cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Nutritional Status and Income of Landless Agricultural Workers and Their Households from Two Villages in Calauan, Laguna, Philippines
Creators: name: Manilay, Alessandro A.
name: Degay, Imelda
name: Furoc, Lilibeth O
name: Ancog, Rico C.
name: Manilay, Alessandro A.
name: Degay, Imelda
name: Furoc, Lilibeth O
name: Ancog, Rico C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: landless farm workers
subject: caloric intake
subject: poverty threshold

description: Poverty among landless agricultural workers can be addressed by improving their health status through proper nutrition. Good health influences a person’s ability to work and earn a living. This paper assesses the effect of income on the nutritional status of landless farm workers in Calauan, Laguna. Caloric intake of household members and weight of preschool children were used as measures of nutritional status. Results show that 80% of adults and 51% of preschool children had inadequate caloric intakes. Low caloric intakes are associated with household income. Weight, however, is found to be normal despite poor caloric intakes among children. Households’ incomes are below the Laguna poverty threshold. A third of the respondents are unable to augment income through offfarm employment. Policy recommendations include information dissemination by the barangay health units about programs on proper nutrition and off-farm employment prospects for landless farm workers.
A European Thin Film Tandem Device Proficiency Test - Practical Outcomes and Preliminary Results
Creators: name: Lauermann, I.
name: Salis, E.
name: Gerber, A.
name: Wenzel Andreasen, J.
name: Gevorgyan, S.A.
name: Betts, T.R.
name: Blagovest, M.
name: Gottschalg, R.
name: Kodolbas, A.O.
name: Yılmaz, O.
name: Leidl, R.
name: Rennhofer, M.
name: Zamini, S.
name: Acciarri, M.
name: Binetti, S.
name: Lotter, E.
name: Bakker, K.
name: Kroon, J.M.
name: Soppe, W.J.
name: Razongles, G.
name: Mercaldo, L.V.
name: Roca, F.
name: Romano, A.
name: Hohl-Ebinger, J.
name: Warta, W.
name: Balenzategui, J.L.
name: Trigo, J.F.
name: Neubert, S.
name: Schlatmann, R.
name: Pavanello, D.
name: Müllejans, H.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
CI(G)S, CdTe and Related Thin Film Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 649-653
description: Within the European FP7 project CHEETAH, a thin-film tandem solar cell round-robin proficiency test was conducted between 13 testing laboratories, plus the European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre as reference laboratory. The purpose of this RR was to compare testing facilities and procedures of the involved partners against the reference measurement by ESTI. In total, five cells were measured. Three tandem devices (a-Si:H/µc-Si) and a single-junction device representing the top (a-Si:H) and the bottom (µc-Si) cells, respectively, were provided by one partner. All cells (with active area of 1 cm2) were mounted in a standardised housing with connection sockets for I-V measurements and a Pt-100 temperature sensor. The cells were initially stabilised and calibrated at ESTI and afterwards circulated. The characterisation was done by I-V measurements at Standard Test Conditions and EQE measurements. ESTI checked and re-calibrated the cells at the end of the RR before and after further stabilization. Here we report on some preliminary I-V measurement results. A number of acquired or conversely still necessary improvements are discussed for the organisational point of view along with some measurement requirements that are still missing or that are not sufficient at many participating laboratories.
On the Stability of Planar CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells Produced in Ambient Conditions by Using Polymer Encapsulates
Creators: name: Ocaña, L.
name: Montes, C.
name: De Sousa-Vieira, L.
name: Moreno-Ramírez, J.S.
name: González-Pérez, S.
name: González-Diaz, B.
name: Hernandez-Rodriguez, C.
name: Friend, M.
name: Cendagorta, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
Perovskite Based Photovoltaics

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 721-727
description: Photovoltaic devices based on perovskite structures have achieved a relevant improvement in energy efficiency in recent years. However, until now they are unstable under condition of humidity, temperature and solar radiation. In this work we analyze the main degradation causes on these devices. Later, we have analyzed several milestones achieved by the scientific community in terms of improving the stability against solar radiation and temperature for perovskite layers encapsulated with different polymer encapsulates. Finally, the work carried out by ITER’s Solar Cells Laboratory regarding to the degradation of solar cells based on perovskite absorbers, produced in ambient conditions, by using polymer encapsulates is presented. Thus, in a first stage, perovskite layers, encapsulated in EVA films were subjected to different irradiation and thermal conditions. In order to analyze their degradation, optical ellipsometry and microscopy imaging have been used. The preliminary obtained results have demonstrated that optical ellipsometry can be a useful technique in order to study this kind of degradation phenomena. Also, the direct encapsulation of perovskite layers using sheets of EVA provides a great degree of stability against the exposure to temperature and solar radiation.
Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship Decision in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
Creators: name: Huang, Mark Anthony C.
name: Camacho, Jose DV
name: Despositario, Dinah Pura T.
name: Bello, Amelia L.
name: Huang, Mark Anthony C.
name: Camacho, Jose DV
name: Despositario, Dinah Pura T.
name: Bello, Amelia L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: entrepreneurship decision
subject: micro-enterprise owner
subject: entrepreneur
subject: non - entrepreneur

description: Entrepreneurship is becoming the popular means to promote economic growth and development in different economies. One fundamental issue though is what factors affect an individual’s decision to engage in entrepreneurship. This study aims to determine the factors that affect an individual’s decision to become an entrepreneur. One-hundred entrepreneurs and 100 non-entrepreneurs in Los Baños, Laguna were the respondents of the study. Probit regression was used to estimate the probability that an individual would become an entrepreneur with respect to some factors. The analysis reveals that six variables are significant: gender, family size, wealth, having entrepreneur- parents, years of schooling and risk tolerance. Women are found to be more inclined to engage in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as the years of schooling of an individual increase, the probability of his or her engaging in entrepreneurship decreases. Meanwhile, family size has a direct relationship with the decision to become an entrepreneur. Further, the wealthier an individual is, the more likely that he or she would start a business. Lastly, if any or both of an individual’s parents is an entrepreneur as well as if an individual is more risk-tolerant, the more likely it is that he/ she would become an entrepreneur. The study recommends that personal entrepreneurial development (PED) trainings, low-interest loans and small business insurance mechanisms should be provided to would - be entrepreneurs.
The nuMSM, leptonic asymmetries, and properties of singlet fermions
Creators: name: Shaposhnikov, Mikhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study in detail the mechanism of baryon and lepton asymmetry generation in the framework of the $ν$MSM (an extension of the Standard Model by three singlet fermions with masses smaller than the electroweak scale). We elucidate the issue of CP-violation in the model and define the phase relevant for baryogenesis. We clarify the question of quantum-mechanical coherence, essential for the lepton asymmetry generation in singlet fermion oscillations and compute the relevant damping rates. The range of masses and couplings of singlet leptons which can lead to successful baryogenesis is determined. The conditions which ensure survival of primordial (existing above the electroweak temperatures) asymmetries in different leptonic numbers are analysed. We address the question whether CP-violating reactions with lepton number non-conservation can produce leptonic asymmetry {\em below} the sphaleron freeze-out temperature. This asymmetry, if created, leads to resonant production of dark matter sterile neutrinos. We show that the requirement that a significant lepton asymmetry be produced puts stringent constraints on the properties of a pair of nearly degenerate singlet fermions, which can be tested in accelerator experiments. In this region of parameters the $ν$MSM provides a common mechanism for production of baryonic matter and dark matter in the universe. We analyse different fine-tunings of the model and discuss possible symmetries of the $ν$MSM Lagrangian that can lead to them.
description: 56 pages, 16 figures. Many clarifications added, published version
Additional file 1 of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract mitigates cisplatin-induced chronic renal interstitial fibrosis by inhibiting the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of renal tubular epithelial cells mediated by the Smad3/TGF-β1 and Smad3/p38 MAPK pathways
Creators: name: Wei, Congying
name: Zhang, Yansong
name: Zhong, Xiaobin
name: Lu, Sisi
name: Zou, Xiaoqin
name: Yang, Yufang
name: Huang, Songqing
name: Huang, Zhenguang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Effects of EGb on p-smad2/smad2, p-smad3/smad3, the phosphorylated/total protein p-p38 MAPK/p38 MAPK. Figure S1. The effect of EGb on the protein expression levels of smad2, p-smad2, smad3, p-smad3, p-smad2/smad2, p-smad3/smad3 in rat kidney tissue. Western blot analysis of A smad2/3, B p-smad2/3 expression in rat kidney tissues. Quantitative analysis the protein levels of C smad2, D smad3, E p-smad2, F p-smad3, G p-smad2/smad2, H p-smad3/smad3 in renal tissues. n = 9. *P
A Simplified Quantum Gravitational Model of Inflation
Creators: name: Tsamis, N. C.
name: Woodard, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inflationary quantum gravity simplifies drastically in the leading logarithm approximation. We show that the only counterterm which contributes in this limit is the 1-loop renormalization of the cosmological constant. We go further to make a simplifying assumption about the operator dynamics at leading logarithm order. This assumption is explicitly implemented at 1- and 2-loop orders, and we describe how it can be implemented nonperturbatively. We also compute the expectation value of an invariant observable designed to quantify the quantum gravitational back-reaction on inflation. Although our dynamical assumption may not prove to be completely correct, it does have the right time dependence, it can naturally produce primordial perturbations of the right strength, and it illustrates how a rigorous application of the leading logarithm approximation might work in quantum gravity. It also serves as a partial test of the "null hypothesis" that there are no significant effects from infrared gravitons.
description: 41 pages, version 2 revised for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity. The principal change is the discussion in section 3 of concerns about spatial inhomogeneities and the validity of expectation values
Neighbourhood Influence and Social Acceptance of PV Systems in Rural Developing Communities
Creators: name: Opiyo, N.N.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Finance, Markets and Policies
Policies and Scenarios for Renewables, Societal and Global Challenges

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2006-2012
description: Knowledge of a new technology is necessary for a consumer to make an informed decision on its adoption, but this is difficult with nascent technologies such as solar home systems (SHS) where information is asymmetrical, with producers being in better positions to test the technology than consumers, contributing to their initial slow diffusions in new markets. In such cases, neighbourhood influence from early and independent adopters play important roles in increased future adoptions. In this work, impacts of neighbourhood influence and social pressure on temporal diffusion of SHS in a rural developing community are investigated. A survey is developed and carried out in Kendu Bay area of Kenya to gather information on how neighbourhood influence and social pressure impact on SHS installation decisions. Data from the survey is then used to inform an agent-based model (ABM) developed in NetLogo, to simulate impacts of neighbourhood influence radius and threshold, on temporal diffusion of SHS in a rural developing community. Results show that visibility of newly installed SHS leads to more installations that word-of-mouth alone. Results also show that increasing influence radius leads to exponential growth in SHS installations. For optimal SHS installations, a neighbourhood threshold of between 12.5% and 15% is required.
CitizEE Project - Scaling Up Public Sustainable Investments via Citizen Financing Schemes
Creators: name: Alonso, P.
name: Caneva, S.
name: Marchand, J.-F.
name: Vanstraelen, L.
name: Casas, M.
name: Pause, F.
name: Wimmer, M.
name: Nuno-Brito, J.
name: Steyaert, E.
name: Ruttens, H.
name: Segon, V.
name: Adomaviciene, R.
name: Vaskeliene, K.
name: Zakevicius, G.
name: Della-Sala, L.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Finance, Markets and Policies
Costs, Economics, Finance and Markets

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1977-1978
description: The energy transition causes significant challenges in the building sector, which demand profound changes on the economic perspective but also in fostering cooperation between all actors involved, paying attention to citizens and communities. The role of different actors (public authorities, financial institutions, project developers) and the interactions with innovative citizen models must be considered, particularly at the regional/national scale. CitizEE will implement tailored and widely adopted crowdfunding and cooperative financing schemes with adequate Public Financing Instruments (PFIs) and will demonstrate in real conditions the contribution of the schemes developed towards supporting European public authorities to scale-up investments for energy efficiency. Consequently, large-scale community energy efficiency programs will be established while strengthening know-how of regional/national stakeholders. Minimum 4 Standardized Financing schemes based on citizen funding will demonstrated in 4 pilot country/regions and Citizen Investment platforms will be established in the pilot regions/country. The platforms will be able to engage and assist with local or pan-European energy efficiency projects and funding platforms while establishing dialogue between the stakeholders. CitizEE estimates that 18.6 million EUR of investments and 10 GWh in terms of energy savings will be triggered by the implementation of the scheme. CO2 emissions will be reduced by around 2,987.50 Tons.
DC- Versus AC-Based Power Systems for Cost-Effective Electrification of Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Opiyo, N.N.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance
Design and Installation of PV Systems

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1509-1515
description: Sub-Saharan Africa continues to suffer energy poverty due to low grid expansion rates necessitated by low economic activities in those regions, sparse population distribution coupled with low household load demands, and insufficient power generation. On the other hand, small solar power microgeneration systems have emerged as potential alternatives to grid electrifications, enabling households to make modest investments into their power systems, and to modify their systems according to their changing economic and power demand circumstances. For rural social-economic development, electricity-beyond-lighting is needed. Without the grid, the only alternative is minigrids based on locally available renewable energy resources. In this work, we compare the merits and demerits of DC and AC coupled systems as pertains to costs, efficiencies, and overall performances. Research shows that power conversion stages are the biggest points of power losses in minigrids and therefore avoiding many conversion stages lead to improved overall system efficiencies. Research also shows that the best performances are realized when DC-inherent appliances are supplied with power from DC-coupled networks, supplied by distributed DC power generators such as PV. Simulation results show that when given choices, consumers choose to connect to DC networks with decentralized storage to due to lowest operating costs, ease of expansion, and overall better performances when compared to other networks.
How Mobile Money Platforms and Other Innovative Technologies Have Stimulated Energy Revolution in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Opiyo, N.N.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Finance, Markets and Policies
Policies and Scenarios for Renewables, Societal and Global Challenges

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2013-2018
description: Sub-Saharan Africa continues to suffer energy poverty due to low grid expansion rates necessitated by low economic activities in those regions, sparse population distribution coupled with low household load demands, and insufficient power generation. On the other hand, small solar power microgeneration systems have emerged as potential alternatives to grid electrifications, enabling households to make modest investments into their power systems, and to modify their systems according to their changing economic and power demand circumstances. Innovative mobile money platforms have created an atmosphere of financial inclusivity, enabling people in remote rural areas to carry out financial transactions over long distances using the most basic of mobile phones, thus connecting them to the formal economy. In addition to creating many avenues for trade, job creation, and innovation, the mobile money platforms have also acted as catalysts for innovating energy models, access, and trade. Now, most businesses involved in energy generation and trade rely on these platforms for their financial transactions. This enables remote running and operation of energy generation and management systems. The energy consumers also use the platforms to pay for their power, and to modify their power bundles according to their needs/incomes. Emergence of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) companies has seen steep rise in PV installations in the area due to provision of microcredit facilities, enabled by mobile money platforms.
Do $c\bar c n\bar n$ bound states exist?
Creators: name: Vijande, J.
name: Weissman, E.
name: Barnea, N.
name: Valcarce, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The four--quark system $c\bar c n\bar n$ is studied in the framework of the constituent quark model. Using different types of quark-quark potentials, we solve the four--body Schrödinger equation by means of the hyperspherical harmonic formalism. Exploring the low laying $J^{PC}$ states for different isospin configurations no four-quark bound states have been found. Of particular interest is the possible four-quark structure of the X(3872). We rule out the possibility that this particle is a compact tetraquark system, unless additional correlations, either in the form of diquarks or at the level of the interacting potential, not considered in simple quark models do contribute.
description: 30 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Identification of Leishmania genes encoding proteins containing tandemly repeating peptides
Creators: name: Wallis, Anne Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In order to identify Leishmania proteins which may be immunologically relevant or may play a role in interactions between Leishmania and its mammalian host, a Leishmania major genomic DNA library was constructed in the vector λgt11 and screened with antibodies raised to Leishmania major promastigote membranes. Two recombinant DNA clones were identified which encoded repetitive sequences (Clone 20 and Clone 39). Clone 20 encoded a repetitive peptide of 14 amino acids and clone 39 encoded an unrelated repetitive peptide of 10 amino acids. Analysis of one of these clones, Clone 20, indicated that there were two RNA transcripts of 9500 and 5200 nucleotides expressed which corresponded to this clone in Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani and this expression was not stage-specific. The results of genomic DNA analysis and isolation of additional clones encoding Clone 20 sequences indicated that there were two genes which corresponded to Clone 20 in both Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani and that these genes differed from one another with respect to the number of repeats which they contained. Antibodies against the fusion protein produced by Clone 20 recognized a series of Leishmania major proteins of apparent mol wt 250,000. Analysis of Clone 39 indicated that there was a single transcript of 7500 nucleotides expressed which corresponded to this clone in both Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani and that there was a single gene (or two identical genes) which encoded this transcript. The genomes of many protozoan parasites exhibit a high degree of plasticity with respect to chromosome size and number. The presence of highly repetitive regions within their DNA may be involved in maintaining this plasticity, allowing the parasite to evolve rapidly under selective pressure. Repetitive regions have been identified within many Plasmodia antigens and have been implicated in the ability of this parasite to evade the host immune system. The presence of Leishmania genes encoding proteins containing tandemly repeating peptides may indicate that these proteins play a similar role in evading the host immune system during the course of Leishmania infections. The possible evolution and functions of repetitive proteins in protozoan parasites is discussed.
Semidensities, Second-Class Constraints and Conversion in Anti-Poisson Geometry
Creators: name: Bering, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider Khudaverdian's geometric version of a Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) operator Δ_E in the case of a degenerate anti-Poisson manifold. The characteristic feature of such an operator (aside from being a Grassmann-odd, nilpotent, second-order differential operator) is that it sends semidensities to semidensities. We find a local formula for the Δ_E operator in arbitrary coordinates. As an important application of this setup, we consider the Dirac antibracket on an antisymplectic manifold with antisymplectic second-class constraints. We show that the entire Dirac construction, including the corresponding Dirac BV operator Δ_{E_D}, exactly follows from conversion of the antisymplectic second-class constraints into first-class constraints on an extended manifold.
description: 32 pages, LaTeX. v2: Minor changes. v3: Published version
Sterile neutrino dark matter as a consequence of nuMSM-induced lepton asymmetry
Creators: name: Laine, M.
name: Shaposhnikov, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been pointed out in ref.[1] that in the nuMSM (Standard Model extended by three right-handed neutrinos with masses smaller than the electroweak scale), there is a corner in the parameter space where CP-violating resonant oscillations among the two heaviest right-handed neutrinos continue to operate below the freeze-out temperature of sphaleron transitions, leading to a lepton asymmetry which is considerably larger than the baryon asymmetry. Consequently, the lightest right-handed (``sterile'') neutrinos, which may serve as dark matter, are generated through an efficient resonant mechanism proposed by Shi and Fuller [2]. We re-compute the dark matter relic density and non-equilibrium momentum distribution function in this situation with quantum field theoretic methods and, confronting the results with existing astrophysical data, derive bounds on the properties of the lightest right-handed neutrinos. Our spectra can be used as an input for structure formation simulations in warm dark matter cosmologies, for a Lyman-alpha analysis of the dark matter distribution on small scales, and for studying the properties of haloes of dwarf spheroidal galaxies.
description: 25 pages. v2: many clarifications and references added; published version
Modification of the electronic structure in a carbon nanotube with the charge dopant encapsulation
Creators: name: Choi, Woon Ih
name: Ihm, Jisoon
name: Kim, Gunn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first-principles study of effects of the charge dopants such as Cesium and Iodine encapsulated on the electronic structure of carbon nanotubes. An encapsulated cesium atom donates an electron to the nanotube and produces donor-like states below the conduction bands. In contrast, an iodine trimer (I$_{3}$) accepts an electron from the nanotube and produces an acceptor-like state above the valance band maximum. We find that a Cs atom inside a metallic armchair carbon nanotube gives rise to spatial oscillations of the density of states near the Fermi level.
description: Applied Physics Letters (in press), 3 color figures
A new method for fast computing unbiased estimators of cumulants
Creators: name: Di Nardo, E.
name: Guarino, G.
name: Senato, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 65C60, 05A40, 68W30, 62H99

description: We propose new algorithms for generating $k$-statistics, multivariate $k$-statistics, polykays and multivariate polykays. The resulting computational times are very fast compared with procedures existing in the literature. Such speeding up is obtained by means of a symbolic method arising from the classical umbral calculus. The classical umbral calculus is a light syntax that involves only elementary rules to managing sequences of numbers or polynomials. The cornerstone of the procedures here introduced is the connection between cumulants of a random variable and a suitable compound Poisson random variable. Such a connection holds also for multivariate random variables.
description: A table with computational times, obtained with the forthcoming MathStatica release 2 (Colin Rose, private communication), has been added. In press Stat. Comp
Measurement of Water Vapor Transmission Rate of PV Backsheet with Highly Accelerated Stress Test
Creators: name: Li, Y.-T.
name: Wu, H.-L.
name: Chen, S.-H.
name: Yu, P.
name: Hsieh, C.-F.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 983-985
description: In this study, the measurement of water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) by using highly accelerated stress test (HAST) combined with electronic sensor was investigated for the backsheets of the photovoltaic module. According to the Fick’s equation, the WVTR can be fitted by the water concentration of EVA with time dependence. Compare to result of the three different test method, HAST method achieve low cost and high accuracy with the high temperature dependence. As a result, the accuracy of HAST measurement will be higher for the high temperature resistant encapsulants.
Employment Decision of Female Spouses of Filipino Overseas Contract Workers
Creators: name: Gatapia, Sophia Christianne M.
name: Dorado, Rowena A.
name: Gatapia, Sophia Christianne M.
name: Dorado, Rowena A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: labor supply
subject: migration
subject: overseas contract worker

description: The Philippines holds the highest international rate of labor out-migration in Asia. However, overseas migration of urban Filipino household heads lowers the labor supply of female spouses left behind and increases consumption of leisure. This study used the 2012 merged data file of the Family and Income Expenditure Survey (FIES) and Labor Force Survey (LFS) to examine the extent to which male migration affects the labor force participation of their spouses through logistic and multinomial logistic regression analysis. Results show that remittances, age, place of residence, educational attainment and presence of dependent children significantly influence a certain categorical employment decision. In self-employment, significance of age, place of residence and presence of dependent children is found to be more pronounced. On the other hand, in paid employment, it is the remittances received by these female spouses and their educational attainment that primarily affects their decision.
The Development of Moisture Monitoring for Photovoltaic Module
Creators: name: Wu, H.-L.
name: Li, Y.-T.
name: Ting, S.-Y.
name: Hsieh, C.-F.
name: Yu, P.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1114-1116
description: This work is focused on monitoring the change of moisture inside the module in the field. For the measurement of relative humidity in the PV module, we apply an in-situ monitor method. This method based on the commercial humidity sensor, which is laminated consisting of glass, ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA) and backsheet. For the measurement data reading, we developed the microcontroller via a digital integrated circuit (I2C) communication interface to monitor the RH data in the module per 10 minute. In the field testing, we prepare two different environment chambers. The normal climate just directly expose to the opening space. In the wet climate chamber, the automatic system could provide a certain amount of water leading to higher relative humidity in the chamber. In the result of the two different chamber, the wet climate chamber is higher average 10% RH and 10C than the normal chamber. For the moisture monitor in module, the measured RH value reaches steady value of 70% RH after a week. After the module exposed to the field for 3 week, the breathed phenomenon of module gradually disappear. This work could conbine the model of diffusion to predict the mositure impact on the PV module in the field.
Additional file 2 of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract mitigates cisplatin-induced chronic renal interstitial fibrosis by inhibiting the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of renal tubular epithelial cells mediated by the Smad3/TGF-β1 and Smad3/p38 MAPK pathways
Creators: name: Wei, Congying
name: Zhang, Yansong
name: Zhong, Xiaobin
name: Lu, Sisi
name: Zou, Xiaoqin
name: Yang, Yufang
name: Huang, Songqing
name: Huang, Zhenguang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Cell proliferation experiment. Figure S1. The effect of EGb on HK2 cells proliferation and activity. n = 3. *P
Correcting second-order contamination in low-resolution spectra
Creators: name: Stanishev, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An empirical method for correcting low-resolution astronomical spectra for second-order contamination is presented. The method was developed for correcting spectra obtained with grism #4 of the ALFOSC spectrograph at the Nordic Optical Telescope and the performance is demonstrated on spectra of two nearby bright Type Ia supernovae.
description: accepted for publication in Astronomical Notes (Astronomische Nachrichten)
Measuring radiofrequency fields in NMR spectroscopy using offset-dependent nutation profiles
Creators: name: Jaladeep, Ahallya
name: Varghese, Claris Niya
name: Sekhar, Ashok
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The application of NMR spectroscopy for studying molecular and reaction dynamics relies crucially on the measurement of the magnitude of radiofrequency (RF) fields that are used to nutate or lock the nuclear magnetization. Here, we report a method for measuring RF field amplitudes that leverages the intrinsic modulations observed in offset-dependent NMR nutation profiles of small molecules. Such nutation profiles are exquisitely sensitive to the magnitude of the RF field, and B1 values ranging from 1-2000 Hz, as well the inhomogeneity in B1 distributions, can be determined with high accuracy and precision using this approach. In order to measure B1 fields associated with NMR experiments carried out on protein or nucleic acids, where these modulations are obscured by the large transverse relaxation rate constants of the analyte, our approach can be used in conjunction with a suitable external small molecule standard, expanding the scope of the method for large biomolecules.
Optimizing the Welfare Benefits from Ecotourism: The Case of Calatagan Mangrove Forest Conservation Park
Creators: name: Diona, Dan Leo Z.
name: Garcia, Yolanda T.
name: Bello, Amelia L.
name: Diona, Dan Leo Z.
name: Garcia, Yolanda T.
name: Bello, Amelia L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: ecotourism
subject: welfare benefits
subject: consumer surplus
subject: optimal user fee

description: This study seeks to estimate the welfare benefits received by the visitors of the Calatagan Mangrove Forest Conservation Park in Batangas. Specifically, it aims to estimate the consumer surplus gained by the park’s visitors at the current user fee. A linear demand function is derived from a visitation model specified as a double-log regression of the number of visitors as a function of the cost of visit and some shiftor variables. Consequently, the consumer surplus is calculated using the double integration method of the fitted demand curve and is found to be equivalent to PhP 349,576 at the mean cost of the visit valued at PhP 206 and average number of visitors equal to 1,167 persons per month. Results of the study show that the present user fee is below optimal and the management of the park can effectively raise it to at most PhP 400, since the demand elasticity is found to be less than unity, thus providing an opportunity for the park management to maximize its total revenue. At the recommended user fee, the consumer surplus remains positive, which implies that recommended user fee is economically feasible.
Economic Analysis of Irrigation Policy Options for Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction from Rice Cultivation in Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Creators: name: Decena, Fezoil Luz C.
name: Pabuayon, Isabelita M.
name: Lansigan, Felino P.
name: Alcantra, Antonio J.
name: Sumalde, Zenaida M.
name: Decena, Fezoil Luz C.
name: Pabuayon, Isabelita M.
name: Lansigan, Felino P.
name: Alcantra, Antonio J.
name: Sumalde, Zenaida M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: irrigation policy
subject: continuous flooding
subject: single drainage
subject: multiple drainage

description: Rice production contributes a significant amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) from agriculture. The study analyzes policy options for water management in the national irrigation system for reducing GHG emissions from rice cultivation in Division 1 of the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (UPRIIS) in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. These options include policies associated with continuous flooding, single drainage, and multiple drainage of rice fields. The total economic values were calculated by estimating the cost avoided due to GHG reduction and water savings, and estimating the welfare effect. The per season estimated economic values of the potential GHG emission reduction and value of water savings in the study area are: PhP 339 million (M) for shifting from continuous flooding to midseason (single) drainage and PhP 652M for shifting to alternate wetting and drying (AWD) or multiple drainage. Using choice experiment, farmer's willingness to pay for a policy change for single drainage is estimated at PhP 5,518/ha and PhP 6,774/ha for multiple drainage, or a total welfare effect of PhP 102M and PhP 125M, respectively. Aggregating these values results in a gross benefit of PhP 441M for midseason drainage and PhP 777M for AWD. The net present values (NVP) of net benefits from implementing the policies are both positive, although NPV is higher for the policy on multiple drainage.
Interest group leadership and government funding : the Federation des Franco-Colombiens : community organisation or government policy agent?
Creators: name: Savas, Daniel Johnathan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Most interest group analyses focus on the impact of interest group activity in the policymaking process, measured by the coincidence of interest demands and policy outputs. This study contends that the reverse case is important for a more complete understanding of State-interest group relations; it examines the impact of State support programmes on interest group leadership, and provides insights into how the State uses interest groups as agents for social intervention. The analysis shows that State-interest group relations can be affected by State funding programmes in two fundamental ways: first, as policy agents and political actors, interest group leaders can become "captured" in a vicious circle of financial and policy dependency which allows a minimum amount of freedom in community development activities; second, the State can undermine the link established between an interest group organisation and its interest community and, in so doing, hinder its own ability to pursue effective policy action. As a case study, the thesis takes the Federation des Franco-Colombiens (FFC), and shows how British Columbia francophone leaders modified their leadership activities as a result of access to federal government financial and policy support through the Official Languages Policy (1969). Essentially, the FFC grew from a largely local, Church-run community association into a full-fledged secular, bureaucratic, and political organisation. As Franco-Columbian leaders shifted their activity to the government arena as policy agents, they tended to pay less attention to their interest clientele, and thus severely jeopardized the effectiveness of their leadership. The implications of the study touch government, interest group leaders, and political scientists who wish to probe further into State-interest group relations. For the former two, it is crucial to be aware of the potentially negative effects of establishing too close a relationship, especially in those instances where the interest group has a low level of financial autonomy. For the latter, interest group activity should not be perceived as being uni-directional; interest groups are intermediaries in the policy process whose actions vis-à-vis the government and the interest clientele must both be considered for a more complete understanding of their role as societal actors.
Additional file 1 of Sepsis with liver dysfunction and coagulopathy predicts an inflammatory pattern of macrophage activation
Creators: name: Anderko, Renee R.
name: Gómez, Hernando
name: Canna, Scott W.
name: Shakoory, Bita
name: Angus, Derek C.
name: Yealy, Donald M.
name: Huang, David T.
name: Kellum, John A.
name: Carcillo, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. A. Relative distribution of sepsis controls and HBD + DIC sepsis cases within each treatment arm of the ProCESS trial. Arm 1 refers to protocol-based early goal directed therapy, Arm 2 to protocol-based standard therapy not requiring placement of a central venous catheter, and Arm 3 to usual care [17]. B. Unadjusted in-hospital and 90-day mortality in sepsis controls vs sepsis with HBD + DIC. C. Unadjusted 90-day mortality in sepsis controls and sepsis with HBD + DIC, stratified according to treatment arm, with comparisons in mortality drawn between resuscitation strategies within controls and cases. Statistical significance was determined by Fisher’s Exact test. ***p
Combinatorial Bethe ansatz and generalized periodic box-ball system
Creators: name: Kuniba, Atsuo
name: Sakamoto, Reiho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We reformulate the Kerov-Kirillov-Reshetikhin (KKR) map in the combinatorial Bethe ansatz from paths to rigged configurations by introducing local energy distribution in crystal base theory. Combined with an earlier result on the inverse map, it completes the crystal interpretation of the KKR bijection for U_q(\hat{sl}_2). As an application, we solve an integrable cellular automaton, a higher spin generalization of the periodic box-ball system, by an inverse scattering method and obtain the solution of the initial value problem in terms of the ultradiscrete Riemann theta function.
description: 27 pages
Scattering Theory of Gilbert Damping
Creators: name: Brataas, Arne
name: Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
name: Bauer, Gerrit E. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetization dynamics of a single domain ferromagnet in contact with a thermal bath is studied by scattering theory. We recover the Landau-Liftshitz-Gilbert equation and express the effective fields and Gilbert damping tensor in terms of the scattering matrix. Dissipation of magnetic energy equals energy current pumped out of the system by the time-dependent magnetization, with separable spin-relaxation induced bulk and spin-pumping generated interface contributions. In linear response, our scattering theory for the Gilbert damping tensor is equivalent with the Kubo formalism.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Mitigation of loss within a molecular Stark decelerator
Creators: name: Sawyer, Brian C.
name: Stuhl, Benjamin K.
name: Lev, Benjamin L.
name: Hudson, Eric R.
name: Ye, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transverse motion inside a Stark decelerator plays a large role in the total efficiency of deceleration. We differentiate between two separate regimes of molecule loss during the slowing process. The first mechanism involves distributed loss due to coupling of transverse and longitudinal motion, while the second is a result of the rapid decrease of the molecular velocity within the final few stages. In this work, we describe these effects and present means for overcoming them. Solutions based on modified switching time sequences with the existing decelerator geometry lead to a large gain of stable molecules in the intermediate velocity regime, but fail to address the loss at very low final velocities. We propose a new decelerator design, the quadrupole-guiding decelerator, which eliminates distributed loss due to transverse/longitudinal couplings throughout the slowing process and also exhibits gain over normal deceleration to the lowest velocities.
description: 13 pages, 17 figures
Wang-Landau study of the random bond square Ising model with nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor interactions
Creators: name: Fytas, N. G.
name: Malakis, A.
name: Georgiou, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report results of a Wang-Landau study of the random bond square Ising model with nearest- ($J_{nn}$) and next-nearest-neighbor ($J_{nnn}$) antiferromagnetic interactions. We consider the case $R=J_{nn}/J_{nnn}=1$ for which the competitive nature of interactions produces a sublattice ordering known as superantiferromagnetism and the pure system undergoes a second-order transition with a positive specific heat exponent $α$. For a particular disorder strength we study the effects of bond randomness and we find that, while the critical exponents of the correlation length $ν$, magnetization $β$, and magnetic susceptibility $γ$ increase when compared to the pure model, the ratios $β/ν$ and $γ/ν$ remain unchanged. Thus, the disordered system obeys weak universality and hyperscaling similarly to other two-dimensional disordered systems. However, the specific heat exhibits an unusually strong saturating behavior which distinguishes the present case of competing interactions from other two-dimensional random bond systems studied previously.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures, version as accepted for publication