cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Pricklier with the proper predator? Predator‐induced small‐scale changes of spinescence in Daphnia
Creators: name: Diel, Patricia
name: Rabus, Max
name: Laforsch, Christian
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Daphnia
subject: inducible defenses
subject: phenotypic plasticity
subject: predation
subject: predator–prey interaction
subject: spinules
subject: 570
subject: 590

description: Phenotypic plasticity in defensive traits is a common response of prey organisms to variable and unpredictable predation regimes and risks. Cladocerans of the genus Daphnia are keystone species in the food web of lentic freshwater bodies and are well known for their ability to express a large variety of inducible morphological defenses in response to invertebrate and vertebrate predator kairomones. The developed defenses render the daphnids less susceptible to predation. So far, primarily large-scale morphological defenses, like helmets, crests, and tail-spines, have been documented. However, less is known on whether the tiny spinules, rather inconspicuous traits which cover many Daphnia’s dorsal and ventral carapace margins, respond to predator kairomones, as well. For this reason, we investigated two Daphnia species (D. magna and D. longicephala) concerning their predator kairomone-induced changes in dorsal and ventral spinules. Since these small, inconspicuous traits may only act as a defense against predatory invertebrates, with fine-structured catching apparatuses, and not against vertebrate predators, we exposed them to both, an invertebrate (Triops cancriformis or Notontecta maculata) and a vertebrate predator (Leucaspius delineatus). Our results show that the length of these spinules as well as spinules-covered areas vary, likely depending on the predator the prey is exposed to. We further present first indications of a Daphnia species-specific elongation of the spinules and an increase of the spinules-bearing areas. Although we cannot exclude that spinescence is altered because it is developmentally connected to changes in body shape in general, our results suggest that the inducible alterations to the spinule length and spinules-covered areas disclose another level of predator-induced changes in two common Daphnia species. The predator-induced changes on this level together with the large-scale and ultrastructural defensive traits may act as the overall morphological defense, adjusted to specific predator regimes in nature.
Meliphaga virescens subsp. intermedia Mayr and Rand
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Meliphaga

description: Meliphaga virescens intermedia Mayr and Rand Meliphaga virescens intermedia Mayr and Rand, 1935: 15 (Samarai Island, Papua). Now Lichenostomus versicolor intermedius (Mayr and Rand, 1935). See Coates, 1990: 278–279, Dickinson, 2003: 432, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 601. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 330252, adult male, collected on Samarai Island, 10.36S, 150.39E (Times Atlas), Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, on 5 July 1929, by Hannibal Hamlin on the Whitney South Sea Expedition. COMMENTS: Mayr and Rand, in the original description, cited the AMNH number of the holotype and listed their type series of nine specimens. The eight paratypes are: Doini Island, AMNH 295688–295691, three males, one female, 7 November–2 December 1920, J.T. Zimmer; Samarai Island, AMNH 330253–330256, two males, two females, 5 July 1929, H. Hamlin. Higgins et al. (2008:601) tentatively synonymized intermedia with sonoroides.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 84
description: {"references": ["Mayr, E., and A. L. Rand. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 6. Twenty-four apparently undescribed birds from New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 814: 1 - 17.", "Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Passerines. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 576 pp.", "Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}
Light Reflectivity-Coupled LBIC Mapping for Multicrystalline Si-Based PV Cells
Creators: name: Parra García, V.
name: Moralejo, B.
name: González, M.A.
name: Jiménez, J.
name: Martínez, O.
name: Gutiérrez, J.
name: Boillos, E.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2125-2129
description: Light beam induced current (LBIC) is one of the most used characterization technique for PV materials
and cells. Nevertheless, when measuring multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) cells, the highly inhomogeneous reflectivity
of the different multicrystals can lead to erroneous determination of LBIC parameters as the effective diffusion
length of charge carriers. So, in this paper, instrumental considerations related to reflectivity are revised, in order to
illustrate this important effect to attain good and reliable solar cell characterizations.
title: Determination of virulence of L. monocytogenes strains of environmental and food sources using an invertebrate model
Creators: name: Bah, Umaru
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: The virulence potential of 9 L. monocytogenes strains isolated from food products at different stages of the fresh produce supply chain and a food processing facility was determined using G. mellonella. Strains were used to infect G. mellonella larvae through the haemocoel with a dose of 106 CFU, which were then compared to a L. monocytogenes reference EGD-e and also L. ivanovii. Virulence was assessed by evaluating mortality rates, larvae health index score (HIS), counting viable bacteria in larvae, and the larval immunological response to infection. Significant differences in ability to cause larval mortality were observed between strains. L. monocytogenes strains NLmo4 and NLmo5 caused the most mortality rates, 98.8% and 96.7%, respectively, at 7 d after infection, whilst NLmo20 induced a mortality rate of 65% at the same time point, significantly differing from NLmo4&5 (p < 0.5). Six isolates that caused the least to most mortality rates we selected and tested for ability to replicate in vitro, in vivo and their effect on larvae haemocyte density. Growth rates in vitro were significantly not different amongst L. monocytogenes strains as well as when compared to L. ivanovii. However, whilst L. monocytogenes strains replicated and persisted in larvae for up to 7 d after infection L. ivanovii was gradually cleared from larvae decreasing by 5 Logs CFU at the end of the 7 d time course. The persistence of these strain in larvae caused damage to larval organs as seen by increasing melanisation and consequently larval death. Insignificant fluctuations in haemocyte density was observed after larvae infection, however, increased expressions of the antimicrobial peptides galiomycin and gallerimycin were noted upon infection with NLmo4, EGD-e and L. ivanovii. Taken together, results of this study suggest L. monocytogenes strains found in fresh produce products have different pathogenic potentials and are potential hazards for human health.
Large Scale PV Implementation and Grid Integration with Hybrid PV Hydro Power Plants Using Floating PV Devices - Potential Study and Future Markets
Creators: name: Nordmann, T.
name: Ossenbrink, H.
name: Vontobel, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Taking Off: Large-scale Deployment
Markets for Large-scale PV

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5231-5234
description: PV markets are focused on free-standing PV plants and buildings. PV on rooftops needs individual
planning with high costs, free-standing PV plants are not always well accepted in public. This new approach of using
the surfaces of artificial lakes, which are used for hydro power generation, in combination with floating PV devices
allows for new sorts of renewable hybrid power plants, which are very modular and highly scalable. Grid integration
with high penetration of PV is possible with this approach due to the possibility of using the reservoir of the hydro
power plant as storage capacity. In addition, the existing infrastructure of the hydro power plant to feed in the
produced PV energy can partly be used and offers synergies for utilities/plant owners. With the uniform blueprint for
theses hybrid power plants mass production and a fast dissemination of PV is possible. A potential study of hydro
power plants in Spain shows a potential for hybrid PV plants capable of producing about 15% of the annual
electricity demand.
The Role of Workforce Training and Innovation - Centric Economic Development in Growth of the US PV Market
Creators: name: Stanbery, B.J.
name: Peterson, L.
name: Lewin, D.
name: Auerbach, E.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Taking Off: Large-scale Deployment
Markets for Large-scale PV

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5242-5246
description: Addressing the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression (1929-1939), the US enacted
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly referred to as the Stimulus bill, in February 2009.
US$9.24 billion of this funding was specifically directed towards renewable energy-related activities, significantly
increasing federal support for photovoltaic solar research and development, manufacturing capacity expansion, and
deployment. But over US$100B was directed more broadly to the converging nexus of renewable energy, energy
efficiency, green-house gas abatement, and smart grid sectors, collectively referred to as the “green economy.” In this
paper we analyze the mechanisms by which this unprecedented federal investment in the energy economy of the future
has been distributed both directly through Departments of Energy and Commerce R&D and economic development
initiatives at the national level, and channeled by the Department of Labor into state-managed job-development
programs. We discuss the economic development theories underlying this strategy, as well as its potential impact on the
PV industry in the US.
Ptilotis fusca subsp. dingi Mathews
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Ptilotis

description: Ptilotis fusca dingi Mathews Ptilotis fusca dingi Mathews, 1912a: 404 (South Australia). Now Lichenostomus fuscus fuscus (Gould, 1837). See Salomonsen, 1967: 377, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 251–252, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 607–608. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 694541, adult female, collected on Murray Flats, 14 miles west of Blanchetown, 8 ft, 34.21S, 139.38E (Times Atlas), South Australia, Australia, on 30 May 1911, by J.B. Cleland (no. 12). From the Mathews Collection (no. 8950) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description, giving the range of the form as ‘‘ South Australia, Victoria.’’ The holotype bears in addition to the original label, Mathews and Rothschild type labels and a Mathews ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that the specimen was the model for Mathews (1924: pl. 529, upper fig., opp. p. 438, text p. 439), where it is confirmed as the type of dingi. This is apparently the ‘‘specimen (a)’’ for which Cleland (1912: 16) reported the stomach contents. A paratype is AMNH 694560 (Mathews no. 3164), female, collected at Stawell, Victoria on 29 September 1908. AMNH 694548–694550 are possible paratypes, collected at Melton, Victoria, in June 1908 and 1910 by L.G. Chandler, but I did not find them in Mathews catalog. Other specimens were either collected after the publication of dingi or were never in the Mathews Collection.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 86
description: {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1912 a. A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171 - 446.", "Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Mathews, G. M. 1924. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 4 - 9. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 209 - 593, pls. 509 - 541.", "Cleland, J. B. 1912. Examination of contents of stomachs and crops of Australian birds. Emu 12: 8 - 18."]}
title: Investigation of new actinobacteria for the biodesulphurisation of diesel fuel
Creators: name: Athi Narayanan, Selva Manikandan
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: Biodesulphurisation (BDS) is an emerging technology that utilises microorganisms for the removal of sulphur from fossil fuels. Commercial-scale BDS needs the development of highly active bacterial strains which allow easier downstream processing. In this research, a collection of actinobacteria that originated from oil-contaminated soils in Russia were investigated to establish their phylogenetic positions and biodesulphurisation capabilities.
The eleven test strains were confirmed as members of the genus Rhodococcus based on 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence analysis. Two organisms namely strain F and IEGM 248, confirmed as members of the species R. qingshengii and R. opacus, respectively based on the wholegenome sequence based OrthoANIu values, exhibited robust biodesulphurisation of dibenzothiophene (DBT) and benzothiophene (BT), respectively. R. qingshengii strain F was found to convert DBT to hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP) with DBTO and DBTO2 as intermediates. The DBT desulphurisation genes of strain F occur as a cluster and share high sequence similarity with the dsz operon of R. erythropolis IGTS8. Rhodococcus opacus IEGM 248 could convert BT into benzofuran. The BDS reaction of both strains follows the well-known 4S pathway of desulphurisation of DBT and BT.
When cultured directly in a biphasic growth medium containing 10% (v/v) oil (n-hexadecane or diesel) containing 300 ppm sulphur, strain F formed a stable oil-liquid emulsion, making it unsuitable for direct industrial application despite the strong desulphurisation activity. Whereas the strain 248 formed distinct oil, biomass and aqueous phases which enabled easy extraction of the desulphurised oil with more than 80% reduction in total sulphur content, making it a potential candidate strain for the development of a robust BDS biocatalyst to upgrade crude oils and refinery streams at industrial scale.
Whole-genome analysis of these strains also revealed the presence of a high copy number of various monooxygenases and sulphur metabolism related genes that occurred in clusters. These genes offer potential target sites for future mutation strategies to forestall sulphate induced repression of the desulphurisation genes which warrants future investigation.
Effects of Phosphorus Doping Concentration and Film Thickness on the Qualitiy of Poly-Si Seed Layer Prepared by Solid Phase Crystallization
Creators: name: Li, W.
name: Liu, J.
name: Varlamov, S.
name: Green, M.A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2775-2778
description: Crystalline silicon thin film solar cells on glass substrates are a low cost alternative to silicon wafer cells.
As an alternative to a simple one step of solid phase crystallisation (SPC) in which a-Si is converted to poly-Si, seed layer
approach is introduced. First a seed layer is prepared on glass by SPC of an a-Si layer on glass. Then a-Si is deposited on
top of the seed which is converted to c-Si by solid phase epitaxial growth. The paper presents details of the phosphorus
doped Poly-Si seed layer growth process. It was found that increasing phosphorus doping concentration will enhance the
solid phase crystallisation. Moderate Phosphorus doping concentration will improve the structural and electronic quality.
And both the structural and electronic quality will be improved as the film thickness increasing.
Deposition Technology of SnO2: F Films for Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells
Creators: name: Hayashi, H.
name: Takahashi, A.
name: Yamamoto, Y.
name: Sekine, T.
name: Shidoji, E.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2316-2318
description: Fluorine doped tin oxide (SnO2: F) is one of promising materials for transparent conducting oxide
(TCO) of thin film silicon solar cell. We report on atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) process
of SnO2: F film by using tin tetrachloride (SnCl4) precursor. The influence of deposition temperature on electrical and
optical property of SnO2: F film is investigated. To obtain lower sheet resistance, the deposition of thicker SnO2: F
film with lowering glass speed is then performed and the degradation of the Hall mobility in the thick film is
exhibited. The degradation is attributed to the increase of Cl content in the film. It is shown that multilayered SnO2: F
films can avoid this type of degradation.
Direct Deposition of µc-Si Films with APCVD on Borosilicate Glass
Creators: name: Rachow, T.
name: Künle, M.
name: Janz, S.
name: Reber, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2770-2774
description: The rapid thermal direct deposition of microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si) films on BSG and other
substrates is presented in this paper. The potential of crystalline Silicon Thin-Film (cSiTF) solar cells to reduce
material cost and to reach competitive efficiencies has been proven by the development of various concepts like the
epitaxial wafer equivalent (EpiWE) or cell concepts based on recrystallised silicon films. With only a small fraction
of expensive high-purity silicon these concepts still achieve efficiencies up to 16.9% [1,2]. Other promising concepts
are the cSiTF solar cells on glass substrates or in general substrates with a low critical exposure temperature. CSG
Solar AG presented a plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) based minimodule on borosilicate
glass (BSG) with an efficiency of 10.4% [3]. The direct deposition by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour
deposition (APCVD) at temperatures between 800 °C and 1050 °C presents significant advantages compared to the
throughput limiting and expensive PECVD process in combination with solid phase crystallisation (SPC) or electron
beam crystallisation (EBC).
A Full Scattering Model for Integrated Opto-Electrical Modelling of Solar Cells
Creators: name: Jäger, K.
name: Fischer, M.
name: Abatzis, M.
name: Van Swaaij, R.A.C.M.M.
name: Solntsev, S.
name: Zeman, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2311-2315
description: Recent developments on scattering models based on the scalar scattering theory allow to estimate the
angular intensity distribution and the haze in both transmission and reflection for nano-textured interfaces created by
arbitrary materials. In this contribution, such a scattering model is combined with the opto-electric ASA simulation
software and tested by simulating and measuring the external parameters and the external quantum efficiency of solar
cells with different interface morphologies. This test shows that the scattering model is able to predict the influence of
the nano-textured interfaces on the solar cell performance. The achievements presented in this manuscript can be used
to search for nano-textured interfaces with optimized morphologies.
Ptilotis fusca subsp. dawsoni Mathews
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Ptilotis

description: Ptilotis fusca dawsoni Mathews Ptilotis fusca dawsoni Mathews, 1912a: 404 (Dawson River, Queensland). Now intergradient between Lichenostomus fuscus fuscus and L. f. subgermanus. See Salomonsen, 1967: 377, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 251–252, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 607–608. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 694590 [not 654590, as on label], adult female, collected at Coomooboolaroo, 23.53S. 149.34E (USBGN, 1957), Dawson River, Queensland, Australia, on 29 August 1909. From the Mathews Collection (no. 4728) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range of dawsoni as ‘‘ Queensland.’’ The holotype was described, but not figured, in Mathews (1924: 439), where it is confirmed as the type of dawsoni. His catalog shows that he obtained it from [H.G.] Barnard. Other specimens from Queensland in his catalog had been considered P. flavescens by Mathews. A second specimen from Coomooboolaroo was collected in August 1913, after the publication of dawsoni.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 86
description: {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1912 a. A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171 - 446.", "Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Mathews, G. M. 1924. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 4 - 9. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 209 - 593, pls. 509 - 541."]}
Flattened Light Scattering Substrate in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells for Improved Infrared Response and Photovoltaic Performance
Creators: name: Sai, H.
name: Kanamori, Y.
name: Kondo, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2336-2339
description: Surface texturing is a technique commonly used to enhance light absorption in thin-film silicon solar
cells; it should be noted that highly textured substrates often induce structural defects in the active layer, which
deteriorates the photovoltaic performance. In this paper, we propose a flattened light-scattering substrate (FLiSS)
with a large refractive index contrast in plane as an approach to overcome this trade-off. A FLiSS composed of a 2D
ZnO grating and a Ag reflector is applied to μc-Si:H cells, in order to improve the spectral response in the IR region
while maintaining a high VOC and FF.
title: Αναθεώρηση του Μοντέρνου στο πλαίσιο της Σχεσιακής Αισθητικής του Nicolas Bourriaud
title: The re-examination of the Modern through the concept of the Relational Aesthetics of the art theorist Nicolas Bourriaud
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Νικηφοράκη, Χαρίκλεια
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Nicolas Bourriaud
Immanuel Kant
Jürgen Habermas
Jean-François Lyotard
Μοντέρνο
Μεταμοντέρνο
Altermodern
Σχεσιακή αισθητική

description: Στην παρούσα διπλωματική ερευνούμε την επανεξέταση του Μοντέρνου μέσα από την έννοια της σχεσιακής αισθητικής του θεωρητικού της τέχνης Nicolas Bourriaud. Αρχικά αναφερόμαστε στην αισθητική θεώρηση του έργου τέχνης και αρχιτεκτονικής και τη σχέση του με την κοινωνία σε πολιτική και ιστορική βάση με αναφορά στο Μοντέρνο και το Μεταμοντέρνο, προσεγγίζοντας τις φιλοσοφικές/θεωρητικές θέσεις των Immanuel Κant, Jurgen Habermas και Jean-Francois Lyotard. Στη συνέχεια αναλύουμε την έννοια της Σχεσιακής Αισθητικής και τη συγκρίνουμε με τις δύο προηγούμενες θεωρήσεις. Στο πλαίσιο της Σχεσιακής Αισθητικής, η αποτίμηση της σύγχρονης κατάστασης στην τέχνη και το σχεδιασμό του χώρου γενικά, βασίζεται στην διαπολιτισμική/αισθητική τους διάσταση. Θα αναλυθούν παραδείγματα. Τα ερωτήματα που μας απασχολούν είναι τα εξής: Ποιες αλλαγές έχουν συντελεστεί ώστε να οδηγηθούμε στην αναθεώρηση του Μοντέρνου; Ποια είναι τα χαρακτηριστικά στον τομέα της τέχνης και του σχεδιασμού του χώρου χθες και σήμερα; Ποια είναι η σύνδεση του Μοντέρνου με τη σχεσιακή αισθητική; Στόχος της παρούσης είναι η αποτίμηση της σύγχρονης κατάστασης στην τέχνη και το σχεδιασμό του χώρου γενικά, με βάση την αισθητική τους διάσταση.
Coupled scalar fields in the late Universe: The mechanical approach and the late cosmic acceleration
Creators: name: Burgazli, Alvina
name: Zhuk, Alexander
name: Morais, João
name: Bouhmadi-López, Mariam
name: Kumar, K. Sravan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we consider the Universe at the late stage of its evolution and deep inside the cell of uniformity. At these scales, we consider the Universe to be filled with dust-like matter in the form of discretely distributed galaxies, a minimally coupled scalar field and radiation as matter sources. We investigate such a Universe in the mechanical approach. This means that the peculiar velocities of the inhomogeneities (in the form of galaxies) as well as fluctuations of other perfect fluids are non-relativistic. Such fluids are designated as coupled because they are concentrated around inhomogeneities. In the present paper we investigate the conditions under which a scalar field can become coupled, and show that, at the background level, such coupled scalar field behaves as a two component perfect fluid: a network of frustrated cosmic strings with EoS parameter $w=-1/3$ and a cosmological constant. The potential of this scalar field is very flat at the present time. Hence, the coupled scalar field can provide the late cosmic acceleration. The fluctuations of the energy density and pressure of this field are concentrated around the galaxies screening their gravitational potentials. Therefore, such scalar fields can be regarded as coupled to the inhomogeneities.
description: 14pages, 1 figure
title: The 21st century public library in England and Scotland: epistemic, community and political roles in the public sphere
Creators: name: Appleton, Leo
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: This work is concerned with the role of the public library in England and Scotland in the twenty-first century. The findings derive from the analysis of empirical data collected in 24 focus groups over a period of four years between 2014 and 2018.

The main contribution of the thesis is that it extends understandings of the significant part that the public library plays as a ‘public sphere’, achieved through the fulfilment of three fundamental roles: (1) epistemic; (2) community; and (3) political. This is manifest in the provision of secure, neutral spaces where social, human and transactional capital is exchanged. The contribution is significant because previous research in Information Society Studies has presented public libraries merely as peripheral players in the public sphere. In this prior work the focus has fallen on the epistemic function of public libraries in furnishing access to information: there is little acknowledgement of the generation of social, human and transactional capital amongst active public library users. Similarly, in the Library and Information Studies (LIS) literature, the role of the library as a public sphere is under-played at the expense of attention paid to value, impact and performance measurement - currently in respect of societal outcomes and, in the past, by usage.

A further contribution of the thesis is to methodologies in LIS research. The empirical study demonstrates the value of the implementation of a flexible, multi-locational, longitudinal, focus group method to explore perceptions of public libraries held by active users. This approach may be transferable to other library sectors.
A New View on the Origin of Dislocations and their Density Distribution in Multicrystalline Silicon
Creators: name: Würzner, S.
name: Kaden, T.
name: Funke, C.
name: Kreßner-Kiel, D.
name: Möller, H.J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2133-2137
description: This paper considers the origin and the development of dislocations during crystal growth of multicrystalline
silicon. The distribution of dislocations is analyzed statistically. The obtained density functions reveal
a characteristic structure, which consists of two maxima with medium and high dislocation densities. The results
suggest that the origin and the development of the two maxima are different. The areas of very high dislocation
density are very localized in contrast to the low density areas. The origin of these localized regions of high
density is investigated. In addition, the recombination activities of dislocations, which are measured by the LBIC
technique, are compared between areas of medium and high dislocation density using a previously developed
method based on the model of Donolato. The results are compared with calculations of the interaction of metallic
impurities with dislocation networks
Ptilotis flavescens subsp. subgermana Mathews
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Ptilotis

description: Ptilotis flavescens subgermana Mathews Ptilotis flavescens subgermana Mathews, 1912a: 411 (North Queensland (Cairns)). Now Lichenostomus fuscus subgermanus (Mathews, 1912). See Salomonsen, 1967: 377, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 251–252, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 607–608. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 695543, adult male, collected at Cairns, 16.51S, 145.43E (Times Atlas), Queensland, Australia, in May 1905. From the Mathews Collection (no. 3283) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as ‘‘North Queensland.’’ The type bears a Mathews Collection label, on which the number ‘‘789’’ refers to the number of this species in Mathews (1908), and Mathews and Rothschild type labels. AMNH 695544 (Mathews no. 9538), female, collected at Herberton on 5 November 1910 by the Dodds and cataloged by Mathews as P. germana is a paratype. Specimens collected by T.H. Bowyer-Bower at Cairns in 1885, were not cataloged by Mathews until 1913, after the publication of subgermana.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 86
description: {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1912 a. A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171 - 446.", "Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Mathews, G. M. 1908. Handlist of the birds of Australasia. Emu 7 supplement: 1 - 108."]}
Infrared Microscopy Investigation of the Crystal Structure of Ribbon Growth on Substrate (RGS) Solar Cells
Creators: name: Hess, U.
name: Joos, S.
name: Seren, S.
name: Hahn, G.
name: Pichon, P.-Y.
name: Schönecker, A.
name: Weber, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2138-2143
description: Ribbon Growth on Substrate (RGS) silicon is a multicrystalline ribbon material where the silicon
wafers are casted directly out of the melt. The advantage referring to the standard block-casting of multicrystalline
silicon is the avoidance of the time and energy intensive block-casting itself and the avoidance of material loss due to
wafer wire sawing. Thus, the RGS process allows a cost effective silicon wafer production in combination with a very
high production speed in the order of one wafer per second. The crystallization and casting characteristics limit the
grain sizes of RGS wafers to values between 0.1 mm and 1 mm and the solar cell parameters are affected by a variety
of crystal defects.
Due to its bandgap, silicon is transparent for infrared light with wavelengths > 1200 nm. However, crystal defects
like grain boundaries, cracks and precipitates can scatter and absorb this light and therefore the shadowing can be
investigated. The non-destructive method of Infrared Microscopy makes it possible to observe the actual spatial
distribution and properties of certain defects in a three-dimensional way. The comparison of Infrared Microscopy,
Electron Microscopy, EDX and etch pit density determination on the one hand and spatially resolved measurements
like Light Beam Induced Current (LBIC) of the processed RGS solar cell on the other hand, were investigated.
Defects found by Infrared Microscopy can be linked to oxygen and carbon impurities at grain boundaries but grain
sizes and etch pit densities of grains have the strongest correlation to the local mean Internal Quantum Efficiency
(IQE).
Facial Expression Recognition from World Wild Web
Creators: name: Mollahosseini, Ali
name: Hassani, Behzad
name: Salvador, Michelle J.
name: Abdollahi, Hojjat
name: Chan, David
name: Mahoor, Mohammad H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recognizing facial expression in a wild setting has remained a challenging task in computer vision. The World Wide Web is a good source of facial images which most of them are captured in uncontrolled conditions. In fact, the Internet is a Word Wild Web of facial images with expressions. This paper presents the results of a new study on collecting, annotating, and analyzing wild facial expressions from the web. Three search engines were queried using 1250 emotion related keywords in six different languages and the retrieved images were mapped by two annotators to six basic expressions and neutral. Deep neural networks and noise modeling were used in three different training scenarios to find how accurately facial expressions can be recognized when trained on noisy images collected from the web using query terms (e.g. happy face, laughing man, etc)? The results of our experiments show that deep neural networks can recognize wild facial expressions with an accuracy of 82.12%.
Ptilotula flavescens subsp. zanda Mathews
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Ptilotula

description: Ptilotula flavescens zanda Mathews Ptilotula flavescens zanda Mathews, 1913d: 77 (Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria). Now Lichenostomus flavescens flavescens (Gould, 1840). See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 253–254, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 608. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 695539, adult female, collected at Normanton, 17.40S, 141.05E (Times Atlas), Queensland, Australia, on 9 October 1913, by Robin Kemp (no. 3288). From the Mathews Collection (no. 18235) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Mathews gave Kemp as the collector and 9 October 1913 as the date of collection of the holotype. No other specimen of flavescens in the Mathews Collection has those data. The holotype bears, in addition to Kemp’s original label and a Rothschild type label, a Mathews Collection label marked ‘‘Type’’ by Mathews and with the number 788, which refers to this species in Mathews (1908). No range was mentioned; accordingly, paratypes would be other Normanton specimens cataloged before the publication of zanda on 29 December 1913. Only one specimen is definitely a paratype: AMNH 695540 (Mathews no. 18234), female, collected on 8 October 1913 and cataloged on 16 December 1913, at the same time as the holotype. Three additional specimens were cataloged on 5 January 1914 and it is perhaps possible that they also should be considered paratypes: AMNH 695519 (18398), male, 11 October 1913; AMNH 695537 (18396), female?, 11 October 1913; AMNH 695538 (18397), female?, 10 October 1913.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 87
description: {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1913 d. New species and subspecies of Australian birds. Austral Avian Record 2: 73 - 79.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Mathews, G. M. 1908. Handlist of the birds of Australasia. Emu 7 supplement: 1 - 108."]}
Abgrenzung und Bewertung potentieller Schadstoffsenken in hochwassergefährdeten Flussauen am Beispiel der Mulde
Creators: name: Kollai, Helen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: heavy metals
floodplain
spatial distribution pattern
remote sensing
object based image analysis

description: This master thesis studies the spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in riverine floodplains influenced by hydromorphodynamic processes by linking field measurement data with remote sensing data using geostatistical models. Different relief parameters are distinguished according to their importance for sedimentation behaviour and derived from continuous elevation data. The dependencies of heavy metal accumulation on structural elements of the floodplain, such as depressions, flood channels and plateaus, are characterised by a differentiated consideration of relative position measures to the watercourse and relief-forming parameters. Structural elements are derived by object based image analysis.
Correlation functions of three-dimensional Yang-Mills theory from Dyson-Schwinger equations
Creators: name: Huber, Markus Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The two- and three-point functions and the four-gluon vertex of three-dimensional Yang-Mills theory are calculated from their Dyson-Schwinger equations and the 3PI effective action. Within a self-contained truncation various effects of truncating Dyson-Schwinger equations are studied. Estimates for the errors induced by truncations are derived from comparisons between results from different equations, comparisons with lattice results, and varying higher Green functions. The results indicate that the two-loop diagrams are important in the gluon propagator, where they are explicitly calculated, but not for the vertices. Furthermore, the influence of the four-gluon vertex on lower Green functions is found to be small.
description: 18 pages, 28 figures; corrected layout error in fig. 6; agrees with published version
Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS)
Creators: name: Ton, D.
name: Bower, W.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Components for PV Systems
Balance of System Components

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3049-3053
description: The inevitable transformation of the electrical grid to a more distributed generation configuration, along with anticipated higher penetrations of PV and other distributed generation into the grid will require grid interconnect methodologies well beyond simple net-metered, grid-connected approaches. Advanced control of the power flow into and out of the utility grid will be needed to ensure continued grid reliability and high power quality. Alternative and innovative protection strategies to accommodate large numbers of distributed energy sources will also be required. The new technical requirements, in addition to time-of-use and peak-demand rate structures will combine to necessitate more sophisticated system designs that also integrate energy management and/or energy storage into the system architecture. This paper provides an overview of the R&D needs and describes pathways to promising solutions for the “Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems” (SEGIS) program. New components, advanced innovative inverter/controllers, economical energy management systems, innovative energy storage and a suite of advanced control algorithms, technical methodologies, protocols and the associated communications are funded. It is expected that the solutions will help to push the “advanced integrated system” and “intelligent grid” evolutionary processes forward in a faster but focused manner. The SEGIS Program includes twelve contractors focusing on solutions for all facets of the intelligent grid interconnection of the future.
Approximate Polytope Membership Queries
Creators: name: Arya, Sunil
name: da Fonseca, Guilherme D.
name: Mount, David M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.2.2

description: In the polytope membership problem, a convex polytope $K$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ is given, and the objective is to preprocess $K$ into a data structure so that, given any query point $q \in \mathbb{R}^d$, it is possible to determine efficiently whether $q \in K$. We consider this problem in an approximate setting. Given an approximation parameter $\varepsilon$, the query can be answered either way if the distance from $q$ to $K$'s boundary is at most $\varepsilon$ times $K$'s diameter. We assume that the dimension $d$ is fixed, and $K$ is presented as the intersection of $n$ halfspaces. Previous solutions to approximate polytope membership were based on straightforward applications of classic polytope approximation techniques by Dudley (1974) and Bentley et al. (1982). The former is optimal in the worst-case with respect to space, and the latter is optimal with respect to query time. We present four main results. First, we show how to combine the two above techniques to obtain a simple space-time trade-off. Second, we present an algorithm that dramatically improves this trade-off. In particular, for any constant $α\ge 4$, this data structure achieves query time $O(1/\varepsilon^{(d-1)/α})$ and space roughly $O(1/\varepsilon^{(d-1)(1 - O(\log α)/α)})$. We do not know whether this space bound is tight, but our third result shows that there is a convex body such that our algorithm achieves a space of at least $Ω( 1/\varepsilon^{(d-1)(1-O(\sqrtα)/α} )$. Our fourth result shows that it is possible to reduce approximate Euclidean nearest neighbor searching to approximate polytope membership queries. Combined with the above results, this provides significant improvements to the best known space-time trade-offs for approximate nearest neighbor searching in $\mathbb{R}^d$.
description: Preliminary results of this paper appeared in "Approximate Polytope Membership Queries", in Proc. ACM Sympos. Theory Comput. (STOC), 2011, 579-586 and "Polytope Approximation and the Mahler Volume", in Proc. ACM-SIAM Sympos. Discrete Algorithms (SODA), 2012, 29-42
Copyright Protection and Accountability of Generative AI:Attack, Watermarking and Attribution
Creators: name: Zhong, Haonan
name: Chang, Jiamin
name: Yang, Ziyue
name: Wu, Tingmin
name: Arachchige, Pathum Chamikara Mahawaga
name: Pathmabandu, Chehara
name: Xue, Minhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Generative AI (e.g., Generative Adversarial Networks - GANs) has become increasingly popular in recent years. However, Generative AI introduces significant concerns regarding the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) (resp. model accountability) pertaining to images (resp. toxic images) and models (resp. poisoned models) generated. In this paper, we propose an evaluation framework to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the copyright protection measures for GANs, evaluate their performance across a diverse range of GAN architectures, and identify the factors that affect their performance and future research directions. Our findings indicate that the current IPR protection methods for input images, model watermarking, and attribution networks are largely satisfactory for a wide range of GANs. We highlight that further attention must be directed towards protecting training sets, as the current approaches fail to provide robust IPR protection and provenance tracing on training sets.