cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
La Corte costituzionale torna protagonista dei processi di transizione della politica ecclesiastica italiana?
Creators: name: Licastro, Angelo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016
Subjects: Concordati e intese

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. Due sentenze che rompono un silenzio durato un decennio – 2. La portata del principio affermato dalla sent. n. 52 del 2016: dal riconoscimento del “diritto a negoziare” l’intesa alla (ribadita) insindacabilità dell’atto di avvio delle trattative – 3. Le ragioni poste a base della decisione della Corte – 4. La libertà di culto di fronte alla rinnovata attenzione per le esigenze di “sicurezza” della collettività nella sent. 63 del 2016 – 5. “Eguale libertà” vs “libertà diversamente graduata” – 6. I riflessi della pronunzia n. 52 del 2016 sul problema della qualificazione del gruppo come “confessione religiosa” – 7. Le oscillazioni della Corte in tema di “laicità” e le criticità emergenti del diritto ecclesiastico italiano.
The Constitutional Court once again the leading character of the transition processes of the Italian ecclesiastical politics?
ABSTRACT: The present essay analyses the impact of the 2016 Constitutional Court judgements n. 52 and n. 63 on the very “identity”of Italian Ecclesiastical Law, which is characterized by the principles of secularism, equal freedom of religious denominations and by a system of agreements aimed at regulating the specifities of the different religious groups. According to the Author, because of the inactivity of the Legislator, the Constitutional Court is compelled to play a substitute role in searching a satisfactory balance between all these elements and the very settlement of some basic trends in Ecclesiastical Law, as such a subject has to face increasingly new challenges and emerging problems in the management of the religious factor.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2016: 18 luglio
The role forest plantations play in carbon cycle and climate change
Creators: name: Wu, Angela
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Forests play major roles in a human being’s daily life. For example, the trees in a forest can be made into raw materials for buildings, transportation, and communication, as well as food, cooking fuel and farmland (FAO 2012b). Over time, the connection between humans and forests has changed in social and economic aspects. As a result, many developing countries planted forests for those reasons. This paper is a review of the how forest plantations can help to mitigate climate change. First it will review the background of forest plantations, and then followed by a comparison of forest plantation versus natural forest stands. Based on this, the advantages and disadvantages of forest plantation will be discussed. Afterwards, a brief description of carbon cycle and climate change will follow, leading into a discussion of the two case studies of tropical (Eucalyptus) and temperate (Pinus radiata) forest plantations. Each case study will discuss the end-use product of wood for carbon storage, economy, climate change policy and sustainable management options. Finally, a recommendation will be suggested on sustainable forest plantation management to climate change or increase carbon sinks in plantations. Forest Plantations are neither good nor bad, it is based on what is used for and how is it managed. Carbon cycle can be used to mitigate climate change but is heavily based the life-cycle of wood products. For example, Brazil used timber as firewood which has a short life-cycle compare to countries like New Zealand used in constructions. Overall, ongoing sustainable management practices and consideration of carbon cycle will help combat climate change in forest plantation for the future.
Interpretazione assiologica, principio di bilateralità pattizia e (in)eguale libertà di accedere alle intese ex art. 8, terzo comma, Cost.
Creators: name: Pasquali Cerioli, Jlia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016
Subjects: Concordati e intese

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. La sentenza n. 52 del 2016 della Corte costituzionale – 2. La portata assiologica (e non meramente procedimentale) del principio di bilateralità pattizia – 3. Valenza assiologica e profili attuativi nell’esercizio della bilateralità pattizia – 4. L’isolamento della dinamica bilaterale dalla promozione di un effettivo pluralismo confessionale – 5. Brevi annotazioni finali- 6. Appendice.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2016: 18 luglio
D5.4 Impact Assessment & Exploitation Report 1
Creators: name: Guedes, Helena
name: Gómez, Virginia
name: Fernandez, Marta
name: García, Miguel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description:  

This document is a product of NGI Sargasso (Unique collaborative ecosystem and programme for promoting the transatlantic cooperation in NGI technologies), which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement number 101092887. More precisely, this document presents Deliverable 5.4 Impact Assessment & Exploitation – report 1 of Work Package 5.
A Song of Fantasy Traditions: How A Song of Ice and Fire Subverts Traditions of Women in Tolkienesque Fantasy
Creators: name: Buchanan, Mark
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire consists of a planned seven books, of which five have been published, A Game of Thrones (AGoT), A Clash of Kings (ACoK), A Storm of Swords (ASoS), A Feast for Crows (AFfC), and A Dance with Dragons (ADwD). Women have often been pushed to the margins in the fantasy genre. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy stands as the foundation for a particular subgenre of fantasy, and a tradition of focusing almost exclusively on male characters begins with Tolkien as well. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series continues the fantasy genre in the mode of Tolkien and retains many of the same qualities, but differs in its portrayal of women.
IL DISPOSITIVO FORMATIVO E IL DISAGIO DEL FILOSOFO
Creators: name: Zaltieri, Cristina
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016
Subjects: Formazione; Spinoza; Nietzsche

description: L'autore analizza il rapporto tra filosofia e formazione dalla Grecia classica fino a Spinoza e Nietzsche
description: Nóema, N. 7-1 (2016): La conoscenza al lavoro. La formazione nell'età degli specialismi
A brief overview of fire suppression and fuel mitigation
Creators: name: Liu, Charmaine
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: This essay reviews how fire is an integral component of the ecosystem, and how fire suppression has affected the forested landscape as a result of altering natural fire regimes. This essay will expand on current fuel mitigation treatments used in the United States by reviewing the effectiveness of mechanical harvesting, prescribed burns, and the combination treatment of mechanical harvesting and prescribed burns discussed in the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study. Current fuel mitigation treatments will be reviewed with regards to climate change in British Columbia, a massive forested landscape that has experienced decades of fire suppression, and how climate change affects fuel mitigation treatments, with the hope to encourage further discussion, research, and ongoing programs that implement fuel management techniques with regards to climate change.
Electric Motor Life Estimate Based on Statistic Data
Creators: name: Kaverin, Anton
name: Bochkarev, Sergey
name: Buhanov, Sergey
Publisher: name: Hochschule Anhalt
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 004: Datenverarbeitung, Informatik
subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften

description: Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT / Prof. Dr. Siemens, Eduard (2016). Jg. 4 . Köthen, 2016
description: Many different methods based on both planned inspection and health inspection for estimate of electrical equipment health are used. The estimation method of residual life of electric motors by their health in pulp and paper industry is considered.
The effect of sensory (visual, somatic) and cognitive manipulations on height control of wrestlers with different skill levels.
Creators: name: Gholami, Amin
name: Bahram, Abbas
name: Farokhi, Ahmad
name: Sadeghi, Haidar
name: Naimi Kia, Maliheh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cognitive loading and sensory manipulations (visual and somatosensory senses) on postural control of wrestlers with different skill levels. Four groups of 10 accessible subjects (25-18 years old) from skilled wrestlers, semi-skilled wrestlers, beginners and control group (non-athlete) were recruited for the study. The subjects performed eight balance tasks on the Biodex Balance System in the manipulated conditions of visual and somatosensory senses and cognitive system, and tasks resulting from the combination of these manipulations. The research design was a combination of two factors in the form of 8 (tasks) × 4 (group) and the statistical method used was intergroup analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that the main effect of conditions, group and also interactive effect were significant (P<0.05). Further analysis revealed there was no difference in the balance of groups in four balance tasks including: a)without manipulation, b) visual, c) cognitive, d) visual-cognitive manipulation conditions (P>0.05)., but there was a significant between groups in the four balance tasks of a) somatosensory, b) somatosensory – cognitive, c) somatosensory –visual, d) somatosensory –visual-cognitive in favor of skilled and semi - skilled wrestlers (P<0.05). In addition, balance performance of skilled wrestlers was significantly better than semiskilled (P = 0.032). Therefore, long-term participation in wrestling is likely to create adaptations in the wrestlers' sensory and cognitive systems, which become more pronounced as the task becomes more difficult and similar to wrestling dynamic conditions. Meanwhile, creating cognitive challenges along with sensory manipulations can be useful in identifying the ability to postural control the stature of athletes with different levels of skills.
title: Getting up to Speed: Informing Prior and Prospective Blood Donors about Supply Uncertainty and Hygiene Measures during the COVID‐19 Lockdown
Creators: name: Heynold, Anne
name: Haylock, Michael
name: Ehmann, Stefanie
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Blood donation
subject: altruism
subject: urgency
subject: uncertainty
subject: 610
subject: 330

description: The already uncertain supply of whole blood from donors has been made even more volatile by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Potential reasons for the persistence of this shock are unawareness of the supply drop, and fear of infection while donating. The primary aim of this study is to test efficacy of measures used by donation organizations and media to appeal to donors and nondonors to donate blood and ensure donor safety during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The secondary aim is to explore why some donors donated less as a result of the pandemic. Using a survey experiment with 1,207 participants, we test the effect of informing subjects about donation urgency (shortage information), and secondly, the effect of reducing the potential fear of a SARSCoV‐2 infection (hygiene information) on their inclination to donate before and after the COVID‐19 lockdown ended. The results show that shortage information increases willingness to donate for prospective blood donors by 15 percentage points (pp), and increases the willingness of (prospective) donors to donate within the next month by 12pp (9pp), on average. Hygiene information reduces the intention of prior donors to donate again by 8pp, on average. The experimental results are corroborated by evidence from previous donations, showing a 12pp lower likelihood to donate less in 2020 than in 2019 for those who had been informed about shortages by donation organizations. The results suggest that interventions focusing on the marginal impact of donation are more effective than interventions focusing on marginal costs.
description: CINCH working paper series, vol. 2022, no. 04
title: 01|2022 - Ausgabe 6
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 370

description: OpenSpaces: Zeitschrift für Didaktiken der Geographie, vol. 2022, no. 01
title: Widersprüche und Ambivalenzen als Impulse für eine Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Das Konzept der exemplarischen Ambivalenz als Kern eines strukturreflexiv-problemorientierten Unterrichts
Creators: name: Lehner, Michael
name: Milz, Sandra
name: Jekel, Thomas
name: Gryl, Inga
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: immanent critique
subject: normative paradoxes
subject: exemplary ambivalence
subject: structurally re- flexive problem-oriented teaching
subject: education for sustainable development (ESD)
subject: immanente Kritik
subject: normative Paradoxien
subject: exemplarische Ambivalenz
subject: strukturreflexiv-problemorientierter Unterricht
subject: Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)
subject: 370

description: This article is aimed at readers who are looking for practical teaching ideas for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). For this purpose, 16 teaching impulses from a total of 57 student teachers are presented (Chapter 5) and suggestions for application (Chapter 4) are provided. The practical teaching examples were designed along certain theoretical approaches, such as exemplary ambivalence, immanent critique, and structurally reflexive problem-oriented teaching and learning (sPOL), respectively (Chapter 2). This orientation is meant to provide clues for an ESD that reflects its objectives on unintended side effects or normative paradoxes.
description: Dieser Beitrag richtet sich an Leser*innen, die nach unterrichtspraktischen Ideen für eine Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) suchen. Hierfür werden 16 Unterrichtsimpulse von insgesamt 57 Lehramtsstudierenden vorgestellt (Kapitel 5) und Vorschläge zur Anwendung (Kapitel 4) bereitgestellt. Die unterrichtspraktischen Beispiele wurden entlang bestimmter theoretischer Zugänge entworfen, wobei es sich um Ansätze wie exemplarische Ambivalenz, immanente Kritik bzw. strukturreflexiv-problemorientiertes Lehren und Lernen (sPOL), handelt (Kapitel 2). Diese Ausrichtung soll Anhaltspunkt für eine BNE bieten, die ihre Zielsetzungen auf ungewollte Nebeneffekte bzw. normative Paradoxien reflektiert.
description: OpenSpaces: Zeitschrift für Didaktiken der Geographie, vol. 2022, no. 0101|2022 - Ausgabe 6, p. 4
Review Journal Akademik Structural Anthropology and Akademik Argonauts
Creators: name: Marpaung, Pebi Yanti
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Social Anthropology
Literature Review
Structural Anthropology
Argounts of the Western Pasific

description: Dokumen ini berisi review dua karya klasik antropologi: Structural Anthropology oleh Claude Lévi-Strauss dan Argonauts of the Western Pacific oleh Bronisław Malinowski. Ulasan membahas konsep utama, metode, serta kontribusi masing-masing penulis dalam pengembangan teori strukturalis dan fungsionalis, serta relevansinya dalam kajian antropologi kontemporer.
Determining the affordability of a green energy transition in British Columbia
Creators: name: Chang, Valerie
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Canada has an almost notorious reputation for being environmentally unfriendly in the global context. From being the first nation to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol in 2011, to ranking last out of 27 wealthy countries in environmental protection, Canada has partially lost its all-round likable status. This has made numerous environmentalists eager to actualize a program where renewables would become the dominant energy source. However, cost is always at the top of the list of issues. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether it is practical to duplicate an energy transition in British Columbia, such that is currently being practiced in Germany. More specifically, would such a transition be affordable to BCʼs government, to home owners, and to power companies, and would it also create jobs? Through research of scholarly sources, this study finds that it is impractical for such an energy transition to be executed; however, if only the financial aspect is analyzed, it is possible for an affordable green energy transition that also creates jobs to be implemented in BC. Some recommendations if the results of this paper is to be acted upon, are to first test the program in a medium-sized city, to reduce consumption while also increasing dependence on renewables, and to learn from Ontarioʼs mistakes and resist high initial feed-in tariff rates.
Supplementary document for Multi-target reconstruction strategy based on blind source separation of surface measurement signals in FMT - 6159170.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Lizhi
name: tao, Li
name: Kang, Dizhen
name: Zhang, diya
name: He, Xiaowei
name: Zhao, Yizhe
name: Wei, De
name: hongbo, Guo
name: Yu, Jingjing
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This document presents the supplementary details to "Multi-target reconstruction strategy based on blind source separation of surface measurement signals in FMT".
Choice reaction time changes during a progressive exercise and its relation to heart rate and lactate threshold.
Creators: name: Naeimikia, Malihe
name: GAEINI, AA
name: Farokhi, Ahmad
name: Gholami, Amin
name: Khaledi, Neda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The aim of this study was the examination of choice reaction time changes during a progressive exercise at different intensities and the relation of these intensities with heart rate (HR) and lactate threshold. 12 female students (19 - 32 yr.) from physical education faculty of Tehran University (Mvo2max=47.26) were selected. Subjects undertook a progressive exercise on treadmile. The first stage started with the speed of 4 m/ h and then increased 1 m/h every 2 min, until exhaustion. Subjects test choice reaction time (CRT) before and during the exercise every 30 sec. HR and respiratory gases data were recorded during the exercise. Data analysis indicated that CRT increased at the beginning of the exercise and then decreased to minimum level (70% vo2max) and then increased again until the end of the exercise. Also, CRT was never reached to its rest level and was approximately 8 percent more. There was no correlation between CRT scores and HR during exercise and at different work load (r=0.124). The optimal CRT was approximately at 170 b/m or about 86% maximum H R. In addition the work load related to minimum CRT was about 8 percent higher than the intensity related to lactate threshold.Conclusion: In spite of negative effect of dual task and physiological changes brought about exercise like lactic acid accumulation and HR, CRT and be improved but not under its rest level.
Beyond NISQ: The Megaquop Machine
Creators: name: Preskill, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Today's Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers have scientific value, but quantum machines with broad practical value must be protected against noise using quantum error correction and fault-tolerant protocols. Recent studies of quantum error correction on actual hardware are opening a new era of quantum information processing. Error-corrected computers capable of performing one million quantum operations or more may be realized soon, raising a compelling question for the quantum community: What are the potential uses of these megaquop machines?
description: (v2) Published version, references updated. (v1) 7 pages. Based on a keynote address at the Q2B 2024 Conference in Silicon Valley on 11 December 2024
title: Novy, A., Bärnthaler, R. R& Heimerl V. (2020). Zukunftsfähiges Wirtschaften. Weinheim Basel: Beltz Juventa. 204 S.
Creators: name: Milz, Sandra
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 370

description: OpenSpaces: Zeitschrift für Didaktiken der Geographie, vol. 2022, no. 0101|2022 - Ausgabe 6, p. 40
Asymmetric Races of Research and Development
Creators: name: Delbono, Flavio
name: Denicolò, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: In this paper we study a one-shot game of R&D between two price-setting firms that are asymmetrically placed as they produce at different cost levels. First we prove the existence and the properties of a noncooperative equilibrium. Then, we show that the higher (lower) the discount rate, the lower (higher) the probability of innovating of the current leader. In a specialised version of the model we establish the effect of the productivity of R&D espenditure, initial cost gap, and market size on the expected identity of the winner of the patent race.
title: Integrationsfächer in der Lehrer*innenbildung: Das digital gestützte Lernmodul „Gesellschaftslehre“ (di:GL)
Creators: name: Busch, Matthias
name: Dittgen, Michael
name: Mönter, Leif
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Integrational subject
subject: social science
subject: teacher training
subject: blended learning
subject: Integrationsfach
subject: Gesellschaftslehre
subject: Lehrer*innenausbildung
subject: Blended Learning
subject: 370

description: In many countries, geographical topics and issues are now being dealt with in integration subjects. For a long time, this has been discussed at the didactic and educational policy level. In practice, however, the main question is what challenges teachers face in integrative considerations and how they can be prepared for them during their training. After a look at the current situation and the perspective of teachers, the article presents the learning module “Social Studies” in university education for future teachers at the University of Trier, which can also offer suggestions for other universities.
description: In vielen Bundesländern in Deutschland werden inzwischen geographische Themen und Fragestellungen in Integrationsfächern behandelt. Getrennt von dem fachdidaktischen und bildungspolitischen Diskurs darüber stellt sich die Frage, vor welchen Herausforderungen Lehrende bei integrativen Betrachtungen stehen und wie sie in ihrer Ausbildung darauf vorbereitet werden können. Nach einem Blick auf die aktuelle Situation und die Perspektive von Lehrenden wird in dem Beitrag das Lernmodul „Gesellschaftslehre“ für die universitäre Ausbildung an der Universität Trier vorgestellt, das Anregungen auch für andere Standorte bieten kann.
description: OpenSpaces: Zeitschrift für Didaktiken der Geographie, vol. 2022, no. 0101|2022 - Ausgabe 6, p. 43
Conflittualita' e dimensione di impianto: sviluppi teorici e risultnze empiriche
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
name: Prosperetti, Luigi
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: Durante gli anni settanta e i primi anni ottanta numerosi contributi hanno analizzato le conseguenze di uno stato conflittuale delle relazioni industriali sulle performances delle imprese nel sistema industriale italiano.
Neutralita' e riforma del sistema trubutario nel trattamento dei redditi da capitale
Creators: name: Giannini, Silvia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: L'elevato livello del prelievo tributario nei diversi paesi industrializzati ha stimolato, negli anni più recenti, una rinnovata attenzione per il contenuto di efficienza e di equità, nonché per la trasparenza e il grado di semplicità dei sistemi tributari vigenti.
ANESTHESIOLOGY AND RESUSCITATION FOR GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS
Creators: name: Rasulov, Olimjon
name: Razakov, Alisher
name: Sultonov, Sarvar
name: Akhmedov, Y.M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Gangrenous appendicitis is a severe and potentially life-threatening complication of appendicitis where the appendix becomes necrotic due to impaired blood supply. This condition typically occurs when the inflammation in the appendix is left untreated or progresses rapidly, leading to tissue death and gangrene. The article describes the main causes of gangrenous appendicitis in children, their course, and emergency assistance.
R & D Investment in Oligopoly: Betrand vs Cournot
Creators: name: Delbono, Flavio
name: Denicolò, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Since the work of Schumpeter, it has been argued that there may exist a trade-off between static and dynamic efficiency. As a contribution to this debate, in this paper we compare the R&D performance of CCournot and Bertrand oligopolists. We model a one-shot noncooperative game in which firms invest in R&D, with the aim of being first in a competition for a patentable cost-reducing innovation.
Dimensione d'impresa e conflittualità' nell'industria manifatturiera italiana
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
name: Prosperetti, Luigi
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: Con questo paper si va ad analizzare la dimensione dell'impresa e la conflittualità presente all'interno dell'industria manifatturiera italiana.
title: 5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic
Creators: name: SCO2-Flex Project
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 62
subject: 620

description: The 5th European sCO2 Conference in 2023 focusses on supercritical carbon europe dioxide for energy systems. Conference Topics Heat Exchanger Turbomachines and Cycles sCO2 Applications and Energy Systems sCO2 Experiments and Loops Fluid and Material Aspects
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference
Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Science: Revolutionizing Evidence Analysis and Legal Integrity
Creators: name: R.Arjuna Rao, Dr.O.P Gupta, Dr.Nakash Saxena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into forensic science is transforming traditional investigative processes, offering enhanced speed, accuracy, and objectivity. This paper explores the role of AI in various branches of forensic science, including digital forensics, DNA analysis, facial recognition, and crime scene reconstruction. It examines the technological advancements, legal implications, ethical dilemmas, and challenges of AI-based forensic systems. Special attention is given to the admissibility of AI-generated evidence in courts and the standards for reliability under legal frameworks. The paper concludes withrecommendations for responsible AI integration and future research directions.
title: Transient simulation and analysis of a supercritical CO2 heat removal system under different abnormal operation conditions
Creators: name: Hofer, Markus
name: Hecker, Frieder
name: Buck, Michael
name: Starflinger, Jörg
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO21) heat removal system, which is based on multiple closed Brayton cycles with sCO2 as the working fluid, is an innovative, self-propelling and modular heat removal system for existing and future nuclear power plants. Previous studies analysed its design, layout, control and operation. In addition, this novel study considers different sudden failures during the accident progress, e.g. failure of single sCO2 cycles, control systems and valves. These abnormal conditions were investigated with the thermalhydraulic system code ATHLET for a generic Konvoi pressurized water reactor. In most cases, the failure of a single sCO2 cycle can be compensated. On the one hand, failure of the fans of the gas cooler leads to a pressure increase which may be mitigated by an inventory control system or cycle shutdown. On the other hand, unintended fan speed-up may cause compressor surge without adequate countermeasures. Furthermore, the system can operate under the cyclic blow-off from the steam generator safety valves when the relief valves are not available. Finally, the unintended closure of the valve which controls the steam flow through the compact heat exchanger triggers a fast cycle shutdown but a subsequent restart might be possible.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 11
title: sCO2 test facility at TU Wien: design, operation and results
Creators: name: Illyés, Viktoria
name: Thanheiser, Stefan
name: Schwarzmayr, Paul
name: David, Pierre-Luc
name: Guerif, Xavier
name: Werner, Andreas
name: Haider, Markus
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: At TU Wien, a test facility working with supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) was commissioned in 2018. Since then, it has been used for various research tasks. This paper gives an overview about the three configurations of the facility with a focus on design, operation, and results. The authors present the design of components in the three configurations of the test facility: proof of concept of the simple cycle in supercritical and transcritical operation mode, heat transfer measurements, and future work. Special emphasis is given to challenges during engineering and operation. Our most relevant lessons learned are: that a commercial CO2 pump is not sufficient for cycle experiments, how to design a measurement section for heat transfer measurements, and that during experimental research, measurement-concepts and data reduction must be prioritized at all times.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 22
title: Exergetic and Entropy Analysis of the PCRC and RCMCI Brayton Cycles Using s-CO2 Mixtures: Case Study: Marine Applications
Creators: name: Tafur-Escanta, Paul
name: Valencia-Chapi, Robert
name: Muñoz-Antón, Javier
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: Brayton cycle using supercritical carbon dioxide (s-CO2) as a working fluid is a high-efficiency trend technology that has been an understudy for improvement. The performance of the cycles explains with a thermodynamic analysis that accounts for two aspects: on one side a general trend in their behavior and on the other the effect of the irreversibilities, especially the irreversibilities taking place in the regenerator. This study focuses on the impact of binary mixtures based on pure CO2 on the thermal efficiency of the configurations: Recompression with Main Compressor Intercooling (RCMCI) and Partial Cooling with Recompression (PCRC) cycles at the design point, considering the irreversibilities caused by each component of the cycle. In the PCRC cycle, small-size heat recuperators and low-temperature high-heat recuperators are achieved. The efficiency in the RCMCI cycle is better due to the low recompressor work. The methodology used in the calculation of the plant performance is to establish heat recuperator total conductance values of between 5 and 20 MW/K. Based on the exergetic and entropy analysis of the cycles studied, a comparison between pure supercritical carbon dioxide and s-CO2 mixtures (CO2/CH4, C3H8, and CO2/H2S) is carried out. Acquired results have revealed that the blends increase thermal efficiency compared to the standard fluid in the cycles studied. In PCRC configurations, the mixture that obtains the highest efficiency is the one that contains Methane, while in RCMCI configurations it is the one that contains Hydrogen Sulfide. Meanwhile, in the RCC cycle, the mixture with Propane is the one with the highest efficiency.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 38
title: Macht und Geschlecht. Verflechtungen, Verwerfungen, Verhältnisse – transdisziplinäre Analysen: Bericht zur Jahrestagung des Netzwerks Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW am 04.11.2022
Creators: name: Basler, Hayley
name: Kahraman, Büşra
name: Klueß, Malina
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Journal Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW, vol. 2022, no. 51, p. 35
title: Study of PID-based S-CO2 Precooler System Control Method
Creators: name: Kim, Gi
name: Lee, Jeong
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The distributed power supply must change its output according to the surrounding demand. Therefore, in order to use the supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle for a distributed power source, the output of the power generation cycle must be controlled according to the needs of the surroundings. This study focuses on the precooler among the various components of the Brayton cycle of supercritical carbon dioxide and conducts control studies. The design of the controller that fixes the temperature at the outlet of the precooler through the control of the precooler was carried out through the Autonomous Brayton Cycle loop in KAIST. In this study, a control methodology is first developed from a computer simulation code. The experimental data from the Autonomous Brayton Cycle loop, computational simulation is performed and the response to the input of the precooler system is calculated. PID controller is designed by modeling the precooler system and using classic control theory. The suggested controller development process in this study can reduce trial and error in future control development for the supercritical CO2 power cycle.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 48
title: Further development of a through-flow program by considering real gas equation of state
Creators: name: Ren, Haikun
name: Schuster, Sebastian
name: Brillert, Dieter
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: Numerical methods are significant in the turbomachine design process and off-design analysis. One of these methods is the through-flow method in the meridional plane, which is utilised in an early design phase. It provides robust and quick numerical analysis of turbomachinery by only giving a few characteristic geometric parameters. This work further develops the through-flow program tFlow by incorporating real gas equation of state (EOS), in order to verify the application of real gas EOS with the through-flow method. This allows the program to support a more reliable calculation regarding, for instance, carbon dioxide (CO2) in a high-pressure region, where the gas does not behave like an ideal gas. The program is verified against one-dimensional (1D) solutions for the flow through a converging-diverging nozzle at different flow conditions. Furthermore, the calculation results verify the application of the Jameson-Schmidt-Turkel (JST) scheme in terms of real gas EOS. Consequently, this development brings the possibility to employ tFlow in a broader range, for example, for supercritical CO2 (sCO2) compressors or turbines.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 58
title: Feministische Außenpolitik
Creators: name: Lunz, Kristina
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Auf der Jahrestagung 2022 des Netzwerks Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW sprach Kristina Lunz vom Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy eine der beiden Keynotes. Sie sprach in einem freien Vortrag über feministische Außenpolitik. Wir konnten ihren Beitrag transkribieren und sie hat ihn für die Dokumentation im Journal 51 freigegeben.
description: Journal Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW, vol. 2022, no. 51, p. 42
title: Influence of the equation of state on the design of sCO2-power cycles
Creators: name: Rath, Sebastian
name: Gampe, Uwe
name: Jäger, Andreas
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The favorable location of the critical point close to common ambient temperatures makes carbon dioxide (CO2) highly attractive to be used as working fluid for supercritical power cycles. The combination of the thereby wide usable range of temperatures with the special fluid properties close to the critical point, e.g. high densities and low viscosities, holds a distinctive potential for significant efficiency increases as well as smaller component sizes compared to the actual state of the art. However, due to the highly non-ideal behavior of the fluid properties in the regions of interest, especially at near-critical conditions, reliable equations of state (EoS) are needed to correctly predict the fluid behavior. This concerns all steps in design and development of supercritical power cycles, from the preliminary modeling of the cycle up to tasks of detailed engineering of individual components. If, in addition, mixtures or impurities are considered instead of a pure substance, the deviation of the EoS of each component is also included in the mixture calculation, which underlines the importance of accurate EoS. Therefore, a certain sensitivity is required to what extent the selection of the EoS may influence the expected results. In this work, the influence of different equations of state on the thermodynamic design of CO2 power cycles is investigated. Within this context, five different equations of state were compared to each other by calculating a selection of power cycle configurations, which are typically considered for sCO2 applications. Aside characteristic process parameters such as relevant fluid properties at each state point of the cycle and the thermal efficiency, differences in the sizes for the internal heat exchangers are considered. The results show, with some exceptions, a largely good agreement in the cycle efficiencies for most of the considered EoS. However, it can also be seen, that the thermophysical properties can differ significantly between the EoS, which is also reflected in notable variations in the heat exchanger performance parameters and furthermore may lead to non-negligible deviations in subsequent evaluations.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference5th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 14-16, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic, p. 66
PyTorchFire: A GPU-Accelerated Wildfire Simulator with Differentiable Cellular Automata
Creators: name: Xia, Zeyu
name: Cheng, Sibo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate and rapid prediction of wildfire trends is crucial for effective management and mitigation. However, the stochastic nature of fire propagation poses significant challenges in developing reliable simulators. In this paper, we introduce PyTorchFire, an open-access, PyTorch-based software that leverages GPU acceleration. With our redesigned differentiable wildfire Cellular Automata (CA) model, we achieve millisecond-level computational efficiency, significantly outperforming traditional CPU-based wildfire simulators on real-world-scale fires at high resolution. Real-time parameter calibration is made possible through gradient descent on our model, aligning simulations closely with observed wildfire behavior both temporally and spatially, thereby enhancing the realism of the simulations. Our PyTorchFire simulator, combined with real-world environmental data, demonstrates superior generalizability compared to supervised learning surrogate models. Its ability to predict and calibrate wildfire behavior in real-time ensures accuracy, stability, and efficiency. PyTorchFire has the potential to revolutionize wildfire simulation, serving as a powerful tool for wildfire prediction and management.
description: 19 pages, 14 figures, to be published in Environmental Modelling & Software
Scomposizione di serie storiche economiche mediante una metodologia bayesiana
Creators: name: Scarani, Claudia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: In questo lavoro si presentano alcuni risultati ottenuti mediante un programma di destagionalizzazione che utilizza un modello lineare bayesiano. Lo schema teorico, proposto da Akaike (1980), consiste nella risoluzione di un problema di minimi quadrati e nella minimizzazione di una funzione di costo ABIC. L'implementazione dell'algoritmo nel programma SEA ha tenuto conto, nella risoluzione del problema di minimi quadrati, delle strutture del modello, rendendo così possibile una drastica riduzione del numero di calcoli e di occupazione di memoria. L'algoritmo utilizzato e il confronto con altri algoritmi basati sulla stessa metodologia si trovano nel lavoro di Scarani (1986). Il programma è stato utilizzato per la destagionalizzazione di sei serie monetarie dell'economia italiana ed è stato effettuato un confronto con i risultati ottenuti dall'applicazione del programma X11ARIMA, Dagum (1980).
Incentives to Innovate in a Cournot Oligopoly
Creators: name: Delbono, Flavio
name: Denicolò, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: We study the R&D performance of Cournot aligopolists. To this end we model a one-shot noncooperative game in which firms invest in R&D, with the aim of being first in an uncertain competition for a patentable cost-reducing innovation. The incentives to innovate are market profits and not exogenously given prizes as in most of the earlier literature. Thus, incentives depend on the number of firms. We show that increasing rivalry may increase or decrease the individual R&D espenditure, there may be underinvestment with the various effect to the socially optimal level. Moreover, we identify the various effects which are responsible for the difference between our results and some conclusions of closely related contributions.
title: "Seriously Funny": The Role of Humor in Illness Narratives
Creators: name: Gatteri, Madelyn
name: Iannarino, Nicholas
Publisher: name: University of Michigan
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Illness narratives
subject: Health communication
subject: Humorous storytelling
subject: Narratives

description: Health communication research argues that sharing narratives about severe illness can provide specific functions for narrators and audiences. Sharing humorous stories about severe illnesses can not only help patients better understand their symptoms but also eliminate stigma. Humor narratives also help those with severe illnesses communicate about sensitive topics and define themselves as individuals or within a larger community.
In vitro assessment of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids from Vernonanthura polyanthes (Asteraceae)
Creators: name: Sales, Felipe S.
name: de Andrade, Beatriz A.
name: Ferreira, Dayana A. Santos
name: Tempone, Andre G.
name: Antar, Guilherme M.
name: Lago, João Henrique G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: In the present study, the EtOH extract from the aerial parts of Vernonanthura polyanthes (Asteraceae) showed efficacy against trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Using a bioactivity-guided approach, three phenylpropanoid derivatives – ferulic acid (1), isoeugenol (2) and homovanillyl alcohol (3) – and three flavonoids – luteolin (4), velutin (5) and 3-O-methylquercetin (6) – were isolated. With respect to anti-T. cruzi potential, all isolated compounds, except ferulic acid (1), showed activity against trypomastigotes. Homovanillyl alcohol (3) was the most active metabolite (EC50 = 6.3 µg/mL), showing similar activity to benznidazole used as a positive control. In addition, none of the compounds tested showed toxicity against murine fibroblasts (CC50 > 200 µg/mL). The results therefore suggest that homovanillyl alcohol (3), a structurally simple C6C2 natural product, may be used as a prototype in future drug discovery studies for the treatment of Chagas disease.