cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The isolation of mouse precursor germ cells from embryonic stem cell derived embryoid bodies
Creators: name: Saiti, Deshira.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Kept Against Forgetting: Notes on Three Dissertation Performances
Creators: name: Mason, Robert
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: opera
subject: art song
subject: American Music
subject: The Shining
subject: The Glass Hammer
subject: Music and Dance
subject: Arts

description: Two recitals and an opera role were performed in lieu of a written dissertation. The following program notes and character analysis represent the full extent of research and scholarly work within the levels of expectations for a doctoral student at the University of Michigan. All three performances share themes of traversing the challenges of the human condition through the lens of the 21st century opera performer in a variety of repertoire. With the musical arts acting as a vehicle for the processing of life experiences, these performances and their accompanying essays serve to center vulnerability as strength. Recital 1: In lieu of a recital, the role of Jack Torrance in Moravec and Campbell’s The Shining was performed on June 4, 2023, at the YBCA Theater in San Francisco, CA with Opera Parallèle. Brian Staufenbiel, director; Nicole Paiement, conductor. Recital 2: “The Glass Hammer,” by Jorge Martín-Buján and Andrew Hudgins was performed on March 20, 2024, at 8 pm in the McIntosh Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sarah Thune, piano. Recital 3: “Loss, Recovery, Memory” April 24, 2024, 7:30 pm, First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor, MI. Sarah Thune, piano. Program: “Flow My Tears,” John Dowland; “Grief,” William Grant Still; “Lamento,” Henri Duparc; “Après un rêve,” Gabriel Fauré; “Ich stand in dunklen Träumen,” Clara Wieck-Schumann; “O kühler Wald,” Johannes Brahms; “Auf dem Kirchhofe,” Johannes Brahms; “Nachtwanderer,” Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel; “Sence You Went Away,” H. Leslie Adams; “Nachtlied,” Felix Mendelssohn; “Non t’accostare all’urna,” Giuseppe Verdi; “As Long as We Live,” Missy Mazzoli; “Nachtlied,” Robert Schumann; “Forgetfulness,” Robert Maggio.
Nuclear transport factors in bovine preimplantation embryogenesis
Creators: name: Gibson, Melanie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Topological Crystalline Transition Metals: Strained W, Ta, Mo, and Nb
Creators: name: Thonig, Danny
name: Rauch, Tomáš
name: Mirhosseini, Hossein
name: Henk, Jügen
name: Mertig, Ingrid
name: Wortelen, Henry
name: Engelkamp, Bernd
name: Schmidt, Anke B.
name: Donath, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a joint theoretical and experimental investigation we show that a series of transition metals with strained body-centered cubic lattice ---W, Ta, Nb, and Mo--- host surface states that are topologically protected by mirror symmetry. Our finding extends the class of topologically nontrivial systems by topological crystalline transition metals. The investigation is based on independent calculations of the electronic structures and of topological invariants, the results of which agree with established properties of the Dirac-type surface state in W(110). To further support our prediction, we investigate both experimentally by spin-resolved inverse photoemission and theoretically an unoccupied topologically nontrivial surface state in Ta(110).
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
A Power Managing Unit for Mobile, Standalone AC Solar PV Installations
Creators: name: Oulad-Abbou, D.
name: Doubabi, S.
name: Rachid, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV Applications Without a Centralised Grid

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2796-2800
description: Battery bank is an important element in photovoltaic (PV) installations, since it permits to supply energy when there is a lack of power. In addition, battery bank is the most sensitive element of PV installations. Hence, their use requires more attention in order to increase their lifetime. In the light of this vision, the main idea of this paper is to reduce the stress on the battery bank, while keeping the use of one DC/DC converter in a standalone PV installation. To this purpose, a managing unit is used to manage the flow of energy between the solar PV installation components. These components are: PV generator, battery bank, and the AC load. The control algorithm is explained. Simulation results are also analyzed.
Network Sparsification via Degree- and Subgraph-based Edge Sampling
Creators: name: Su, Zhen
name: Kurths, Jürgen
name: Meyerhenke, Henning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network (or graph) sparsification compresses a graph by removing inessential edges. By reducing the data volume, it accelerates or even facilitates many downstream analyses. Still, the accuracy of many sparsification methods, with filtering-based edge sampling being the most typical one, heavily relies on an appropriate definition of edge importance. Instead, we propose a different perspective with a generalized local-property-based sampling method, which preserves (scaled) local \emph{node} characteristics. Apart from degrees, these local node characteristics we use are the expected (scaled) number of wedges and triangles a node belongs to. Through such a preservation, main complex structural properties are preserved implicitly. We adapt a game-theoretic framework from uncertain graph sampling by including a threshold for faster convergence (at least $4$ times faster empirically) to approximate solutions. Extensive experimental studies on functional climate networks show the effectiveness of this method in preserving macroscopic to mesoscopic and microscopic network structural properties.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures, to be published in IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 2022 (ASONAM 2022)
Improved liquid storage of bovine sperm
Creators: name: Ingram, Cameron Mackenzie.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells down a respiratory epithelial lineage
Creators: name: Doan, Anh.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Blood pressure changes in children with sleep disordered breathing
Creators: name: Bashir, Farhat.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods
Creators: name: Frischknecht, R.
name: Birgisdottir, H.
name: Chae, C.-U.
name: Lützkendorf, T.
name: Passer, A.
name: Alsema, E.
name: Balouktsi, M.
name: Berg, B.
name: Dowdell, D.
name: Garcia Martinez, A.
name: Habert, G.
name: Hollberg, A.
name: König, H.
name: Lasvaux, S.
name: Llatas, C.
name: Nygaard Rasmussen, F.
name: Peuportier, B.
name: Ramseier, L.
name: Röck, M.
name: Soust Verdaguer, B.
name: Szalay, Z.
name: Bohne, R. A.
name: Braganca, L.
name: Cellura, M.
name: Chau, C. K.
name: Dixit, M.
name: Francart, N.
name: Gomes, V.
name: Huang, L.
name: Longo, S.
name: Lupišek, A.
name: Martel, J.
name: Mateus, R.
name: Ouellet-Plamondon, C.
name: Pomponi, F.
name: Ryklová, P.
name: Trigaux, D.
name: Yang, W.
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2019

description: The IEA EBC Annex 72 focuses on the assessment of the primary energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of buildings during production, construction, use (including repair and replacement) and end of life (dismantling), i.e. during the entire life cycle of buildings. In one of its activities, reference buildings (size, materialisation, operational energy demand, etc.) were defined on which the existing national assessment methods are applied using national (if available) databases and (national/regional) approaches. The "be2226" office building in Lustenau, Austria was selected as one of the reference buildings. TU Graz established a BIM model and quantified the amount of building elements as well as construction materials required and the operational energy demand. The building assessment was carried out using the same material and energy demand but applying the LCA approach used in the different countries represented by the participating Annex experts. The results of these assessments are compared in view of identifying major discrepancies. Preliminary findings show that the greenhouse gas emissions per kg of building material differ up to a factor of two and more. Major differences in the building assessments are observed in the transports to the construction site (imports) and the construction activities as well as in the greenhouse gas emissions of the operational energy demand (electricity). The experts document their practical difficulties and how they overcame them. The results of this activity are used to better target harmonisation efforts.
Piano Performance Dissertation
Creators: name: Lee, Hyerim
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Fragment and Unity: Schumann Kreisleriana and Chopin Etudes
subject: Music and Dance
subject: Arts

description: Three piano recitals were given in lieu of a written dissertation. The first dissertation concert, a lecture recital, took place on September 11th, 2023 in Britton Recital Hall. It focused on Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, op. 16, and the topic of the lecture was “Fragment and Unity.” It introduced four ways to understand the entire work – the character of Kreisler, key schemes, the Clara theme, and Witz – and examined each movement in detail. The second concert took place on February 2nd, 2024 in Britton Recital Hall. Under the theme of “Vertical Interactivity and Linear Continuity,” the program featured the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, No. 4 in C-sharp minor BWV 849 by Johann Sebastian Bach; the Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major by Paul Hindemith; and 12 Etudes, op. 25 by Frédéric Chopin. I explored vertical interactivity with the first two works by Bach and Hindemith that primarily employ counterpoint and culminate in fugue, and examined linear continuity with Chopin’s 12 etudes by discussing four factors – key scheme, pick-up note and last to first note, tempo marking and dynamic range, and fantasy-like harmonic language. The third concert took place on June 7th, 2024 in Stamps Auditorium. Under the theme of “Journey and Inspiration,” the program featured the Partita No. 6 in E Minor BWV 830 by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Me-Ah-ri” by Grace Ann Lee; the Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, op. 28, ‘Pastorale’ by Ludwig van Beethoven; and Estampes by Claude Debussy. Each work symbolizes the theme in various ways, such as the Partita consisting of movements inspired by German, Italian, British, Spanish, and French dances. “Me-Ah-ri” is inspired by Korean traditional instruments, the Beethoven sonata exemplifies pastoral music and invokes nature, and the Estampes provide a journey to three different areas.
Identification of the roles of EXT2, FRAG1, AKAP10 and PNRC2 in the primordial to primary follicle transition in the mouse ovary
Creators: name: Saltalamacchia, Amanda.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A Multi Criteria Optimization Tool for BIPV Overhangs
Creators: name: Lovati, M.
name: Adami, J.
name: De Michele, G.
name: Maturi, L.
name: Moser, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2755-2758
description: BiPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaics) are complex architectural systems based on the concept of multifunctionality[1]. Once a specific system is chosen, they need a fine tuning of its parameters to be a desirable option. Effects such as energy yield, cost analysis, impact on the energy demand of the building and on the internal comfort should be optimized. Despite a growing number of building performance analysis tools, the performance optimization tools are still in short supply[2]. In this paper a new method is shown for the optimization of fixed BiPV overhangs taking into account the electricity production and impact on the building energy demand for heating and cooling. The case study for the optimization is a block of of three high rise residential buildings in a contemporary urban environment.
Optimization of Stand-Alone PV Power Systems with Hybrid Energy Storages Based on Ultra Capacitors
Creators: name: Karabanov, S.M.
name: Suvorov, D.V.
name: Slivkin, E.V.
name: Karabanov, A.S.
name: Tarabrin, D.Y.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV Applications Without a Centralised Grid

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2792-2795
description: The improvement of stand-alone PV power systems characteristics, including increase of their
service life is the actual direction of ground solar power development. Now one of the prospective directions is
the use of ultra capacitors in stand-alone PV power systems. Their application as an additional energy storage
decreases considerably the load on the basic energy storage – accumulator, and increases its lifetime. The
majority of stand-alone PV power systems uses unattended gel accumulators the service life of which does not
exceed 3-7 years. The use of ultra capacitors in hybrid PV energy systems allows to increase essentially the
accumulator lifetime. But the problem of optimum relationship of basic (accumulator) and additional (ultra
capacitor) energy storage capacities and study of factors affecting this relationship remains not sufficiently
investigated.
Obstruction Surveying Methods for PV Application in Urban Environments
Creators: name: Freitas, S.R.
name: Cristovão, A.R.
name: Amaro E Silva, R.
name: Brito, M.C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2759-2764
description: Solar photovoltaics (PV) is becoming trendy as a means to achieve energetic sustainability in cities, where a significant amount of electricity is consumed. In order to estimate the solar potential in all points of a building, district or the whole metropolitan region, the elements that might obstruct the sky must be taken into account for both direct and diffuse components of solar radiation. In this work, we focus on 3 state-of-the-art methodologies for Sky View Factor (SVF) estimation in urban environments: 1) fisheye photographic method (the standard reference method), 2) GPS receiver accounting for satellite visibility and signal intensity, and 3) airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and a ray-tracing method with different sky dome divisions. Our findings point out that in comparison with the fisheye photographic both GPS and the ray-tracing/LiDAR methods slightly overestimates SVF when the level of obstruction is low, but tends to overestimate in more closed spaces such as canyons with tall buildings and courtyards and in vertical facades. Still, the GPS can be considered a good method for obstruction surveying when there is a trade-off between accuracy, execution time and economy of resources.
BCAT (basis critical appraisal tool) study evaluation method tool
Creators: name: McVey, Emily
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: study evaluation
subject: data evaluation
subject: regulatory communication
subject: regulatory data
subject: data assessment
subject: study appraisal
subject: http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C2288
subject: http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C3204
subject: http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C1978
subject: http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C1966
subject: http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C857

description: The BCAT study evaluation tool is intended to harmonize data evaluation for regulatory use and to better communicate the way in which studies are evaluated for regulatory use. It is based upon the CRED system (Moermond et al., 2016) with modifications to allow evaluation of many basic study types and to guide the evaluator, and for ease of use. The tool is intended for use by regulators, but may be useful for researchers/study directors to understand the types of methods and reporting expected by regulators.
description: EU; English, excel; emily.mcvey@gmail.com
Evaluation of markers to predict tumor response to breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Creators: name: Syed, Saifulla.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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BCAT (basis critical appraisal tool) study evaluation method presentation and tool
Creators: name: McVey, Emily
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: study evaluation, data evaluation, regulatory requirements

description: The BCAT study evaluation tool is intended to harmonize data evaluation for regulatory use and to better communicate the way in which studies are evaluated for regulatory use. It is based upon the CRED system (Moermond et al., 2016) with modifications to allow evaluation of many basic study types and to guide the evaluator, and for ease of use. The tool is intended for use by regulators, but may be useful for researchers/study directors to understand the types of methods and reporting expected by regulators.
Outdoor Characterization of Innovative BIPV Modules for Roof Application
Creators: name: Polo López, C.S.
name: Frontini, F.
name: Bonomo, P.
name: Cais, F.
name: Salvador, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2775-2783
description: In the framework of the European project Construct PV, two different real scale roof mock-up have been installed, one at SUPSI campus in Lugano (Switzerland) and one at Tegola Canadese Headquarter in Vittorio Veneto (Italy). Purpose of this paper is the investigation of the BIPV solar shingle developed within the project that consists of a durable laminated PV glass (containing crystalline solar cells) integrated onto a waterproofing back membrane bitumen-based with the aim of ensuring an easy-mounting and on-site customization. The test-facilities are aimed to demonstrate and to show the Construct PV technology (visits, professional development and student’s training, etc.) as well as to monitor the main energy performance of the new BIPV shingle in comparison to other BIPV roof systems already on the market. Electrical BIPV performances (energy production, performance ratio, temperature of modules, etc.) and some building performances (watertightness, temperatures, ventilation, etc.) are analyzed and discussed, showing strengths and weaknesses of the technology in a multicriteria perspective involving both energy and constructive requirements. This paper presents the preliminary achievements of the monitoring campaign carried out during the first months of installation.
Architectural Solution for Using Area of Side Streets and Alleys to Utilize Solar Panels
Creators: name: Rahmani, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2784-2789
description: Alleys and streets have occupied significant portion of the whole area of a city. Based on current urban
patterns of European countries more than half of a city's area is allocated to streets and communication routes. On the
other hand, spreading public transportation, bicycle network and sidewalks could decrease co2 emission and would
provide a more healthy urban life. How could we use this considerable area to generate electricity by utilizing solar
panels? In this work a multipurpose solar town has been prepared with innovative architectural aspects of main
streets, alleys, metro and its connections, bike routes and sidewalks. The side streets and alleys are covered with a
transparent layer holding more than 20000 separate solar panels. This solar system has occupied 15% of the whole
area of the concept and would be able to work as a solar power plant complex. Practical capacity of generating
electricity of this solar power station could be more than 2.5 MWP. It could prepare an off-grid solar town that would
be independent from the state electrical grid. The whole solar town could be supposed as a zero-energy concept. The
purposed concept would use considerable area of the alleys for generating electricity and would decrease the costs of
equipment, installation and maintenance of the solar system compared to traditional pattern. The proposed solar
system would smoothly switch the need of the concept from fossil fuels into green energy resources.
Tunable Shade Windows with Integrated Luminescent Solar Concentrators and high Efficiency Lighting
Creators: name: Bernardoni, P.
name: Tonezzer, M.
name: Vincenzi, D.
name: Fugattini, S.
name: Guidi, V.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2735-2736
description: In this work we present the prototype of a smart window that combines multiple features as energy production, energy storage, lighting and shading control. The energy production is provided by a Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) coupled with silicon solar cells on its sides, the energy is stored in a Lithium-ions battery and is used to provide either illumination through an array of LEDs or shading control through a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) panel. All these devices are connected as a stand-alone system hosted inside a standard window frame.
Effect of total and pair configurational entropy in determining dynamics of supercooled liquids over a range of densities
Creators: name: Banerjee, Atreyee
name: Nandi, Manoj Kumar
name: Sastry, Srikanth
name: Bhattacharyya, Sarika Maitra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present a study of supercooled liquids interacting with the Lennard Jones (LJ) potential and the corresponding purely repulsive (Weeks-Chandler-Andersen or WCA) potential, over a range of densities and temperatures, in order to understand the origin of their different dynamics in spite of their structures being similar. Using the configurational entropy as the thermodynamic marker via the Adam Gibbs (AG) relation, we show that the difference in the dynamics of these two systems at low temperatures can be explained from thermodynamics. At higher densities both the thermodynamical and dynamical difference between these model systems decrease, which is quantitatively demonstrated in this paper by calculating different parameters. The study also reveals the origin of the difference in pair entropy despite the similarity in the structure. Although the maximum difference in structure is obtained in the partial radial distribution function (rdf) of the B type of particles, the rdf of AA pairs and AB pairs give rise to the differences in the entropy and dynamics. This work supports the observation made in an earlier study (Phys. Rev. Lett.,\textbf {113}, 225701, 2014) and shows that they are generic in nature, independent of density.
description: 12 pages,11 figures
Self-Shading in Bifacial Photovoltaic Noise Barriers
Creators: name: De Jong, M.M.
name: Van Den Donker, M.N.
name: Verkuilen, S.
name: Folkerts, W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2737-2739
description: There is a large market potential for Bifacial Photovoltaic Noise Barriers (PVNB) due to their high energy output for any road orientation. A crucial parameter affecting their energy output is the so-called ‘self-shading’. In this research we evaluate the effect of self-shading on the energy production of both an east and west facing bifacial PVNB. We followed an approach consisting of 1) Experimental investigation by accurately monitoring the power output of two bifacial PVNB prototypes, 2) Shading simulation using in-house developed simulation methods. Results show that in particular noise barriers on north-south aligned roads suffer from self-shading because the support structure of the noise barrier itself casts a shadow on the PV modules around noon. A strong correlation is found between clearness index and energy yield loss. On sunny days the energy loss can be as high as 5%. The year average for the loss is about 3%. Clear design guidelines for minimizing the impact have been derived. We conclude that our measurement method, simulation tools and derived design guidelines provide a way to assess and minimize the effect of self-shading on the energy output of bifacial photovoltaic noise barriers, leading to better energy yields and more market success for this type of application.
Developmental competence of agouti mice (Avy) embryos produced by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Creators: name: Krishnamoorthy, Kalyani.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Thermal Model of Building Integrated Air Type Photovoltaic-Thermal System under Varying Conditions
Creators: name: Jagomägi, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2740-2745
description: We present the dynamic thermal model of air type photovoltaic-thermal systems. Our model divides such a system into finite slabs with the spatial independent variable z in the direction of the moving air. The set of equations consists of six differential equations that are solved using the Runge-Kutta numerical solving method. The accuracy of the model is tested via measurement setup that consist of a sixty cell monocrystalline photovoltaic module with the air channel behind. The comparison of the measurements with the results of the simulations show that the model predicts well the backside temperature of the module and the exit temperature of the flowing air. The model responds well to the rapid changes in the heat fluxes and can be used to study the feasibility or optimize the performance of air type photovoltaic-thermal applications. The model is more accurate at the end of the channel and at air flow rates higher than 6 l/s.
Possible ferrimagnetism and ferroelectricity of half-substituted rare-earth titanate: a first-principles study on Y$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$TiO$_3$
Creators: name: An, Ming
name: Zhang, Huimin
name: Weng, Yakui
name: Zhang, Yang
name: Dong, Shuai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Titanates with the perovskite structure, including ferroelectrics (e.g., BaTiO$_3$) and ferromagnetic ones (e.g., YTiO$_3$), are important functional materials. Recent theoretical studies predicted multiferroic states in strained EuTiO$_3$ and titanate superlattices, the former of which has already been experimental confirmed. Here, a first-principles calculation is performed to investigate the structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of Y half-substituted LaTiO3. Our results reveal that the magnetism of Y$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$TiO$_3$ sensitively depends on its structural details because of the inherent phase competition. The lowest energy state is the ferromagnetic state, resulting in 0.25 $μ_{\rm B}$/Ti. Furthermore, some configurations of Y$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$TiO$_3$ exhibit hybrid improper polarizations, which can be significantly affected by magnetism, resulting in the multiferroic properties. Because of the quenching disorder of substitution, the real Y$_{0.5}$La$_{0.5}$TiO3 material with random A-site ions may exhibit interesting relaxor behaviors.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables
Feasibility of the EDICAM camera for runaway electron detection in JT-60SA disruptions
Creators: name: Olasz, Soma
name: Hoppe, Mathias
name: Szepesi, Tamás
name: Kamiya, Kensaku
name: Balazs, Peter
name: Pokol, Gergo I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The visible camera system EDICAM (Event Detection Intelligent Camera), recently installed on JT-60SA, is simulated to assess whether it can be used for measuring synchrotron radiation from relativistic runaway electrons. In this simulation, the SOFT synthetic synchrotron diagnostic framework is used to compute the synthetic synchrotron camera images from a JT-60SA-like disruption modelled with the DREAM disruption simulation code. In the studied scenario, a large amount of argon is added to the plasma, and a disruption is simulated by starting a prescribed exponential temperature drop and finishing with further cooling provided by the argon in a self-consistent simulation of the current quench. The background plasma evolution is calculated by DREAM self-consistently with the fast electron population, which is modelled kinetically. The resulting runaway electron distribution function along with the parameters of the EDICAM visible camera system are used as an input to the SOFT framework to assess the feasibility of the camera for runaway electron detection. We find that the runaway electron beam formed in the disruption can produce synchrotron radiation observable by the EDICAM system, thus enabling the use of the EDICAM for the characterization of runaway electron beams.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures. The final published version is uploaded
The employment of strontium to activate mouse oocytes
Creators: name: Loren, Jean Bligh.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Theory of charge density wave non-contact friction
Creators: name: Pellegrini, Franco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A mechanism is proposed to describe the occurrence of distance-dependent dissipation peaks in the dynamics of an atomic force microscope tip oscillating over a surface characterized by a charge density wave state. The dissipation has its origin in the hysteretic behavior of the tip oscillations occurring at positions compatible with a localized phase slip of the charge density wave. This model is supported through static and dynamic numerical simulations of the tip surface interaction and is in good qualitative agreement with recently performed experiments on a NbSe$_2$ sample.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1410.0182
Future Trends and Challenges in Healthcare Design. Insights from the Swedish Experience
Creators: name: Sacchetti, Laura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: healthcare design
primary care facilities
healthcare facilities
case studies

description: This report is the result of the doctoral research activities conducted during a visiting period from April to July 2023 at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg (Sweden). These activities were carried out as part of the International Doctorate in Architecture and Urban Planning (IDAUP) at the University of Ferrara (Italy).
Intervality and coherence in complex networks
Creators: name: Domínguez-García, Virginia
name: Johnson, Samuel
name: Muñoz, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Food webs -- networks of predators and prey -- have long been known to exhibit "intervality": species can generally be ordered along a single axis in such a way that the prey of any given predator tend to lie on unbroken compact intervals. Although the meaning of this axis -- identified with a "niche" dimension -- has remained a mystery, it is assumed to lie at the basis of the highly non-trivial structure of food webs. With this in mind, most trophic network modelling has for decades been based on assigning species a niche value by hand. However, we argue here that intervality should not be considered the cause but rather a consequence of food-web structure. First, analysing a set of $46$ empirical food webs, we find that they also exhibit {\it predator} intervality: the predators of any given species are as likely to be contiguous as the prey are, but in a different ordering. Furthermore, this property is not exclusive of trophic networks: several networks of genes, neurons, metabolites, cellular machines, airports, and words are found to be approximately as interval as food webs. We go on to show that a simple model of food-web assembly which does not make use of a niche axis can nevertheless generate significant intervality. Therefore, the niche dimension (in the sense used for food-web modelling) could in fact be the consequence of other, more fundamental structural traits, such as trophic coherence. We conclude that a new approach to food-web modelling is required for a deeper understanding of ecosystem assembly, structure and function, and propose that certain topological features thought to be specific of food webs are in fact common to many complex networks.
PV Micro-Inverter System Using an In-Home Display and Mobile Electronic Devices for Displaying Diagnostic and Operating Parameters
Creators: name: Mijarez, R.
name: Martínez, F.
name: Gomez, A.
name: Antunez, J.
name: Pascacio, D.
name: Vázquez, G.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
Grid and Energy System Integration

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2726-2729
description: Self-contained PV systems consist of a commercial PV module and a small inverter or micro-inverter that is mounted typically under the PV module, and is interconnected to either 120 or 240 AC voltage grids. Generally, PV modules are guaranteed to perform at specified levels of output for 20 or 25 years, which is longer than the 5 to 15 years inverters guarantee. Hence, it is important the development of cost-effective systems to monitor the performance of these inverters and the whole PV system. This work presents a PV micro-inverter system that has access to the inverters and PV module by using power-line carrier communications (PLC) connected to an in-home display located inside the consumer residence. The in-home display is a standalone user interface that permits the user not only display diagnostic and operating parameters of the inverter, but also input parameters such as reactive and active power adjustment required by the grid utility, and enhance safety and installation. Alternatively, the in-home display can be connected via Bluetooth to a mobile electronic device without the need of a network communications transmission to a remote Web server.
D3.1. 1st Report on training and education activities
Creators: name: de Nale, Laura
name: Hayaoui, Marion
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Co-UDlabs
Research Infrastructure
Trainning

description: This document is a deliverable of the Co-UDlabs project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101008626. The aim of this document is to report on the different types of training and education activities organized by the project partners under WP3 in the first reporting period (M1 -M18), as well as the plan for the next months. Through the organization of these events, WP3’s objectives are to: Enhance the transfer of knowledge and develop new skills among the project partners and between the research community and the practitioner’s community; Foster the use of the Co-UDlabs Research Infrastructures via tailored actions targeting their future users; Create a pool of high-qualified professionals via adequate training activities targeted to general Urban Drainage community, with a special attention to increase the participation of the industry and the early- stage researchers’ community.
Genetics, growth and breeding of the mainland captive eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
Creators: name: Czarny, Natasha.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Near horizon approximation and beyond for a two-level atom falling into a Kerr-Newman black hole
Creators: name: Sen, Soham
name: Mandal, Rituparna
name: Gangopadhyay, Sunandan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we investigate the phenomena of acceleration radiation for a two-level atom falling into the event horizon of a Kerr-Newman black hole. In https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.065006 (Phys. Rev. D 104 (2021) 065006), it has been shown that conformal quantum mechanics has a connection to the generated Planck-like spectrum due to acceleration radiation. In this particular aspect, the near horizon approximation played a significant role. In https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.025004 (Phys. Rev. D 106 (2022) 025004), we have used the beyond near horizon approximation to show that the excitation probability attains a Planck-like spectrum irrespective of the non-existence of an underlying conformal symmetry for a general class of static spherically symmetric black holes. In our analysis we have gone beyond the near horizon approximation for the rotating and charged case and even without the consideration of the conformal symmetry we observe a similar Planck-like spectrum. However, the coefficient of the spectrum is significantly different from the near horizon case. We have then considered a different scenario where a two-level atom emits multiple photons while freely falling into the event horizon of the Kerr-Newman black hole. It is observed that the Planck factor in the excitation probability is significantly small than that of the case of single-photon emission (for large number of simultaneously emitted photons from the two-level atom). Finally, we have computed the von-Neumann entropy which is also known as the horizon brightened acceleration radiation entropy or the HBAR entropy. We have carried out our analysis for a scalar field only to see the effect of the charge and rotation of the black hole in this particular scenario.
description: 15 Pages LATEX
Energy-Aware Traffic Offloading for Green Heterogeneous Networks
Creators: name: Zhang, Shan
name: Zhang, Ning
name: Zhou, Sheng
name: Gong, Jie
name: Niu, Zhisheng
name: Xuemin
name: Shen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With small cell base stations (SBSs) densely deployed in addition to conventional macro base stations (MBSs), the heterogeneous cellular network (HCN) architecture can effectively boost network capacity. To support the huge power demand of HCNs, renewable energy harvesting technologies can be leveraged. In this paper, we aim to make efficient use of the harvested energy for on-grid power saving while satisfying the quality of service (QoS) requirement. To this end, energy-aware traffic offloading schemes are proposed, whereby user associations, ON-OFF states of SBSs, and power control are jointly optimized according to the statistical information of energy arrival and traffic load. Specifically, for the single SBS case, the power saving gain achieved by activating the SBS is derived in closed form, based on which the SBS activation condition and optimal traffic offloading amount are obtained. Furthermore, a two-stage energy-aware traffic offloading (TEATO) scheme is proposed for the multiple-SBS case, considering various operating characteristics of SBSs with different power sources. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve more than 50% power saving gain for typical daily traffic and solar energy profiles, compared with the conventional traffic offloading schemes.
description: IEEE JSAC (to appear)
A Game-Theoretic Framework for Analyzing the Impact of Social Responsibility and Supply Chain Profitability
Creators: name: Mahdiraji, Hannan Amoozad
name: Tavana, Madjid
name: Rezayar, Ali
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supply chain collaboration plays an important role in profit maximization. Contract coordination is a successful strategy for collaboration and profit-sharing in supply chains. The study of contract coordination in supply chains under uncertainty and stochastic environmental conditions has attracted the attention of many researchers. We propose a single-period newsvendor model with one manufacturer and one retailer in the supply chains. The proposed model considers two variables, including order quantity and investment in corporate social responsibility, where the demand is stochastic and follows a normal standard distribution. The model considers quantity flexibility, advanced purchasing discounts (APDs), and buyback contracts under cooperative conditions. Numerical examples are used to exhibit the applicability of the model under various conditions, including the two-demand distribution and three coordination contracts. We demonstrate an ideal scenario where the APD contracting results in the most overall supply chain profit and increases for each supply chain partner.
Neural network with optimal neuron activation functions based on additive Gaussian process regression
Creators: name: Manzhos, Sergei
name: Ihara, Manabu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Feed-forward neural networks (NN) are a staple machine learning method widely used in many areas of science and technology. While even a single-hidden layer NN is a universal approximator, its expressive power is limited by the use of simple neuron activation functions (such as sigmoid functions) that are typically the same for all neurons. More flexible neuron activation functions would allow using fewer neurons and layers and thereby save computational cost and improve expressive power. We show that additive Gaussian process regression (GPR) can be used to construct optimal neuron activation functions that are individual to each neuron. An approach is also introduced that avoids non-linear fitting of neural network parameters. The resulting method combines the advantage of robustness of a linear regression with the higher expressive power of a NN. We demonstrate the approach by fitting the potential energy surfaces of the water molecule and formaldehyde. Without requiring any non-linear optimization, the additive GPR based approach outperforms a conventional NN in the high accuracy regime, where a conventional NN suffers more from overfitting.
Thermal Analysis of a BIPV/T Prototype for Fodder Drying
Creators: name: Assoa, Y.B.
name: Boddaert, S.
name: Malbranche, P.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2016
Subjects: PV Applications and Integration
PV in Buildings and the Environment

description: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2746-2749
description: The thermal analysis of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal prototype (BIPV/T) suitable for
fodder drying is presented. This component consists in photovoltaic modules inserted in a metal absorber.
Similar test models were installed at INES site at Le Bourget du Lac and at CSTB site at Sophia Antipolis and
compared. The experimental setup in both sites was composed of two test benches differentiated by the insulation of
the backside of one of the absorbers. A PV field was used as reference. The insulation of the test bench leads to the
heating of PV modules of nearly 10°C in days considered.
The overall thermal conductance of each test bench was determined using a linear equation representing the impact of
solar radiation on the heating of PV modules. This parameter decreases with the level of PV modules cooling. Also,
this linear equation could be used for a first prediction of PV modules temperature in various building integration
configurations. As further studies, the BIPV/T component will be analyzed on longer periods on the two sites. Then,
the prototype will be integrated into a 35m² test bench of fodder drying installation at INES site in order to optimize
its design (air flow rate, ducts size…).