilayer experimental and computational approach for water diffusion prediction at each layer of the PV module laminate.
The composite back sheet is modeled as both single and two-layered material for characterizing the water diffusion using
permeation and gravimetric techniques. The encapsulation material is characterized using the gravimetric technique. The
gravimetric test was performed for water uptake of PV module laminate and compared the results with the simulated water
mass uptake. Water concentration within PV laminate (primer layer) was simulated under the exposure to outdoor
environment condition for single and two-layer back sheet.
Emotional truth in opera performance
Creators: name: Torr, Oliver J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Opera conventionally focuses on the vocal music aspect of performance. This paper is instead concerned with the dramatic performances of opera singers. The research considers criticism of opera performance as well as early operatic history and a an ethnographic study of two opera rehearsals at Opera Australia and one with Staatsoper Berlin. Alongside the ethnography, interviews with opera stakeholders, such as singers, directors and conductors were made. The historic research showed a significant interest from those who began the tradition of opera around the year 1600 CE as well as written criticism from that time toward a truthful portrayal of character and motivation. The field research also consistently demonstrated that a more truthful opera is seen as desirable, both inside and outside the opera industry. The research also shows that despite a more truthful opera performance being seen as desirable, many within the opera industry, showed skepticism toward acting techniques based in Stanislavski or "The method". This research project also begins an ongoing investigation into developing an opera-specific drama technique/methodology that draws from Stanislavski, Adler and Meissner methods, specifically Eric Morris• acting methodology. The practical part of the research was a seven-week drama workshop conducted with Opera Australia artists that ran February to April 2013. The workshop was a prototype acting/drama class specifically tailored for classical (opera) singers. Attention was paid to the purity of voice not being lost, direct and fast exercises that were simply understood and improved awareness of and adherence to obtaining performances as emotionally truthful as possible. The before and after assessment of the workshop shows that an emotionally truthful performance of an aria is more engaging for the same audience as well as satisfying the singers performance desires.
Formulating an interpretation of Frederick Septimus Kelly's Violin Sonata in G major through an assessment of the performance style of the work's dedicatee, Jelly d'Aranyi
Creators: name: Antonov, Edward
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis presents interpretive and performance considerations for a violinist preparing Frederick Septimus Kelly's Violin Sonata in G major. The work's dedicatee, violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, is investigated, and her significance in relation to Kelly and his sonata established using sources including the composer's as of yet unpublished diaries. D'Aranyi's performance style is determined through analyses of her personal circumstances and recordings. This information is then applied to Kelly's sonata, with specific examples provided, thus, enabling a twenty-first century violinist to present the work in an informed manner.
Non-invasive detection of animal nerve impulses with an atomic magnetometer operating near quantum limited sensitivity
Creators: name: Jensen, Kasper
name: Budvytyte, Rima
name: Thomas, Rodrigo A.
name: Wang, Tian
name: Fuchs, Annette
name: Balabas, Mikhail V.
name: Vasilakis, Georgios
name: Mosgaard, Lars
name: Heimburg, Thomas
name: Olesen, Søren-Peter
name: Polzik, Eugene S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic fields generated by human and animal organs, such as the heart, brain and nervous system carry information useful for biological and medical purposes. These magnetic fields are most commonly detected using cryogenically-cooled superconducting magnetometers. Here we present the frst detection of action potentials from an animal nerve using an optical atomic magnetometer. Using an optimal design we are able to achieve the sensitivity dominated by the quantum shot noise of light and quantum projection noise of atomic spins. Such sensitivity allows us to measure the nerve impulse with a miniature room-temperature sensor which is a critical advantage for biomedical applications. Positioning the sensor at a distance of a few millimeters from the nerve, corresponding to the distance between the skin and nerves in biological studies, we detect the magnetic field generated by an action potential of a frog sciatic nerve. From the magnetic field measurements we determine the activity of the nerve and the temporal shape of the nerve impulse. This work opens new ways towards implementing optical magnetometers as practical devices for medical diagnostics.
description: Main text with figures, and methods and supplementary information
Investigation and Analysis of Bifacial Photovoltaics Modules with Reflective Layer
Creators: name: Sng, E.
name: Ang, C.X.
name: Lim, I.L.H.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1260-1264
description: While the analysis of optical gains and power transfer of monofacial photovoltaics module are relatively well established, there are many nuanced effects that contribute to bifacial cell to module power transfer. To improve the bifacial module power during indoor flash test, reflective layers had been included in the inter-cell spacing. This reflective layer improves bifacial module STC maximum power point (Pmpp) and current. This paper presents the investigation and analysis of bifacial PV modules with reflective layer at the inter-cell spacing. Three main bifacial module configurations with reflective layer are studied where the reflective surface was inserted at different positions, (1) behind the rear glass or transparent back sheet, (2) in between the glass and encapsulant, and (3) in between the encapsulant. A numerical model is created to simulate the current gain from each configuration with varying inter-cell spacing with varying illumination positions.
Billet
Creators: name: Wieland, Hans Beat
name: Haus der Bücher
name: J. A. Stargardt
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1913

description: von H[ans] B[eat] Wieland
description: Eigenhändiges Billet mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
A problematic portfolio: an exploration of style and identity in the life of Gerald Finzi and the performance of "Introit" as part of his discarded Violin Concerto
Creators: name: Charles, Emma
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis explores the life, identity and compositional style of Gerald Finzi within the English Musical Renaissance. In particular, this thesis examines Finzi's problematic Violin Concerto and addresses the reasons why it does not work as a cohesive concerto, examining the relative success of his other works, and his compositional style. This culminates in a discussion of how this information regarding his life and style informs my performance of Introit, the re-released second movement of his violin concerto. This discussion will focus on the musical and technical components required to capture the essence and meaning of Introit drawing on recordings and musical examples from the score.
Brief an Heinrich [Rindfleisch]
Creators: name: Weizsäcker, Julius
name: Haus der Bücher
name: J. A. Stargardt
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1870

description: von Julius Weizsäcker
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Applying Bartolozzi's theory from New sounds for woodwind (1967) to a performance of Bartolozzi's Per Olga (1976) and Smith Brindle's Andromeda M31 (1967) mediated through the utilisation of the Bartolozzi-Mencarelli method
Creators: name: Barker, Jade Caroline
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Bruno Bartolozzi's (1911-1980) theories on woodwind playing, described in his book New sounds for woodwind (1967), provides an approach to woodwind music that had not previously been published. In this book, Bartolozzi describes unconventional forms of notation and extended techniques for woodwinds. To expand on the theories in New sounds for woodwind for the flute, Bartolozzi engaged Italian flautist Pier Luigi Mencarelli to co-author a method book entitled Metoda per flauto (1975). This method book allowed flautists to develop the practical skills necessary to apply the theories to performance. Bartolozzi's English friend and composer, Reginald Smith-Brindle (1917- 2003), translated both of these texts from Italian into English. My solo flute performances of Smith Brindle's Andromeda M31 (1967) along with Bartolozzi's Per Olga (1976) will be discussed in relation to Bartolozzi's theories and practical support via the flute method book.
Visitenkarte an Unbekannt
Creators: name: Wildenbruch, Ernst von
name: Haus der Bücher
name: J. A. Stargardt
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1845

description: von [Ernst v.] W[ildenbruch]
description: Gedruckte Visitenkarte mit handschriftlichem Text
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire November 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Art and education in the ideal city: the fifth essay of Proclus' In Platonis rem Publicam Commentarii
Creators: name: Jayasinghe, Anuradhi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis presents a close reading of the fifth essay in Proclus' commentary on the Republic. It focuses on the role of art (and in particular poetry) in education. In doing so many traditional topics are examined such as the function of mimesis and katharsis; however, many wider philosophical concerns are also addressed such as Proclus' views on the passions, ontology, rhetoric and epistemology in relation to art and education. There has been a tendency in modern scholarship, when considering Proclean aesthetics, to focus on allegorical interpretation. Since the fifth essay focuses on the role of art in education as opposed to allegory, it has largely been overlooked. This thesis highlights the philosophically interesting ideas explored within the fifth essay - for example, the role of music in education; metriopatheia and apatheia; rhetoric; the relationship between ethical character and the creation of art; and the criteria by which we ought to create and judge poetry or works of mimesis. This thesis explores the motivations behind Proclus' views and in doing so notes the places in which Proclus departs from Plato's views. It highlights the importance of the fifth essay in our understanding of Proclus' wider philosophical views and moreover, demonstrates the fifth essay's role in the reception and progression of philosophical thought.
A Novel Heat Dissipating Material for Enhancing the Performance of Photovoltaic Panels
Creators: name: Tsai, M.-A.
name: Lu, K.-W.
name: Yang, W.-L.
name: Chen, S.-H.
name: Hsieh, C.F.
name: Wu, H.-S.
name: Wu, T.-C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2018
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1242-1243
description: From a long-term/short-term perspective, the solar energy is a 20 to 25 years investment industry. The reliability of solar modules should be as important as the power output. Therefore, the high reliability and high regional weatherability product is more popular by engineering procurement construction (EPC) company. Here we designed a series of rigorous testing procedures for the different module included damp heat, thermal cycle, potential induced degradation, slat mist and a composite test, to analysis the performance and reliability.
Supporting victims of human trafficking: examining the design and implementation of victim support within Australia and the UK
Creators: name: Noweir, Maie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Set against the backdrop of international and national counter-trafficking initiatives, including within the domestic regions of Australia and the UK, this thesis seeks to examine responses to victims of trafficking and the implementation of victim support frameworks. In a context in which human trafficking can be explored through numerous paradigms, this thesis examines the implementation of victim support within a critical victimology framework informed by feminist critiques of the increased recognition of the status of victims. This thesis examines the ways in which both government and non-government organisations involved in antitrafficking responses come to define and recognise victims of trafficking and how dominant victim narratives have been translated into the implementation of support. This thesis examines the processes involved in the identification of victims of trafficking and access to victim support and the range of services provided to victims via government and non-government organisations. Using a qualitative research approach, this thesis draws on a range of publicly available reports and semi-structured interviews with non-government organisations and victim support providers within Australia and the UK who are involved in anti-trafficking initiatives. The analysis reveals that the process of identification of potential victims of trafficking, and thus the withholding of access to support, is often complex and presents structural, organisational and individual barriers to identification and access to support. The research also revealed that victim support frameworks and post-trafficking support continue to be implemented within a protectionist and therapeutic framework that is informed by the predominant construction of trafficking victimisation according to an 'ideal victim' narrative. The findings call for a more critical account and understanding of trafficking victimisation through the deconstruction of dominant trafficking discourses and ideal victim narratives. The conclusions of the research suggest that alternative approaches which take into account the experiences and needs of trafficked persons are required when designing and implementing victim support measures.
Brief an Fritze
Creators: name: Stolze, Heinrich August Wilhelm
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1855

description: von [Wilhelm] Stolze
description: Eigenhändiges Stenogramm
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Oktober 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Asymptotically Lifshitz spacetimes with universal horizons in $(1 + 2)$ dimensions
Creators: name: Basu, Sayandeb
name: Bhattacharyya, Jishnu
name: Mattingly, David
name: Roberson, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Horava gravity theory possesses global Lifshitz space as a solution and has been conjectured to provide a natural framework for Lifshitz holography. We derive the conditions on the two derivative Horava gravity Lagrangian that are necessary for static, asymptotically Lifshitz spacetimes with flat transverse dimensions to contain a universal horizon, which plays a similar thermodynamic role as the Killing horizon in general relativity. Specializing to z=2 in 1+2 dimensions, we then numerically construct such regular solutions over the whole spacetime. We calculate the mass for these solutions and show that, unlike the asymptotically anti-de Sitter case, the first law applied to the universal horizon is straightforwardly compatible with a thermodynamic interpretation.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
Establishing an effective, pedagogical method for Bb clarinet students to transfer to the bass clarinet
Creators: name: Toohey, Brendan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study aims to establish an effective, pedagogical method for Bb clarinet students to successfully transfer to the bass clarinet. The differences between these two instruments are investigated by conducting a thorough review of the existing literature on the subject, combined with the opinion of professional bass clarinettists within Australia and overseas. By combining these two qualitative data sets, correlations and similarities in approach will be identified to suggest a method to transfer successfully.
Musikalisches Autograph für Karl Geigy[-Hagenbach]
Creators: name: Spindler, Fritz
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1885

description: Fritz Spindler
description: Eigenhändige Zeilen und Noten mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Oktober 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und dem Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf