cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Taphozous philippinensis Waterhouse 1845
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Emballonuridae
Taphozous
Taphozous philippinensis

description: Taphozous philippinensis Waterhouse, 1845. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845:9. TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines. DISTRIBUTION: Philippines. SYNONYMS: solifer. COMMENTS: Subgenus Taphozous. Includes solifer; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:105). Probably a subspecies of melanopogon; see Heaney et al. (1987:43). Corbet and Hill (1980:45) listed solifer as a distinct species without comment.
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.", "Heaney, L. R., P. C. Gonzales, and A. C. Acala. 1987. An annotated checklist of the taxonomic and conservation status of land mammals in the Philippines. Silliman Journal, 34: 32 - 66.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp."]}
Characterizing the Impact of Potential-Induced Degradation and Recovery on the Irradiance and Temperature Dependence of Photovoltaic Modules
Creators: name: Desharnais, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Performance and Reliability of Solar Cells

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2346-2350
description: Potential-induced degradation (PID) has been a growing area of concern and topic of research within the photovoltaic (PV) industry in recent years, prompting numerous publications on the subject and a draft testing standard currently under review (IEC 62804-1). A significant amount of this work has focused on the electrical performance of PV modules at standard test conditions (STC) after PID testing and, in some cases, following attempted PID recovery. According to IEC 62804-1, electroluminescence (EL) imaging and current-voltage measurements at low current and irradiance conditions are considered to be optional and to be used only as an early detection method of PID. Taking a different perspective, the work presented below incorporates EL, multi-irradiance, and temperature coefficient testing into the characterization of PV module performance before and after accelerated PID testing following IEC 62804 with negative bias applied, and again after recovery testing in which positive bias is applied repeatedly. To capture the results in a single metric that is more meaningful to the greater PV industry, energy simulations are performed to quantify the impact of PID and recovery on simulated energy yield, using the software PVsyst.
A Physics Based GOES Satellite Product for Use in NREL’s National Solar Radiation Database
Creators: name: Sengupta, M.
name: Habte, A.
name: Gotseff, P.
name: Weekley, A.
name: Lopez, A.
name: Anderberg, M.
name: Molling, C.
name: Heidinger, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2319-2322
description: Publicly accessible high-quality and long-term satellite-based solar resource data sets reduce barriers to solar grid penetration. Models that produce solar resource information from satellites have been in development for more than three decades. Two widely used approaches derive solar resources from satellites: (1) an empirical approach that relates ground-based observations to satellite measurements and (2) a physics-based approach that considers the radiation received at the satellite and creates retrievals to estimate clouds and surface radiation. Although empirical methods have been traditionally used for computing surface radiation, the advent of faster computing has made operational physical models viable. The Global Solar Insolation Project (GSIP) is an operational physical model from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that computes global horizontal radiation (GHI) using the visible and infrared channel measurements from geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES). GSIP uses a two-stage scheme that retrieves cloud properties and uses those properties in the Satellite Algorithm for Surface Radiation Budget (SASRAB) model to calculate surface radiation. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, and NOAA have recently collaborated to adapt GSIP to create a hightemporal and spatial resolution data set. The product initially generates the cloud properties using the AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres-Extended (PATMOS-x) algorithms [1] while calculating the GHI and diffuse horizontal radiation (DHI) using SASRAB. Comparisons to ground sites resulted in the finding that the satellite-based surface radiation suffered from a significant low bias. To remove this bias, we tested and applied three new radiative transfer algorithms that required aerosol optical depth and precipitable water vapor as inputs. These experiments showed significant improvement in the clear-sky radiation. The data sets are currently being incorporated into the widely used National Solar Radiation Data Base.
Test Method for a More Realistic Simulation of PID Field-Stress
Creators: name: Lechner, P.
name: Hummel, S.
name: Geyer, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Performance and Reliability of Solar Cells

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2342-2345
description: In this paper we propose and evaluate a laboratory test procedure using an environmental chamber with light for the simulation of PID field-stress by cyclic repetition of degradation and regeneration phases. As this test method also addresses the recovery process it can provide additional information about the possible PID behaviour of c-Si modules compared the IEC 62804 test method. At our PID-test field in Widderstall we analyse module temperature, air humidity, irradiance, leakage current and MPP power of modules under test. From the field data a simplified parameter pattern for cyclic PID-stress and recovery phases is derived and transferred to an environmental chamber with simulated sun light. Some exemplary results are shown for PID-susceptible c-Si modules: while being stable in a simulated “moderate climate” they suffer from degradation in a more PID-stressful simulated “tropical climate”.
A Software-Based Planning Approach for Photovoltaic Power Plant Layouts
Creators: name: Bischoff, M.
name: Leitner, J.
name: Plociennik, K.
name: Schüle, I.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2315-2318
description: We present an innovative software-based planning approach for large-scale ground-mounted photovoltaic
power plants which helps planners to design better layouts in shorter time. Rather than improving one single
layout in a trial-and-error manner, the software generates a variety of layout variants according to the planners’ specifications.
By comparing both technical and financial characteristics as, e.g. tilt angle, installed power, energy yield,
costs, NPV, IRR, LCoE, planners understand the effects of design changes and find the layout which fits their needs
best. Due to automation routines, e.g. for cable cross section calculations and CAD export of plant layouts, the engineering
effort for bid preparations is 80% lower compared to manual layout planning procedures with CAD and
Excel. Benchmarking studies as well as project application showed that up to 10% lower energy generation costs can
be attained with this planning approach. Utilizing the full planning potential results in better PV power plants and
brings us one step closer to grid parity.
Spectral-weight sum rules for the hadronic vacuum polarization
Creators: name: Boito, Diogo
name: Golterman, Maarten
name: Maltman, Kim
name: Peris, Santiago
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a number of sum rules comparing spectral integrals involving judiciously chosen weights to integrals over the corresponding Euclidean two-point function. The applications we have in mind are to the hadronic vacuum polarization that determines the most important hadronic correction $a_μ^{\rm HVP}$ to the muon anomalous magnetic moment. First, we point out how spectral weights may be chosen that emphasize narrow regions in $\sqrt{s}$, providing a tool to investigate emerging discrepancies between data-driven and lattice determinations of $a_μ^{\rm HVP}$. Alternatively, for a narrow region around the $ρ$ mass, they may allow for a comparison of the dispersive determination of $a_μ^{\rm HVP}$ with lattice deteruminations zooming in on the region of the well-known BaBar-KLOE discrepancy. Second, we show how such sum rules can in principle be used for carrying out precision comparisons of hadronic-$τ$-decay-based data and $e^+e^-\to\mbox{hadrons}(γ)$-based data, where lattice computations can provide the necessary isospin-breaking corrections.
description: 33 pages, 5 figures; expanded discussions, version to be published, no changes in results
Inline Processes for the Stabilization of p-Type Crystalline Si Solar Cells Against Potential-Induced Degradation
Creators: name: Nagel, H.
name: Saint-Cast, P.
name: Glatthaar, M.
name: Glunz, S.W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Performance and Reliability of Solar Cells

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2351-2355
description: In order to stabilize multicrystalline Si solar cells against potential-induced degradation of the
shunting type (PID-s), an intermediate SiO2 layer was grown between the n+-diffused emitter and the PECVD
SiN antireflection coating. Two inline processes were investigated and implemented in an industrial processing
sequence: UV oxidation and thermal oxidation in a walking-string furnace. In both cases excellent PID-s
resistivity was obtained as measured by a PID-s cell test before encapsulation. After encapsulation in standard
glass / ethylene vinyl acetate / backsheet modules the UV oxidized cells exceed the requirements defined in
the new edition of the IEC 62804 standard with respect to PID-s resistivity on module level. The thermally
oxidized cells are even more stable. Additionally, before PID-s an increase of cell efficiency by 0.2% relative
compared to cells without oxide was obtained for thermal SiO2 films.
Analysis of the Combustion Fumes and Gases Released during the Burning of Some C-Si PV Modules
Creators: name: Liciotti, C.
name: Cancelliere, P.
name: Cardinali, M.
name: Puccia, V.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Quality and Sustainability in Manufacturing and Recycling

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2259-2266
description: Along with the strong growth of photovoltaic installations, also the number of fires involving
photovoltaic systems has grown. The fire risk analysis due to photovoltaic systems has been taken into strong
consideration. About that, three were the most considered issues: 1) PV modules and components fire behavior and
characterization; 2) fire ignition related to photovoltaic components; 3) risk of electrocution in firefighting activities
in proximity to photovoltaic generators. To protect the firefighter and to respect the environment, the type of fumes
and gases that are released into the environment during a fire of a photovoltaic system should also be considered.
This paper shows the analysis of the combustion fumes and gases released during the burning of some c-Si PV
modules produced with different kind of backsheets and encapsulants.
Taphozous theobaldi Dobson 1872
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Emballonuridae
Taphozous
Taphozous theobaldi

description: Taphozous theobaldi Dobson, 1872. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 152. TYPE LOCALITY: Burma, Tenasserim. DISTRIBUTION: C India to Vietnam; Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. A record from Maylaya appears to be in error; see Medway (1969:8). SYNONYMS: secatus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Taphozous.
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Medway, L. 1969. The wild mammals of Malaya and offshore islands including Singapore. Oxford University Press, London, 118 pp."]}
A Solar Spectrum Model Based on Artificial Neural-Networks
Creators: name: Peled, A.
name: Appelbaum, J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2327-2334
description: In this paper, a methodology based on Artificial Neural-Networks is developed for estimating the global, direct beam, and diffuse spectral irradiance at 300-1100[nm], under all-sky conditions. The input parameters to the proposed model are the global and direct beam atmospheric transmittance indices and ,as well as the optical air-mass and the simulated clear sky spectral irradiance obtained from SPCTRAL2 clear-sky model. The resulting simulated spectrum is combined from the outputs of a chain of neural-networks, each of which is responsible for simulating the spectral irradiance at a specific wavelength. The neural networks were trained and tested against spectral data, retrieved from NREL (Golden. CO. USA). Results were compared with another widely used all-sky model - SEDES2. Results show that the new model outperforms SEDES2 in terms of accuracy under all meteorological conditions, but exhibits an inadequate performance when noise is added to one of the inputs variables.
Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts during the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observing run
Creators: name: Merfeld, Kara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetars are neutron stars with exceptionally strong dipole magnetic fields which are observed to display a range of x-ray flaring behavior, but the flaring mechanism is not well understood. The third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo extended from April 1, 2019 to March 27, 2020, and contained x-ray flares from known magnetar SGR 1935+2154, as well as the newly-discovered magnetar, Swift J1818-1607. We search for gravitational waves coincident with these magnetar flares with minimally modeled, coherent searches which specifically target both short-duration gravitational waves produced by excited f-modes in the magnetar's core, as well as long-duration gravitational waves motivated by the Quasi-Periodic Oscillations observed in the tails of giant flares. In this paper, we report on the methods and sensitivity estimates of these searches, and the astrophysical implications.
The validity and reliability of the high sensitivity cognitive screen : a replication study
Creators: name: Polonowita, A. K.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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HOW NFTs CAN REVOLUTIONIZE THE BOOK INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Abhik
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: As the times are changing, physical books are also becoming old & a lot of young generations are preferring digital versions of physical books. The people who are most affected by these changes are the authors of those physical books. So the authors can adopt the NFTs which are unique tokens or digital representations of ownership of their book. They essentially turn their book into an NFT. This way the book can be digitally distributed as well as the author gets a lot of control over the distribution or sales of the book. This also garners the attention of the young generation. NFTs are our future and there are a lot of applications of NFT in the future.
Nycteris G. Cuvier and E. Geoffroy 1795
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Nycteridae
Nycteris

description: Nycteris G. Cuvier and E. Geoffroy, 1795. Mag. Encyclop., 2:186. TYPE SPECIES: Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1775. COMMENTS: Some African species revised by Cakenberghe and Vree (1985).
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
Detailed Chemical Abundances in the r-Process-Rich Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum 2
Creators: name: Roederer, Ian U.
name: Mateo, Mario
name: Bailey, John I.
name: Song, Yingyi
name: Bell, Eric F.
name: Crane, Jeffrey D.
name: Loebman, Sarah
name: Nidever, David L.
name: Olszewski, Edward W.
name: Shectman, Stephen A.
name: Thompson, Ian B.
name: Valluri, Monica
name: Walker, Matthew G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Reticulum 2 (Ret 2) was recently discovered in images obtained by the Dark Energy Survey. We have observed the four brightest red giants in Ret 2 at high spectral resolution using the Michigan/Magellan Fiber System. We present detailed abundances for as many as 20 elements per star, including 12 elements heavier than the Fe group. We confirm previous detection of high levels of r-process material in Ret 2 (mean [Eu/Fe]=+1.69+/-0.05) found in three of these stars (mean [Fe/H]=-2.88+/-0.10). The abundances closely match the r-process pattern found in the well-studied metal-poor halo star CS22892-052. Such r-process-enhanced stars have not been found in any other ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, though their existence has been predicted by at least one model. The fourth star in Ret 2 ([Fe/H]=-3.42+/-0.20) contains only trace amounts of Sr ([Sr/Fe]=-1.73+/-0.43) and no detectable heavier elements. One r-process enhanced star is also enhanced in C (natal [C/Fe]=+1.1). This is only the third such star known, which suggests that the nucleosynthesis sites leading to C and r-process enhancements are decoupled. The r-process-deficient star is enhanced in Mg ([Mg/Fe]=+0.81+/-0.14), and the other three stars show normal levels of alpha-enhancement (mean [Mg/Fe]=+0.34+/-0.03). The abundances of other alpha and Fe-group elements closely resemble those in ultra-faint dwarf galaxies and metal-poor halo stars, suggesting that the nucleosynthesis that led to the large r-process enhancements either produced no light elements or produced light-element abundance signatures indistinguishable from normal supernovae.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal. 12 pages, 6 figures, 8 tables
Mapping the Performance of PV Modules: the Influence of Irradiance, Temperature, Wind and Spectral Variations
Creators: name: Huld, T.
name: Gracia Amillo, A.M.
name: Müller, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2290-2295
description: We present calculations for PV energy yield over continental-scale regions. The calculations take into account the effects of reflectance at shallow angles of incidence, the influence of low irradiance and module temperature on module power output, and the influence of air temperature and wind speed on module temperature. The study has been made for a region comprising Eurasia and Africa, excluding arctic areas. Results show that for crystalline silicon the effects of angle-of-incidence are rather modest, at 2-4% loss of output, while temperature and irradiance effects may range from -20% to +5% depending on location. Considering the cooling effect of wind may change the expected yearly energy output by up to +6-7% in windy desert areas while in other areas the effect is minimal. Recent work on calculating spectrally resolved irradiance from satellite has made it possible for the first time to estimate the effect of spectral variations on PV performance. Preliminary results show that in cloudy tropical areas this could mean up to 6% higher energy output for CdTe modules while the effect would be very small in desert regions.
EXCEED-DM: Extended Calculation of Electronic Excitations for Direct Detection of Dark Matter
Creators: name: Trickle, Tanner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct detection experiments utilizing electronic excitations are spearheading the search for light, sub-GeV, dark matter (DM). It is thus crucial to have accurate predictions for any DM-electron interaction rate in this regime. EXCEED-DM (EXtended Calculation of Electronic Excitations for Direct detection of Dark Matter) computes DM-electron interaction rates with inputs from a variety of ab initio electronic structure calculations. The purpose of this manuscript is two-fold: to familiarize the user with the formalism and inputs of EXCEED-DM, and perform novel calculations to showcase what EXCEED-DM is capable of. We perform four calculations which extend previous results: the scattering rate in the dark photon model, screened with the numerically computed dielectric function, the scattering rate with an interaction potential dependent on the electron velocity, an extended absorption calculation for scalar, pseudoscalar, and vector DM, and the annual modulation of the scattering rate in the dark photon model.
description: v2: 49 pages, 7 figures; updated to match published version
Past-directed scalar field gradients and scalar-tensor thermodynamics
Creators: name: Giusti, Andrea
name: Giardino, Serena
name: Faraoni, Valerio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We refine and slightly enlarge the recently proposed first-order thermodynamics of scalar-tensor gravity to include gravitational scalar fields with timelike and past-directed gradients. The implications and subtleties arising in this situation are discussed and an exact cosmological solution of scalar-tensor theory in first-order thermodynamics is revisited in light of these results.
description: 7 pages, no figures
Sub-typing of depression in idiopathic Parkinson's disease
Creators: name: Hopwood, Malcolm.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Analytical Methods to Analyze Ageing of PV Modules on Module Level
Creators: name: Bogdanski, N.
name: Mathiak, G.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Quality and Sustainability in Manufacturing and Recycling

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2272-2275
description: A variety of different analysis methods are used to determine specific PV module characteristics. Often ageing of PV modules is quantified by thereby resulting power reduction and by evaluation of electroluminescence (EL) images. Since many of the known degradation mechanisms proceed with time and loss of power occurs relatively late after ageing has advanced. The present work addresses methods to investigate ageing effects in an early stage. The methods that are employed in particular are peel-off tests to determine the adhesion strength between the various interfaces of polymeric layers, which the PV panel consists of and Gas-chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GCMS) which was applied to find variations within the chemical structure of polymeric materials such as the encapsulation material. Another method, utilizes electromagnetic coupling to detect disconnections within the module’s circuitry and changes of the resistive properties of the cell circuitry. These methods have been applied both, to modules aged in accelerated laboratory test and outdoor weathering in order to find correlation between current laboratory test methods and ageing found during outdoor exposition of PV modules.
Secrecy Sum Rate Maximization in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access
Creators: name: Zhang, Yi
name: Wang, Hui-Ming
name: Yang, Qian
name: Ding, Zhiguo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been recognized as a promising technique for providing high data rates in 5G systems. This letter is to study physical layer security in a single-input single-output (SISO) NOMA system consisting of a transmitter, multiple legitimate users and an eavesdropper. The aim of this letter is to maximize the secrecy sum rate (SSR) of the NOMA system subject to the users' quality of service (QoS) requirements. We firstly identify the feasible region of the transmit power for satisfying all users' QoS requirements. Then we derive the closed-form expression of an optimal power allocation policy that maximizes the SSR. Numerical results are provided to show a significant SSR improvement by NOMA compared with conventional orthogonal multiple access (OMA).
The Presentation order and the transformation of the Irish denominational secondary school, 1940-72
Creators: name: Delaney, Catriona
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023

description: Despite considerable research on Irish secondary education, there remains a lacuna in our understanding of the inherent structural and organisational mechanisms which prescribed second-level education in Ireland for the greater part of the twentieth century. In particular, historians of Irish post-primary education have tended to neglect the role which religious congregations played in the provision and delivery of secondary education and as such, their experience has been largely excluded from the canon of educational history. In selecting a group of female religious synonymous with the provision of education, this study seeks to identify Catholic religious teaching orders within the broader discourse of Irish secondary education. This study is concerned with the Presentation sisters, a native Irish congregation of female religious, established in 1775, for the sole purpose of providing education to young Catholic girls who, by the mid-1960s, were among the main providers of girls’ secondary education in Ireland. The analysis incorporates the oral testimonies of twenty-three Presentation sisters who taught in various secondary schools throughout the Republic of Ireland between 1940 and 1972 and also examines diverse and often unique archival sources concerned with the Presentation sisters and their schools. Until the mid-1960s, the Presentation secondary school was a private, voluntary entity, governed and organised according to the hierarchal structures of the broader Catholic Church. Despite, the subordinate position which female religious regularly assumed within church affairs, this studyreveals that the Presentation sisters demonstrated considerable autonomy both as progressive educators and acute business women. They willingly adapted to reforms introduced by the Department of Education from the late 1950s onwards, and contributed to the success of many government education policies. Following the Second Vatican Council (1962-5), the Presentation sisters reassessed their position in education and introduced changes which brought their apostolic mission in line with the needs of the time. In considering the era before, during and after educational reform, this study offers new insights into the transformation of the traditional, denominational secondary school system. This research also follows on from earlier studies concerned with the role and experience of female religious in Irish society. It exposes the previously hidden history of female religious as secondary school educators and examines the invaluable contribution which not only the Presentation sisters, but religious congregations in general, made to Irish second-level education.
Structural Semiconductor-to-Semimetal Phase Transition in Two-Dimensional Materials Induced by Electrostatic Gating
Creators: name: Li, Yao
name: Duerloo, Karel-Alexander N.
name: Wauson, Kerry
name: Reed, Evan J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamic control of conductivity and optical properties via atomic structure changes is of tremendous technological importance in information storage. Energy consumption considerations provide a driving force toward employing thin materials in devices. Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides are nearly atomically-thin materials that can exist in multiple crystal structures, each with distinct electrical properties. Using density functional approaches, we discover that electrostatic gating device configurations have the potential to drive structural semiconductor-to-semimetal phase transitions in some monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. For the first time, we show that the dynamical control of this phase transition can be achieved in carefully designed electronic devices. We discover that the semiconductor-to-semimetal phase transition in monolayer MoTe2 can be driven by a gate voltage of several Volts with appropriate choice of dielectric. Structural transitions in monolayer TaSe2 are predicted to occur under similar conditions. While the required field magnitudes are large for these two materials, we find that the gate voltage for the transition can be reduced arbitrarily by alloying, e.g. for MoxW1-xTe2 monolayers. We have developed a method for computing phase diagrams of monolayer materials with respect to charge and voltage, validated by comparing to direct calculations and experimental measurements. Our findings identify a new physical mechanism, not existing in bulk materials, to dynamically control structural phase transitions in two-dimensional materials, enabling potential applications in phase-change electronic devices.
Collaborative Development of Automated Advanced Interoperability Certification Test Protocols for PV Smart Grid Integration
Creators: name: Johnson, J.
name: Bründlinger, R.
name: Urrego, C.
name: Alonso, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2283-2289
description: Photovoltaic (PV) systems and other Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) can provide voltage and frequency support to the electric grid through commanded and autonomous operating modes. These functions have been standardized in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Report 61850-90-7 in 2013; and recently, in response to national and international requirements, are being added to PV inverters by the manufacturers. However there are currently large gaps in the certification standards for verifying the interoperability and functionality of the advanced DER functions. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), and TECNALIA—as part of a collaboration through the Smart Grid International Research Facility Network (SIRFN)—are designing and exercising test protocols to characterize the interoperability and advanced functionality of these devices. This paper discusses the ongoing development of a pre-certification standard protocol for testing advanced DER inverter interoperability functions and automation of the testing procedures in the U.S., Austria, and Spain. A non-dimensionalized comparison of the test results for a 3 kW single phase PV inverter at Sandia, a 20 kW three phase PV inverter at AIT, and a 5 kW single phase PV inverter at TECNALIA are provided.
Correlates of aggressive behaviour among patients in a psychogeriatric unit
Creators: name: Wilson, Brett N.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Nycteris arge Thomas 1903
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Nycteridae
Nycteris
Nycteris arge

description: Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12:633. TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroon, Efulen. DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone to S and E Zaire; W Kenya; SW Sudan; NE Angola; Bioko. COMMENTS: Formerly included intermedia; see Hayman and Hill (1971:19), but see Cakenberghe and Vree (1985).
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Hayman, R. W., and J. E. Hill. 1971. Order Chiroptera. Part 2. Pp. 1 - 73, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 15 Jul 1971]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated."]}
Extending the LCDM model through shear-free anisotropies
Creators: name: Pereira, Thiago S.
name: Pabon, Davincy T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If the spacetime metric has anisotropic spatial curvature, one can afford to expand the universe isotropically, provided that the energy-momentum tensor satisfy a certain con- straint. This leads to the so-called shear-free metrics, which have the interesting property of violating the cosmological principle while still preserving the isotropy of the cosmic mi- crowave background (CMB) radiation. In this work we show that shear-free cosmologies correspond to an attractor solution in the space of models with anisotropic spatial curva- ture. Through a rigorous definition of linear perturbation theory in these spacetimes, we show that shear-free models represent a viable alternative to describe the large-scale evo- lution of the universe, leading, in particular, to a kinematically equivalent Sachs-Wolfe effect. Alternatively, we discuss some specific signatures that shear-free models would imprint on the temperature spectrum of CMB.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Inflation and the Origin of the CMB Anomalies held at Cali -- Colombia, May 2015
Automatic Fault Detection on BIPV Systems without Solar Irradiation Data
Creators: name: Leloux, J.
name: Narvarte, L.
name: Luna, A.
name: Desportes, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2296-2302
description: BIPV systems are small PV generation units spread out over the territory, and whose characteristics are very diverse. This makes difficult a cost-effective procedure for monitoring, fault detection, performance analyses, operation and maintenance. As a result, many problems affecting BIPV systems go undetected. In order to carry out effective automatic fault detection procedures, we need a performance indicator that is reliable and that can be applied on many PV systems at a very low cost. The existing approaches for analyzing the performance of PV systems are often based on the Performance Ratio (PR), whose accuracy depends on good solar irradiation data, which in turn can be very difficult to obtain or cost-prohibitive for the BIPV owner. We present an alternative fault detection procedure based on a performance indicator that can be constructed on the sole basis of the energy production data measured at the BIPV systems. This procedure does not require the input of operating conditions data, such as solar irradiation, air temperature, or wind speed. The performance indicator, called Performance to Peers (P2P), is constructed from spatial and temporal correlations between the energy output of neighboring and similar PV systems. This method was developed from the analysis of the energy production data of approximately 10,000 BIPV systems located in Europe. The results of our procedure are illustrated on the hourly, daily and monthly data monitored during one year at one BIPV system located in the South of Belgium. Our results confirm that it is possible to carry out automatic fault detection procedures without solar irradiation data. P2P proves to be more stable than PR most of the time, and thus constitutes a more reliable performance indicator for fault detection procedures. We also discuss the main limitations of this novel methodology, and we suggest several future lines of research that seem promising to improve on these procedures.
Lagrangian acceleration in fully developed turbulence and its Eulerian decompositions
Creators: name: Buaria, Dhawal
name: Sreenivasan, Katepalli R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties of various Eulerian contributions to fluid particle acceleration by using well-resolved direct numerical simulations of isotropic turbulence, with the grid resolution as high as $12288^3$ and the Taylor-scale Reynolds number $R_λ$ in the range between 140 and 1300. The variance of convective acceleration, when normalized by Kolmogorov scales, increases linearly with $R_λ$, consistent with simple theoretical arguments, but very strongly differing from phenomenological predictions of Kolmogorov's hypothesis as well as Eulerian multifractal models. The scaling of the local acceleration is also linear $R_λ$ to the leading order, but more complex in detail. The strong cancellation between the local and convective acceleration -- faithful to the random sweeping hypothesis -- results in the variance of the Lagrangian acceleration increasing only as $R_λ^{0.25}$, as recently shown by Buaria \& Sreenivasan [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 234502 (2022)]. The acceleration variance is dominated by irrotational pressure gradient contributions, whose variance also follows an $R_λ^{0.25}$ scaling; the solenoidal viscous contributions are relatively small and follow a $R_λ^{0.13}$, consistent with Eulerian multifractal predictions.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Using Satellite Data for Intraday Solar Energy Forecasts: Benchmarks of Two Cloud Trajectory Retrieval Techniques
Creators: name: Cros, S.
name: Jolivet, S.
name: Sébastien, N.
name: Schmutz, N.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2220-2224
description: At intraday horizon, photovoltaic (PV) electricity production forecasting is crucial for a massive and safe integration of this energy into the grid. PV production is mainly driven by incident solar irradiance at ground level. This parameter cannot be accurately determined as a numerical weather prediction model (NWP) output at this time-horizon. Forecast methods using images from meteorological geostationary satellites are a proven alternative. Such methods consist in assessing cloud motion and in extrapolating cloud data from current satellite images to predict future cloud patterns. Two approaches have been implemented to derive cloud motion, using respectively image processing techniques and wind data provided by a NWP model. Comparative benefits of the two approaches have not fully been quantified. Therefore, we propose a benchmark of these two approaches. We implemented these algorithms and compared them with ground measurements. Results shows that cloud motion vectors derived from satellite are more pertinent within a short time horizon. After three hours, external wind data permit to reduce the bias between forecasts and in-situ measurements.
PV Aging Model Applied to Several Meteorological Conditions
Creators: name: Braisaz, B.
name: Duchayne, C.
name: Van Iseghem, M.
name: Radouane, K.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2303-2309
description: Photovoltaic installations are usually guaranteed to operate for 25 to 30 years, with a warranty of 80% of initial performance remaining after this time. However, in order to determine the profitability of a project, it is important to estimate the performance of the photovoltaic modules over their lifetime, depending on their environment. In this study, a first version of an ageing model for photovoltaic systems is considered, taking into account the influence of the environmental stress factors, which are the temperature, the relative humidity, and the exposure to UV radiation. Another stress factor also needs to be taken into account: the module’s voltage potential versus ground (Potential Induced Degradation). The impact of cell cracks on the modules is also included in the model, their impact over the years depending on the temperature, but mainly to thermal cycles, due to the differences in temperature between day and night (thermal dilatation). Accelerated Damp Heat tests, thermal cycling tests, PID tests and UV tests are interpreted and used for calibrating the model, in addition to other degradation studies taken from relevant literature. A simple model is first built for the corrosion, with the temperature and humidity as stress factors, considering only the maximum power degradation. A more advanced model is then built, considering the degradation of the two-diode model parameters. A model has been built for each degradation, that is to say corrosion (temperature and humidity), AR coating and EVA discoloration (UV exposure), PID causes (temperature, humidity and voltage), and cell cracks (Thermal cycling). First simulations have been done, with weather data from the south of France (Mediterranean climate), Miami (hot and humid), and Dubai (hot and dry) showing that the power output after 30 years is still above the warranty limit of 80%.
PV-Forecast: Regionalised Forecasting of Energy Production from Photovoltaic and Their Dynamics by a Combined Approach of Modelling and Real Time Measurements of Reference Systems
Creators: name: Minette, F.
name: Koster, D.
name: O'Nagy, O.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2014
Subjects: OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
Operation of PV Systems and Plants

description: 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2225-2232
description: The share of decentralized, fluctuating and not demand side controlled energy sources, such as wind power and photovoltaic (PV), is constantly increasing and will represent a major part of the near future energy mix. Precise predictions of the energy production from these sources will be crucial to ensure grid stability and reliable energy trading. Accurate PV power predictions are not yet widely implemented, but are gaining more importance. The prediction accuracy for larger regions is already very promising, but the drawback is the accurate forecast for smaller regions.
The PV-Forecast project will improve the forecasting performance at higher spatial resolutions by using a combined approach of predictive modelling of the PV power and the monitoring of reference systems in order to increase the accuracy for (spatially) higher resolutions. The approach described in this paper isn’t fully developed yet, but the results presented seem to be promising to that end, that the site specific forecasts for the reference systems show good trends, compared to measurement values. The absolute errors normalized to the nominal power of the systems, for clear weather conditions, do lie under 10%. At cloudy conditions, the forecast performance is substantially lower, due to inaccuracies in the irradiance predictions, as shown in this paper.
A quantitative study of self-image and adjustment in pre-operative male gender dysphoric patients
Creators: name: Grant, Chris.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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