cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Analysis of the Effect of the p-i Interface Quality on the Performance of a-Si:H Solar Cells by Using Variable Intensity Monochromatic Light
Creators: name: Santos, J.D.
name: Balenzategui, J.L.
name: Cárabe, J.
name: Gandía, J.J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2738-2742
description: It is well known that quality of the p-i front junction noticeably determines the a-Si:H solar cell
performance. A good control of the interfacial defects allows for the increase of the built-in voltage of the device,
improving the collection of the photogenerated carriers. Usually, a low fill factor or a poor response at short
wavelengths can be used as indicators of problems in the front junction. However, in some cases the detection of
electrical losses in this interface could be rather complex. In that situation, a detailed study of the device non-linear
behaviours could give valuable information to further improvements in the p-i-n structure. In this work, a
comparative analysis of such non-ideal behaviours is carried out on solar cells with three types of front junction.
Initially, a p-i interface was intentionally prepared in order to favour boron diffusion into the absorber. In the second
one, this effect was avoided, but no treatment was done in the front junction. Finally, a p-i structure was deposited
including a carbon graded a-SiC:H buffer layer. For the detection of the device non-linear behaviours, an in house JV
characterisation setup was used, which is based on LED illumination. Thus, the non-linearity of the device
response with the irradiance level and bias voltage was studied as a function of the illumination wavelength.
A Bloch decomposition-based stochastic Galerkin method for quantum dynamics with a random external potential
Creators: name: Wu, Zhizhang
name: Huang, Zhongyi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation with a periodic lattice potential and a random external potential. This is an important model in solid state physics where the randomness is involved to describe some complicated phenomena that are not exactly known. Here we generalize the Bloch decomposition-based time-splitting pseudospectral method to the stochastic setting using the generalize polynomial chaos with a Galerkin procedure so that the main effects of dispersion and periodic potential are still computed together. We prove that our method is unconditionally stable and numerical examples show that it has other nice properties and is more efficient than the traditional method. Finally, we give some numerical evidence for the well-known phenomenon of Anderson localization.
Effect of CdCl2 Treatment on Raman Spectra and Electrical Properties of CdTe Films with Different Compositions Fabricated by CMBD
Creators: name: Razykov, T.M.
name: Amin, N.
name: Ergashev, B.
name: Ferekides, C.S.
name: Goswami, D.Y.
name: Hakkulov, M.K.
name: Kouchkarov, K.M.
name: Sopian, K.
name: Sulaiman, M.Y.
name: Alghoul, M.
name: Ullal, H.S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
CdTe, CIS and Related Ternary and Quaternary Thin Film Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2755-2758
description: CdTe films with different compositions (Cd-rich, Te-rich and stoichiometric) were fabricated by
revolutionary novel and low cost chemical molecular beam deposition (CMBD) method in the atmospheric pressure
hydrogen flow. Cd and Te granules were used as precursors. The films were deposited on ceramic (SiO2:Al2O3)
substrates at 600 °C. The growth rate was varied in the range of 9 – 30 Å / sec. The composition of the samples was
changed by controlling the molecular beam intensity (MBI) ratio Cd / Te. Three samples fabricated at MBI ratios Cd / Te
= 0.86, 1.0 and 1.1 were investigated by Raman and Hall methods.
a-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells Using MoO3 and LiF for Low Loss of Light Absorption
Creators: name: Yang, J.-H.
name: Kang, S.J.
name: Park, S.I.
name: Jeon, J.-W.
name: Lim, K.S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2735-2737
description: For fabricating a high conversion efficienciency pin-type amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film solar
cell, low light absorption characteristics of the p- and n-layers in the a-Si:H cell have been required. According to this
requirement, we have developed MoO3 and LiF layers for replacing the conventional p-a-SiC:H and n-a-Si:H layers
in the solar cells, respectively. MoO3 and LiF films were deposited on Asahi-U-type SnO2 coated glass at room
temperature by a thermal evaporation method. We have fabricated a new type of thin-film solar cell having the
structure of MoO3/intrinsic a-Si:H (i-a-Si:H)/LiF/Al. The i-a-Si:H layer thickness was 300 nm. We obtained a
conversion efficiency of 5.73 % and a quite higher photo-current density of 13.1mA/cm2 than that of the conventional
a-Si:H-based solar cells using the conventional p-a-SiC:H and n-a-Si:H layers because of reduced absorption in the
MoO3 and LiF layers. Applying ultraviolet (UV) light treatment to the MoO3 layer, we could improve the
characteristics of the solar cell. The open circuit voltage of the UV treated solar cell was 0.839 V due to the improved
work function of the MoO3. Thermal evaporation of MoO3 and LiF can be easily applied for fabricating flexible thinfilm
solar cells on inexpensive polymer substrates such as PEN and PET because of their low temperature deposition.
EU Del: exploring the onset of pulsation-driven winds in giant stars
Creators: name: McDonald, I.
name: Zijlstra, A. A.
name: Sloan, G. C.
name: Lagadec, E.
name: Johnson, C. I.
name: Uttenthaler, S.
name: Jones, O. C.
name: Smith, C. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the wind-driving mechanism of giant stars through the nearby (117 pc), intermediate-luminosity ($L \approx 1600$ L$_\odot$) star EU Del (HIP 101810, HD 196610). APEX observations of the CO (3--2) and (2--1) transitions are used to derive a wind velocity of 9.51 $\pm$ 0.02 km s$^{-1}$, a $^{12}$C/$^{13}$C ratio of 14 $^{+9}_{-4}$, and a mass-loss rate of a few $\times$ 10$^{-8}$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. From published spectra, we estimate that the star has a metallicity of [Fe/H] = --0.27 $\pm$ $\sim$0.30 dex. The star's dusty envelope lacks a clear 10-$μ$m silicate feature, despite the star's oxygen-rich nature. Radiative transfer modelling cannot fit a wind acceleration model which relies solely on radiation pressure on condensing dust. We compare our results to VY Leo (HIP 53449), a star with similar temperature and luminosity, but different pulsation properties. We suggest the much stronger mass loss from EU Del may be driven by long-period stellar pulsations, due to its potentially lower mass. We explore the implications for the mass-loss rate and wind velocities of other stars.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
Dynamic Information Retrieval: Theoretical Framework and Application
Creators: name: Sloan, Marc
name: Wang, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.3.3

description: Theoretical frameworks like the Probability Ranking Principle and its more recent Interactive Information Retrieval variant have guided the development of ranking and retrieval algorithms for decades, yet they are not capable of helping us model problems in Dynamic Information Retrieval which exhibit the following three properties; an observable user signal, retrieval over multiple stages and an overall search intent. In this paper a new theoretical framework for retrieval in these scenarios is proposed. We derive a general dynamic utility function for optimizing over these types of tasks, that takes into account the utility of each stage and the probability of observing user feedback. We apply our framework to experiments over TREC data in the dynamic multi page search scenario as a practical demonstration of its effectiveness and to frame the discussion of its use, its limitations and to compare it against the existing frameworks.
description: ACM SIGIR International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR), 10 pages, 4 figures, 2 algorithms, 3 tables. in Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on The Theory of Information Retrieval
Classroom Experiences and Peer Belonging
Creators: name: TEJADA, JILLIANNE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology

description: This thesis examines the intersecting influences of society and institution on a child’s early peer relationships. This thesis establishes that teachers must strive to create the conditions that is conducive to both the demands of their institution and a child’s needs for positive peer relationships and a sense of belonging within the classroom.
Local High-order Regularization on Data Manifolds
Creators: name: Kim, Kwang In
name: Tompkin, James
name: Pfister, Hanspeter
name: Theobalt, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The common graph Laplacian regularizer is well-established in semi-supervised learning and spectral dimensionality reduction. However, as a first-order regularizer, it can lead to degenerate functions in high-dimensional manifolds. The iterated graph Laplacian enables high-order regularization, but it has a high computational complexity and so cannot be applied to large problems. We introduce a new regularizer which is globally high order and so does not suffer from the degeneracy of the graph Laplacian regularizer, but is also sparse for efficient computation in semi-supervised learning applications. We reduce computational complexity by building a local first-order approximation of the manifold as a surrogate geometry, and construct our high-order regularizer based on local derivative evaluations therein. Experiments on human body shape and pose analysis demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our method.
description: Accepted version of paper published at CVPR 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2015.7299186
Wide-Gap Tin Sulfide Film Characteristics Depending on the Preparation Parameters
Creators: name: Robles, V.
name: Trigo, J.F.
name: Guillén, C.
name: Herrero, J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
CdTe, CIS and Related Ternary and Quaternary Thin Film Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2759-2762
description: Polycrystalline tin sulfide thin films have been grown on glass substrates using a vapor phase procedure
involving chemical reactions between the precursors species evaporated simultaneously. The parameters that have been
controlled in the thin-film deposition process are the substrate temperature and the deposition time. This procedure has
allowed to achieve very thin tin sulfide layers with thickness in the 12-160 nm range, which exhibit energy band gap
values above 2.5 eV and X-ray diffraction data corresponding to polycrystalline SnS2 structure. Energy Dispersive
Analysis of X-rays (EDAX) also confirms the SnS2 stoichiometry. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows thin films
with smooth surface and an increment of the grains aggregations and the roughness when the thickness increases.The
energy band gap increases from 2.5 to 3.5 eV as the film thickness decreases from 160 to 12 nm when the tin source
temperature and deposition time were diminished. For the thinnest sample the substrate temperature was increased up to
363 ºC in order to promote crystallization of the films that was confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
The 2QDES Pilot : The luminosity and redshift dependence of quasar clustering
Creators: name: Chehade, Ben
name: Shanks, T.
name: Findlay, J.
name: Metcalfe, N.
name: Sawangwit, U.
name: Irwin, M.
name: González-Solares, E.
name: Fine, S.
name: Drinkwater, M. J.
name: Croom, S.
name: Jurek, R. J.
name: Parkinson, D.
name: Bielby, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new redshift survey, the 2dF Quasar Dark Energy Survey pilot (2QDESp), which consists of ${\approx}10000$ quasars from ${\approx}150$ deg$^2$ of the southern sky, based on VST-ATLAS imaging and 2dF/AAOmega spectroscopy. Combining our optical photometry with the WISE (W1,W2) bands we can select essentially contamination free quasar samples with $0.8{
description: 20 pages, 15 figures, accepted by MNRAS
97% Stable Manufacturing Yield on Very Large Area (5.7 M2) a-Si:H PV Modules
Creators: name: Perez, J.
name: Jesús Bailón, M.
name: Mata, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2710-2713
description: T-Solar Global, PV Thin film manufacturing line located in Ourense, Spain, has significantly improved
the manufacturing line yield during the last years. Here we show the keys for that success, which we can summarize
in 5 different categories; (a). Having a close control of all the manufacturing materials, processes and tools; (b).
Having fast methods for detecting any process deviation; (c). Setting up alerts for a fast reaction; (d). Putting in place
a continues improvement program, and finally (e). putting special focus on prevention.
Myotis myotis
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis myotis

description: Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797). Deutsche Fauna, 1:80. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Thuringia. DISTRIBUTION: C and S Europe, east to Ukraine; S England; most Mediterranean islands; Azores (Portugal); Asia Minor; Lebanon; Israel. SYNONYMS: alpinus, latipennis, macrocephalicus, myosotis, submurinus, typus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis. See Corbet (1978c:50) for content of this species.
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp."]}
Application of AZO Buffer Layer on Commercial PET/ITO Substrates to Improve the Mechanical Stability of Flexible a-Si:H Solar Cells
Creators: name: Santos, J.D.
name: Fernández, S.
name: Cárabe, J.
name: Gandía, J.J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2726-2729
description: Low-cost flexible substrates usually limit the a-Si:H deposition temperature to values under 150ºC.
Hydrogen dilution allows for the improvement of the poor optoelectronic properties obtained at such temperatures,
but a higher intrinsic stress is originated in the silicon network. This effect can lead to the development of solar cells
that are mechanically unstable. In this case, cracked or even completely peeled-off zones could be observed on the pi-
n a-Si:H deposit. In the present work, this problem was faced for the particular case of low cost PET/In2O3:Sn (ITO)
commercial substrates. Since the chemical, morphological, and structural surface properties affect the a-Si:H
nucleation, they could also influence its adherence. Starting from this idea, a solution was proposed based on the
inclusion of a thin ZnO:Al (AZO) buffer layer. A noticeable improvement on the a-Si:H adherence was obtained. In
order to test the mechanical stability limit, a series of devices was prepared increasing the hydrogen dilution ratio
used during absorber growth. Solar cells with an excellent intrinsic layer material were prepared, showing a carrier
mobility-lifetime product (μ) greater than 1×10-7 cm2/V. The illumination J-V characterisation of these p-i-n devices
allowed of the simultaneously analysis of the influence of the as-deposited defect density on the device performance.
Influence of Deposition Parameters of Sputtered ITO/Ag Back Contacts on the Performance of a-Si:H / μc-Si:H Solar Cells
Creators: name: Hotovy, J.
name: Hüpkes, J.
name: Zastrow, U.
name: Moulin, E.
name: Gerhards, U.
name: Bauer, A.
name: Schöpe, G.
name: Mikolasek, M.
name: Kovác, J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2701-2705
description: Magnetron-sputtered ITO/Ag back contacts were deposited on amorphous/microcrystalline silicon
(a-Si:H/μc-Si:H) tandem junction solar cells in superstrate configuration and concurrently also on Corning glass substrates.
The investigations were focused on identifying the influence of the deposition parameters of sputtered ITO layers
on performance of a-Si:H/μc-Si:H solar cells. The ITO sputtering process was varied in terms of oxygen concentration
in the sputtering gas and total gas pressure, while sufficient conductivity of ITO layers for application as back contacts was
ensured. JV characterization of fabricated cells was performed both in the dark and under AM1.5 illumination. The external
quantum efficiency of the solar cells as well as their absorption was measured. Electrical and optical properties of ITO layers
deposited on Corning glass were characterized, too. Major influence of deposition process of ITO layers on electrical
performance of solar cells due to increase of oxygen concentration has been revealed. Decline of FF and Voc and increase
in dark current saturation density indicate deteriorated interface between bottom n-layer and the ITO layer or of the n-layer
itself. On the other hand, there is no indication that severe plasma-related damage limits electrical cell performance of the
cells deposited with varied total gas pressure.
A survey of the attitudes of Australian general practitioners to computerisation of medical records
Creators: name: Cacek, Joseph.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Cost Reductions by Improvements of Waste Gas Treatment at an a-Si/µc-Si Thin Film Solar Cell Mass Production Line
Creators: name: Frenzel, A.
name: Branz, K.
name: Huang, Y.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2719-2721
description: In a a-Si/μc-Si thin-film PV cell production line the waste gases of the Si-PECVD tool and of the TCO
LPCVD tool are treated by burn-wet abatement systems. After the cell production line was fully operational the
abatement systems were optimized. The modifications were tested under full production conditions. A goal to extend
the maintenance cycles to 6 months was reached except for a short 3-monthly calibration and check at the abatement
for the PECVD process. The maintenance times could be reduced by 76% for the LPCVD abatement and by 32.5%
for the PECVD abatement. With optimized parameterization and only small changes in hardware and logic the
consumption of water could be reduced by 83% for the LPCVD abatement and for the PECVD abatement the water
consumption was reduced by 36.3% and the lye consumption by 43.9%. The results show that optimization under real
production conditions can lead to significant cost savings.
Simulative Study of the Heterogeneous Morphology of Microcrystalline Silicon in Thin-Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Geißendörfer, S.
name: Von Maydell, K.
name: Agert, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2714-2718
description: For optical and electrical modelling of microcrystalline silicon, the semiconductor material is usually
described as effective medium without local differences in its optoelectronic behaviour and layer morphology.
However, ratios between amorphous and crystalline phases of microcrystalline silicon can be affected by the
deposition parameters and experimentally determined by Raman Spectroscopy. Furthermore, Conductive Atomic
Force Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy measurements give valuable information of
microcrystalline layers about the growth process, the material composite and the detailed volume morphology. In
consideration of published experimental results, two-dimensional simulation domains are investigated by modelling,
treated microcrystalline silicon as a combined material of the two different phases of silicon. In particular, the
influence of a-Si:H(i) buffer layers in μc-Si:H single junction solar cells as n-i-p and p-i-n configurations are
presented.
Investigation of the Shunt Behavior of Micromorph Tandem Solar Cells Using Electroluminescence Techniques
Creators: name: Boostandoost, M.
name: Friedrich, F.
name: Kerst, U.
name: Stannowski, B.
name: Boit, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2730-2734
description: In this paper, electroluminescence measurements in forward (EL) and reverse bias (ELR in
microelectronics or ReBEL in photovoltaics) were applied on micromorph tandem solar cells. In both techniques the
electrical energy was transferred into the light and then detected with a detector. But their device interaction
mechanisms are completely different, EL yielding information on band to band recombination and ELR mainly
information on the intraband relaxation. The investigated solar cell consists of a two p-i-n cell stack based on a-Si:H
and μ:Si:H, respectively. A spectral analysis of the EL signal was performed to determine the layer dominating the
emission. Simultaneously, the dark current-voltage characteristics of the device were monitored during the
electroluminescence measurements. The combination of these three techniques allows a detailed investigation of a
metastable shunt feature observed in this type of thin-film solar cells. Further, a monitoring of the shunt busting
effect that typically improves the shunt resistance of micromorph solar cells was achieved. The ELR setup benefiting
from high magnification objectives and a sensitive detector permits to localize the affected areas with very high
resolution.
0,76mm PVB Interlayer Implementation in Thin Film Module Manufacturing
Creators: name: Fernández, D.
name: Bande, D.
name: Mata, C.
name: Thivichon-Prince, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2657-2660
description: T-Solar Global, PV Thin film manufacturing line located in Ourense (Spain), has implemented a
lamination process using a 0.76 mm pvb interlayer instead of the more usual 1.14 mm pvb interlayer which
represented a large financial saving. Here we show the keys for that success, describing T-solar module special
features than make their lamination different from architectural and automotive lamination, explaining how to
achieve the required temperature distribution and talking about typical lamination problems and their root causes.
Hierarchical Simulation of Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Growth and Structure
Creators: name: Tsalikis, D.
name: Baig, C.
name: Mavrantzas, V.G.
name: Amanatides, E.
name: Mataras, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2669-2672
description: In this work we present a hybrid kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) methodology for the simulation of microcrystalline
silicon film, grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). All chemical reactions, besides the very fast
diffusion of adsorbed radicals, are treated via an n-fold MC algorithm. For the latter events the kMC is coupled with a markovian
random walk scheme. Our computational scheme involves a rich chemical model that is able to simulate voids and vacancies
formation spanning several hundreds of monolayers. Predicted film growth characteristics such as growth rate obtained from
simulations using our hybrid method are in a good agreement with experimental data.
Development of a computerised preventive care programme for use in a general practice
Creators: name: Hall, Lynn M.
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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Myotis mystacinus
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis mystacinus

description: Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817). Die Deutschen Fledermäuse. Hanau, p. 15. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany. DISTRIBUTION: Ireland and Scandinavia to N China, south to Morocco, Iran, NW Himalayas, and S China. SYNONYMS: aurascens, aureus, bulgaricus, collaris, davidi, hajastanicus, humeralis, kukunoriensis, lugubris, meinertzhageni, nigrofuscus, nipalensis, pamirensis, przewalskii, rufofuscus, schinzii, schrankii, sogdianus, transcaspicus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Selysius. Reviewed by Strelkov (1983).
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
description: {"references": ["Strelkov, P. P. 1983. [Myotis mystacinus and Myotis brandti in the USSR and interrelationships of these species.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 62: 259 - 270 (in Russian)."]}
Myotis nattereri
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis nattereri

description: Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817). Die Deutschen Fledermäuse. Hanau, p. 14, 33. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Hessen, Hanau. DISTRIBUTION: Europe (except Scandinavia); NW Africa; Turkey; Israel; Iraq; Crimea and Caucasus to Turkmenistan. SYNONYMS: escalerae, spelaeus, tschuliensis, typus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis. Does not include araxenus or bombinus; see Horâiek and Hanak (1984).
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
Exploring the causative role and applications of chemical interactions between endophytic bacteria and plants in stimulating root hair growth
Creators: name: Chang, Xiaoqian
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2023

description: Plant root hairs play a crucial role in nutrient absorption and interaction with endophytic microbes. This dissertation presents research on the roles of intracellular microbes in root hair growth and their potential utilization in sustainable agriculture. To investigate this, we removed microbes from seeds, resulting in no root hair growth, and then inoculated disinfected seeds with endophytic bacteria, which restored root hair growth. We used histochemical experiments with staining protocols and microscopic techniques to visualize the chemicals surrounding the bacterial protoplasts, providing insights into the chemical reactions at the interface between plant cells and endophytic microbes. The first interaction is that ethylene reacts with superoxide to generate hydrogen peroxide and CO2. The second reaction is that nitric oxide reacts with superoxide to generate nitrate. Furthermore, we investigated the effects of ethylene and nitric oxide produced by microbes on root hair growth. We found that the external application of ethylene and nitric oxide restored root hair growth in disinfected seedlings, while their inhibitors suppressed root hair growth. This suggests that endophytic bacteria produce ethylene and nitric oxide during the interaction with plant cells, inducing the formation and elongation of root hairs. Root hairs are essential organs for nutrient absorption, and their growth promotion can enhance plant growth and nutrient uptake. Based on that, we inoculated soybeans with beneficial endophytic bacteria and found that both plants’ weights and their nutrient content increased. These symbiotic interactions enhanced plant growth and paralleled more root hairs and more nutrients. However, commercial agriculture practices, such as domestication, tissue culturing, antimicrobials, and chemical fertilizers, detract from plants' innate capabilities to use microbes as nutrient sources. Among the practices that degrade plant nutritional capability and make plants dependent on human intervention. To promote plants' nutritional capability and reduce the environmental damage caused by fossil fertilizers, we developed a nitrogen-free fertilizer (JS) containing the necessary nutritional elements for microbial growth. Its application stimulates nodule formation, and promotes the activity of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in the nodules of mung beans, thereby increasing the nutrient content and overall plant growth. The JS fertilizer is also effective for soybeans and lettuce.
Assessment of severity of asthma in general practice
Creators: name: Morris, Narendrakumar Venilal.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Magnetoelectric effect and phase transitions in CuO in external magnetic fields
Creators: name: Wang, Zhaosheng
name: Qureshi, Navid
name: Yasin, Shadi
name: Mukhin, Alexander
name: Ressouche, Eric
name: Zherlitsyn, Sergei
name: Skourski, Yurii
name: Geshev, Julian
name: Ivanov, Vsevolod
name: Gospodinov, Marin
name: Skumryev, Vassil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Apart from being so far the only known binary multiferroic compound, CuO has a much higher transition temperature into the multiferroic state, 230 K, than any other known material in which the electric polarization is induced by spontaneous magnetic order, typically lower than 100 K. Although the magnetically induced ferroelectricity of CuO is firmly established, no magnetoelectric effect has been observed so far as direct crosstalk between bulk magnetization and electric polarization counterparts. Here we demonstrate that high magnetic fields of about 50 T are able to suppress the helical modulation of the spins in the multiferroic phase and dramatically affect the electric polarization. Furthermore, just below the spontaneous transition from commensurate (paraelectric) to incommensurate (ferroelectric) structures at 213 K, even modest magnetic fields induce a transition into the incommensurate structure and then suppress it at higher field. Thus, remarkable hidden magnetoelectric features are uncovered, establishing CuO as prototype multiferroic with abundance of competitive magnetic interactions.
description: 26 pages, 5 figures
Microstructure Determination of µc-Si:H Analysing the Breadths of Diffraction and Spectral Lines of XRD, Raman and FTIR Spectroscopies Using the Voigt Function
Creators: name: Sutta, P.
name: Netrvalová, M.
name: Müllerová, J.
name: Prušáková, L.
name: Ocenášek, J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2679-2683
description: Microcrystalline silicon is very important material for silicon based thin-film solar cells [1, 2]. It is
especially convenient for tandem silicon solar cells using a-Si:H/mc-Si:H double- or triple-junction technology.
Because the mc-Si:H is a composition of amorphous and crystalline phases, its physical properties are strongly
influenced by the volume content of the crystalline phase and by the hydrogen content in the films. Experimental
diffraction and spectral lines are the convolution of various functions arising from the instrumental factors and
specimen imperfections. The instrumental line profile is approximately Cauchy, whereas the profile arising from the
lattice strain is more nearly Gaussian. The function formed from these profiles is known as a Voigt function. Using
the Voigt function, we analyzed series of mc-Si:H films with various hydrogen to silane mixture and different in
thickness deposited by PECVD on Corning glass substrates. The films were investigated by X-ray diffraction, Raman
and FTIR spectroscopies using the line profile analysis. Real structure parameters of the films (crystalline volume
content, micro-strains, grain sizes, hydrogen content and distribution) carried out from the analysis indicated good
agreement between the results from UV/Vis spectrophotometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry.
s42003-021-01893-w (1).pdf
Creators: name: Colpan, Mert
name: Iwanski, Jessika
name: C. Gregorio, Carol
Publisher: name: Health Research Alliance
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified

description: The precise assembly of actin-based thin filaments is crucial for muscle contraction. Dysregulation of actin dynamics at thin filament pointed ends results in skeletal and cardiac myopathies. Here, we discovered adenylyl cyclase-associated protein 2 (CAP2) as a unique component of thin filament pointed ends in cardiac muscle. CAP2 has critical functions in cardiomyocytes as it depolymerizes and inhibits actin incorporation into thin filaments. Strikingly distinct from other pointed-end proteins, CAP2’s function is not enhanced but inhibited by tropomyosin and it does not directly control thin filament lengths. Furthermore, CAP2 plays an essential role in cardiomyocyte maturation by modulating pre-sarcomeric actin assembly and regulating α-actin composition in mature thin filaments. Identification of CAP2’s multifunctional roles provides missing links in our understanding of how thin filament architecture is regulated in striated muscle and it reveals there are additional factors, beyond Tmod1 and Lmod2, that modulate actin dynamics at thin filament pointed ends.
Post Oxidation Effects of High Rate Microcrystalline Silicon Grown by PECVD for Solar Cell Applications
Creators: name: Farmakis, F.
name: Farsari, E.
name: Kalampounias, A.
name: Amanatides, E.
name: Mataras, D.
name: Georgoulas, N.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2665-2668
description: In this paper we investigate post oxidation phenomena in high rate microcrystalline silicon grown by
means of PECVD for solar cell applications. Microcrystalline silicon thin films were deposited by PECVD with rates
higher than 1.5 nm/s and up to 2.4 nm/s on silicon wafers and glass. The RF power of the PECVD process varied
from 300 W to 1000 W in order to provide layers within the amorphous to microcrystalline transition. The resulting
films exhibited a maximum crystallinity of 60 % when grown at high deposition rate of 2.4 nm/s. Fourier Transform
Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy show that the oxidation occurs in ambient conditions at the crystalline phase as well as
in the amorphous phase depending on the deposition rate, thus in the possible existence of porosity within the bulk of
the film. Moreover, the post-oxidation is time-dependent and affects the electrical properties of the film. More
precisely, it was found that the photoconductivity to dark conductivity ratio as well as the activation energy are
affected by the post-oxidation mechanisms.
Development of Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide n-Type Layer for Improved Spectral Response of a-Si:H Single and Tandem Thin-Film Solar Cells
Creators: name: Lin, Y.P.
name: Tseng, Y.W.
name: Liang, S.-W.
name: Chang, L.S.
name: Hsu, C.H.
name: Tsai, C.-C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2689-2691
description: We employed n-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiOX:H(n)) as the replacement of
n-type amorphous silicon layer and back TCO in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) single-junction and
tandem solar cells. In contrast to conventional back reflector (BR) structure (a-Si:H(n)/TCO/Ag), comparable
performances of the devices using μc-SiOX:H(n)/Ag BR structure were obtained. With the optimization of bandgap
and conductivity of μc-SiOX:H(n), the a-Si:H single-junction thin-film solar cells using μc-SiOX:H(n)/Ag BR
exhibited an efficiency of 9.92%, and the a-Si:H/a-Si:H tandem solar cells with μc-SiOX:H(n)/Ag BR exhibited an
efficiency of 9.86%. The improvement of these cell efficiencies were originated from the increased light absorption,
which was confirmed by the quantum efficiency measurement showing increased response in the long wavelength
region. Except the metal contact, the all PECVD process simplified the fabrication by eliminating the sputtering TCO
step and resulted in a better interface quality.
Semi-supervised Learning with Explicit Relationship Regularization
Creators: name: Kim, Kwang In
name: Tompkin, James
name: Pfister, Hanspeter
name: Theobalt, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In many learning tasks, the structure of the target space of a function holds rich information about the relationships between evaluations of functions on different data points. Existing approaches attempt to exploit this relationship information implicitly by enforcing smoothness on function evaluations only. However, what happens if we explicitly regularize the relationships between function evaluations? Inspired by homophily, we regularize based on a smooth relationship function, either defined from the data or with labels. In experiments, we demonstrate that this significantly improves the performance of state-of-the-art algorithms in semi-supervised classification and in spectral data embedding for constrained clustering and dimensionality reduction.
description: Accepted version of paper published at CVPR 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2015.7298831
Hospital outpatients with HIV infection : a survey of their use of and attitudes to general practitioners
Creators: name: Chenoweth, Ian.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Myotis nesopolus Miller 1900
Creators: name: Koopman, Karl F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis nesopolus

description: Myotis nesopolus Miller, 1900. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 13:123. TYPE LOCALITY: Curaçao, Willemstad (Netherlands). DISTRIBUTION: NE Venezuela; Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). SYNONYMS: larensis. COMMENTS: Subgenus Selysius. Includes larensis; see Genoways and Williams (1979).
description: Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060
Development of an Innovative Smart Multi-Functional PV Flexible Element Based on Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells on ETFE for Building Integration
Creators: name: Menéndez, A.
name: Sánchez, P.
name: Menéndez, M.F.
name: Campos, N.
name: García, A.B.
name: Martínez, A.
name: Menéndez-Velázquez, A.
name: Gómez Plaza, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2692-2695
description: Nowadays, there is an important architectural trend focused on the use of lighting building facades.
This concept is called “media façade” and is associated with over-dimensional screens with the purpose of decoration
and/or advertising. The textile architecture designs based on ETFE polymer (a co-polymer of ethylene and
tetrafluoroethylene) is especially suitable for “media façade” concept due to the use of huge façade areas. However,
the huge number of LEDs devices required for lighting façade is limiting this upward trend due to the high energy
consumption requirements and the corresponding high building management cost. In the present work, an innovative
multi-functional photovoltaic (PV) flexible device based on silicon thin film solar cells on ETFE has been proposed.
This multi-functional module represents a building element and provides the energy and illuminated functions
through the PV and LED devices integrations, respectively. In this way, the energy generated by the PV element
along the day will be storage on conventional batteries and provided to the illumination devices at night. The final
objective is to reduce costs in the high energetic demand requested, opening new architectural façade lighting
possibilities.
Kinetic simulations of the lowest-order unstable mode of relativistic magnetostatic equilibria
Creators: name: Nalewajko, Krzysztof
name: Zrake, Jonathan
name: Yuan, Yajie
name: East, William E.
name: Blandford, Roger D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of particle-in-cell numerical pair plasma simulations of relativistic 2D magnetostatic equilibria known as the 'ABC' fields. In particular, we focus on the lowest-order unstable configuration consisting of two minima and two maxima of the magnetic vector potential. Breaking of the initial symmetry leads to exponential growth of the electric energy and to the formation of two current layers, which is consistent with the picture of 'X-point collapse' first described by Syrovatskii. Magnetic reconnection within the layers heats a fraction of particles to very high energies. After the saturation of the linear instability, the current layers are disrupted and the system evolves chaotically, diffusing the particle energies in a stochastic second-order Fermi process leading to the formation of power-law energy distributions. The power-law slopes harden with the increasing mean magnetization, but they are significantly softer than those produced in simulations initiated from Harris-type layers. The maximum particle energy is proportional to the mean magnetization, which is attributed partly to the increase of the effective electric field and partly to the increase of the acceleration time scale. We describe in detail the evolving structure of the dynamical current layers, and report on the conservation of magnetic helicity. These results can be applied to highly magnetized astrophysical environments, where ideal plasma instabilities trigger rapid magnetic dissipation with efficient particle acceleration and flares of high-energy radiation.
description: 12 pages, 12 figures, submitted to ApJ
Pressure and Flow Effect on Silane Consumption and Depletion in Microcrystalline Silicon Deposition Process
Creators: name: Amanatides, E.
name: Sfikas, S.
name: Mataras, D.
name: Bartlomé, R.
name: Bugnon, G.
name: Sculati-Meillaud, F.
name: Parascandolo, G.
name: Ballif, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2624-2627
description: A detailed 2D model of SiH4-H2 discharges was implemented in order to investigate the effect of the total
gas pressure and flow on the SiH4 consumption and depletion. Simulations of an industrially relevant medium scale
reactor were carried out and the results were compared to experimental measurements of silane depletion in the center of
the plasma and consumption in the exhaust port of the reactor. The limited electron – SiH4 dissociation rates, due to short
residence times or low electron – molecule collision frequencies (high flows - low pressures), result in reduced silane
consumption and depletion. This indicates that a first step in optimizing SiH4 consumption should be to maximize the
electron population with sufficient energy to dissociate SiH4 towards neutral species. This can be achieved by tuning
process parameters such as pressure and input flow. In addition, a good agreement between model and experiments for
the effect of total gas pressure on silane consumption and depletion efficiency was found when SiH4 vibrational states
reactions and particle formation reactions were included in the model. This underlines the importance of these
microscopic processes on the mechanisms of SiH4 consumption and depletion and the deposition efficiency.
Collisions of solid ice in planetesimal formation
Creators: name: Deckers, J.
name: Teiser, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present collision experiments of centimetre projectiles on to decimetre targets, both made up of solid ice, at velocities of $15\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$ to $45\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$ at an average temperature of $\mathrm{T_{avg}}=255.8\pm0.7\,\mathrm{K}$. In these collisions the centimetre body gets disrupted and part of it sticks to the target. This behaviour can be observed up to an upper threshold, that depends on the projectile size, beyond which there is no mass transfer. In collisions of small particles, as produced by the disruption of the centimetre projectiles, we also find mass transfer to the target. In this way the larger body can gain mass, although the efficiency of the initial mass transfer is rather low. These collision results can be applied to planetesimal formation near the snowline, where evaporation and condensation is expected to produce solid ice. In free fall collisions at velocities up to about $7\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}$, we investigated the threshold to fragmentation and coefficient of restitution of centimetre ice spheres.
description: 7 Pages, 9 Figures