cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Generation of a Supervised Classification Algorithm for Time-Series Variable Stars with an Application to the LINEAR Dataset
Creators: name: Johnston, Kyle B
name: Oluseyi, Hakeem M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the advent of digital astronomy, new benefits and new problems have been presented to the modern day astronomer. While data can be captured in a more efficient and accurate manor using digital means, the efficiency of data retrieval has led to an overload of scientific data for processing and storage. This paper will focus on the construction and application of a supervised pattern classification algorithm for the identification of variable stars. Given the reduction of a survey of stars into a standard feature space, the problem of using prior patterns to identify new observed patterns can be reduced to time tested classification methodologies and algorithms. Such supervised methods, so called because the user trains the algorithms prior to application using patterns with known classes or labels, provide a means to probabilistically determine the estimated class type of new observations. This paper will demonstrate the construction and application of a supervised classification algorithm on variable star data. The classifier is applied to a set of 192,744 LINEAR data points. Of the original samples, 34,451 unique stars were classified with high confidence (high level of probability of being the true class).
Electroluminescence Study of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 and Cu(in,Ga)Se2 Thin Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Halim, M.A.
name: Islam, M.M.
name: Luo, X.
name: Sakurai, T.
name: Sakai, N.
name: Kato, T.
name: Sugimoto, H.
name: Tampo, H.
name: Shibata, H.
name: Niki, S.
name: Akimoto, K.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
CdTe, CIS and Related Ternary and Quaternary Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1074-1076
description: A comparative study with focusing on carrier recombination properties across the junction region of
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) and CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) Solar cells have been investigated. For this purpose,
electroluminescence (EL) and time resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) measurements were performed. For the similar
forward current the EL efficiency of CZTSSe was found significantly lower than the EL efficiency of CIGS indicating
dominant nonradiative recombination processes across the junction. TRPL decay time in the structure of Cd/CZTSSe and
ZnO/CdS/CZTSSe remains almost similar. However, in CIGS, the ZnO layer forms a strong electric field and
consequently the TRPL decay time decreased sharply due to quick carrier separation across the junction. This comparison
demonstrates carrier recombination in depletion region and/or CdS/CZTSSe interface determines the decay time over
charge separation.
Dense blocks of energetic ions driven by multi-petawatt lasers
Creators: name: Weng, S. M.
name: Liu, M.
name: Sheng, Z. M.
name: Murakami, M.
name: Chen, M.
name: Yu, L. L.
name: Zhang, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Laser-driven ion accelerators have the advantages of compact size, high density, and short bunch duration over conventional accelerators. Nevertheless, it is still challenging to simultaneously enhance the yield and quality of laser-driven ion beams for practical applications. Here we propose a scheme to address this challenge via the use of emerging multi-petawatt lasers and a density-modulated target. The density-modulated target permits its ions to be uniformly accelerated as a dense block by laser radiation pressure. In addition, the beam quality of the accelerated ions is remarkably improved by embedding the target in a thick enough substrate, which suppresses hot electron refluxing and thus alleviates plasma heating. Particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate that almost all ions in a solid-density plasma of a few microns can be uniformly accelerated to about 25% of the speed of light by a laser pulse at an intensity around 1022 W/cm2. The resulting dense block of energetic ions may drive fusion ignition and more generally create matter with unprecedented high energy density.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures
On the Interpretation of Admittance and IV(T) Measurements of CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Ott, T.
name: Walter, T.
name: Schäffler, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
CdTe, CIS and Related Ternary and Quaternary Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1014-1018
description: Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) is the most promising thin film technology with cell efficiencies exceeding 21%
on a laboratory scale. Nevertheless, quite some properties of these devices are not well understood. In this contribution
admittance spectroscopy and current-voltage (temperature dependent) (IV(T)) measurements are compared and
interpreted with respect to properties of the CIGS-Mo back contact. One important point of discussions is the
interpretation of the N1-step observed in admittance spectroscopy measurements for CIGS thin-film solar cells. In some
theories the N1-step is related to a Schottky barrier at the back contact. From admittance spectroscopy it is possible to
deduce the associated barrier height. From temperature dependent current-voltage-measurements (IV(T)) it is also
possible to deduce the existence of a Schottky barrier and determine the barrier height by using the open circuit voltage
(Voc) over temperature characteristic. However, the values of this barrier as obtained experimentally from these two
methods differ significantly. Looking more closely at the measurement conditions of admittance spectroscopy it is
obvious that the small signal properties are measured. Thus, with respect to IV(T) measurements also the properties in
the dark at a low positive bias of round about 0.1 to 0.2 (corresponding to the conditions during admittance
spectroscopy) showed a good agreement. Based on these findings a possible explanation of the derivation is a dominant
shunt resistance in the low bias regain where the admittance is measured.
Density Determination and Gas Absorption Measurements in Ambient Nitrogen of Silicon Thin Films Deposited by Crucible-Free Electron Beam Evaporation
Creators: name: Saager, S.
name: Mauersberger, T.
name: Metzner, C.
name: Temmler, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Silicon-based Thin Film and Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1036-1041
description: Several papers have been published concerning the electron beam deposition of silicon thin films
followed by a vacuum interruption and crystallization process. Mostly the gas consumption of the freshly deposited
layers was not taken into account and the risk of contamination entry was not discussed. In this paper the effect of gas
absorption into electron beam evaporated amorphous silicon films was investigated by microbalance analyses. The
influence of deposition process parameters on the layer density and on the ability of gas absorption is presented.
Effect of phosphorylated polyvinyl alcohol matrix size of cell entrapment on partial nitrification of ammonia in wastewater
Creators: name: Bootrak, Darak
name: Rongsayamanont, Witchaya
name: Jaidumrong, Tunyakamon
name: Rongsayamanont, Chaiwat
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Partial nitrification is known as first and critical step for autotrophic nitrogen removal in high strength nitrogenous wastewater. Phosphorylated polyvinyl alcohol gel entrapment was used for suppressing oxygen to nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in the gel matrix. The study investigated the effect of the size of gel matrix on partial nitrification. Results show that ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) proportion in the inoculum rather than the size of gel matrix governed ammonia oxidation. Nitrite oxidation depended on the size of gel matrix not the relative proportions of NOB and AOB in the inoculum. Larger size of gel matrix lead to less in situ oxygen penetration and available for NOB resulting in higher nitrite accumulation. This finding gains a better understanding of using suitable inoculum to control partial nitrification that is beneficial for the preparation of anaerobic ammonium oxidation-suited effluent.
The Soft State of Cygnus X-1 Observed with NuSTAR: A Variable Corona and a Stable Inner Disk
Creators: name: Walton, D. J.
name: Tomsick, J. A.
name: Madsen, K. K.
name: Grinberg, V.
name: Barret, D.
name: Boggs, S. E.
name: Christensen, F. E.
name: Clavel, M.
name: Craig, W. W.
name: Fabian, A. C.
name: Fuerst, F.
name: Hailey, C. J.
name: Harrison, F. A.
name: Miller, J. M.
name: Parker, M. L.
name: Rahoui, F.
name: Stern, D.
name: Tao, L.
name: Wilms, J.
name: Zhang, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multi-epoch hard X-ray analysis of Cygnus X-1 in its soft state based on four observations with NuSTAR. Despite the basic similarity of the observed spectra, there is clear spectral variability between epochs. To investigate this variability, we construct a model incorporating both the standard disk-corona continuum and relativistic reflection from the accretion disk, based on prior NuSTAR work on Cygnus X-1, and apply this model to each epoch independently. We find excellent consistency for the black hole spin, and the iron abundance of the accretion disk, which are expected to remain constant on observational timescales. In particular, we confirm that Cygnus X-1 hosts a rapidly rotating black hole, 0.93
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ; 13 pages, 12 figures
High Efficiency High Rate Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Strobel, C.
name: Leszczynski, S.
name: Merkel, U.
name: Kuske, J.
name: Fischer, D.D.
name: Albert, M.
name: Bartha, J.W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Silicon-based Thin Film and Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1019-1021
description: In this work a highly productive deposition process for microcrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells is
described. Therefore an outstanding high plasma excitation frequency of 140 MHz was used. A high efficiency of
9.6 % was achieved at 1.0 nm/s absorber layer deposition rate (8.6 % at 2.5 nm/s). In a first step the cell fabrication
took place at a small scale electrode but later on the results can be transferred to a dynamic deposition system using
linear VHF plasma sources. The concept of linear VHF plasma sources is also supported by plasma simulations using
COMSOL multiphysics. This work summarizes the results achieved by TU-Dresden in work package 4 of the
European project FAST TRACK.
Impact of graphene oxide on visible light photocatalytic performance of graphene oxide/graphitic carbon nitride three-dimensional structure composites
Creators: name: Xiyue, Zhang
name: Hongjuan, Sun
name: Tongjiang, Peng
name: Li, Zeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology

description: The non-metallic catalyst graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has attracted a significant amount of attention due to its excellent photocatalytic performance. The photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4 has been further enhanced by the incorporation of graphene oxide (GO) as a composite catalyst. However, the enrichment and recovery of these two-dimensional composites after photocatalysis is still a difficult challenge. In this work, a visible light responsive graphene oxide/graphitic carbon nitride coated sponge three-dimensional composite (PU-GO/g-C3N4) was prepared by electrostatic self-assembly using polyurethane sponge (PU) as a skeleton and g-C3N4 as a photocatalyst. The degradation rate of rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light was used as an index to evaluate the photocatalytic performance of PU-GO/g-C3N4. The results demonstrate that during the photocatalytic degradation of RhB by PU-GO/g-C3N4, g-C3N4 is the main photocatalyst, while the holes and the superoxide radicals generated by electron excitation are the main agents. As a bridge connecting PU and g-C3N4, GO improves the agglomeration phenomenon of g-C3N4 on PU. Meanwhile, GO has excellent carrier mobility and inhibits the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. Moreover, the presence of GO enhances the absorption of light and dyes. Overall, the addition of GO effectively enhances the photocatalytic performance of PU-GO/g-C3N4 due to it enhances dye absorption, improves light energy utilization rate, and expedites transfer of photogenerated electrons. After 5 cycles, PU-GO/g-C3N4 still exhibits an RhB degradation rate of 92.06%, demonstrating good stability and recycling performance. This material shows great promise for practical environmental remediation applications.
Expatriate nurses' understanding of Islamic principles when caring for Moslem patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh
Creators: name: Al Yateem, Sami.
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.
Gamma-ray bursts from massive Population III stars: clues from the radio band
Creators: name: Burlon, D.
name: Murphy, T.
name: Ghirlanda, G.
name: Hancock, P. J.
name: Parry, R.
name: Salvaterra, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current models suggest gamma-ray bursts could be used as a way of probing Population III stars - the first stars in the early Universe. In this paper we use numerical simulations to demonstrate that late time radio observations of gamma-ray burst afterglows could provide a means of identifying bursts that originate from Population III stars, if these were highly massive, independently from their redshift. We then present the results from a pilot study using the Australia Telescope Compact Array at 17 GHz, designed to test the hypothesis that there may be Population III gamma-ray bursts amongst the current sample of known events. We observed three candidates plus a control gamma-ray burst, and make no detections with upper limits of 20-40 uJy at 500-1300 days post explosion.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication by MNRAS
Modification of natural zeolite clinoptilolite and ITS application in the adsorption of herbicides
Creators: name: Straioto, Henrique
name: Viotti, Paula Valéria
name: de Moura, Alexandre Amado
name: Diório, Alexandre
name: Scaliante, Mara Heloisa Neves Olsen
name: Moreira, Wardleison Martins
name: Vieira, Marcelo Fernandes
name: Bergamasco, Rosângela
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology

description: The clinoptilolite natural zeolites (NZs) posses low herbicide adsorption capacity demanding acid-, alkali-, or salt chemical modifications that enhance its adsorption. However, this may affect the material structure and charge distribution. Alternatively, zeolites may be synthesized at a high cost and time-consuming process. Consequently, new methods, such as the hydrothermal method, for NZ modification needs to be studied. In this sense, a novel surface-modified zeolite (SMZ), using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), in acid media was produced by the hydrothermal method and applied for the adsorption of Atrazine (ATZ), Diuron (DIU) and 2,4-D. Commercial NZ and SMZ were characterized by SEM, XRD, TGA, FT-IR, AA spectroscopy, pHPZC, Zeta potential and N2-physisorption. The SMZ chosen for the adsorption experiments was the one with the highest modification yield and adsorption capacity obtained from a complete design of experiments (CTAB=0.74 ; D=12 Mesh; HCl=0.1 M; t=6 h and T=205 ºC). The adsorption experiments revealed that the SMZ adsorption capacity for the herbicide 2,4-D (qmax=9.02 mg/g) was greater than that obtained for ATZ (qmax=2.11 mg/g) and DIU (qmax=1.85 mg/g), which was explained by the presence of the hydroxyl group and by geometric characteristics of the 2,4-D. Adsorption models’ fitting showed that the adsorption of 2,4-D onto SMZ were best described by pseudo-second order kinetic (k2=0.005-0.006 g/mg.min; qe,exp=7.122-8.614 mg/g) and Langmuir isothermal model (KL=0.283-0.499 L/mg; qm=7.167-7.995 mg/g). These results indicate that the hydrothermal method is a viable alternative to enable the use of NZs for the adsorption of emerging contaminants from wastewater.
Verifying Temporal Properties of Reactive Systems by Transformation
Creators: name: Hamilton, Geoff
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.2, F.3.2

description: We show how program transformation techniques can be used for the verification of both safety and liveness properties of reactive systems. In particular, we show how the program transformation technique distillation can be used to transform reactive systems specified in a functional language into a simplified form that can subsequently be analysed to verify temporal properties of the systems. Example systems which are intended to model mutual exclusion are analysed using these techniques with respect to both safety (mutual exclusion) and liveness (non-starvation), with the errors they contain being correctly identified.
description: In Proceedings VPT 2015, arXiv:1512.02215. This work was supported, in part, by Science Foundation Ireland grant 10/CE/I1855 to Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (www.lero.ie), and by the School of Computing, Dublin City University
High Purity Deposition of Silicon Layers with Rates ≥ 300 nm/s
Creators: name: Heinß, J.-P.
name: Pfefferling, B.
name: Saager, S.
name: Temmler, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Silicon-based Thin Film and Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1022-1025
description: High rate silicon vacuum deposition by electron beam evaporation is very attractive because of
economic reasons as well as because of the high layer purity. Both are urgently needed for many silicon thin film
applications, including silicon thin film photovoltaics.
In the investigations described here, two different axial e-beam gun/crucible setups were applied, a water-cooled
crucible setup and a crucible-free setup. For both setups the size of the melting bath is analyzed, limiting the
adaptable electron beam power. Static deposition rates ≥ 300 nm/s are demonstrated, which allow deposition costs as
low as 0.03 €/WP for a 15 μm silicon layer on a 200 mm x 200 mm glass substrate for thin-film photovoltaic (PV)
application. This is substantial lower than the 0.17 €/WP silicon wafer cost forecast for 2018 [1].
The high rate deposition process also offers new opportunities for the production of thick silicon layers as functional
layers. First results for 8 … 180 μm thick silicon layers are demonstrated.
The iron and copper impurities of layers were below the detection limit of D-SIMS measurements and fulfill the
purity demands 5.1014 atoms/cm3 for iron and 3.1014 atoms/cm3 for copper formulated by Hofstetter et al. [2] for high
effective solar cells.
title: The use of student numbers to randomise remote quantitative and qualitative assessment in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Norori-McCormac, Alexander
name: Mackay, Isobel
name: Sorensen, Eva
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde
Year: 2022

description: The sudden lockdown in March 2020 in the U.K. as the result of Covid-19 resulted in the requirement for in person unseen examinations to be replaced with other forms of assessment that could be undertaken remotely. This presented numerous challenges, one of which was the potential for collusion and plagiarism as the students were no longer being assessed under controlled examination conditions. This paper discusses the use of student numbers in Chemical Engineering at UCL to randomise various components of both qualitative and quantitative assessment. Questions were either created or amended, with values substituted for a portion of the student number, or a portion of the student number could be linked to qualitative criteria. These randomisations forced the students to undertake their own series of calculations or research to answer the questions, thereby reducing opportunities for collusion, but also plagiarism. In practice, although opportunities for collusion and plagiarism were reduced, there were still occurrences. The use of an initial randomisation in some cases made it easier to identify where collusion had occurred, but it also resulted in often distinct answers that highlighted different approaches to assessment by students. The use of randomisation also increased the workload for assessors, with customised mark schemes and increased subject knowledge or research required to suitably evaluate the answers provided. Increased levels of randomisation to mitigate collusion and plagiarism will further increase workload and should be recognised when trying to balance competing priorities for educators responsible for designing and implementing assessment.
A Benchmarking Study of the Application of a Distributed Bragg Reflector as Back-Reflector on n-Pasha Solar Cells
Creators: name: Luxembourg, S.L.
name: Spinelli, P.
name: Ingenito, A.
name: Liu, J.
name: Isabella, O.
name: Zeman, M.
name: Weeber, A.W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: WAFER-BASED SILICON SOLAR CELLS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
Silicon Solar Cell Improvements

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 972-975
description: A Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) optimized for textured substrates was applied as back-reflector to n-Pasha (bifacial) cells. The (infrared) light trapping performance was evaluated and compared to high quality back- reflectors (BRs, i.e. Ag, TiO2) and to a reflective white backsheet (in a single cell laminate). It was found that compared to the open-rear configuration the DBR improves the response to the infrared similar as the other BR options. However, when the cells were combined with a white backsheet in single cell laminates no difference in performance was observed. The ultimate application for a DBR in photovoltaics is thought to be in an ultrathin device in combination with efficient front side trapping. Initial simulations were performed to evaluate and optimize light trapping for a combination of a Mie coating and a DBR. Possible ways for further improvement have been identified.
Modification of Natural Zeolite Clinoptilolite and its Application in the Adsorption of Herbicides
Creators: name: Straioto, Henrique
name: Viotti, Paula Valéria
name: de Moura, Alexandre Amado
name: Diório, Alexandre
name: Scaliante, Mara Heloisa Neves Olsen
name: Moreira, Wardleison Martins
name: Vieira, Marcelo Fernandes
name: Bergamasco, Rosângela
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Hematology

description: The clinoptilolite natural zeolites (NZs) possess low herbicide adsorption capacity demanding an acid-, alkali-, or salt chemical modifications that enhance its adsorption. However, this may affect the material structure (pore blockage) and charge distribution (electro-repulsion) that are undesired. Alternatively, zeolites may be synthesized or engineered at a high and time-consuming process. Consequently, new methods for NZs modification need to be studied, such as the hydrothermal method, in order to enhance the NZs herbicides adsorption capacity, since this is a cheap and widely available material worldwide. In this sense, a novel surface-modified zeolite (SMZ) using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in acid media was produced through the hydrothermal method and subsequently applied for the adsorption of Atrazine (ATZ), Diuron (DIU) and 2,4-D. Commercial NZ and SMZ were characterized by SEM, XRD, TGA, FT-IR, atomic absorption spectroscopy, pHPZC, Zeta potential and N2 physisorption. The SMZ chosen for the adsorption experiments was the one with the highest modification yield and adsorption capacity obtained from a complete design of experiments (CTAB = 0,74 ggNZ−1; D = 12 Mesh; HCl = 0,1 M; t = 6 h and T = 205 °C). The adsorption experiments revealed that the SMZ adsorption capacity for the herbicide 2,4–D (qmax = 9.02 mg g-1) was greater than that obtained for ATZ (qmax = 2.11 mg g-1) and DIU (qmax = 1.85 mg g-1), which was explained by the presence of the hydroxyl group and by geometric characteristics of the 2,4-D. Adsorption models fitting showed that the adsorption of 2,4-D onto SMZ were best described by pseudo–second order kinetic (k2 = 0.005-0.006 g mg-1 min-1; qe,exp = 7.122-8.614 mg g-1) and Langmuir isothermal model (KL = 0.283-0.499 L mg-1; qm = 7.167-7.995 mg g-1). Those results indicate that the hydrothermal method is a viable alternative to enable the use of NZs for the adsorption of emerging contaminants from wastewater.
New Surface Brightness Fluctuations Spectroscopic Technique: NGC4449 and its Stellar Tidal Stream
Creators: name: Toloba, Elisa
name: Guhathakurta, Puragra
name: Romanowsky, Aaron
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Martinez-Delgado, David
name: Arnold, Jacob
name: Ramachandran, Neel
name: Theakanath, Kuriakose
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new spectroscopic technique based in part on targeting the upward fluctuations of the surface brightness for studying the internal stellar kinematics and metallicities of low surface brightness galaxies and streams beyond the Local Group. The distance to these systems makes them unsuitable for targeting individual red giant branch (RGB) stars (tip of RGB at $I\gtrsim24$~mag) and their surface brightness is too low ($μ_r\gtrsim 25$~mag~arcsec$^{-2}$) for integrated light spectroscopic measurements. This technique overcomes these two problems by targeting individual objects that are brighter than the tip of the RGB. We apply this technique to the star-forming dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 and its stellar stream. We use Keck/DEIMOS data to measure the line-of-sight radial velocity out to $\sim7$~kpc in the East side of the galaxy and $\sim8$~kpc along the stream. We find that the two systems are likely gravitationally bound to each other and have heliocentric radial velocities of $227.3\pm10.7$~km/s and $225.8\pm16.0$~km/s, respectively. Neither the stream nor the near half of the galaxy shows a significant velocity gradient. We estimate the stellar metallicity of the stream based on the equivalent width of its Calcium triplet lines and find [Fe/H]~$=-1.37\pm0.41$, which is consistent with the metallicity-luminosity relation for Local Group dwarf galaxies. Whether the stream's progenitor was moderately or severely stripped cannot be constrained with this metallicity uncertainty. We demonstrate that this new technique can be used to measure the kinematics and (possibly) the metallicity of the numerous faint satellites and stellar streams in the halos of nearby ($\sim 4$~Mpc) galaxies.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
QTL-mapping in the obese Berlin Fat Mouse identifies additional candidate genes for obesity and fatty liver disease
Creators: name: Delpero, Manuel
name: Arends, Danny
name: Freiberg, Aimée
name: Brockmann, Gudrun A
name: Hesse, Deike
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Metabolic disorders
subject: 570 Biologie

description: The Berlin Fat Mouse Inbred line (BFMI) is a model for obesity and the metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to identify genetic variants associated with liver weight, liver triglycerides, and body weight using the obese BFMI sub-line BFMI861-S1. BFMI861-S1 mice are insulin resistant and store ectopic fat in the liver. In generation 10, 58 males and 65 females of the advanced intercross line (AIL) BFMI861-S1xB6N were phenotyped under a standard diet over 20 weeks. QTL analysis was performed after genotyping with the MiniMUGA Genotyping Array. Whole-genome sequencing and gene expression data of the parental lines was used for the prioritization of positional candidate genes. Three QTLs associated with liver weight, body weight, and subcutaneous adipose tissue (scAT) weight were identified. A highly significant QTL on chromosome (Chr) 1 (157–168 Mb) showed an association with liver weight. A QTL for body weight at 20 weeks was found on Chr 3 (34.1–40 Mb) overlapping with a QTL for scAT weight. In a multiple QTL mapping approach, an additional QTL affecting body weight at 16 weeks was identified on Chr 6 (9.5–26.1 Mb). Considering sequence variants and expression differences, Sec16b and Astn1 were prioritized as top positional candidate genes for the liver weight QTL on Chr 1; Met and Ica1 for the body weight QTL on Chr 6. Interestingly, all top candidate genes have previously been linked with metabolic traits. This study shows once more the power of an advanced intercross line for fine mapping. QTL mapping combined with a detailed prioritization approach allowed us to identify additional and plausible candidate genes linked to metabolic traits in the BFMI861-S1xB6N AIL. By reidentifying known candidate genes in a different crossing population the causal link with specific traits is underlined and additional evidence is given for further investigations.
Silicon Specification for High Efficiency HJT
Creators: name: Bätzner, D.L.
name: Andreetta, L.
name: Frammelsberger, W.
name: Kramer, R.
name: Lachenal, D.
name: Legradic, B.
name: Meixenberger, J.
name: Papet, P.
name: Rigoletti, F.
name: Strahm, B.
name: Wahli, G.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Silicon-based Thin Film and Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1042-1045
description: The performance of high efficiency HJT cells relies on excellent surface cleaning and passivation in
combination with a high quality silicon bulk material. It is demonstrated how a generally observed correlation
between silicon crystal doping and effective measured life time is derived and how it correlates to HJT cell
performance by applying an empirical model by Kerr et al.[1]. In the following the performance impact of typically
specified parameters is discussed and it is shown that essential parameters as uniformity often lack specification.
Transferring from the acute hospital to a sub-acute facility : the perspective of patients with dementia
Creators: name: Dig, Robin.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Control Flow Analysis for SF Combinator Calculus
Creators: name: Lester, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.3.2; F.3.3

description: Programs that transform other programs often require access to the internal structure of the program to be transformed. This is at odds with the usual extensional view of functional programming, as embodied by the lambda calculus and SK combinator calculus. The recently-developed SF combinator calculus offers an alternative, intensional model of computation that may serve as a foundation for developing principled languages in which to express intensional computation, including program transformation. Until now there have been no static analyses for reasoning about or verifying programs written in SF-calculus. We take the first step towards remedying this by developing a formulation of the popular control flow analysis 0CFA for SK-calculus and extending it to support SF-calculus. We prove its correctness and demonstrate that the analysis is invariant under the usual translation from SK-calculus into SF-calculus.
description: In Proceedings VPT 2015, arXiv:1512.02215
Chiroptera Blumenbach 1779
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera

description: ORDER CHIROPTERA COMMENTS: Includes as suborders Megachiroptera, with the single family Pteropodidae, and Microchiroptera, with the remainder.
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 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
Up-Scaling of Production Process for Producing Flexible CZTS Photovoltaic Modules
Creators: name: Peharz, G.
name: Waldauf, C.
name: Meissner, D.
name: Hüttenbrenner, R.
name: Grader, A.
name: Satzinger, V.
name: Edinger, S.
name: Dimopoulos, T.
name: List-Kratochvil, E.J.
name: Sax, S.
name: Oreski, G.
name: Pötz, S.
name: Neisser, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
CdTe, CIS and Related Ternary and Quaternary Thin Film Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1006-1009
description: At previous EU-PVSEC conferences an innovative technology for making photovoltaic foils was
presented which is based on quaternary CZTS (copper zinc tin sulfide) semiconductor powder. In order to accelerate
the development of a high speed roll-to-roll production process a cooperation project of several partners from
academia and industry was launched in 2014. The overall aim of the project is the demonstration of a technology that
allows producing flexible photovoltaic films made of abundant, non-toxic and highly stable material at a web speed
of 40 m/min. For this purpose certain technological challenges needs to be tackled such as the development of a
printing process which allows for the high speed deposition of a CTZS crystal mono-layer and the metallization in a
roll-to-roll process. Furthermore the rear-side opening for contact formation requires a precise and fast “polishing”
process of the polymer-semiconductor membrane preferably by a laser ablation process. Finally a process for
depositing the TCO front side contact by non-vacuum techniques is developed. The current contribution describes the
specification and definition phase of the processes to be used and highlights first successful proof-of-concept
experiments. These results constitute important milestones towards the development of a high speed roll-to-roll
process, which will enable the production of flexible PV films with a web speed of about 40 m/min and at production
costs levels of about 0.30 €/Wp in a mass manufacturing scenario.
Self-similar continuous cascades supported by random Cantor sets. Application to rainfall data
Creators: name: Muzy, J. F.
name: Baïle, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a variant of continuous random cascade models that extends former constructions introduced by Barral-Mandelbrot and Bacry-Muzy in the sense that they can be supported by sets of arbitrary fractal dimension. The so introduced sets are exactly self-similar stationary versions of random Cantor sets formerly introduced by Mandelbrot as "random cutouts". We discuss the main mathematical properties of our construction and compute its scaling properties. We then illustrate our purpose on several numerical examples and we consider a possible application to rainfall data. We notably show that our model allows us to reproduce remarkably the distribution of dry period durations.
description: 12 Figures
Progress & Challenges in Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaics: Heterojunctions & Multijunctions
Creators: name: Yamamoto, K.
name: Adachi, D.
name: Uzu, H.
name: Uto, T.
name: Irie, T.
name: Hino, M.
name: Kanematsu, M.
name: Kawasaki, H.
name: Konishi, K.
name: Mishima, R.
name: Nakano, K.
name: Terashita, T.
name: Yoshikawa, K.
name: Ichikawa, M.
name: Kuchiyama, T.
name: Suezaki, T.
name: Meguro, T.
name: Nakanishi, N.
name: Yoshimi, M.
name: Schroos, D.
name: Valckx, N.
name: Menou, N.
name: Hernández, J.L.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Silicon-based Thin Film and Silicon-Heterojunction Solar Cells and Modules

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1003-1005
description: Thin-film Si technology for solar cell has been developed for ~40 years. Improvement of efficiency
and industrialization of thin-film Si solar cell have been realized by continuous research and development of the thinfilm
Si technology. The thin-film Si technology covers a wide range of fields such as the fundamental understanding
of the nature of thin-film Si, the cell/module production, the simulation, and the reliability technologies. These
technologies are also significant for solar cells other than the thin-film Si solar cell. Thanks to the highly developed
thin-film Si solar cell technology, we have achieved a certified efficiency of 25.1% by an aperture area measurement
(area: 151.8 cm2) and an efficiency of 24.5% by a total area measurement (area: 239.0 cm2) using heterojunction (HJ)
crystalline Si (c-Si) solar cells. These efficiencies are a record efficiency for c-Si cell with area of >150cm2 and a
record power/wafer for c-Si solar cell with 6-inch semi-square wafer, respectively.
Mercury: Industrial IBC Cell with Front Floating Emitter for 20.9% and Higher Efficiency
Creators: name: Guillevin, N.
name: Mewe, A.
name: Spinelli, P.
name: Burgers, A.
name: Janssen, G.
name: Van De Loo, B.
name: Kessels, E.
name: Vlooswijk, A.
name: Geerligs, B.
name: Cesar, I.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2015
Subjects: WAFER-BASED SILICON SOLAR CELLS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
Silicon Solar Cell Improvements

description: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 976-982
description: This paper presents our recent progress in the development and characterization of our 6” industrial
IBC Mercury cells. We have gained more than 1% absolute in efficiency by optimizing the processes and design of
the cells, resulting in 20.9% cell efficiency. Our cell process does not apply a space or “gap” between the rear-side
emitter and BSF areas, consequently the cells have a long length of high-high pn-junctions at the rear side. We
present a method to characterize the pn-junction recombination and quantify its contribution to Voc and pseudo-FF
losses, one of the key performance parameters for optimisation of a gap-less IBC cell, and illustrate how this was
central to recent efficiency improvement. Together with these results, we briefly point out some key aspects of the
design and production processes that ensure the industrial manufacturability of the cell and module and discuss our
roadmap towards >23% efficient Mercury cells. Finally, we present resent results on high resolution sheet resistance
mapping of IBC test structures with near-field THz mapping.
Acerodon Jourdan 1837
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Acerodon

description: Acerodon Jourdan, 1837. L'Echo du Monde Savant, 4, No. 275, p. 156. TYPE SPECIES: Pteropus jubatus Eschscholtz, 1831. COMMENTS: Very closely related to and probably congeneric with Pteropus (see Musser et al., 1982a).
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 137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Musser, G. G., K. F. Koopman, and D. Califia. 1982 a. The Sulawesian Pteropus arquatus and P. argentatus are Acerodon celebensis; the Philippine P. leucotus is an Acerodon. Journal of Mammalogy, 63: 319 - 328."]}
The vicinity of hyper-honeycomb $β$-Li2IrO3 to a three-dimensional Kitaev spin liquid state
Creators: name: Katukuri, Vamshi M.
name: Yadav, Ravi
name: Hozoi, Liviu
name: Nishimoto, Satoshi
name: Brink, Jeroen van den
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to the combination of a substantial spin-orbit coupling and correlation effects, iridium oxides hold a prominent place in the search for novel quantum states of matter, including, e.g., Kitaev spin liquids and topological Weyl states. We establish the promise of the very recently synthesized hyper-honeycomb iridate $β$-Li2IrO3 in this regard. A detailed theoretical analysis reveals the presence of large ferromagnetic first-neighbor Kitaev interactions, while a second-neighbor antiferromagnetic Heisenberg exchange drives the ground state from ferro to zigzag order via a three-dimensional Kitaev spin liquid and an incommensurate phase. Experiment puts the system in the latter regime but the Kitaev spin liquid is very close and reachable by a slight modification of the ratio between the second- and first-neighbor couplings, for instance via strain.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Detection of Phosphorus, Sulphur, and Zinc in the Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star BD+44 493
Creators: name: Roederer, Ian U.
name: Placco, Vinicius M.
name: Beers, Timothy C.
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 carbon-enhanced metal-poor star BD+44 493 ([Fe/H]=-3.9) has been proposed as a candidate second-generation star enriched by metals from a single Pop III star. We report the first detections of P and S and the second detection of Zn in any extremely metal-poor carbon-enhanced star, using new spectra of BD+44 493 collected by the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. We derive [P/Fe]=-0.34 +/- 0.21, [S/Fe]=+0.07 +/- 0.41, and [Zn/Fe]=-0.10 +/- 0.24. We increase by ten-fold the number of Si I lines detected in BD+44 493, yielding [Si/Fe]=+0.15 +/- 0.22. The solar [S/Fe] and [Zn/Fe] ratios exclude the hypothesis that the abundance pattern in BD+44 493 results from depletion of refractory elements onto dust grains. Comparison with zero-metallicity supernova models suggests that the stellar progenitor that enriched BD+44 493 was massive and ejected much less than 0.07 Msun of Ni-56, characteristic of a faint supernova.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters (4 pages, 2 figures)
Evaluating the implementation of the revised hepatitis summary plan
Creators: name: Messieh, Kimberley Ann.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Decomposition by tree dimension in Horn clause verification
Creators: name: Kafle, Bishoksan
name: Gallagher, John P.
name: Ganty, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Verification

description: In this paper we investigate the use of the concept of tree dimension in Horn clause analysis and verification. The dimension of a tree is a measure of its non-linearity - for example a list of any length has dimension zero while a complete binary tree has dimension equal to its height. We apply this concept to trees corresponding to Horn clause derivations. A given set of Horn clauses P can be transformed into a new set of clauses P=k can be obtained from P whose derivation trees have dimension at least k + 1. In order to prove some property of all derivations of P, we systematically apply these transformations, for various values of k, to decompose the proof into separate proofs for P=k (which could be executed in parallel). We show some preliminary results indicating that decomposition by tree dimension is a potentially useful proof technique. We also investigate the use of existing automatic proof tools to prove some interesting properties about dimension(s) of feasible derivation trees of a given program.
description: In Proceedings VPT 2015, arXiv:1512.02215
title: The synthesis of an array of stapled polyproline peptides
Creators: name: Brightwell, Dominic
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a short all hydrocarbon linker can be used to staple a polyproline chain and therein favouan alternative conformation to the typical type exhibited in an aqueous environment. An array of functionalised P(Pro)7 peptides were synthesised with olefin containing sidechains present at the 4C position on the 4th and 7th monomer units. Ruthenium-catalysed olefin metathesis was then used to form an all hydrocarbon i-i+3 linker between the two sidechains, effectively 'stapling' the peptide at the C-terminal. The conformation of the subsequent 'stapled' peptides was then investigated using, FT-IR and circular dichroism (CD), to determine the polyproline type I or type II character. The stapling of the peptides proved to alter the conformation from the typical PolPro2 character exhibited in an aqueous environment.