cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Can South Africa Make the Great Shift? Why financial planning needs to go holistic.
Creators: name: Edgars, Prof Tal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 350202
subject: Finance
classificationCode: 350103
subject: Financial accounting
classificationCode: 350205
subject: Household finance and financial literacy
classificationCode: 480101
subject: Banking, finance and securities law
classificationCode: 350207
subject: International finance
classificationCode: 350107
subject: Sustainability accounting and reporting
classificationCode: 350101
subject: Accounting theory and standards

description: This edition of Collective Insights developed like a meme —how it started vs how it ended. The initial premise was to collect commentary from the financial planning industry on the new global financial planning standards introduced earlier in the year. This question, however, gave our contributors a chance to highlight the bigger problems that are plaguing the industry in South Africa. Clear themes emerged from the writings that showcased the issues still to be addressed in South Africa to ensure that financial planning and advice can be offered to the greater South African public holistically, equitably and inclusively. This edition will focus on the problems identified by our contributors, highlight some of the issues that cause these problems, and offer possible solutions and industry trends that may assist in alleviating these issues in future. We are indebted to people such as Lelané Bezuidenhout, Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser, Tal Edgars, Gavin Smith, Lizl Budhram, Viwe Mngxaso, Gareth Collier, Jackie Palframan, Caretha Laubscher, David Crosoer and Kobus Kleyn (aided by ChatGPT) for their thoughtful contributions to this d i s c u s s io n . But this is just the start of the discussion. It serves to focus our attention. What needs to follow is the hard work of determining: What needs to change in our training of financial professionals to better equip them for South African realities;How we shift the focus of the industry from saving for retirement to addressing the financial trade-off decisions that individuals and families need to make every day of their lives; How we model the consequences of trade-off decisions so that South Africans can make better choices to address those family needs; How we create a business model that will make all of this financially viable but not affect the quality of advice; and How we provide an ongoing advisory process to a population where financial literacy may still be wanting and where access to digital support may still mirror the level of inequality that appears in other parts of South African society.
Universal wavenumber selection laws in apical growth
Creators: name: Goh, Ryan
name: Beekie, Rajendra
name: Matthias, Daniel
name: Nunley, Joshua
name: Scheel, Arnd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35B36, 37L10, 92C15, 35B25

description: We study pattern-forming dissipative systems in growing domains. We characterize classes of boundary conditions that allow for defect-free growth and derive universal scaling laws for the wavenumber in the bulk of the domain. Scalings are based on a description of striped patterns in semi-bounded domains via strain-displacement relations. We compare predictions with direct simulations in the Swift-Hohenberg, the Complex Ginzburg-Landau, the Cahn-Hilliard, and reaction-diffusion equations.
Development of Highly Efficient a-Si:H/µc-Si:H Tandem Thin Film Solar Cells on 5.7m² Size Glass Substrates
Creators: name: Kadam, A.
name: Li, L.
name: Sheng, S.
name: Won, T.K.
name: Su, J.
name: Chae, Y.K.
name: Tanner, D.
name: Eberspacher, C.
name: Choi, S.Y.
name: White, J.M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2062-2064
description: High performance of a-Si:H/μc-Si:H tandem junction solar cell was demonstrated on large glass (5.7m2) using radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF-PECVD) technique. Tandem junction cells showed excellent uniformity of film thickness (< 10%) and crystalline fraction (< 5%), and high conversion efficiency was obtained from cell (11.3%) and 30x30 cm2 module (9.63%). Applied SunFabTM Solar Module Production Line enables customers to manufacture world class, 5.7m2 thin film silicon photovoltaic modules. The Applied SunFabTM Line delivers state-of-the-art manufacturing capability needed to produce the lowest cost per watt modules.
Status of Amorphous Silicon at EPV Solar: Module Manufacturing, Device Performance, and R&D
Creators: name: Delahoy, A.E.
name: Guo, S.
name: Stavrides, A.
name: Patel, A.
name: Cambridge, J.
name: Xu, Y.
name: Varvar, A.
name: Berens, T.
name: Twesme, E.
name: Iafelice, V.
name: Johnson, B.
name: Steiger, R.
name: Le, L.T.
name: Jansen, K.W.
name: Eichelbroenner, M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2069-2074
description: A proven approach to high-throughput PECVD production of a-Si:H has enabled EPV SOLAR to
demonstrate impressive manufacturing statistics for tandem junction a-Si modules using its Gen IV technology at the
Lawrenceville, NJ plant. The latest technology, Gen VI, is being ramped up in the newer Robbinsville plant and
0.94m2 modules are being produced with initial output powers ranging above 65W. Diagnostic device analyses are
presented for cross-flow PECVD geometry and a new metric MPP K is introduced. Textured ZnO:Al films with
mobilities in the range 40-50 cm2/Vs have been demonstrated using reactive environment hollow cathode sputtering
(RE-HCS). The use of such a TCO in place of commercially available tin oxide has enabled a device efficiency
improvement of 8%. RE-HCS was also used to prepare TiO2 index-matching layers that were used to improve device
efficiency. The application of a-Si modules to arrays has been studied. It has been found that for modules of a given
type, binning by Imp does not lead to a significant increase in array power.
BILINGUAL CREATIVITY IN SAUDI ENGLISH
Creators: name: WAFAA OTHMAN S FALLATAH
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The purpose of this graduation thesis is to identify and categorize features of bilingual creativity in Saudi English, which are the result of the speaker’s/writer’s competence in two languages, Arabic and English and to discover the cultural conceptualisations (i.e., cultural schema, cultural metaphor, and cultural category) that may lie behind these novel patterns of expression. Data for this study were collected from stand-up comedy performances, focus groups, newspaper articles, face-to-face interviews, and questionnaires. The results suggested that Saudi English bilingual creativity can be divided into six categories in which Saudi cultural conceptualisations were deeply embedded.
Lessons Learned in Production Optimization of 2.60m x 2.20m a-Si:H Photovoltaic Modules
Creators: name: Vetter, M.
name: Mata, C.
name: Andreu, J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2075-2078
description: The successful fabrication of very large photovoltaic thin film modules based on hydrogenated
amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) technology on float glass is presented. The different production steps are explained and
the performance of the three basic processes is shown. These are plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of a-
Si:H films in a 2.6m x 2.2m capacitive plasma reactor, transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and metal deposition in
an 2.6m wide in-line sputter tool and high power laser scribing to structure all the thin films. For the deposited layers
film thickness uniformity within 10% over the whole glass area is achieved and reliable laser scribe performance is
shown. An efficiency of 7.5% before light induced degradation (LID) is achieved, which calculates to a normalized 1
cm2 solar cell efficiency of 8.3% considering the effective aperture of the module. Estimating conservatively the LID
to 23%, a stabilized module efficiency of 5.8% can be expected. With the existing optimization potential in the
process parameters the achievement of stable module efficiency over 6% is seen to be possible with minor changes in
the processes.
Crystalline Silicon Surface Passivation by Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Layers Deposited by HWCVD, RF PECVD and VHF PECVD: The Influence of Thermal Annealing on Minority Carrier Lifetime
Creators: name: Schüttauf, J.W.A.
name: Van Der Werf, C.H.M.
name: Van Bommel, C.O.
name: Huijzer, M.J.
name: Van Sark, W.G.J.H.M.
name: Rath, J.K.
name: Schropp, R.E.I.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1114-1117
description: In this work we report on the influence of thermal annealing on the average minority carrier lifetime of c-
Si wafers which are passivated on both sides by intrinsic a-Si:H layers with a thickness of 50 nm made by different
deposition techniques. We found that for a-Si:H layers deposited at a low temperature (T < 130°C) and annealed at a
higher temperature (T = 200°C), this influence is particularly strong; typically leading to an increase in minority carrier
lifetimes of two orders of magnitude after prolonged annealing. This behavior is observed for RF PECVD, VHF PECVD
as well as for HWCVD. For all deposition methods we have obtained minority carrier lifetimes of approximately 4 ms at
a minority carrier density of 1015 cm-3 and the lifetime characteristics as a function of annealing time are highly similar.
We have also fabricated a sample by HWCVD at a relatively high temperature of 250°C, which has an as-deposited
minority carrier lifetime at 1015 cm-3 of 2.0 ms, higher than for the as-deposited layers at low temperature, which
however stayed roughly constant upon prolonged annealing at 200°C. Our results indicate that prolonged thermal
annealing has a strong effect on the passivation quality, provided that the a-Si:H layers are deposited at low
temperatures, and that this effect occurs regardless of the deposition method. Moreover, our results indicate that the
deposition temperature is a more critical parameter for the annealing characteristics and the final minority carrier lifetime
than the deposition method is.
Improved Understanding of Recombination at the Si/Al2O3 Interface
Creators: name: Werner, F.
name: Veith-Wolf, B.
name: Zielke, D.
name: Kühnemund, L.
name: Tegenkamp, C.
name: Seibt, M.
name: Schmidt, J.
name: Brendel, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1121-1124
description: Using aluminum oxide (Al2O3) films deposited by atomic layer deposition, the dominant passivation
mechanisms at the Si/Al2O3 interface, as well as the chemical composition of the interface region, are investigated.
The excellent surface passivation quality of thin Al2O3 films is predominantly assigned to a high negative fixed
charge density of Qf = − (4 ± 1) × 1012 cm-2, which is located within 1 nm of the Si/Al2O3 interface and virtually
independent of layer thickness. A deterioration of the passivation quality for ultrathin Al2O3 layers is explained by a
strong increase of the interface state density, presumably due to an incomplete reaction of the TMA molecules during
the first ALD cycles. A high oxygen-to-aluminum atomic ratio resulting from the incomplete adsorption of the TMA
molecules is suggested as a possible source of the high negative charge density Qf at the Si/Al2O3 interface.
With a little luck: The role of luck in the relationship between ambition and career success
Creators: name: Linck, Ashlee Jamie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150311 Organisational Behaviour

description: Careers scholars and practitioners routinely attribute successful career outcomes to agentic constructs—like ambition. As such, to capture the agentic perspective on career success, the present thesis incorporates ambition into the career success discussion. However, relying on ambition alone overlooks other factors outside of one’s control that may condition or influence its relationship with career success—such as luck. While luck is widely acknowledged as instrumental in everyday life, it has been largely underrepresented as a contributing factor to career success. Therefore, this thesis explores whether something non-agentic, like luck, may partly influence one’s career success.
Temporary Capture of Asteroids by a Planet: Dependence of Prograde/Retrograde Capture on Asteroids' Semimajor Axes
Creators: name: Higuchi, Arika
name: Ida, Shigeru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the dependence of the prograde/retrograde temporary capture of asteroids by a planet on their original heliocentric semimajor axes through analytical arguments and numerical orbital integrations in order to discuss the origins of irregular satellites of giant planets. We found that capture is mostly retrograde for the asteroids near the planetary orbit and is prograde for those from further orbits. An analytical investigation reveals the intrinsic dynamics of these dependences and gives boundary semimajor axes for the change in prograde/retrograde capture. The numerical calculations support the idea of deriving the analytical formulae and confirm their dependence. Our numerical results show that the capture probability is much higher for bodies from the inner region than for outer ones. These results imply that retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter are most likely to be captured bodies from the nearby orbits of Jupiter that may have the same origin as Trojan asteroids, while prograde irregular satellites originate from far inner regions such as the main-belt asteroid region.
description: Accepted for publication in AJ
Clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of the globular glial tauopathy subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration in right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia with salient features of Geschwind syndrome
Creators: name: Josephy-Hernandez, Sylvia
name: Brickhouse, Michael
name: Champion, Samantha
name: Kim, David Dongkyung
name: Touroutoglou, Alexandra
name: Frosch, Matthew
name: Dickerson, Bradford C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Globular Glial Tauopathy (GGT) is a rare form of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) consisting of 4-repeat tau globular inclusions in astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. We present the pathological findings of GGT in a previously published case of a 73-year-old woman with behavioral symptoms concerning for right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia with initial and salient features of Geschwind syndrome. Clinically, she lacked motor abnormalities otherwise common in previously published GGT cases. Brain MRI showed focal right anterior temporal atrophy (indistinguishable from five FTLD-TDP cases) and subtle ipsilateral white matter signal abnormalities. Brain autopsy showed GGT type III and Alzheimer’s neuropathologic changes. .
Surface Passivation for Si Solar Cells: A Combination of Advanced Surface Cleaning and Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Al2O3
Creators: name: Vermang, B.
name: Rothschild, A.
name: Kenis, K.
name: Wostyn, K.
name: Bearda, T.
name: Racz, A.
name: Loozen, X.
name: John, J.
name: Mertens, P.
name: Poortmans, J.
name: Mertens, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1118-1120
description: Thermal atomic layer deposit ion (ALD) of Al2O3 provides an adequate level of surface passivat ion
for both p-type and n-type Si solar cells. To obtain the most qualitat ive and uniform surface passivat ion adv anced
cleaning development is required. The studied pre-deposit ion t reatments include an HF (Si-H) or oxidizing (Si-OH)
last step and finish with simple hot -air drying or more sophist icated Marangoni drying. To examine the quality and
uniformity of surface passivat ion - after cleaning and Al2O3 deposit ion - carrier density imaging (CDI) and quasisteady-
state photo-conductance (QSSPC) are applied. A hydrophilic surface clean that leads to improved surface
passivat ion level is found. Si-H start ing surfaces lead to equivalent passivat ion quality but worse passivat ion
uniformity. The hydrophilic surface clean is preferred because it is thermodynamically stable, enables higher and
more uniform ALD growth and consequent ly exhibits bet ter surface passivat ion uniformity.
Using 220Rn to calibrate liquid noble gas detectors
Creators: name: Kobayashi, M.
name: Yamashita, M.
name: Takeda, A.
name: Kishimoto, K.
name: Moriyama, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we describe 220Rn calibration source that was developed for liquid noble gas detectors. The key advantage of this source is that it can provide 212Bi-212Po consecutive events, which enables us to evaluate the vertex resolution of a detector at low energy by comparing low-energy events of 212Bi and corresponding higher-energy alpha-rays from 212Po. Since 220Rn is a noble gas, a hot metal getter can be used when introduced using xenon as the carrier gas. In addition, no long-life radioactive isotopes are left behind in the detector after the calibration is complete; this has clear advantage over the use of 222Rn which leaves long- life radioactivity, i.e., 210Pb. Using a small liquid xenon test chamber, we developed a system to introduce 220Rn via the xenon carrier gas; we demonstrated the successful introduction of 6 times 10^2 220Rn atoms in our test environment.
description: 6 pages,10 figures, to appear in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics: TAUP2015, Torino, Italy
Smart Metering of surPLUShome as a Base for Demand Side Management
Creators: name: Steiner, L.
name: Hoffmann, A.
name: Hartkopf, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
Smart Grids, Intelligent Metering, and Related Issues

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 4871-4875
description: Photovoltaic generators are often seen as a disturbance for the grid, as their generated power is
fluctuating. In addition, as most PV generators feed into the low voltage network, in places with a high density of PV
generators overload problems in the grid occur during noon. While the reduction of the power generated by the PV is
the easiest way to handle overload problems, a better way would be to use the energy as close as possible to the
location it is produced. In most cases this would be the house on which the PV generator is mounted. Team
Germany’s 2009 Solar Decathlon winner House “surPLUShome” already contains all the needed hardware to build
up a demand side management that can reduce the feed-in power by increasing its own consumption. The energy that
is used at that time is saved at a later point, it has therefore been shifted.
Coloring connections with counting mountain-valley assignments
Creators: name: Hull, Thomas C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We survey more recent attempts at enumerating the number of mountain-valley assignments that allow a given crease pattern to locally fold flat. In particular, we solve this problem for square twist tessellations and generalize the method used to a broader family of crease patterns. We also describe the more difficult case of the Miura-ori and a recently-discovered bijection with 3-vertex colorings of grid graphs.
Motility of Colonial Choanoflagellates and the Statistics of Aggregate Random Walkers
Creators: name: Kirkegaard, Julius B.
name: Marron, Alan O.
name: Goldstein, Raymond E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We illuminate the nature of the three-dimensional random walks of microorganisms composed of individual organisms adhered together. Such $aggregate~random~walkers$ are typified by choanoflagellates, eukaryotes that are the closest living relatives of animals. In the colony-forming species $Salpingoeca~rosetta$ we show that the beating of each flagellum is stochastic and uncorrelated with others, and the vectorial sum of the flagellar propulsion manifests as stochastic helical swimming. A quantitative theory for these results is presented and species variability discussed.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, supplementary information included (2 videos available at website of R.E.G.); in press at Physical Review Letters
Investigation of Ion Backflow in Bulk Micromegas Detectors
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Purba
name: Bhattacharya, Deb Sankar
name: Mukhopadhyay, Supratik
name: Bhattacharya, Sudeb
name: Majumdar, Nayana
name: Sarkar, Sandip
name: Colas, Paul
name: Attie, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The operation of gas detectors is often limited by secondary effects, originating from avalanche-induced photons and ions. Ion backflow is one of the effects limiting the operation of a gas detector at high flux, by giving rise to space charge which disturbs the electric field locally. For the Micromegas detector, a large fraction of the secondary positive ions created in the avalanche can be stopped at the micro-mesh. The present work involves measurements of the ion backflow fraction (using an experimental setup comprising of two drift planes) in bulk Micromegas detectors as a function of detector design parameters. These measured characteristics have also been compared in detail to numerical simulations using the Garfield framework that combines packages such as neBEM, Magboltz and Heed. Further, the effect of using a second micro-mesh on ion backflow and other parameters has been studied numerically.
Supplementary document for Using reflectometry to minimize the dependence of fluorescence intensity on optical absorption and scattering - 6605127.pdf
Creators: name: Arias, Augusto
name: Anastasopoulou, Maria
name: Gorpas, Dimitris
name: Ntziachristos, Vasilis
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
Predictive Modeling of the Optimal Phosphorus Diffusion Profile in Silicon Solar Cells
Creators: name: Fenning, D.
name: Bertoni, M.
name: Buonassisi, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 1893-1896
description: A new approach to determine the ideal shape of the phosphorus concentration profile for a given material
quality is presented. A batch process is explained that links Matlab with PC1D simulations in order to optimize device
efficiency as a function of the shape of the diffusion curve, front surface recombination velocity, and bulk lifetime. Starting
from the characteristic double-exponential kink-and-tail phosphorus diffusion profile of an industrial cell, the phosphorus
profile was permutated by varying diffusion depth and phosphorus concentration to produce a set of widely varying diffusion
curves. Using automation software, thousands of individual profiles were loaded in PC1D and the cell performance was
simulated. First, our results confirm the well-established principles of optimized P-diffusion that shallow, abrupt junctions
are preferred. Second, our method rapidly elucidates the tradeoffs involved in developing an optimal phosphorus diffusion
process for solar cell production lines, e.g., the extent to which an increase in efficiency due to reducing the high phosphorus
concentration plateau depth can overshadow the performance enhancement from improving surface passivation.
Natural disaster contingencies and building supply chain resilience with integration
Creators: name: Drozdibob, Adela
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150309 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 40604 Natural Hazards
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified

description: This study advances theory and practice by developing a five-stage Supply Chain Resilience (SCRES) building model and clarifying how Supply Chain Integration (SCI) supports SCRES in relation to natural disasters. The study employs a case-study research design and relies on structural-contingency theory. It identifies three main performance indicators of successful SCRES building and provides strong guidance for unified SCRES measure development. Finally, among other findings, the government is recognised as an important stakeholder and trust is inductively captured as important for SCRES building.
ABJM on ellipsoid and topological strings
Creators: name: Hatsuda, Yasuyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is known that the large N expansion of the partition function in ABJM theory on a three-sphere is completely determined by the topological string on local Hirzebruch surface F_0. In this note, we investigate the ABJM partition function on an ellipsoid, which has a conventional deformation parameter b. Using 3d mirror symmetry, we find a remarkable relation between the ellipsoid partition function for b^2=3 (or b^2=1/3) in ABJM theory at k=1 and a matrix model for the topological string on another Calabi-Yau threefold, known as local P^2. As in the case of b=1, we can compute the full large N expansion of the partition function in this case. This is the first example of the complete large N solution in ABJM theory on the squashed sphere. Using the obtained results, we also analyze the supersymmetric Renyi entropy.
description: 29 pages
An analysis of the pile-up of infinite periodic walls of edge dislocations
Creators: name: de Geus, T. W. J.
name: Peerlings, R. H. J.
name: Hirschberger, C. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the equilibrium pile-up configurations of infinite periodic walls of edge dislocations which are forced against an impenetrable obstacle by a constant applied shear stress. Numerically generated density distributions exhibit two distinct regions, for each of which we provide an interpretation and an analytical prediction. Near the obstacle, the influence of neighbouring slip planes may be neglected and the classical solution for a single slip plane applies. At a larger distance a linear decay is obtained. The characteristic length scales of the two parts of the pile-up are shown to depend differently on the parameters of the problem.
Trapping in String Ribbon Multicrystalline Silicon
Creators: name: Reuter, M.
name: Gedeon, P.
name: Werner, J.H.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 1906-1908
description: Impurities degrade the material quality of crystalline silicon especially when creating deep defects
within the band gap. Unfortunately, the origin and the activity of the impurities and traps usually remain unknown
during solar cell processing. Even further, high temperature processing steps might activate electrically inactive
impurities, thus decreasing charge carrier lifetime and solar cell efficiency. Quasi steady state photo conductance
decay monitors minority charge carrier lifetime during solar cell processing and identifies critical processing steps.
Analysis with a model from Hornbeck and Haynes allows identification of trap density and type. Both block cast and
String Ribbon multi crystalline silicon materials show a decrease in trap density due to gettering while the bulk
lifetime increases.
Solid Phase Crystallized Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells on Temperature-Stable ZnO:Al Contact Layers
Creators: name: Becker, C.
name: Dogan, P.
name: Ruske, F.
name: Gorka, B.
name: Sánchez-Vicens, A.
name: Conrad, E.
name: Gall, S.
name: Rech, B.
name: Hüpkes, J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Thin Film Crystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2045-2048
description: Polycrystalline silicon/amorphous silicon (poly-Si/a-Si) hetero thin-film solar cells were prepared on ZnO:Al coated glass substrate. The poly-Si layers were deposited by electron-beam evaporation at various substrate temperatures and subsequent thermal annealing at 600°C. The optical and electrical properties of the ZnO:Al layers were found to be stable upon this heat-treatment if covered with silicon. Best open circuit voltages up to 380 mV were achieved for an e-beam deposition temperature of 600°C. As no rapid thermal annealing (RTA) step has been applied to the films yet, this value is comparable to up-to-date silicon SPC technologies.
Finite W-algebras for gl_N
Creators: name: De Sole, Alberto
name: Kac, Victor G.
name: Valeri, Daniele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 17B08, 17B63, 17B35, 17B80

description: We study the quantum finite W-algebras W(gl_N,f), associated to the Lie algebra gl_N, and its arbitrary nilpotent element f. We construct for such an algebra an r_1 x r_1 matrix L(z) of Yangian type, where r_1 is the number of maximal parts of the partition corresponding to f. The matrix L(z) is the quantum finite analogue of the operator of Adler type which we introduced in the classical affine setup. As in the latter case, the matrix L(z) is obtained as a generalized quasideterminant. It should encode the whole structure of W(gl_N,f), including explicit formulas for generators and the commutation relations among them. We describe in all detail the examples of principal, rectangular and minimal nilpotent elements.
description: 37 pages
Latest R&D Developments of Thin Film Silicon PV at Oerlikon Solar
Creators: name: Meier, J.
name: Kroll, U.
name: Benagli, S.
name: Hötzel, J.
name: Bailat, J.
name: Borrello, D.
name: Spitznagel, J.
name: Castens, L.
name: Vallat-Sauvain, E.
name: Dehbozorgi, B.
name: Kluth, O.
name: Kravets, R.
name: Kupich, M.
name: Ellert, C.
name: Bakehe, S.
name: Goldbach, H.
name: Keller, M.
name: Roschek, T.
name: Gossla, M.
name: Knauss, H.
name: Eisenhammer, T.
name: Henz, J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2057-2061
description: A stabilized record efficiency of 9.1 % for an a-Si:H p-i-n test cell (1 cm2) could be obtained thanks to
the enhanced light-trapping properties of LPCVD ZnO as front TCO and a rigorous process optimisation. ESTI of
JRC independently confirms a stabilized aperture efficiency of 8.32 % for a mini-module based on a-Si:H p-i-n with
ZnO as front TCO. 1.4 m2 large-area amorphous silicon p-i-n modules with 123 W initial power have been fabricated
implementing such ZnO layers as front TCO. Micromorph test cells with initial efficiencies of 12.1 % have been
prepared in the KAI-M reactor. Up-scaling of Micromorph tandems to mini-modules and 1.4 m2 area modules have
led to remarkable high efficiencies. First results applying in-situ deposited intermediate reflector layers in the KAI-M
PECVD system reveal promising results for next generation of Micromorph tandem devices.
Novel biomarkers and protein-protein interactions in Schizophrenia
Creators: name: Islam, Tasnim
name: Silverman, Rosalind
name: Silverman, Lorelei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other health sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions. Although the course of schizophrenia varies among individuals, schizophrenia is typically persistent and can be both severe and disabling. Effective biomarkers could validate new treatment targets or pathways, predict response, aid in selection of patients for therapy, determine treatment regimens, and provide a rationale for personalized treatments. Bioinformatic analyses of the differentially expressed, whether increased or decreased proteins, were compiled from various research articles. These are proteins that were identified in blood, saliva, or peripheral tissue samples as compared to controls. A total of 88 proteins fitting this description were identified and the genes that are responsible for encoding these proteins were then identified using the PUBMED gene database. Next, the list of gene IDs were inputted into String functional protein association networks software to identify protein-protein interactions amongst the gene IDs. Afterwards, Panther classification system was used to model the functional classifications in the form of charts. Bioinformatic analyses of the differentially expressed proteins compiled from various research articles highlighted multiple major signaling pathways involved in schizophrenia suggests dysregulation of multiple pathways and protein interaction networks. The novel biomarkers identified can be used after validation to better understand to diagnose and monitor Schizophrenia.
High Speed Atmospheric Pressure ALD for Industrial Scale Solar Cell Passivation
Creators: name: Vermang, B.
name: Rothschild, A.
name: Racz, A.
name: John, J.
name: Poortmans, J.
name: Mertens, R.
name: Poodt, P.
name: Tiba, V.
name: Roozeboom, F.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1110-1113
description: A next generat ion material for surface passivat ion is atomic layer deposit ion (ALD) Al2O3.
However, convent ional t ime-resolved ALD is limited by its low deposit ion rate. Therefore, an experimental high -
deposit ion-rate prototype ALD reactor based on the spat ially-separated ALD principle has been developed. This
reactor leads to deposit ion rates up to 1.2 nm Al2O3/s. In this work, the passivat ion quality and uniformity of the
experimental spat ially-separated ALD Al2O3 films are evaluated and compared to convent ional temporal ALD
Al2O3, by use of quasi-steady-state photo-conductance (QSSPC) and carrier density imaging (CDI). It is shown that
spat ially-separated Al2O3 films of increasing thickness provide an increasing surface passivat ion level. Moreover,
on p-type CZ Si, 10 and 30 nm spat ial ALD Al2O3 layers can achieve the same level of surface passivat ion as
equivalent temporal ALD Al2O3 layers. In cont rast , on n-type FZ Si, spat ially-separated ALD Al2O3 samples
generally do not reach the same opt imal passivat ion quality as equivalent convent ional temporal ALD Al2O3
samples. Nevert heless, aft er “ firing”, 30 nm of spat ially -separated ALD Al2O3 on 250 μm t hick n-type (1-5
Ω.cm) FZ Si wafers can lead t o effect ive surface recombinat ion velocit ies as low as 2.9 cm/s, compared t o 1.9 cm/s
in the case of 30 nm of temporal ALD Al2O3.
Detection of the Intermediate-width Emission Line Region in Quasar OI 287 with the Broad Emission Line Region Obscured by the Dusty Torus
Creators: name: Li, Zhenzhen
name: Zhou, Hongyan
name: Hao, Lei
name: Wang, Huiyuan
name: Ji, Tuo
name: Shi, Xiheng
name: Liu, Bo
name: Zhang, Shaohua
name: Liu, Wen-Juan
name: Pan, Xiang
name: Jiang, Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of intermediate-width emission line regions (IELRs) in active galactic nuclei has been discussed for over two decades. A consensus, however, is yet to be arrived at due to the lack of convincing evidence for their detection. We present a detailed analysis of the broadband spectrophotometry of the partially obscured quasar OI 287. The ultraviolet intermediate-width emission lines (IELs) are very prominent, in high contrast to the corresponding broad emission lines (BELs) which are heavily suppressed by dust reddening. Assuming that the IELR is virialized, we estimated its distance to the central black hole of $\sim 2.9$ pc, similar to the dust sublimation radius of $\sim 1.3$ pc. Photo-ionization calculations suggest that the IELR has a hydrogen density of $\sim 10^{8.8}-10^{9.4} ~ \rm cm^{-3}$, within the range of values quoted for the dusty torus near the sublimation radius. Both its inferred location and physical conditions suggest that the IELR originates from the inner surface of the dusty torus. In the spectrum of this quasar, we identified only one narrow absorption-line system associated with the dusty material. With the aid of photo-ionization model calculations, we found that the obscuring material might originate from an outer region of the dusty torus. We speculate that the dusty torus, which is exposed to the central ionizing source, may produce IELs through photo-ionization processes, while also obscure BELs as a natural "coronagraph". Such a "coronagraph" could be found in a large number of partially obscured quasars and be a useful tool to study IELRs.
A BIPV Case Study on the PV Energy Research with Landscape Design in Taiwan – 3 Years Operation
Creators: name: Chen, H.-J.
name: Chiang, C.-M.
name: Chan, C.-C.
name: Lin, J.-P.
name: Shu, C.-M.
name: Chang, G.-W.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
PV Components for Buildings, PV Integration in Buildings

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 4890-4892
description: Three years operation of BIPV case study aimed to the environmental control of the architectural design
on landscape, which estimated the usability between human behavior and renewable energy on the design management.
The BIPV project was the landmark of the local city hall, when it was built in Tainan Country in 2005, and it was the
first BIPV research model in Taiwan. The multifunction covered three aspects: renewable energy usage, green site
planning and underground parking lot. The BIPV working system w3as a hybrid system, which used 219 pieces PV
modules by glass-to-glass type, and had total PV capacity of 24.09kWp. In the PV renewable energy, the DMY data was
from 1.11 to 1.74 (kWh/day/kWp) and the PR value was form 36.6%-37.5%. For consideration of each evaluated
factors, the architectural esthetics and energy design of the BIPV research case was not perfectly balance in the project.
The citizens could accept this modern urban park as a friendly design for usage. But the PV power efficiency, the
excessive design and inexact distribution decreased its power performance too much. Ultimately, The research
presented an intensely interesting data for Taiwan BIPV development between the PV industry and architectural design.
Postradiation Light Exposure for Photoinjection Annealing at Solar Cell Irradiation Tests
Creators: name: Shvarts, M.Z.
name: Soluyanov, A.A.
name: Timoshina, N.K.
name: Chosta, O.I.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Advanced Photovoltaics: New Concepts and Ultra-high Efficiency
Solar Cells, Modules and PV Systems for Space Applications

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 877-881
description: The present work generalizes results of our own experimental investigations of the effect of the
postradiation light exposure on the efficiency restoration of single- and multijunction SC photovoltaic parameters.
Presented are the data on irradiation of SCs by 1-3 MeV electrons and 6.3 MeV protons with allowing for
photoinjection annealing on a simulator of high-intensity light flux (up to 360 X) in the temperature range up to 100
°C. It has been determined that, after photoinjection annealing, I-V characteristic parameters of all SCs were
improved. However, for SCs irradiated by protons, restoration of the properties occurs essentially in less extent
compared to SCs irradiated by electrons. So, the recovery of the short circuit current occurs in greater extent
compared to that of the open circuit voltage. A comparative analysis of different ways of the illumination simulation
has been carried out. On the base of studying the effect of intensity and exposure duration of the light flux on the
effectiveness of annealing of radiation defects, with allowing for estimation of the semiconductor structure tolerance
to irradiation, recommendations for conditions of postradiation light exposure of SCs have been proposed.
Photovoltaic System Energy Production in Spain: Predictions and Results for 2009
Creators: name: Gómez-Gil, F.J.
name: Wang, X.
name: Barnett, A.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
Large PV Power Plants and High Penetration of Distributed PV: System Aspects and Grid Integration

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 4883-4889
description: This work compares the Energy Production (EP) in Spain for four photovoltaic system configurations:
fixed, 1-axis and 2-axis tracking flat plate, and Concentration Photovoltaic (CPV). Data from many of the large
systems that were installed in Spain in 2008 is used to compare the predicted and the actual performance for the
different configurations. The real performance of different EP systems using sun trackers is compared with that of the
fixed installations. This paper presents the mismatch between the real gain 2-axis vs. fixed configuration (26.0%) and
the theoretical number (38.7%), for the installations in the southern part of Spain. EP in CPV installations in Spain
are also estimated for an average year, predicted for 2009, reported real and compared with 2-axis flat plate
performance.
Integrating Photovoltaic Solar Power: Activation of the Public Spaces of City Centres (Case Study: Pilot Project for the General Vara del Rey Square in Madrid, Spain)
Creators: name: Fogué, U.
name: Palacios, C.
name: Gil, E.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
PV Components for Buildings, PV Integration in Buildings

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 4893-4898
description: One of the challenges that photovoltaic solar power currently faces is its integration within the city
centre, since, in general, large PV infrastructures have always been located outside cities. The purpose of this paper
is to present case studies to prove how integrated PV facilities provide a chance to not only improve the power
performance of cities but also to allow citizen participation in the power management processes. PV facilities are
both an urban infrastructure and a means of communication for citizens. The new ‘phothovoltaic landscape’ opens
the ‘black box’ of solar power and is configured in hybrid environments of society, technology and nature.
Xeliox Energy Lab: Designing of New PV Components
Creators: name: Acerbis, M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
PV Components for Buildings, PV Integration in Buildings

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 4899-4900
description: Xeliox Energy Lab (XEL) is the new headquarter building for Xeliox srl, an Italian company that produces solar
parabolic troughs. XEL is designed to be the first industrial building in Italy with an average energy consumption
≤ 6 kWh/mc: equivalent of Italian Class A. The building elements have been all analysed to identify their
transmittance values. The envelope is highly insulated compared to equivalent buildings. Although the South-East
axis of the building is not an ideal orientation it is maintained anyway to keep the existing grid of the industrial
estate. The 74m long curved façade with diagonal modules compensates the ‘incorrect’ exposure to the sun.
These modules alternate between solar thermal panels, photovoltaic panels and glass panels. The façade is able
to produce heat using solar thermal panels and electricity using photovoltaic panels. Transparent glass panels
will allow natural light into the public entrance space. Offices are completely independent in terms of electrical
energy. Natural lighting will provide comfortable working conditions. On the roof a number of parabolic troughs
will be installed. Some of them will be used for solar cooling in summer and solar heating in winter. The rest will
heat up the oil used by production machineries.