cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Approaching FAIR data management in nanotechnologies and semiconductor cleanrooms, the ENL experience
Creators: name: Ferrario, Lorenza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Nanofabrication processes to develop innovative devices and sensors are usually very long chains of 'elementary' process steps representing the action of a machine and a cleanroom operator on a sample. The process steps involve many parameters and rules associated with the high quality required in sensor processing. EuroNanoLab - ENL, as a consortium of several dozen European cleanrooms, is working on analysing how to represent cleanroom processes with appropriate vocabularies, PIDs and in general a specific ontology and set of metadata to also bring this strategic research area into the FAIR world.
Suzaku Confirms NGC~3660 is an Unabsorbed Seyfert 2
Creators: name: Rivers, E.
name: Brightman, M.
name: Bianchi, S.
name: Matt, G.
name: Nandra, K.
name: Ueda, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An enigmatic group of objects, unabsorbed Seyfert 2s may have intrinsically weak broad line regions, obscuration in the line of sight to the BLR but not to the X-ray corona, or so much obscuration that the X-ray continuum is completely suppressed and the observed spectrum is actually scattered into the line of sight from nearby material. NGC 3660 has been shown to have weak broad optical/near infrared lines, no obscuration in the soft X-ray band, and no indication of "changing look" behavior. The only previous hard X-ray detection of this source by Beppo-SAX seemed to indicate that the source might harbor a heavily obscured nucleus. However, our analysis of a long-look Suzaku observation of this source shows that this is not the case, and that this source has a typical power law X-ray continuum with normal reflection and no obscuration. We conclude that NGC 3660 is confirmed to have no unidentified obscuration and that the anomolously high Beppo-SAX measurement must be due to source confusion or similar, being inconsistent with our Suzaku measurements as well as non-detections from Swift-BAT and RXTE.
description: Accepted to PASJ
Novel chemistry of lithium oxides and superconducting low-pressure LiO4
Creators: name: Dong, Xiao
name: Li, Yan-Ling
name: Oganov, Artem R.
name: Li, Kuo
name: Zheng, Haiyan
name: Mao, Ho-kwang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the stability of Li-O compounds as a function of pressure, with Li ion battery applications and fundamental chemical interest in mind. Using the ab initio evolutionary algorithm, we predict stability of novel compounds LiO4, Li5O3 and Li6O under pressure. LiO4, formed at the pressure of just 6 GPa, can be seen as ε-O8 accepting two electrons from two Li atoms. This phase is superconducting, with Tc up to 12.2 K at 10 GPa. This is remarkable, because elemental oxygen becomes superconducting at much higher pressure (96 GPa) and has much lower Tc (<0.6 K), and suggests that chemical alloying with other elements has the potential of not only decreasing metallization pressure, but also of increasing Tc. Since ε-O8 is called red oxygen, LiO4 can be identified "lithium red-oxid", and is distinct from superoxide. Additionally, Li5O3 is stable at pressures above 70 GPa and can be represented as a hybrid structure 4Li2O {\cdot} Li2O2, and electride suboxide Li6O is stable above 62 GPa.
Motion planning and motility maps for flagellar microswimmers
Creators: name: Cicconofri, Giancarlo
name: DeSimone, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study two microswimmers consisting of a spherical rigid head and a passive elastic tail. In the first one the tail is clamped to the head, and the system oscillates under the action of an external torque. In the second one, head and tail are connected by a joint allowing the angle between them to vary periodically, as a result of an oscillating internal torque. Previous studies on these models were restricted to sinusoidal actuations, showing that the swimmers can propel while moving on average along a straight line, in the direction given by the symmetry axis around which beating takes place. We extend these results to motions produced by generic (non-sinusoidal) periodic actuations within the regime of small compliance of the tail. We find that modulation in the velocity of actuation can provide a mechanism to select different directions of motion. With velocity modulated inputs the externally actuated swimmer can translate laterally with respect to the symmetry axis of beating, while the internally actuated one is able to move along curved trajectories. The governing equations are analysed with an asymptotic perturbation scheme, providing explicit formulas whose results are expressed through motility maps. Asymptotic approximations are further validated by numerical simulations.
Steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamic modeling of heat and mass diffusion in a far-from-equilibrium system based on a single particle ensemble
Creators: name: Li, Guanchen
name: von Spakovsky, Michael R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a nonequilibrium thermodynamic model for the relaxation of a local, isolated system in nonequilibrium using the principle of steepest entropy ascent (SEA), which can be expressed as a variational principle in thermodynamic state space. The model is able to arrive at the Onsager relations for such a system. Since no assumption of local equilibrium is made, the conjugate fluxes and forces, which result, are intrinsic to the subspaces of the system's state space and are defined using the concepts of hypoequilibrium state and nonequilibrium intensive properties, which describe the non-mutual equilibrium status between subspaces of the thermodynamic state space. The Onsager relations are shown to be a thermodynamic kinematic feature of the system independent of the specific details of the micro-mechanical dynamics. Two kinds of relaxation processes are studied with different constraints (i.e., conservation laws) corresponding to heat and mass diffusion. Linear behavior in the near-equilibrium region as well as nonlinear behavior in the far-from-equilibrium region are discussed. Thermodynamic relations in the equilibrium and near-equilibrium realm, including the Gibbs relation, the Clausius inequality, and the Onsager relations, are generalized to the far-from-equilibrium realm. The variational principle in the space spanned by the intrinsic conjugate fluxes and forces is expressed via the quadratic dissipation potential. As an application, the model is applied to the heat and mass diffusion of a system represented by a single particle ensemble, which can also be applied to a simple system of many particles. Phenomenological transport coefficients are also derived in near-equilibrium realm.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
Synthesis and pharmacological investigation of hybrid ligands targeting the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Creators: name: MATTHEW CHARLES LINFORD WAKEHAM
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Organic Chemistry

description: In this thesis we explore a novel series of molecules designed to target multiple binding sites of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, in terms of their chemical structure and molecular mechanism. Herein we have developed many tool molecules which will further aid in the understanding and development of selective drugs for the treatment of cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
Industrialisation of Apollon Solar's Nice Module Technology
Creators: name: Saint-Sernin, E.
name: Einhaus, R.
name: Bamberg, K.
name: Panno, P.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Components for PV Systems
PV Modules

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2825-2828
description: APOLLONSOLAR’s NICE (New Industrial Solar Cell Encapsulation) technology makes use of an air and humidity tight sealing technology known from the insulating glass industry and based on the application of an organic sealing material from the family of poly-isobutylene (PIB). Important features of the NICE technology are the absence of EVA lamination and the use of an underpressure inside the module to provide the electrical series connexion between solar cell contact lines and metal interconnectors, thus suppressing the soldering of metal interconnectors to the solar cell busbars, which is the most widely used technology today. Other important features include a specially developed metal foil that is used as for the metal rear surface and new external connector which is integrated in the edge-sealing of the module. From a production point of view, the NICE module technology presents a largely simplify module assembling technology since it allows for a complete inline operation which can be fully automated. This paper presents first results obtained with the new NICE pilot production line, realised by VINCENT INDUSTRIES. The pilot line incorporates all necessary automated production stations without the automatic loading and sorting.
Insights into the influence of the capsule on powder de-agglomeration and drug-carrier detachment in a capsule-based dry powder inhaler
Creators: name: KENNETH ELLIOTT MARGO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 90406 Powder and Particle Technology
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 90304 Medical Devices
subject: FOS: Medical engineering

description: This thesis describes a body of work specifically focusing on the influence of the capsule on powder emitted dose, fluidisation, de-agglomeration and drug-carrier detachment in the context of capsule-based dry powder inhalers namely the Rotahaler ® device. By modifying the movement of the capsule during device actuation, further insight into the dominant influence of capsule-based dry powder performance were attained.
The European PV System Monitoring Guidelines – Summary and Implementation
Creators: name: Pearsall, N.M.
name: Atanasiu, B.
name: Huld, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
Large PV Power Plants and High Penetration of Distributed PV: System Aspects and Grid Integration

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5055-5061
description: As part of the FP6 project PERFORMANCE, the lifetime monitoring of PV systems has been considered
in regard to the ability to identify operating losses and maximize the energy output (or energy service) of systems across
their full operating period. The work has included the updating of the European PV System Monitoring Guidelines to
address the current PV market. In comparison to the old guidelines published in 1995, the new version includes the
addition of new system types (building integrated PV, concentrator PV), a much greater emphasis on data analysis and
the inclusion of new sections on maintenance and performance guarantees. This paper discusses the content and structure
of the new guidelines and provides access details.
Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells With In2S3 Buffer Layers Grown by Vacuum Evaporation and Chemical Spray Methods
Creators: name: Verma, R.
name: Buecheler, S.
name: Corica, D.
name: Chirila, A.
name: Seyrling, S.
name: Perrenoud, J.
name: Güttler, D.
name: Hibberd, C.J.
name: Tiwari, A.N.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
CIS, CdTe and Other (II-VI) Ternary Thin Film Cells

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2179-2184
description: In2S3 buffer layers grown by vacuum based physical vapor deposition (PVD) and solution based ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) methods have been studied in this work. Two different variants of the USP method, namely USP-dry and USP-wet, were used to deposit the layers on soda lime glass and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 coated Mo/glass substrates. The X-ray diffraction measurements of the indium sulfide layers grown by USP-dry technique revealed the polycrystalline tetragonal -In2S3 structure. The as-grown amorphous layer deposited by PVD method crystallized into -In2S3 phase after annealing at 200°C in air. The optical band gap of the layer was found to depend on its method of preparation and varied from 2.43 eV to 2.84 eV. The atomic force microscopic images show rough morphology of the USP grown layers while the layers grown by PVD method exhibit a smooth surface. A non-uniform and inhomogeneous growth of the USP-wet layer was observed. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with ~30 nm thin PVD grown In2S3 buffer layer yielded higher efficiency cells compared to those with USP grown buffer layers. Keywords: Cu(In,Ga)Se2, In2S3, thermal evaporation, spray pyrolysis, solar cell.
Status of Performance of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells and Modules
Creators: name: Lechner, P.
name: Frammelsberger, W.
name: Psyk, W.
name: Geyer, R.
name: Maurus, H.
name: Lundszien, D.
name: Wagner, H.
name: Eichhorn, B.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Thin Films
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 2023-2026
description: SCHOTT Solar Thin Film has successfully scaled up its production technology for a-Si/a-Si tandem
cells from 0.6 m² to 1.4 m² (Gen 5) module size in Jena. The Jena fab with a capacity of 33MW/a started production
in late 2007 and ramp up was completed in mid 2008. While small area R&D cells deposited in a large area
PECVD tool achieve 10.4 % initial efficiency, the best module yields 123 W initial power which corresponds to 9.1
% initial aperture efficiency. Light induced degradation of a 1.4 m² module is demonstrated to be only 16.3%.
Thus, more than 100 W stabilized power can be projected.
The ASITM module design takes PV-system requirements into consideration. The low voltage module design with
high maximum system voltage allows high power per PV-string, comparable to c-Si based PV-installations.
ASITM modules submitted to damp heat after 14 years outdoor exposure do not reveal any power losses, thus
demonstrating high reliability and long-term durability. During summer, a small PV-system based on ASITM 95W
modules yields remarkable performance ratios higher than 90%, compared with 80% for the c-Si based reference
system.
Galene de Haan 1833
Creators: name: Khosravi, Erfan
name: Sari, Alireza
name: Mirziee-Ataabadi, Majid
name: Gholamalian, Hossein
name: Hyžný, Matúš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galenidae
Galene

description: Genus Galene de Haan, 1833
Type species: Cancer bispinosus Herbst, 1783 by monotypy.
Remarks. Števčić (2005) and Davie et al. (2015b) provided morphological features that could be used to diagnose Galene, among which the following characteristics are important for assignment of fossil specimens consisting of isolated carapaces (as exemplified by current study): carapace subhexagonal to subquadrilateral, slightly wider than long, longitudinally convex, with dorsal surface regions moderately defined and branchiocardiac groove distinct; front bilobed to quadrilobed, moderately deflexed; anterolateral margins distinguishable from posterolateral ones, adorned with small blunt denticles.
Fossil Galene have been previously described from the Holocene of Australia (Etheridge & McCulloch 1916), the Pleistocene of Java (Böhm 1922), the Pliocene of Taiwan (Hu & Tao 1996), the Philippines (Karasawa & Kato in Karasawa et al. 2008), Brunei (Morris & Collins 1991), and the Late Miocene of Taiwan (Lin 1947; Hu & Tao 1979 1996). A new species, Galene proavita Glaessner, 1960, was described from the Miocene (Clifdenian stage of the New Zealand geological time scale) of New Zealand. The Clifdenian stage is approximately 15.9 to 15.1 Ma, approximately equals to the Early Langhian (Hollis et al. 2010).
Karasawa & Kato (2003) re-assigned Galene proavita to the genus Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852 based on following traits: a smooth carapace without a defined mesogastric region and a straight front and wide thoracic sternum and male pleon. As such, prior to the present discovery, fossils of Galene were known from the West Pacific, and only as far back as the Late Miocene (of Taiwan).
There are two more specimens referred to Galene with dubious geological settings: Gecarcinus trispinosus Desmarest, 1822, and Podopilumnus fittoni McCoy, 1849, both of which have been recognized to be junior synonyms of Galene bispinosa (Herbst, 1783) (Ng et al. 2008). There is no information about the locality of origin and stratigraphic horizon of the G. trispinosus specimen (MNHN.F.B41500). The situation for Podopilumnus fittoni is still more complicated, since the specimen was attributed to the Greensand Formation of Lyme Regis, dating back to the Cretaceous; however, there is no more information about its exact location of discovery and geological setting (McCoy 1849). Hence, further detailed investigation on these two potential Galene specimens is needed in order to elucidate taxonomic and geochronological position of the species.
description: Published as part of Khosravi, Erfan, Sari, Alireza, Mirziee-Ataabadi, Majid, Gholamalian, Hossein & Hyžný, Matúš, 2022, A new species of Galene de Haan, 1833 (Galenidae: Brachyura) from the middle Miocene of Zagros Mountains, Iran, pp. 139-154 in Zootaxa 5124 (2) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6404962
Nonmagnetic band gap at the Dirac point of the magnetic topological insulator (Bi$_{1-x}$Mn$_x)_2$Se$_3$
Creators: name: Sánchez-Barriga, J.
name: Varykhalov, A.
name: Springholz, G.
name: Steiner, H.
name: Kirchschlager, R.
name: Bauer, G.
name: Caha, O.
name: Schierle, E.
name: Weschke, E.
name: Ünal, A. A.
name: Valencia, S.
name: Dunst, M.
name: Braun, J.
name: Ebert, H.
name: Minár, J.
name: Golias, E.
name: Yashina, L. V.
name: Ney, A.
name: Holý, V.
name: Rader, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic doping is expected to open a band gap at the Dirac point of topological insulators by breaking time-reversal symmetry and to enable novel topological phases. Epitaxial (Bi$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$)$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ is a prototypical magnetic topological insulator with a pronounced surface band gap of $\sim100$ meV. We show that this gap is neither due to ferromagnetic order in the bulk or at the surface nor to the local magnetic moment of the Mn, making the system unsuitable for realizing the novel phases. We further show that Mn doping does not affect the inverted bulk band gap and the system remains topologically nontrivial. We suggest that strong resonant scattering processes cause the gap at the Dirac point and support this by the observation of in-gap states using resonant photoemission. Our findings establish a novel mechanism for gap opening in topological surface states which challenges the currently known conditions for topological protection.
description: 26 pages, 7 figures
Selective Emitter by Laser Doping from Phosphosilicate Glass
Creators: name: Jäger, U.
name: Okanovic, M.
name: Hörteis, M.
name: Grohe, A.
name: Preu, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 1740-1743
description: In the industrial fabrication of silicon solar cells, lowly doped emitters offer an opportunity to increase cell
efficiency by improving blue response as well as lowering the saturation current density of the device. However,
conventional approaches of metallization, like screen-printed contacts, combined with shallow emitters result in the problem
of firing through the emitter and thus shunting the cell. Employing a highly doped region underneath the front contacts, a
selective emitter, can avoid such shunting. Laser doping offers the possibility to tailor a diffusion profile by a simple laser
process and create a selective emitter. J0E values of lowly doped emitters are presented and their impact on cell performance
is shown. Two solid-state laser systems have been used to fabricate a laser doped selective emitter. Two different kinds of
metallization are employed in the solar cell process and compared. The internal quantum efficiency shows an improved
response in the short wavelength region. Cell efficiencies of >17.7 % on 50x50 mm² cells with FF over 80 % using a shallow
120 W/sq emitter and a laser doped selective emitter have been achieved in an industrially feasible process
Sesleria korabensis var. mrkvickana Deyl 1946
Creators: name: Kuzmanović, Nevena
name: Barina, Zoltán
name: Šída, Otakar
name: Lakušić, Dmitar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Sesleria
Sesleria korabensis
Sesleria korabensis var. mrkvickana deyl (1946: 143)

description: Sesleria korabensis var. mrkvickana Deyl (1946: 143)
 Lectotype (designated here):— MACEDONIA. [Nidže Mountain], Dobro polje, 28 May 1916, I. Mrkvička s.n. (PR 161810!). Figure 6. Other original material examined:— MACEDONIA. [Nidže Mountain], Dobro polje, May 1916, Mrkvička s.n. (SOM 4507!); Dobro polje, 22 May 1916, I. Mrkvička s.n. (PR 161809!).
 Note:—This variety was considered by Deyl (1946) to have originated by crossing between S. korabensis and S. rigida, and was described on the basis of material collected by I. Mrkvička on Dobro polje (peak of Nidže Mountain) in Macedonia. The name honours the Bulgarian botanist Ivan Mrkvička, a committed helper of Josef Velenovský, who died during World War I in Macedonia in the same year he collected the type material (Stanev 2004, Křivka & Holubec 2010). We found three herbarium specimens that belong to the original material, one specimen at SOM and two at PR. The specimen at SOM is dated from May 1916. The specimens from PR (161809, 161810) have exact dates; they were collected by Mrkvička on 22 nd and 28 th May 1916, respectively. The labels of all three specimens were most likely written later by Velenovský, as after the locality the paper that Velenovský published in honour of his friend Ivan Mrkvička is cited (Velenovský 1922). According to the revision labels Deyl left on these three specimens, they are all part of the original material. Deyl’s label on the SOM specimen bears the name “ S. rigida var. mrkvičkana Acht. ” (an unpublished name)—this assignment to variety of the species S. rigida illustrates Deyl’s opinion regarding the hybrid origin of this taxon. On the specimens from PR, the name of the newly described variety is written, so we consider them as better candidates for the lectotype. Since the specimen PR 161810 is better preserved, we designate it here as lectotype.
description: Published as part of Kuzmanović, Nevena, Barina, Zoltán, Šída, Otakar & Lakušić, Dmitar, 2015, Typification of names in the group Coerulans of the genus Sesleria (Poaceae), pp. 103-120 in Phytotaxa 202 (2) on pages 109-112, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13641223
Coherently coupling distinct spin ensembles through a high-$T_c$ superconducting resonator
Creators: name: Ghirri, A.
name: Bonizzoni, C.
name: Troiani, F.
name: Buccheri, N.
name: Beverina, L.
name: Cassinese, A.
name: Affronte, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The problem of coupling multiple spin ensembles through cavity photons is revisited by using PyBTM organic radicals and a high-$T_c$ superconducting coplanar resonator. An exceptionally strong coupling is obtained and up to three spin ensembles are simultaneously coupled. The ensembles are made physically distinguishable by chemically varying the $g$ factor and by exploiting the inhomogeneities of the applied magnetic field. The coherent mixing of the spin and field modes is demonstrated by the observed multiple anticrossing, along with the simulations performed within the input-output formalism, and quantified by suitable entropic measures.
Steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamic modeling of the far-from-equilibrium interactions between nonequilibrium systems of indistinguishable particle ensembles
Creators: name: Li, Guanchen
name: von Spakovsky, Michael R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a nonequilibrium, first-principles, thermodynamic-ensemble based model for the relaxation process of interacting non-equilibrium systems. This model is formulated using steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamics (SEAQT) and its equation of motion for a grand canonical ensemble and is applied to a many particle system of classical or indistinguishable particles. Two kinds of interactions are discussed, including pure heat diffusion and heat and mass diffusion together. Since no local equilibrium assumption is made, the conjugate fluxes and forces are intrinsic to the subspaces of the state space of one system and/or of the state space of the two interacting systems. They are derived via the concepts of hypoequilibrium state and nonequilibrium intensive properties, which describe the nonmutual equilibrium status between subspaces of the thermodynamic state space of a single system and/or of the state space of the two interacting systems. The Onsager relations are shown to be thermodynamic kinematic features of the system and are found without knowledge of the detailed mechanics of the dynamic process. A fundamental thermodynamic explanation for the measurement of each intensive property of a system in a nonequilibrium state is given. The fundamental thermodynamic definition of reservoir is also discussed. Finally, the equation of motion for a system undergoing multiple interactions is provided, which permits the modeling of a network of local systems in nonequilibrium at any spatial and temporal scale.
description: 10 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1601.01344
Doping Engineering to Increase the Material Yield During Crystallization of B and P Compensated Silicon
Creators: name: Forster, M.
name: Fourmond, E.
name: Einhaus, R.
name: Lauvray, H.
name: Kraiem, J.
name: Lemiti, M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Silicon Feedstock, Crystallisation and Wafering

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1250-1253
description: In this paper, we investigate gallium co-doping during crystallization of boron and phosphorus
compensated Si. It is shown that the addition of gallium yields a fully p-type ingot with high resistivity despite high B
and P contents in the silicon melt. Segregation of doping impurities is consistent with theory. Minority carrier lifetime
and majority carrier mobility measurements indicate that this material is suitable for the realization of solar cells with
comparable efficiencies to standard material. Significant light-induced degradation of minority carrier lifetime is
however revealed to occur in this material as in standard boron-doped silicon.
On the Uniform Random Generation of Non Deterministic Automata Up to Isomorphism
Creators: name: Heam, Pierre-Cyrille
name: Joly, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we address the problem of the uniform random generation of non deterministic automata (NFA) up to isomorphism. First, we show how to use a Monte-Carlo approach to uniformly sample a NFA. Secondly, we show how to use the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm to uniformly generate NFAs up to isomorphism. Using labeling techniques, we show that in practice it is possible to move into the modified Markov Chain efficiently, allowing the random generation of NFAs up to isomorphism with dozens of states. This general approach is also applied to several interesting subclasses of NFAs (up to isomorphism), such as NFAs having a unique initial states and a bounded output degree. Finally, we prove that for these interesting subclasses of NFAs, moving into the Metropolis Markov chain can be done in polynomial time. Promising experimental results constitute a practical contribution.
description: Frank Drewes. CIAA 2015, Aug 2015, Umea, Sweden. Springer, 9223, pp.12, 2015, Implementation and Application of Automata - 20th International Conference
Virial series for inhomogeneous fluids applied to the Lennard-Jones wall-fluid surface tension at planar and curved walls
Creators: name: Urrutia, Ignacio
name: Paganini, Iván
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We formulate a straightforward scheme of statistical mechanics for inhomogeneous systems that includes the virial series in powers of the activity for the grand free energy and density distributions. There, cluster integrals formulated for inhomogeneous systems play a main role. We center on second order terms that were analyzed in the case of hard-wall confinement, focusing in planar, spherical and cylindrical walls. Further analysis was devoted to the Lennard-Jones system and its generalization the 2k-k potential. For this interaction potentials the second cluster integral was evaluated analytically. We obtained the fluid-substrate surface tension at second order for the planar, spherical and cylindrical confinement. Spherical and cylindrical cases were analyzed using a series expansion in the radius including higher order terms. We detected a $\ln R^{-1}/R^{2}$ dependence of the surface tension for the standard Lennard-Jones system confined by spherical and cylindrical walls, no matter if particles are inside or outside of the hard-walls. The analysis was extended to bending and Gaussian curvatures, where exact expressions were also obtained.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures
Investigation of Metal Amorphous Nanocomposite Materials for use in Axial Flux Motors
Creators: name: Schneider, Kyle
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Electric motors exist at the core of the modern energy economy, and 21st century electrification demands ever higher performance in efficiency, specific power, and reduction in reliance on rare earth materials. One technological pathway toward these goals in magnetic devices employs Metal Amorphous Nanocomposite (MANC) soft magnetic materials, which offer low AC magnetic losses in the medium frequency range, approximately 1-10 kHz. These materials have been employed successfully in inductors and transformers but have not yet been used extensively in motors due to concerns of mechanical brittleness and processing difficulty. Recent work has shown progress toward scalable processing methods to form MANCs into motor components. The low losses at high frequency mean that MANC motors are likely to be limited in performance by stress rather than loss. Here, we develop new MANC materials and measure the magnetic performance increases brought by new compositions. We develop a method to prepare tensile test specimens of laminated MANCs which allow for testing of motor core mechanical properties. We find that MANCs exhibit damage tolerance when laminated together in magnetic cores, with failure repeatability improving with number of laminated layers. We also analyze how mechanical stress develops in the manufacturing process and motor operation of MANC rotors and how these effects limit the achievable specific power. We then conduct an optimization to determine the maximum motor specific power achievable using MANCs while eliminating rare earth material usage. Finally, we find designs of MANC motors which outperform modern electric vehicle motors which rely on rare earth materials in metrics of efficiency and specific power.
The minimum sets and free boundaries of strictly plurisubharmonic functions
Creators: name: Dinew, Slawomir
name: Dinew, Zywomir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32W20

description: We study the minimum sets of plurisubharmonic functions with strictly positive Monge-Ampère densities. We investigate the relationship between their Hausdorff dimension and the regularity of the function. Under suitable assumptions we prove that the minimum set cannot contain analytic subvarieties of large dimension. In the planar case we analyze the influence on the regularity of the right hand side and consider the corresponding free boundary problem with irregular data. We provide sharp examples for the Hausdorff dimension of the minimum set and the related free boundary. We also draw several analogues with the corresponding real results.
description: 16 pages
p-Type Multicrystalline-Si Solar Cells Using Blended Solsilc Silicon
Creators: name: Bronsveld, P.C.P.
name: Naber, R.C.G.
name: Geerligs, L.J.
name: Pozigun, S.
name: Syvertsen, M.
name: Knopf, C.
name: Kvande, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 1137-1139
description: Blends of polycrystalline and SOLSILC silicon in multicrystalline p-type ingots were tested by solar cell
processing. By comparing IV-parameters and Internal Quantum Efficiency of cells from p-type multicrystalline cells it was
concluded that a minor cell performance reduction can be attributed to impurities. This can be significantly improved by
emitter optimization or an extra cleaning step. In this manner, a cell efficiency of 16.4% was obtained for both 25% blend
and reference.
title: Το μικροβιακό φορτίο ως επιβαρυντικός παράγοντας της ποιότητας του αέρα στο χειρουργείο και η επίπτωση στην πρόκληση λοιμώξεων χειρουργικού πεδίου
title: Microbial load as an aggravating factor of air quality in the operating room and its impact on causing surgical site infections
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Χειλετζάρη, Σοφία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Μικροβιακό φορτίο
Λοιμώξεις χειρουργείου
Μολύνσεις χειρουργείου
Ποιότητα αέρα
Hospital-acquired infections
Surgical infections
Microbial load

description: Συστηματική ανασκόπηση με τη μέθοδο PRISMA 2020
description: Εισαγωγή: Οι λοιμώξεις χειρουργικού πεδίου αποτελούν μία από τις συχνότερες αιτίες εμφάνισης νοσοκομειακών λοιμώξεων παγκοσμίως, με σημαντικές επιπτώσεις σε κλινικό και οικονομικό επίπεδο. Το μικροβιακό φορτίο στον αέρα των χειρουργείων είναι ένας από τους παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν σημαντικά τη συχνότητα εμφάνισης αυτών των λοιμώξεων. Σκοπός: Η παρούσα εργασία έχει ως στόχο να αποτυπώσει την υπάρχουσα επιστημονική γνώση μέσω της ανασκόπισης των μελετών που έχουν δημοσιευθεί σχετικά με το πώς το μικροβιακό φορτίο του αέρα σχετίζεται με τις λοιμώξεις χειρουργικού πεδίου. Επιπλέον, επιδιώκει να επισημάνει τους σημαντικότερους παράγοντες που προκαλούν βακτηριακή επιβάρυνση του αέρα εντός των χειρουργείων και να παρουσιάσει τρόπους βελτίωσης της ποιότητας του αέρα με σκοπό την πρόληψη των λοιμώξεων χειρουργικού πεδίου. Μεθοδολογία: Η συστηματική ανασκόπηση πραγματοποιήθηκε με την αναθεωρημένη μέθοδο PRISMA, 2020 Η αναζήτηση έγινε στις βάσεις δεδομένων Pubmed και Scopus, για την περίοδο 2014-2024. Αναζητήθηκαν άρθρα στην αγγλική γλώσσα, τα οποία αναφέρονται στη μικροβιακή επιβάρυνση του αέρα των χειρουργείων και τη συσχέτισή της με τις λοιμώξεις χειρουργικού πεδίου. Αποτελέσματα: Η παρούσα ανασκόπηση περιλαμβάνει συνολικά 37 άρθρα που σχετίζονται με το μικροβιακό φορτίο του αέρα ως παράγοντα επιβάρυνσης της ποιότητας του αέρα στο χειρουργείο και τη συσχέτισή του με τις λοιμώξεις χειρουργικού πεδίου. Συμπεράσματα: Η άμεση σχέση μεταξύ μικροβιακού φορτίου του αέρα και πρόκλησης λοιμώξεων χειρουργικού πεδίου αποδεικνύεται μέσω αρκετών μελετών με τη μέθοδο της δειγματοληψίας, αλλά και με τη χρήση μοριακών τεχνικών ταυτοποίησης και τυποποίσης καθώς και γενετικής συσχέτισης παθογόνων που εντοπίστηκαν στον αέρα και στο τραύμα. Η μικροβιακή επιβάρυνση του αέρα είναι πολυπαραγοντική και για ορισμένους από αυτούς τους παράγοντες δεν υπάρχει σύγκλιση απόψεων στη διεθνή επιστημονική κοινότητα, με αποτέλεσμα να χρειάζονται περαιτέρω μελέτες, ενώ για άλλους παράγοντες κρίνεται αναγκαία η αναθεώρηση των κατεθυντήριων οδηγιών. Για τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας του αέρα στα χειρουργεία χρειάζονται νέες, καινοτόμες τεχνικές και μέθοδοι, με την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη και τα συστήματα γονιδιακής αλληλούχισης τρίτης γενιάς να αφήνουν πολλές υποσχέσεις για το μέλλον.
Free Energy Methods to Assist Drug Discovery: Studies of Affinity, Permeability and Dynamics
Creators: name: Williams-Noonan, Billy Joseph
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 30404 Cheminformatics and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Chemistry
subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: There are key pharmaceutical properties that make for ideal drugs. Therefore, the ability to accurately predict these properties ahead of time has potential to speed up the design of new drugs, and reduce the cost of drug discovery. In this research, we have applied computational methods to show that we can prospectively predict three pharmaceutical properties. Specifically, we report the prediction of: potency (binding affinity), oral availability ('gut'/'cellular' membrane permeability), and for the long time scale atomic motions of biologically relevant protein structures.
COUPLED SURFACE-SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGICAL MODEL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF NET RECHARGE OF THE KONYA CLOSED BASIN, TURKEY
Creators: name: Yologlu, Onur Cem
name: Copty, Nadim
name: Uygur, İzel
name: Tunca, Mehmet Can
name: Bal, Elif
name: Yetisti, Buse
name: Daloğlu Çetinkaya, Irem
name: Saysel, Ali Kerem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The accurate estimation of aquifer recharge is essential for the sustainable utilization of groundwater resources. This task is particularly challenging for large watersheds where the definition of the surface subsurface system parameters is associated with high level of uncertainty. In this paper a water flow model, based on the coupling of the HYDRUS and MODFLOW computer programs, is developed for the Konya closed basin, one of the major agricultural regions of Turkey. Groundwater levels in the semiarid basin have experienced rapid decline in recent years due to excessive over exploitation. The problem is exacerbated by the large number of unregulated groundwater extraction wells, estimated to exceed 70,000 in number, rendering the estimation of actual groundwater extraction rates highly uncertain. The regional model, covering an area of about 62,000 km2, simulates unsaturated vertical flow through the vadose zone and groundwater flow through the underlying aquifer system. The model combines data collected at different scales including point groundwater level data, meteorological data and pumping test data, as well as land use, surface topography and water content (GRACE) satellite data. To better define the precipitation spatial distribution, cokriging of precipitation and topography data was used. Groundwater extraction data were estimated based on historical agricultural yields and crop water demands. Historical groundwater level data were used as the main calibration parameter. Results show that the model was able to reproduce the observed groundwater level trends of the past 2 decades. Recharge areas are mostly located in the higher elevation regions of the basin with water flowing towards the central portions of the plain where intensive irrigation is located. The modeling results underscore the impacts of the expansion of irrigated lands and the switch to more water-demanding crops on the basin’s overall water deficits. Research financed by the InTheMED project, which is part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 1923.
Spatial and kinematic segregation in star cluster merger remnants
Creators: name: Cole, David R.
name: Debattista, Victor P.
name: Varri, Anna Lisa
name: Hartmann, Markus
name: Seth, Anil C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Globular clusters which exhibit chemical and dynamical complexity have been suggested to be the stripped nuclei of dwarf galaxies (e.g., M54, $ω$ Cen). We use $N$-body simulations of nuclear star clusters forming via the mergers of star clusters to explore the persistence of substructure in the phase space. We find that the observed level of differentiation is difficult to reconcile with the observed if nuclear clusters form wholly out of the mergers of star clusters. Only the star clusters that merged most recently retain sufficiently distinct kinematics to be distinguishable from the rest of the nuclear cluster though the critical factor is the number of merger events not the elapsed time. In situ star formation must therefore be included to explain the observed properties of nuclear star clusters, in good agreement with previous results.
description: 16 pages, 17 figures, 3 tables
Monitoring of Large Groups of PV Systems with GIS
Creators: name: Gaiddon, B.
name: Fraisse, S.
name: Saade, A.
name: Stettler, S.
name: Toggweiler, P.
name: Schilter, C.
name: Remund, J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Systems
Large PV Power Plants and High Penetration of Distributed PV: System Aspects and Grid Integration

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5062-5063
description: The purpose of this work was to develop a web-based tool dedicated to the monitoring, in the long term, of
many PV systems with the use of a Geographical Information System (GIS). This tool was developed in order to control
the overall performance of groups of PV systems installed at the same location and to make sure that they all perform
well in the long term without spending to much effort and time. Il is based on an existing automatic failure detection
algorithm developed a few years ago. It has been successfully tested on several groups of PV systems in France and is
under test on a group of 11 PV systems installed within a demonstration project funded by the European Commission.
Noscapine and its derivatives as microtubule-targeted cancer therapeutics
Creators: name: CASSANDRA SHU-XIN YONG
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Noscapine, a phthalideisoquinoline alkaloid, is the second most abundant opium alkaloid derived from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The anti-mitotic potential of noscapine was recently discovered, with no visible toxicity in the vital organs of tumour-implanted mice. Moreover, the low susceptibility of noscapine to the common multi-drug resistance (MDR) through increased efflux by drug transporters (ABCB1 and ABCG2) is of significant importance. Although noscapine possesses low cytotoxic activity, several semisynthetic noscapine derivatives have been reported to show a vast improvement in cytotoxic activity against various cancer cell lines, indicating the potential for noscapine to be developed for clinical use.
Towards an Industry-Aligned Assessment of Critical Thinking in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Beyond
Creators: name: ALASTAIR OWEN PEARL
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Critical thinking is increasingly a core competency for students of the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical sciences) disciplines to master as industry bodies, accreditation boards, and companies are requiring graduates to demonstrate these skills in the workplace. At university, students need to do more than learn about CT abstractly and instead need to be able to practice applying CT in work-appropriate situations. This dissertation defines a novel conceptualisation of industry-aligned critical thinking – systematicity, business-sense, multiple solutions, consideration of implications, and cause identification – and presents a draft tailored assessment of critical thinking for the pharmaceutical sciences.
Biomimetic nanomaterials as nanomedicine against amyloid diseases
Creators: name: IBRAHIM JAVED
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 100709 Nanomedicine
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: Amyloidosis are a group of diseases where a specific protein misfolds and aggregates into long twisted fibers called amyloids. Representative amyloid diseases include type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. This phenomenon of protein fibrillization is also observed with the proteins of non-pathogenic origins such as whey proteins, i.e., β-lactoglobulin and caseins, where biocompatible amyloids are rendered under artificial conditions. This thesis investigates the innovative use of whey proteins to craft nanomedicines against amyloid diseases through tailored biophysical interactions. It also provides zebrafish as a high-throughput animal model for rapid screening of anti-amyloid medicines.
Cyclic D/L Peptide Nanotubes
Creators: name: MITCHELL RAMESH SILK
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Crystallography
subject: 100706 Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: Organic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: NMR Spectroscopy
subject: Computational Chemistry
subject: 30406 Proteins and Peptides
subject: Biochemistry

description: This thesis describes studies of novel cyclic peptide nanomaterials. Specifically, this work explores different approaches to the construction of organic nanotubes using reversible and irreversible binding of peptide building-blocks. Structural characterisation of these nanomaterials was achieved using a wide range of experimental and theoretical methods. The findings presented in this thesis will further the development of peptide nanomaterials into complex, functional biomaterials.