cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The First Brown Dwarf/Planetary-Mass Object in the 32 Orionis Group
Creators: name: Burgasser, Adam J.
name: Lopez, Mike A.
name: Mamajek, Eric E.
name: Gagne, Jonathan
name: Faherty, Jacqueline K.
name: Tallis, Melisa
name: Choban, Caleb
name: Escala, Ivanna
name: Aganze, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 32 Orionis group is a co-moving group of roughly 20 young (24 Myr) M3-B5 stars 100 pc from the Sun. Here we report the discovery of its first substellar member, WISE J052857.69+090104.2. This source was previously reported to be an M giant star based on its unusual near-infrared spectrum and lack of measurable proper motion. We re-analyze previous data and new moderate-resolution spectroscopy from Magellan/FIRE to demonstrate that this source is a young near-infrared L1 brown dwarf with very low surface gravity features. Spectral model fits indicate T$_{eff}$ = 1880$^{+150}_{-70}$ K and $\log{g}$ = 3.8$^{+0.2}_{-0.2}$ (cgs), consistent with a 15-22 Myr object with a mass near the deuterium-burning limit. Its sky position, estimated distance, kinematics (both proper motion and radial velocity), and spectral characteristics are all consistent with membership in 32 Orionis, and its temperature and age imply a mass (M = 14$^{+4}_{-3}$ M$_{Jup}$) that straddles the brown dwarf/planetary-mass object boundary. The source has a somewhat red $J-W2$ color compared to other L1 dwarfs, but this is likely a low-gravity-related temperature offset; we find no evidence of significant excess reddening from a disk or cool companion in the 3-5 $μ$m waveband.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ 2016 Feb 8
Composite Fermi Liquid at Zero Magnetic Field in Twisted MoTe$_2$
Creators: name: Dong, Junkai
name: Wang, Jie
name: Ledwith, Patrick J.
name: Vishwanath, Ashvin
name: Parker, Daniel E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The pursuit of exotic phases of matter outside of the extreme conditions of a quantizing magnetic field has been a long standing quest of solid state physics. Recent experiments have observed spontaneous valley polarization and fractional Chern insulators (FCIs) in zero magnetic field in twisted bilayers of MoTe$_2$, at partial filling of the topological valence band ($ν=-2/3$ and $-3/5$). We study the topological valence band at $\textit{half}$ filling, using exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization group calculations. We discover a composite Fermi liquid (CFL) phase even at zero magnetic field that covers a large portion of the phase diagram centered around twist angle ${\sim}3.6^\circ$. The CFL is a non-Fermi liquid phase that shows metallic behavior despite the absence of Landau quasiparticles. We discuss experimental implications including the competition between the CFL and a Fermi liquid, which can be tuned with a displacement field. The topological valence band has excellent quantum geometry over a wide range of twist angles and a small bandwidth that is, remarkably, reduced by interactions for a range of angles. These key properties are responsible for stabilizing the exotic quantum Hall phases we find at zero field. Finally, we present an optical signature involving "extinguished" optical responses as a means to identify Chern bands with ideal quantum geometry.
description: 5+22 pages, 3+13 figures
Light Management in Thin Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Soppe, W.
name: Zhang, D.
name: Van Der Werf, K.
name: Van Swaaij, R.
name: Creatore, M.
name: Williams, B.
name: Vroon, Z.
name: Van Deelen, J.
name: Crombach, B.
name: Van Erven, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1216-1218
description: Application of structured back reflectors, made by Nano-Imprint Lithography is shown to result in
excellent light trapping in a-Si and nc-Si cells on steel foil. Applying these concepts we managed to achieve back
reflectors with a Haze factor of more than 95% for the entire visible wavelength regime. On these back reflectors, nc-
Si and a-Si cells were fabricated and Jscs of more than 24 mA/cm2 for nc-Si cells with an absorber layer thickness of
1000 nm were obtained. We applied the anti-reflection texture on the front glass of a hybrid tandem (in which a c-Si
bottom cell was combined with a semi-transparent a-Si top cell) and reached an improvement of the Jsc of the bottom
cell of 1.7 mA/cm2. The lacquer that has been developed for textured back reflectors in CIGS solar cells has been
applied to make periodic and random textures. First experiments to implement these back reflectors in thin CIGS
solar cells were carried out indicating that the growth of CIGS on textured substrates is non-conformal on textures
with high aspect ratios. Further modeling, in which this non-conformity is taken into account, is required to determine
the optimum textures for CIGS
The differentiation of the gubernaculum in the mouse embryo
Creators: name: Wijayanti, Gratiana E.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Benchmarking Gaia DR3 Apsis with the Hyades and Pleiades open clusters
Creators: name: Brandner, Wolfgang
name: Calissendorff, Per
name: Kopytova, Taisiya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Gaia astrophysical parameters inference system (Apsis) provides astrophysical parameter estimates for several to 100s of millions of stars. We aim to benchmark Gaia DR3 Apsis. We have compiled about 1500 bona fide single stars in the Hyades and Pleiades open clusters for validation of PARSEC isochrones, and for comparison with Apsis estimates. PARSEC stellar isochrones in the Gaia photometric system enable us to assign average ages and metallicities to the clusters, and mass, effective temperature, luminosity, and surface gravity to the individual stars. Apsis does not recover the single-age, single-metallicity characteristic of the cluster populations. Ages assigned to cluster members seemingly follow the input template for Galactic populations, with earlier-type stars systematically being assigned younger ages than later-type stars. Cluster metallicities are underestimated by 0.1 to 0.2 dex. Effective temperature estimates are in general reliable. Surface gravity estimates reveal strong systematics for specific ranges of Gaia BP-RP colours. We caution that Gaia DR3 Apsis estimates can be subject to significant systematics. Some of the Apsis estimates, like metallicity, might only be meaningful for statistical studies of the time-averaged Galactic stellar population, but are not recommended to be used for individual stars.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A. Table 2 in its entirety can be requested from the authors in machine-readable format (mrt), and will become available via CDS. 8 pages, 6 figures. v2: Figure 6, right, updated based on Gaia DR3 Apsis GSP-Spec quality flags
Study plan: Participants' awareness of the assimilative effect of instructions about pairing despite opposition relation (bckprp8)
Creators: name: Nudler, Yahel
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Attitudes
subject: Self-Knowledge
subject: Propositional Learning
subject: Evaluative Conditioning
subject: Associative Learning

description: • In the present experiment, we will repeat our latest experiment (bckprp7), using only the verbal information about the pairing procedure, without actually experiencing the CS-US pairing. Participants will report the influence of the verbal information after or before evaluating the CSs. We will examine whether that manipulation moderates (a) the effect of the induction procedure on the CS evaluation, (b) the reported influence of that procedure, (c) the relation between the effect on CS evaluation and the reported effect.
Excitation and reception of pure shear horizontal waves by using face-shear d24 mode piezoelectric wafers
Creators: name: Miao, Hongchen
name: Huan, Qiang
name: Li, Faxin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fundamental shear horizontal (SH0) wave in plate-like structures is of great importance in non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) as it is non-dispersive, while excitation and reception of SH0 waves using piezoelectrics is always a challenge. In this work, we firstly demonstrate via finite element simulations that face-shear piezoelectrics is superior to thickness-shear piezoelectrics in driving SH waves. Next, by using a newly defined face-shear d24 PZT wafer as actuator and face-shear d36 PMN-PT wafers as sensors, pure SH0 wave was successfully excited in an aluminum plate from 140 kHz to 190 kHz. Then, it was shown that the face-shear d24 PZT wafer could receive the SH0 wave only and filter the Lamb waves over a wide frequency range (120 kHz to 230 kHz). The directionality of the excited SH0 wave was also investigated using face-shear d24 PZT wafers as both actuators and sensors. Results show that pure SH0 wave can be excited symmetrically along two orthogonal directions (0° and 90° ) and the amplitude of the excited SH0 wave can keep over 90% of the maximum amplitude when the deviate angle is within 30°. This work could greatly promote the applications of SH waves in NDT and SHM.
description: 13 pages,6 figures
Industrial Scale Optimization of SiOx Bottom n-Layer in Tandem Solar Cell
Creators: name: Condorelli, G.
name: Battaglia, A.
name: Canino, A.
name: Rapisarda, D.
name: Foti, M.
name: Gerardi, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
Silicon-based Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1260-1263
description: SiOx layer n-doped has been developed for industrial application with the aim to increase power conversion
efficiency in a-Si/μc-Si thin film tandem solar cells. We firstly optimized n-SiOx layer on industrial scale PECVD reactors
depositing on 1.4m2 area glass substrates and then integrate the material into the tandem based modules comparing the
performance versus standard μc-Si n layer. CO2/SiH4 gas flow ratio and process pressure have been optimized to achieve n-
SiOx films with a wide range of optical and electrical properties. The application of n-SiOx:H improves the Jsc of cells
resulting in overall 2% efficiency improvement.
Advantages of multi-dimensional biasing in accelerated dynamics: application to the calculation of the acid $pK_a$ for acetic acid
Creators: name: Guo, Jiasen
name: Albesa, Alberto
name: Wexler, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The use of accelerated sampling methods such as metadynamics has shown significant advantage in calculations that involve infrequent events, which would otherwise require sampling a prohibitive number of configurations to determine, e.g., difference in free energies between two or more chemically distinct states such as in the calculation of acid dissociation constants $K_a$. In this case, the most common method is to bias the system via a single collective variable (CV) representing the $coordination~number$ of the proton donor group, which yields results in reasonable agreement with experiments. Here we study the deprotonation of acetic acid using the reactive force field ReaxFF and observe a significant dependence of $K_a$ on the simulation box size when biasing only the coordination number CV, which is due to incomplete sampling of the deprotonated state for small simulation systems, and inefficient sampling for larger ones. Incorporating a second CV representing the distance between the H$_3$O$^+$ cation and the acetate anion results in a substantially more efficient sampling both accelerating the dynamics and virtually eliminating the computational box size dependence.
description: 22 pages, 9 figures
AESI Case Definition Companion Guide: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Creators: name: Law, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: ADEM
Brighton case definition
risk factors
background rates
ICD-9-CM
ICD-10-CM
MedDRA
case definition level of certainty
case definition companion guide
Brighton Collaboration
CEPI

description: This document collates into a single document all SPEAC Acute ADEM resources (Risk factors, background rates, ICD9/10-CM & MedDRA codes), tools (data abstraction & interpretation form, tabular summary of key case definition criteria and algorithm for level of certainty determination, pictorial level of certainty algorithm) and guidance (real time investigation, data collection, analysis and presentation). This guide can be used by stakeholders to assess the occurrence of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in several settings including as an adverse event following immunization.
description: The SPEAC project is funded in whole by CEPI.
Sharp Heat Kernel Bounds and Entropy in Metric Measure Spaces
Creators: name: Li, Huaiqian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish sharp upper and lower bounds of Gaussian type for the heat kernel in the metric measure space satisfying $\RCD(0,N)$ ( equivalently, $\RCD^\ast(0,N)$) condition with $N\in \mathbb{N}\setminus\{1\}$ and having maximum volume growth, and then show its application on the large-time asymptotics of the heat kernel, sharp bounds on the (minimal) Green function, and above all, the large-time asymptotics of the Perelman entropy and the Nash entropy, where for the former the monotonicity of the Perelman entropy is proved. The results generalize the corresponding ones in Riemannian manifolds and also in metric measure spaces obtained recently by the author with R. Jiang and H. Zhang in \cite{JLZ2014}.
description: All comments are welcome!
Range-Restricted Interpolation through Clausal Tableaux
Creators: name: Wernhard, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We show how variations of range-restriction and also the Horn property can be passed from inputs to outputs of Craig interpolation in first-order logic. The proof system is clausal tableaux, which stems from first-order ATP. Our results are induced by a restriction of the clausal tableau structure, which can be achieved in general by a proof transformation, also if the source proof is by resolution/paramodulation. Primarily addressed applications are query synthesis and reformulation with interpolation. Our methodical approach combines operations on proof structures with the immediate perspective of feasible implementation through incorporating highly optimized first-order provers.
description: Extended version of the TABLEAUX 2023 contribution; minor corrections
Structural, Morphological, and Optical Properties of Single Step Electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Thin Films for PV Applications
Creators: name: Kirou, H.
name: Atourki, L.
name: Ihalane, E.H.
name: Elfanaoui, A.
name: Bouabid, K.
name: Nya, M.
name: Ihlal, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1223-1225
description: Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a promising compound for use as absorber in thin film solar cells. In this paper we
report on the results of CZTS thin film grown on SnO2/F coated glass substrates by co-electrodeposition at different
applied potentials. The obtained thin films were sulfurized in N2 atmosphere at 550°C for 1h. The structural,
morphological and optical properties were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) and optical absorption techniques. SEM analysis shows a very dense and uniform surface with large particles. Xray
diffraction patterns exhibit the kesterite structure of CZTS with the preferred orientation of the (112) plan and other
kesterite peaks assigned to (002), (101), (110), (103),(200), (220), (224)and (400) planes. Raman spectroscopy
measurements confirm the XRD results with clear peaks at 253, 289, 339 and 368 cm-1. The Raman shift was attributed
to CZTS kesterite mode vibration. Finally, the bandgap of CZTS film is found to be close to 1,5eV.
Imaging the warped dusty disk wind environment of SU Aurigae with MIRC-X
Creators: name: Labdon, Aaron
name: Kraus, Stefan
name: Davies, Claire L.
name: Kreplin, Alexander
name: Zarrilli, Sebastian
name: Monnier, John D.
name: Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste le
name: Anugu, Narsireddy
name: Setterholm, Benjamin
name: Gardner, Tyler
name: Ennis, Jacob
name: Lanthermann, Cyprien
name: Brummelaar, Theo ten
name: Schaefer, Gail
name: Harries, Tim J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SU Aurigae is a widely studied T Tauri star and here we present original state-of-the-art interferometric observations with better uv and baseline coverage than previous studies. We aim to investigate the characteristics of the circumstellar material around SU Aur, constrain the disk geometry, composition and inner dust rim structure. The MIRC-X instrument at CHARA is a 6 telescope optical beam combiner offering baselines up to 331 m. We undertook image reconstruction for model-independent analysis, and fitted geometric models such as Gaussian and ring distributions. Additionally, the fitting of radiative transfer models constrains the physical parameters of the disk. Image reconstruction reveals a highly inclined disk with a slight asymmetry consistent with inclination effects obscuring the inner disk rim through absorption of incident star light on the near-side and thermal re-emission/scattering of the far-side. Geometric models find that the underlying brightness distribution is best modelled as a Gaussian with a FWHM of $1.53\pm0.01 \mathrm{mas}$ at an inclination of $56.9\pm0.4^\circ$ and minor axis position angle of $55.9\pm0.5^\circ$. Radiative transfer modelling shows a flared disk with an inner radius at 0.16 au which implies a grain size of $0.14 \mathrm{μm}$ assuming astronomical silicates and a scale height of 9.0 au at 100 au. In agreement with literature, only the dusty disk wind successfully accounts for the NIR excess by introducing dust above the mid-plane. Our results confirm and provide better constraints than previous inner disk studies of SU Aurigae. We confirm the presence of a dusty disk wind in the cicumstellar environment, the strength of which is enhanced by a late infall event which also causes very strong misalignments between the inner and outer disks.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2111.06205, arXiv:1905.11907
Broadband Bandpass Purcell Filter for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
Creators: name: Yan, Haoxiong
name: Wu, Xuntao
name: Lingenfelter, Andrew
name: Joshi, Yash J.
name: Andersson, Gustav
name: Conner, Christopher R.
name: Chou, Ming-Han
name: Grebel, Joel
name: Miller, Jacob M.
name: Povey, Rhys G.
name: Qiao, Hong
name: Clerk, Aashish A.
name: Cleland, Andrew N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED), qubits are typically measured using dispersively-coupled readout resonators. Coupling between each readout resonator and its electrical environment however reduces the qubit lifetime via the Purcell effect. Inserting a Purcell filter counters this effect while maintaining high readout fidelity, but reduces measurement bandwidth and thus limits multiplexing readout capacity. In this letter, we develop and implement a multi-stage bandpass Purcell filter that yields better qubit protection while simultaneously increasing measurement bandwidth and multiplexed capacity. We report on the experimental performance of our transmission-line--based implementation of this approach, a flexible design that can easily be integrated with current scaled-up, long coherence time superconducting quantum processors.
Study of MoOx Back Contact for Low Temperature CdTe Solar Cells on Superstrate Configuration
Creators: name: Artegiani, E.
name: Menossi, D.
name: Di Mare, S.
name: Salavei, A.
name: Kumar, A.
name: Mariotto, G.
name: Romeo, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1229-1232
description: Copper is a crucial element for the CdTe doping and consequently for high conversion efficiency. To
analyse the effect of copper doping it is necessary to remove it from the back contact in order to avoid uncontrolled
copper diffusion in the absorber. Recently, MoO3 has been successfully applied for back contact, because of its work
function. In this work we present a study on the effect of MoOx buffer and copper doping on low substrate
temperature vacuum evaporated CdTe.
Starting from our CdTe baseline with copper/gold back contact (with routine efficiencies above 14 %), solar cells
have been prepared with MoOx/Mo and MoOx/Au back contact deposited by reactive radio frequency sputtering.
MoOx have been applied with different thicknesses and oxygen contents. On the other hand copper has been
deposited on the CdTe surface and diffused by annealing in vacuum, prior to the MoOx/Metal deposition for CdTe
doping investigation.
With MoOx/Metal back contact and a 0,15 nm thick copper layer, efficiency is very similar to our standard cells, by
using less than a tenth of copper thickness.
Temperature Dependence of Extremely Bright EL Inhomogeneities in CdTe PV Devices
Creators: name: Bokalic, M.
name: Kimovec, R.
name: Sites, J.R.
name: Topic, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1219-1222
description: Extremely bright electroluminescence (EL) inhomogeneities are observed in cadmium telluride (CdTe)
photovoltaic (PV) devices. Small circular laboratory CdTe cells and commercially available CdTe PV modules are
inspected with EL at different temperatures. The phenomenon appears as bright ring around the cells, and as bright
lines along and bright dots at the end of the monolithic contacts of the modules. The areas of the devices that exhibit
the phenomenon correspond to the areas where the local applied voltage is the highest. The exact shape of the
phenomenon appears grainy and may be defined by the grainy structure of the CdTe. The effect is present on devices
when the temperature of the devices is below a certain threshold (around 30 °C in our case), and when the applied
forward bias is high enough (around one half of the short circuit current). The results suggest that the phenomenon
may be correlated with either temperature or voltage break down of the back contact barrier which exists between the
CdTe and the metal back contact.
AESI Case Definition Companion Guide: Thrombocytopenia
Creators: name: Law, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Thrombocytopenia
Brighton case definition
risk factors
background rates
ICD-9-CM
ICD-10-CM
MedDRA
case definition level of certainty
Case definition companion guides
Brighton Collaboration
CEPI

description: This document collates into a single document the SPEAC Thrombocytopenia resources (Risk factors, background rates, ICD9/10-CM & MedDRA codes), tools (data abstraction & interpretation form, tabular summary of key case definition criteria and algorithm for level of certainty determination, pictorial level of certainty algorithm) and guidance (real time investigation, data collection, analysis and presentation). This guide can be used by stakeholders to assess the occurrence of thrombocytopenia in several settings including as an adverse event following immunization.
description: The SPEAC Project is funded in whole by CEPI.
Finite and symmetrized colored multiple zeta values
Creators: name: Singer, Johannes
name: Zhao, Jianqiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Colored multiple zeta values are special values of multiple polylogarithms evaluated at Nth roots of unity. In this paper, we define both the finite and the symmetrized versions of these values and show that they both satisfy the double shuffle relations. Further, we provide strong evidence for an isomorphism connecting the two spaces generated by these two kinds of values. This is a generalization of a recent work of Kaneko and Zagier on finite and symmetrized multiple zeta values and of the second author on finite and symmetrized Euler sums.
Identification of the oscillation period of chemical reactors by chaotic sampling of the conversion degree
Creators: name: Lawnik, Marcin
name: Berezowski, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To stabilize the periodic operation of a chemical reactor the oscillation period should be determined precisely in real time. The method discussed in the paper is based on adaptive sampling of the state variable with the use of chaotic mapping to itself. It enables precise determination of the oscillation period in real time and could be used for a proper control system, that can successfully control the process and maintain the oscillation period at a set level. The method was applied to a tank reactor and tubular reactor with recycle.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, published in the Chemical and Process Engineering, 2014
Characterization of (Ag, Cu)2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Kesterite Solar Cell Fabricated by Spray Pyrolysis of Aqueous Precursor Solution
Creators: name: Huang, W.-C.
name: Wei, S.-Y.
name: Cai, C.-H.
name: Lin, T.-Y.
name: Lai, C.-H.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1226-1228
description: The effect of Ag incorporation into CZTSSe kesterite solar cell by a non-vacuum environmentalfriendly
process has been studied. We first demonstrated the fabrication of (Ag, Cu)2ZnSn(S,Se)4 kesterite solar cells
using chemical spray pyrolysis. Ag content in the ACZTSSe thin film can be controlled by precursor solution
concentration. For kesterite with high Ag content, aggregation of grain and formation of second phases occurred at
elevated temperature, but can be solved when being annealed at relatively low temperature. Enhancement of grain
size at lower process temperature is fulfilled by Ag incorporation. With 20% Ag addition, efficiency of the kesterite
increased from 5.3% to 6.8% with the improvement of VOC from 388 mV to 444 mV. Bandgap of ACZTSSe can be
controlled from 1.06 to 1.2 eV with Ag content varied from 0~50% and the tailing energy was reduced by Ag.
Femtosecond THz time domain spectroscopy at 36 kHz scan rate using an acousto-optic delay
Creators: name: Urbanek, B.
name: Möller, M.
name: Eisele, M.
name: Baierl, S.
name: Kaplan, D.
name: Lange, C.
name: Huber, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a rapid-scan, time-domain terahertz spectrometer employing femtosecond Er:fiber technology and an acousto-optic delay with attosecond precision, enabling scanning of terahertz transients over a 12.4 ps time window at a waveform refresh rate of 36 kHz, and a signal-to-noise ratio of $1.7 \times 10^5/\sqrt{\rm Hz}$. Our approach enables real-time monitoring of dynamic THz processes at unprecedented speeds, which we demonstrate through rapid 2D thickness mapping of a spinning teflon disc at a precision of $10\,\rm nm/\sqrt{\rm Hz}$. The compact, all-optical design ensures alignment-free operation even in harsh environments.
description: Published in Applied Physics Letters
Model for probing membrane-cortex adhesion by micropipette aspiration and fluctuation spectroscopy
Creators: name: Alert, Ricard
name: Casademunt, Jaume
name: Brugués, Jan
name: Sens, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We propose a model for membrane-cortex adhesion which couples membrane deformations, hydrodynamics and kinetics of membrane-cortex ligands. In its simplest form, the model gives explicit predictions for the critical pressure for membrane detachment and for the value of adhesion energy. We show that these quantities exhibit a significant dependence on the active acto-myosin stresses. The model provides a simple framework to access quantitative information on cortical activity by means of micropipette experiments. We also extend the model to incorporate fluctuations and show that detailed information on the stability of membrane-cortex coupling can be obtained by a combination of micropipette aspiration and fluctuation spectroscopy measurements.
Investigation of Light Induced Metastabilities through Colored Filters on the CZTSSe Monograin PV Devices
Creators: name: Mittal, A.
name: Újvári, G.
name: Dimopoulos, T.
name: Rennhofer, M.
name: Lopez, S.
name: Plessing, L.
name: Schlosser, V.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1210-1212
description: Measurements of the photovoltaic (PV) activity of solar cells under low-light conditions using
different wavelength-selective filters can provide useful information about nature, location and activation of defects,
and possible recombination mechanisms inside-of CZTSSe solar cell bulk and interfaces. In this work, we use this
approach for the characterization of flexible monograin membrane kesterite (CZTSSe) PV devices. Time dependence
of the open circuit voltage, short circuit current, fill factor and maximum power, under low intensity of white, red and
blue light is studied and related to carrier recombination processes in the bulk of the absorber and at the interface with
the CdS buffer and the electrodes. The different illumination conditions cause moderate metastabilities in the
electrical parameters, which are reversible when the cell is stored in dark for some hours. Reversible and irreversible
contributions to the light-soaking effects are further analyzed.
Relativistic electrons from sparks in the laboratory
Creators: name: Østgaard, N.
name: Carlson, B. E.
name: Nisi, R. S.
name: Gjesteland, T.
name: Grøndahl, Ø.
name: Skeltved, A.
name: Lehtinen, N. G.
name: Mezentsev, A.
name: Marisaldi, M.
name: Kochkin, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Discharge experiments were carried out at the Eindhoven University of Technology in 2013. The experimental setup was designed to search for electrons produced in meter-scale sparks using a 1 MV Marx generator. Negative voltage was applied to the high voltage (HV) electrode. Five thin (1 mm) plastic detectors (5 $\rm cm^2$ each) were distributed in various configurations close to the spark gap. Earlier studies have shown (for HV negative) that X-rays are produced when a cloud of streamers is developed 30-60 cm from the negative electrode. This indicates that the electrons producing the X-rays are also accelerated at this location, that could be in the strong electric field from counterstreamers of opposite polarity. Comparing our measurements with modeling results, we find that $\sim$300 keV electrons produced about 30-60 cm from the negative electrode are the most likely source of our measurements. A statistical analysis of expected detection of photon bursts by these fiber detectors indicates that only 20%-45% of the detected bursts could be from soft ($\sim$10 keV) photons, which further supports that the majority of detected bursts are produced by relativistic electrons.
Inferring flare loop parameters with measurements of standing sausage modes
Creators: name: Guo, Ming-Zhe
name: Chen, Shao-Xia
name: Li, Bo
name: Xia, Li-Dong
name: Yu, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Standing fast sausage modes in flare loops were suggested to account for a considerable number of quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in the light curves of solar flares. This study continues our investigation into the possibility to invert the measured periods $P$ and damping times $τ$ of sausage modes to deduce the transverse Alfvén time $R/v_{\rm Ai}$, density contrast $ρ_{\rm i}/ρ_{\rm e}$, and the steepness of the density distribution transverse to flare loops. A generic dispersion relation (DR) governing linear sausage modes is derived for pressureless cylinders where density inhomogeneity of arbitrary form takes place within the cylinder. We show that in general the inversion problem is under-determined for QPP events where only a single sausage mode exists, be the measurements spatially resolved or unresolved. While $R/v_{\rm Ai}$ can be inferred to some extent, the range of possible steepness parameters may be too broad to be useful. However, for spatially resolved measurements where an additional mode is present, it is possible to deduce self-consistently $ρ_{\rm i}/ρ_{\rm e}$, the profile steepness, and the internal Alfvén speed $v_{\rm Ai}$. We show that at least for a recent QPP event that involves a fundamental kink mode in addition to a sausage one, flare loop parameters are well constrained, even if the specific form of the transverse density distribution remains unknown. We conclude that spatially resolved, multi-mode QPP measurements need to be pursued for inferring flare loop parameters.
description: 25 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Solar Physics
Analysis of Build-in Electrostatic Field in CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells by QE Measurements at Bias Voltage
Creators: name: Feng, L.
name: Wu, L.
name: Li, X.
name: Xu, H.
name: Cao, S.
name: Shu, Q.
name: Li, W.
name: Zeng, G.
name: Zhang, J.
name: Li, B.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1241-1243
description: The purpose of the work is to understand the relationship between quantum efficiency (QE) at some
typical bias voltage (BV) and build-in electrostatic field, and to develop a new method for analyzing the distribution of
build-in electrostatic field in solar cells. In general, the external QE is an important characteristic about the performance
of solar cells, however, in practice, the good QE curves not always belong to the good devices. It is considerable that QE
is measured in short circuit condition under very weak incident light, which may not make any voltage in the both
terminals of the cell. In contrast, when measuring the photo I-V curves a photogenerated voltage may apply the both
terminals of the cell in a condition that a load resistance is larger than zero. The photogenerated voltage may drive a
reverses current to photogenerated current, and also weaken the build-in electrostatic field or change its distribution,
which would lead to alter QE curves. Therefore, it is necessary to measure QE of some typical solar cells at the different
BVs and to understand the changes in QE and they effects on the performance of the cells.
Effects of leukemia inhibitory factor on murine embryo and single blastomere culture
Creators: name: Herlina, Eka Chandra.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
The influence of habitual exercise on central haemodynamics and peripheral blood pressure regulation in normotensive middle-aged men
Creators: name: Wakeham, Denis
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Animal physiology - biophysics
Animal physiology - cell
Animal physiology - systems

description: Central (aortic) haemodynamics change markedly with age, as aortic stiffness and systolic pressure augmentation increase thereby elevating aortic blood pressure. Furthermore, the autonomic regulation of vascular sympathetic activity also changes; whereby the level of sympathetic nerve activity to the skeletal muscle vasculature, termed muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), increases, which can elevate peripheral blood pressure. The increase in blood pressure with age increases cardiovascular risk. Notably, exercise training is one recommended strategy to reduce this elevated risk. Although habitual endurance exercise is well known to elicit a range of physiological adaptations, the effects on aortic haemodynamics and peripheral blood pressure regulation are not well described. Therefore, the primary aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of chronic habitual endurance exercise on aortic (central) haemodynamics and the autonomic regulation and neural control of brachial (peripheral) blood pressure in healthy ageing. To achieve this aim, normotensive middle-aged and young men were recruited into separate groups of chronically endurance-trained runners or recreationally-active nonrunners. Young men were studied to determine the effects of habitual exercise independently of age. Collectively, this thesis shows that in middle-aged men habitual exercise has no significant effects on aortic haemodynamics or the ability of MSNA to effect vascular responses during sympathoexcitation. However, the main finding from this thesis is that habitual endurance exercise, until middle-age, alters the autonomic regulation of MSNA at rest. Specifically, for a similar blood pressure, the arterial baroreflex is set higher in runners, which is associated with a greater likelihood of MSNA burst occurrence. However, there were no between-group differences in young men. Therefore, this greater likelihood of MSNA burst occurrence in middle-aged male runners may represent a fundamental physiological adaptation to chronic (~30 years) habitual endurance exercise to support resting peripheral blood pressure in an expanded cardiovascular system with greater reserve.
One-way Quantum Deficit and Decoherence for Two-qubit $X$ States
Creators: name: Ye, Biao-Liang
name: Wang, Yao-Kun
name: Fei, Shao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study one-way quantum deficit of two-qubit $X$ states systematically from analytical derivations. An effective approach to compute one-way quantum deficit of two-qubit $X$ states has been provided. Analytical results are presented as for detailed examples. Moreover, we demonstrate the decoherence of one-way quantum deficit under phase damping channel.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
CuInSe2 Nanostructures Prepared by Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition for Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices
Creators: name: Vatavu, S.
name: Von Morzé, N.
name: Albert, J.
name: Wiesner, S.
name: Hinrichs, V.
name: Lux-Steiner, M.C.
name: Rusu, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules
CdTe, CIS and Related Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1200-1203
description: CuInSe2 nanostructures for application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells have been prepared by
the use of Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition (MOCVD). We demonstrate stoichiometric CuInSe2
nanostructures with controllable nano-crystallites’ size and spacing suitable for application in hybrid photovoltaics.
The control of the crystallites’ stoichiometry, size and spacing has been carried out by the fine adjustment of the
MOCVD preparation parameters such as precursor flows, substrate temperature and deposition time. 10 and 20 nm
high CuInSe2 nanostructures have been prepared on Mo/Na-barrier/glass substrates at 500°C. The structures' physical
properties have been studied by grazing incidence x-ray diffraction and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma
Mass Spectrometry.
The role of microRNAs in understanding sex-based differences in Alzheimer's disease
Creators: name: Llera-Oyola, Jaime
name: Carceller, Héctor
name: Andreu, Zoraida
name: Hidalgo, Marta R.
name: Soler-Sáez, Irene
name: Gordillo, Fernando
name: Gómez-Cabañes, Borja
name: Rosón, Beatriz
name: De La Iglesia-Vayá, Maria
name: Mancuso, Roberta
name: Guerini, Franca R.
name: Mizokami, Akiko
name: García-García, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sex-based differences
Alzheimer's disease
Biomarkers
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Transcriptomics
MicroRNAs

description: This repository contains the code to carry out this project. It presents the following sections: 01_Download_Preprocessing 02_Exploratory_Analysis 03_miRNA_Differential_Expression_Analysis 04_miRNA_Meta_Analysis 05_miRNA_Enrichment
title: Developing an effective and economical bacterial expression system for the production of animal vaccines in Thailand and South East Asia
Creators: name: Peswani, Amber Rose
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2022

description: The lack of capacity to produce animal vaccines within low and middle income countries in South East Asia poses a significant risk to their food security and economic stability; Thailand's economy relies heavily on their production of pork, however viral diseases have spread within livestock populations to endemic levels. In the last few decades, porcine circoviruses have become ubiquitous almost worldwide, with developing countries like Thailand needing to rely on expensive, imported vaccine technology to combat the risk of economic losses caused by livestock diseases. Current imported vaccines against PCV2 are mismatched to the local strains in circulation, and due to the high rate of genetic shift occurring among viruses, the effectiveness of the imported vaccines is limited. This research set out to develop a low cost recombinant expression system in E. coli to generate subunit vaccines to protect against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) strains circulating locally in Thailand, with the wider goal to establish production capacity within Thailand to allow for local production of vaccines for appropriate circulating strains. Through optimising expression of PCV2d and PCV3 capsid (Cap) genes in E. coli to generate high protein yields at 1.5 L fed-batch fermentation and purify using a single-step cation exchange purification, we were able to achieve high purity (>95%) PCV2d proteins capable of inducing neutralising antibody responses in rabbits and mice as demonstrated by PK-15 cell-based virus neutralisation assays. Purified PCV2d protein was also developed into an adjuvanted vaccine candidate, showing an immunological response in a pig viral challenge trial. In addition, promising steps were made towards developing a chimeric PCV2d-PCV3 dual vaccine candidate for protection against both viruses in a single vaccine. We have established a minimal step, low-cost, laboratory-scale vaccine production process that is able to generate a virus-neutralising subunit vaccine against PCV2d, with the potential for scale-up, to contribute towards facilitating vaccine production capabilities locally within Thailand.
Granular topological insulators
Creators: name: Banerjee, Abhishek
name: Deb, Oindrila
name: Majhi, Kunjalata
name: Ganesan, R.
name: Sen, Diptiman
name: Kumar, P. S. Anil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Granular conductors form an artificially engineered class of solid state materials wherein the microstructure can be tuned to mimic a wide range of otherwise inaccessible physical systems. At the same time, topological insulators (TIs) have become a cornerstone of modern condensed matter physics as materials hosting metallic states on the surface and insulating in the bulk. However it remains to be understood how granularity affects this new and exotic phase of matter. We perform electrical transport experiments on highly granular topological insulator thin films of Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and reveal remarkable properties. We observe clear signatures of topological surface states despite granularity with distinctly different properties from conventional bulk TI systems including sharp surface state coupling-decoupling transitions, large surface state penetration depths and exotic Berry phase effects. We present a model which explains these results. Our findings illustrate that granularity can be used to engineer designer TIs, at the same time allowing easy access to the Dirac-fermion physics that is inaccessible in single crystal systems.
description: 17 pages, 6 figures