cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Flexible Pneumatic Actuator for PV Solar Tracking Applications
Creators: name: Svetozarevic, B.
name: Hofer, J.
name: Hischier, I.
name: Schlueter, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2114-2117
description: The global solar tracker market is currently growing at an unprecedented pace. The predominant application is in utility-scale ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) installations, where the share of trackers has substantially increased over the past decade. However, the use of solar trackers in building integrated PV (BIPV) rooftops and facades is still limited. The main reason for this is the added weight and bulkiness of tracking mechanisms, as well as their mechanical complexity. To further expand the application range of solar trackers towards BIPV applications, as well as to offer a viable substitute for conventional solar trackers for ground-mounted PVs, in this work we present a solar tracker using a soft pneumatic actuator as the main tracking mechanism. This tracker is made of rubber, and therefore it is intrinsically compliant, i.e. robust to external disturbances, acting as a spring-damper system. This allows drastic reduction of tracker’s weight and complexity. Moreover, flexible pneumatic actuators have a large power-to-weight ratio, they offer customization flexibility, and it is uncomplicated and economical to fabricate them on an industrial scale. In this paper, we give a brief summary of design, fabrication, characterization, and control of the flexible solar tracker. The focus of the paper is on long term measurements of the solar tracker’s precision and its robustness to wind loads. Three thin-film BIPV options are evaluated: dynamic building facade, flat rooftop, and pitched rooftop. Finally, potentials of using flexible pneumatic solar tracker for conventional ground-mounted PV installations and concentrated applications are discussed.
Temperament type: bridges and barriers in the education of high-functioning students with ASD in mainstream schools
Creators: name: Holcombe, Wendy May
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Rising prevalence rates and disproportionate outcomes place students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a cohort at risk within the education and schooling context. This is further complicated when these students are also high-functioning with the concomitant capacity for high level academic performance. This study examines the experiences and perspectives of 56 educators from a cross-section of roles within the public school system in Victoria, Australia, to identify how the temperament type of high-functioning students with ASD influences their experience of educational support and challenge. A case study framework was utilised for this project, which involved both an online survey and semi-structured interviews to gather data related to educator perceptions. Responses revealed the need for deeper understanding of individual students, beyond knowledge of ASD factors. Results point to temperament type as a stable source of information on core needs, student values, natural strengths and behavioural preferences. The Bridges and Barriers Model of Support, created from the data, itemises a broad range of challenges and supports within the developmental pathway from student strengths to educational success. It is recommended that educators utilise knowledge of temperament type as a means to understanding the experience of their students in order to maximise efficacy of support and optimise successful outcomes.
Evaluation of the Effect of PV Plant Size on the Efficiency of Household Li-Ion Battery Storage Systems
Creators: name: Munzke, N.
name: Barry, J.
name: Schwarz, B.
name: Büchle, F.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Grid and Energy System Integration

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2047-2051
description: The increase in electricity prices along with a decrease in the price of storage systems has led to a rapid
expansion of the PV-battery storage system market in German households. In order to be economically viable, PVstorage
systems must fulfil certain performance criteria. The overall performance and achievable self-sufficiency
ratio of a PV-battery home storage system depends on (i) the efficiencies of the system components, (ii) the standby
consumption, (iii) the reaction time of the storage system as well as (iv) the intelligence of the overall system control
software. Several commercially available PV-battery systems have been analysed with respect to the different
performance criteria. The current paper focuses on the efficiency of the battery itself as well as the overall system
efficiency and their dependence on the PV plant size. It is shown that increasing the PV plant size leads to an increase
in the overall system efficiency for all systems, while the battery efficiency varies slightly. However, the system
efficiency ranking remains mostly constant, which means that the efficiency is a good measure of system
performance.
Detailed Modelling of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics - From Component and Environmental Data to the System Output
Creators: name: Eisenlohr, J.
name: Wilson, H.R.
name: Kuhn, T.E.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2118-2122
description: Photovoltaic systems that are integrated into buildings face several challenges compared to freestanding PV plants. Besides their multi-functionality and a more complex construction process with the constraints given by a building and its facades and roof, BIPV systems are often geometrically very complex, leading to a more complicated electric circuit and effects like partial shading and hot spots. We addressed the complex electrical design with a detailed modeling approach that includes the relevant physical quantities to analyze the time-resolved yield of a BIPV system. This comprises the calculation of the time-resolved irradiance on each individual solar cell by raytracing, the temperature-dependent electric performance of each solar cell, the electrical interconnection including bypass and blocking diodes and the inverter behaviour. Beyond BIPV systems, our developed tools can also be beneficial for the planning of all PV systems, where partial shading occurs, e.g. for bifacial modules.
Effect of Module Orientation and Batteries on Performance of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
Creators: name: Lovati, M.
name: Albatici, R.
name: Maturi, L.
name: Moser, D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2123-2129
description: This paper explains the working principle of the free and open source software “POW” (Photovoltaic Optimization Ware), the tool works on the increase of self consumption of the load and on the balance of capacities between the components. The main innovation is providing the capacity of the BIPV system as an output instead of an input, this feature can better integrate the BIPV system in the building design process. The output of the tool is in fact the suggested capacity for each surface of the building (roof + facades) that should be installed to maximize the NPV (Net Present Value) of the system. Some results produced using the tool show that the annual cumulative irradiation cannot be the only parameter considered when installing a PV system in a building. It is shown that it can make sense to install part of the capacity in the least irradiated slope of a roof, thus to better fit the production curve to the demand
curve and so increase self-consumption. Another example shows how part of a system can be placed on the façade
instead of the roof in the presence of electric heat pump as an heating system. This phenomenon persists also when
combined with a prominent electric storage system. In general the orientation of the modules in terms of Azimuth loses
importance when batteries are installed, but the orientation of the PV module in terms of tilt keeps holding primary
importance, because it influences the seasonal production profile of the system.
The Topology of African Exports: emerging patterns on spanning trees
Creators: name: Araújo, Tanya
name: Ferreira, M. Ennes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper is a contribution to interweaving two lines of research that have progressed in separate ways: network analyses of international trade and the literature on African trade and development. Gathering empirical data on African countries has important limitations and so does the space occupied by African countries in the analyses of trade networks. Here, these limitations are dealt with by the definition of two independent bipartite networks: a destination share network and\ a\ commodity share network. These networks - together with their corresponding minimal spanning trees - allow to uncover some ordering emerging from African exports in the broader context of international trade. The emerging patterns help to understand important characteristics of African exports and its binding relations to other economic, geographic and organizational concerns as the recent literature on African trade, development and growth has shown.
description: 31 pages, 8 figures
Identification of surface and/or exported proteins of pasteurella multocida using the "blue halo" assay system
Creators: name: Serrano, Maria Salve.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
PVOPTI-Ray: Optimisation of Reflecting Materials and Photovoltaic Yield in an Urban Context
Creators: name: Revesz, M.
name: Oswald, S.
name: Trimmel, H.
name: Schneider, A.
name: Weihs, P.
name: Zamini, S.
name: Peyerl, M.
name: Krispel, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2130-2134
description: Within the project “PVOPTI-Ray”, the effect of increasing the albedo of streets and building façades on the yield of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, the comfort of pedestrians and the air temperature in the canyon were investigated. The aim was to find an optimised solution (with regard to the structure of an urban canyon and properties of surface materials on streets and buildings), where the yield of directly and indirectly
integrated Photovoltaic (PV) is increased and the comfort of pedestrians is maintained within defined limits. Making
use of reflected irradiation can improve the yield of BIPV systems on façades and increase their attractiveness inside cities. An existing software tool had to be improved regarding the ground reflected irradiance. Simulations show that increasing the ground albedo from 0.13 to 0.56 can increase the PV yield by around 25 % on building façades over one year. Measurements at increased ground albedo of 0.75 for a limited area of only ~20 m2 in front of PV modules showed an increased PV yield by ~13 % during a clear sky day. The thermal comfort of pedestrians is not
deteriorated by the installation of PV on building façades. However, larger albedo increases the heat stress in summer.
Identifying Risks, Costs and Lessons from ARENA-Funded off-Grid Renewable Energy Projects in Regional Australia
Creators: name: Herteleer, B.
name: Dobb, A.
name: Boyd, O.
name: Rodgers, S.
name: Frearson, L.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Grid and Energy System Integration

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2057-2066
description: The Australian Renewable Energy Agency, ARENA, has provided grant funding to 18 off-grid and fringe-of-grid renewable energy projects under the Regional Australia’s Renewables (RAR) program since 2013. This program was designed to address real and perceived risks associated with early-stage, pre-commercial renewable energy development, and provide a foundation of demonstration projects to enable the development of a competitive renewable energy sector. These projects range from low to high Renewable Energy Fractions at megawatt-scale in remote regions of Australia, and encompass a variety of sectors, such as mining, tourism, and remote communities. All projects use PV as a key technology, often supplemented by additional technologies. The experience from these projects shows that land acquisition, technical integration, stakeholder engagement, and access to finance are among the main reasons for project delivery delays. A qualitative assessment for the remoteness premium is given, based on a comparison of ARENA-funded on- and off-grid projects. This indicates that the structural barriers of governance, supply chains and finance need to be tackled further to lower soft costs. One of the key enablers for future lower renewable energy costs is ARENA’s Knowledge Sharing model, through which the funding agency is recompensed by data and information that is provided to the market, and increases the impact of ARENA funding.
Tweet my paper: Who handles dissemination on Twitter?
Creators: name: Arroyo-Machado, Wenceslao
name: Torres-Salinas, Daniel
name: Robinson-Garcia, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The communication of research results is a task that is not equally distributed among authors. This paper explores how researchers distribute dissemination tasks on Twitter, the main channel for scientific communication. The main goal is to determinate which authorship position is most associated with self-dissemination of papers on Twitter, and whether this pattern is homogeneous across research areas. For Twitter mentions to papers, a large-scale dataset was created by merging Web of Science and Altmetric.com data, while for the identification of scholars on Twitter, an open dataset was used. Our main finding shows that 27% of Twitter users who mention papers are scholars and that only 13% of their mentions were for self-promotion purposes. Likewise, the corresponding author is the main responsible for this dissemination, a role that is mainly carried out by the first author.
description: Full paper available at: https://dapp.orvium.io/deposits/64de4a4995b02025f51d327d/view
Design of an Autonomous Solar Charging Station for E-Bikes
Creators: name: Valckenborg, R.M.E.
name: Ghotge, R.
name: Folkerts, W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2105-2109
description: An autonomous solar charging station for e-Bikes has been developed. For an optimal design of all system
components, both a prototype has been built, and a model has been created. Validation of the model has been done by
taking measured irradiance and measured total electrical load profiles as input for a period of one month. The output in
terms of PV yield, grid feed-in, SOC of battery bank, etc. has been compared with the real measured values of these
parameters. This validation gives much confidence in the model, although care needs to be taken for low SOC values, at
which a high accuracy of the model is mandatory to distinguish between ‘able to power’ and ‘unmet load’. Full year
round modeling results are performed by using TMY-data for irradiance, and an electrical load very nearby real measured
load patterns including some seasonal effects. These simulation runs show a reliability of 94.9% for the current configuration with 7 e-Bikes and a well-equipped charging station. The system was found to have a relatively high degree of reliability (>90%) even when the system was used with twice the number of bikes it was designed for. Turning the heavy consuming advertisement screen completely off, a perfect reliability of 100% is found. This demonstrates that the designed system is quite flexible with the number of e-Bikes it can cater to and is far more sensitive to full-time auxiliary loads in the charging station.
NAPLAN narratives: literacy teachers' perceptions of the impact of testing in schools
Creators: name: Nettleship, Sally
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)'s impact on education is extensive but not yet well understood. Using a narrative inquiry approach, this study explored how teachers responsible for preparing students for the NAPLAN think about the NAPLAN literacy test and how they use NAPLAN literacy data. In narrative inquiry, the researcher enters "the midst" of participants' worlds and explores their stories of experience, seeking to uncover the stories "lived and told" (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000, p. 20). The researcher is then able to retell these stories in the form of narratives written according to their interpretation of the themes. The study was located in a government secondary school; the principal and three English teachers were interviewed. The teachers were invited to construct a memory box of their professional experience which was 'unpacked' in interviews. In this way, I gained insights and access to the 'hidden' stories of what the teachers considered important in their teaching of English. My research questions were formed to explore the way NAPLAN was influencing teachers' professional lives and, more broadly, to understand the impact of standardised testing (NAPLAN) in schools. I then constructed themed narratives in response to memory box and interview data, incorporating the teachers' perceptions of literacy, standardise~ testing and NAPLAN. This study confirmed the view that the teachers and the principal considered NAPLAN a high stakes test. NAPLAN's presence in the school created a culture of 'teaching to the test' which affected school curriculum choices. NAPLAN was perceived to be establishing an educational discourse of accountability, at odds with some of the teachers' conceptions of literacy. It resulted in the teachers adopting classroom behaviours inconsistent with their privately held beliefs. Similarly NAPLAN promoted a culture of test performance which valued isolated literacy skills demonstrated on externally generated, quantitative standardised assessment over a literacy culture which valued individualism, creativity, student-teacher relationships and context. In this study, stress on staff and students was observed as a result of the cultural shift towards high stakes testing. While this study represents only a snapshot of teachers' perspectives, it seems timely for educators and the community to consider the kind of literacy culture it might be desirable to promote in schools and whether NAPLAN in its current form contributes to that culture or, perhaps, undermines it.
The Use of Logistic Regression for Evaluating Climate-Relevant PV Module Failures
Creators: name: Vollert, N.
name: Neumaier, L.
name: Mühleisen, W.
name: Halwachs, M.
name: Maul, L.
name: Voronko, Y.
name: Mihaljevic, A.
name: Hirschl, C.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Design and Operation of PV Systems

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2295-2298
description: When it comes to the reliability of PV modules it is important to guarantee a constant energy yield while at the same time achieving a low failure rate of the modules. Amongst the numerous environmental influences that increase the risk of failures in PV systems, it is assumed that the different climate zones play an important role. This works deals with analyzing the issue of deterioration of the energy yield of PV systems by using logistic regression models. It will be shown that the risk for such power losses is higher in climate zones that include extreme conditions, e.g. high temperatures and snow loads and hence, a clear connection between failures that result in power losses and the different climate zones can be made.
Daily Performance Comparison of PV Modules Operating in Maui
Creators: name: Busquet, S.
name: Kobayashi, J.
name: Rocheleau, R.E.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Design and Operation of PV Systems

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2311-2315
description: The performance ratio (PR) has been used to compare PV modules based on their daily average efficiency but this single criterion is not enough to understand the performance variability between technologies and locations. A PV test platform, commissioned on Maui in February 2016, conducts side-by-side comparison of 10 different PV modules. A new energy rating analysis approach is used to present the first-year performance. PR is separated into current (IP) and voltage (VN) performances. The optical performance is also defined from the short-circuit current. Simple empirical models are used to predict these performance criteria as a function of the irradiation, the main environmental parameter. This method helps visualize the performance differences between PV modules and could lead to a better understanding of the performance variabilities between locations.
Competition of $β$-delayed protons and $β$-delayed $γ$ rays in $^{56}$Zn and the exotic $β$-delayed $γ$-proton decay
Creators: name: Orrigo, S. E. A.
name: Rubio, B.
name: Fujita, Y.
name: Blank, B.
name: Gelletly, W.
name: Agramunt, J.
name: Algora, A.
name: Ascher, P.
name: Bilgier, B.
name: Cáceres, L.
name: Cakirli, R. B.
name: Fujita, H.
name: Ganioglu, E.
name: Gerbaux, M.
name: Giovinazzo, J.
name: Grévy, S.
name: Kamalou, O.
name: Kozer, H. C.
name: Kucuk, L.
name: Kurtukian-Nieto, T.
name: Molina, F.
name: Popescu, L.
name: Rogers, A. M.
name: Susoy, G.
name: Stodel, C.
name: Suzuki, T.
name: Tamii, A.
name: Thomas, J. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Remarkable results have been published recently on the $β$ decay of $^{56}$Zn. In particular, the rare and exotic $β$-delayed $γ$-proton emission has been detected for the first time in the $fp$ shell. Here we focus the discussion on this exotic decay mode and on the observed competition between $β$-delayed protons and $β$-delayed $γ$ rays from the Isobaric Analogue State.
description: Conference C15-06-21.1
Protein-DNA Docking Service
Creators: name: Smith, Vivian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: In drug design, the molecular docking method is mainly used to search for small molecules with good affinity with the biomacromolecule receptor. And then conduct pharmacological tests to discover new lead compounds. With the advancement of small molecule databases, large-scale virtual screening, and other computational tools, the successful discovery of PCC targeting protein-DNA interaction sites becomes feasible. If you have service needs for protein-DNA docking, please feel free to contact us.
Immunolocalisation of cholecystokinin receptors
Creators: name: Mercer, Linda Dawn.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Moving Closer to the Collapse of a Massless Scalar Field in Spherically Symmetric Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes
Creators: name: Santos-Oliván, Daniel
name: Sopuerta, Carlos F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new hybrid Cauchy-characteristic evolution method that is particularly suited for the study of gravitational collapse in spherically-symmetric asymptotically (global) Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. The Cauchy evolution allows us to track the scalar field through the different bounces off the AdS boundary while the characteristic method can bring us very close to the point of formation of an apparent horizon. Here, we describe all the details of the method, including the transition between the two evolution schemes and the details of the numerical implementation for the case of massless scalar fields. We use this scheme to provide more numerical evidence for a recent conjecture on the power-law scaling of the apparent horizon mass resulting from the collapse of subcritical configurations. We also compute the critical exponents and echoing periods for a number of critical points and confirm the expectation that their values should be the same as in the asymptotically-flat case.
description: 25 pages, 14 figures
Pfarrer Dr. theol. Anssi Simojoki in memoriam
Creators: name: Soramies, Risto
name: Simojoki, Anssi
Publisher: name: Lutherische Beiträge
Year: 1970

description: Lutherische Beiträge, Bd. 25 Nr. 4 (2020): Lutherische Beiträge, Band 25, Heft 4
What's 'write' for boys?: a case study examining factors that motivate Year Seven boys to write in the classroom
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jane
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the so-called "gender gap" in boys' performance in writing, and to examine the conditions for boys' motivation to write and how this links to classroom teacher pedagogy. An analysis of writing of a small number of boys in one class at a large, multi-campus, independent school in Melbourne, Australia had revealed that this particular group of boys out-performed other Year 7 students of both genders at the school in 2009 National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) results. The research project focused on a small group of Year 7 boys who participated in weekly writing classes conducted by the same teacher who had taught the 2009 cohort. This case study required the students to complete a weekly reflective journal, participate in a focus group interview and be observed in a writing class. The teacher was also interviewed. From this case-study I have drawn four main conclusions about what motivated these boys to write: 1) the teacher / student relationship was an important key when motivating boys to write in the classroom; 2) boys are motivated by the desire for good results; 3) enjoyment in the task of writing is a key factor in motivating boys to write and 4) boys can be motivated to write within an explicit teaching pedagogy.
Managing Technical Risks in PV Investments – How to Quantify the Impact of Risk Mitigation Measures for Different PV Project Phases?
Creators: name: Jahn, U.
name: Herz, M.
name: Moser, D.
name: Belluardo, G.
name: Richter, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Design and Operation of PV Systems

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1986-1993
description: Project investment has been and still is a primary financial factor in enabling sustainable growth in photovoltaic (PV) installations. When assessing the investment-worthiness of a PV project, different financial stakeholders such as investors, lenders and insurers will evaluate the impact and probability of investment risks differently depending on their investment goals. Similarly, risk mitigation measures implemented are subject to the investment perspective. The aim of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures into the framework for the assessment of the economic impact of technical risks. The methodology is based on statistical analysis and can be applied to a single PV plant or to a large portfolio of PV plants in the same market segment. The technical risks
during operation and maintenance were ranked based on the so-called Cost Priority Number (CPN), which was introduced in "Identification of Technical Risks in the Photovoltaic Value Chain and Quantification of the Economic Impact" [1]. The methodology has been further developed for the evaluation and effectiveness of the identified mitigation measures. Risk Mitigation Factors (RMF) are introduced which quantify the reduction of the economic impact of technical risks, achieved via the reduction of failure occurrence or reduction of costs for fixing the failures. The cost-benefit analysis can then include the combination of various mitigation measures and derive the best strategy depending on market segment and PV plant typology.
Topological Quantum Infidelity
Creators: name: Hou, Chang-Yu
name: Refael, Gil
name: Shtengel, Kirill
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Can topological quantum entanglement between anyons in one topological medium "stray" into a different, topologically distinct medium? In other words, can quantum information encoded non-locally in the combined state of non-Abelian anyons be shared between two distinct topological media? We consider a setup with two p-wave superconductors of opposite chirality and demonstrate that such scenario is indeed possible. The information encoded in the fermionic parity of two Majorana zero modes, originally within the same superconducting domain, can be shared between the domains or moved entirely from one domain to another provided that vortices can tunnel between them in a controlled fashion.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Synthesizing Residential Load Profiles Using Behavior Simulation
Creators: name: Pflugradt, N.
name: Muntwyler, U.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Grid and Energy System Integration

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2042-2046
description: This research introduces a novel approach for synthesising residential electricity and water load profiles by performing a bottom-up simulation of the behaviour of the residents. For the simulation, the residents are modelled using independent software agents. The agents are using a psychological desire model to determine their actions. The model can simulate for example office workers, families, unemployment, or even factory shift workers.
The implementation provides simulations of multi-family houses in detail and includes details such as illness periods, personal hobbies and device ownership. The detailed activity profiles are used to calculate load profiles. The software is available for free at www.loadprofilegenerator.ch.
Magnetization distribution and domain wall dynamics in nanotube with surface anisotropy
Creators: name: Usov, N. A.
name: Serebryakova, O. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The period of magnetization oscillations that occur near the surface of a nanotube or nanowire under the influence of surface magnetic anisotropy is determined by means of numerical simulation as a function of nanowire geometry and material parameters. The hopping mode is observed for stationary movement of a head-to-head domain wall along nanowire axis in applied magnetic field. The average speed of the domain wall in the hopping mode is found to be several times less than the stationary velocity of the wall in the absence of surface anisotropy.
description: 4 pages 4 figures
A 140 kW Hybrid PV-Diesel Pumping System for Constant-Pressure Irrigation
Creators: name: Almeida, R.H.
name: Barata Carrêlo, I.B.
name: Martinez-Moreno, F.
name: Carrasco, L.M.
name: Narvarte, L.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Design and Operation of PV Systems

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2270-2273
description: This paper describes a 140 kWp hybrid PV-diesel pumping demonstrator for constant pressure irrigation in a 200 ha olive tree plantation at Herdade de São Bernabé, Alter do Chão, Portugal. The PV system was installed in June 2016 and has been working since then. A previous system fed exclusively by a diesel generator was already implemented, and the PV part was added, maintaining unchanged all the irrigation part of the system. The
new system configuration and control logic, as well as the implementation in the field, are detailed in this work. The
first results obtained from monitoring data during June, July and August 2017 show that 125760 m3 were pumped (55179 m3 with photovoltaic) during 590 irrigation hours. The PR during irrigation hours is 0,42 and PV penetration 43%.
NEC2017 Rapid Shutdown: Useful Safety Feature or Unnecessary Nuisance?
Creators: name: Muntwyler, U.
name: Gfeller, D.
name: Wälten, J.
name: Renken, C.
name: Rutschi, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Design and Operation of PV Systems

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2031-2035
description: The latest standard for safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment in the United States, the National Electrical Code 2017 (NEC2017 or NFPA 70), contains a requirement for a rapid shutdown functionality for photovoltaic installations on buildings. 30 seconds after activation of this feature, all voltages inside the installation must be reduced to non-hazardous levels. In practice this means, that the entire PV plant must be shut down on
module level or an all-pole disconnection of all modules must be performed. The aim of this feature is the protection
of the emergency responders in case of fire. Even though accidents caused by PV installations in firefighting operations are rare [1], the solar generator with its high voltage and the in principle non-existent ability for shutdown must be considered a potential danger. The protection of first responders is an important topic and should not be taken lightly by the PV industry. Under this point of view, the shutdown on module level is a very good solution and
offers a maximum of safety. However, there is a risk that by solving this single problem, a whole bunch of new
problems and even new sources of danger can be generated. In this contribution, pros and cons as well as the
feasibility of such a shutdown feature are being discussed.
Propst i. R. Christoph Horwitz in memoriam
Creators: name: Junker, Johannes
name: Horwitz, Christoph
Publisher: name: Lutherische Beiträge
Year: 1970

description: Lutherische Beiträge, Bd. 25 Nr. 4 (2020): Lutherische Beiträge, Band 25, Heft 4
Identification of two HLA-A*0201 immunogenic epitopes of lactate dehydrogenase C (LDHC): potential novel targets for cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Thomas, Remy
name: Shaath, Hibah
name: Naik, Adviti
name: Toor, Salman M.
name: Elkord, Eyad
name: Decock, Julie
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Oncology and carcinogenesis

description: Lactate dehydrogenase C (LDHC) is an archetypical cancer testis antigen with limited expression in adult tissues and re-expression in tumors. This restricted expression pattern together with the important role of LDHC in cancer metabolism renders LDHC a potential target for immunotherapy. This study is the first to investigate the immunogenicity of LDHC using T cells from healthy individuals. LDHC-specific T cell responses were induced by in vitro stimulation with synthetic peptides, or by priming with autologous peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. We evaluated T cell activation by IFN-γ ELISpot and determined cytolytic activity of HLA-A*0201-restricted T cells in breast cancer cell co-cultures. In vitro T cell stimulation induced IFN-γ secretion in response to numerous LDHC-derived peptides. Analysis of HLA-A*0201 responses revealed a significant T cell activation after stimulation with peptide pools 2 (PP2) and 8 (PP8). The PP2- and PP8-specific T cells displayed cytolytic activity against breast cancer cells with endogenous LDHC expression within a HLA-A*0201 context. We identified peptides LDHC41−55 and LDHC288−303 from PP2 and PP8 to elicit a functional cellular immune response. More specifically, we found an increase in IFN-γ secretion by CD8 + T cells and cancer-cell-killing of HLA-A*0201/LDHC positive breast cancer cells by LDHC41−55- and LDHC288−303-induced T cells, albeit with a possible antigen recognition threshold. The majority of induced T cells displayed an effector memory phenotype. To conclude, our findings support the rationale to assess LDHC as a targetable cancer testis antigen for immunotherapy, and in particular the HLA-A*0201 restricted LDHC41–55 and LDHC288–303 peptides within LDHC.Other Information Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
See article on publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-020-02480-4
Applications of ion chromatography in forensic toxicology
Creators: name: Crump, Kerryn L. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Learning and study strategies and their influence on academic performance
Creators: name: Perera, Suresh
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study investigated the differences between high and low academic achieving students of Monash College in terms oftheir learning and study strategies related to the Skill, Will and Self-regulation components of strategic learning. A total of 258 students participated in the study by completing the 2"d edition of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). Results indicated that there were significant differences in the way high and low achievers learn and study, which is consistent with past research. However, in this study differences between high and low achievers were limited to the Skill and Will components of strategic learning. Specifically high and low achieving students were found to score significantly differently on measures of motivation, test strategies and selecting main ideas. Further, high achieving students were found to have lower anxiety levels and a positive attitude towards learning. The study further investigated the impact of teaching of learning and study strategies as a part of the curriculum. The change in the awareness and use of learning and study strategies, despite embedding study skills in the program was limited to the Will component of learning. The students who were exposed to study skills were less anxious. However, the attitude of the students who has spent some time in the program was not as positive compared to the newer students. Previous learning experience, resistance to learning study skills and time spent on the program were posited as possible reasons for these differences.
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) over the Time – Illustrated by Means of Examples from Competitions
Creators: name: Becker, G.
name: Flade, F.
name: Krippner, R.
name: Schiebelsberger, B.
name: Weber, W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Building, Infrastructure and Landscape Applications

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2099-2104
description: Starting in the year 2000, the Bavarian Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy (SeV Bayern) has organized the competitions “Building-Integrated Solar Technology”. The aim of this award is to make exemplary solutions in qualitatively sophisticated architecture accessible to the greater public. Since the year 2000 seven competitions have been organized, with some 30 prize-winners. The awarded competition entries show the huge potential of coherent integrated solar technology (PV, but also solarthermal) as a part of advanced architectural and energy building concepts. The intension of the work is to illustrate how BIPV has changed within the last 17 years – by means of examples coming from the competitions.
Sublattice signatures of transitions in a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimer lattice
Creators: name: Harter, Andrew K.
name: Joglekar, Yogesh N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lattice models with non-hermitian, parity and time-reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric Hamiltonians, realized most readily in coupled optical systems, have been intensely studied in the past few years. A $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimer lattice consists of dimers with intra-dimer coupling $ν$, inter-dimer coupling $ν'$, and balanced gain and loss potentials $\pm iγ$ within each dimer. This model undergoes two independent transitions, namely a $\mathcal{PT}$-breaking transition and a topological transition. We numerically and analytically investigate the signatures of these transitions in the time-evolution of states that are initially localized on the gain-site or the loss-site.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
Scouting in adversity
Creators: name: Steel, John D.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Some 70,000 Allied military personnel, captured by the Imperial Japanese Army at the conclusion ofthe disastrous Malayan campaign initiating Japan's entry into the Second World War in Asia, were incarcerated in the Changi prisoner of war camp on Singapore Island from the fall of Singapore on the 15th February 1942 to the surrender of Japan on the 15th August 1945. During that time a small group of Allied prisoners formed a Rover Scout Crew and met clandestinely from June 1943 to August 1945. This dissertation provides a very brief outline of the Malaysian military campaign, the reason why elements of the Australian army were in Malaysia, and some detail of the meetings of the Rover Crew(s) taken from a copy of the minutes of the Rover Crew meetings and the Court of Honour minute books. The original documents were brought back to Australia by the Chaplain of the 2/29 Battalion A.I.F. and the inspirational initiator of the Changi District Rover Scout Group, Reverend (Padre) Alexander Rowan Macneil. Quite by chance I discovered the original log books in the Victorian Scout Association Heritage Centre archives in Melbourne and was given a facsimile copy of the documents by the Scout Association for this project. I discuss some aspects of the life of a prisoner of war POW, the attitude of the prisoners to hardship and the impact the experience could have on the maturation of young men. Despite the fact that there was no direct evidence that I could find in the records of the Rover Scout meetings to suggest that membership of the Rover Scout Crews provided a positive experience for the members, I do believe that it contributed to maintaining the morale of the members, I also believe, from the tenor of those records, that the regular meetings, the camaraderie engendered and the training members undertook for Stage One of the Adult Scout Leader's Wood Badge Certificate was all of benefit for the members of the Rover Crew in their preparation for life after the war.
PVGIS Version 5: Improvements to Models and Features
Creators: name: Huld, T.
name: Pinedo Pascua, I.
name: Gracia Amillo, A.
name: Urraca Valle, R.
name: Dunlop, E.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2017
Subjects: PV System Performance and Integration
Solar Resource and Forecasting

description: 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2069-2074
description: We present the latest version of the PVGIS free online PV estimation tool, PVGIS 5. It includes significant
improvements, not only to the data extended spatial coverage and increased length of the time series, but also to the
accuracy of the estimation models implemented. The estimation of the PV energy yield now takes into account the effect
of wind on the module temperature, which in turn affects its performance; and also the effect of the spectral distribution
of the received irradiance. Instead of the long term averages available in previous versions, PVGIS 5 uses and provides
the complete dataset of hourly values for several years and the corresponding statistical values. Thanks to the
combination of satellite retrieved data and reanalysis values, the spatial coverage has been substantially increased,
including now most of the Americas and northern Europe (above 65ºN), while maintaining a high temporal resolution of
hourly values and spatial resolution of few km. A new feature of PVGIS 5 is the TMY, whose data of solar radiation,
ambient temperature, relative humidity among other variables, is suitable for studies on the energy performance on
buildings.
Phagotopes isolated by monoclonal antibody screening of random phage-displayed libraries
Creators: name: Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi Carmel.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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A systematic approach for designing zero-DGD coupled multi-core optical fibers
Creators: name: Parto, Midya
name: Eftekhar, Mohammad Amin
name: Miri, Mohammad-Ali
name: Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo
name: Li, Guifang
name: Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analytical method is presented for designing N-coupled multi-core fibers with zero differential group delay. This approach effectively reduces the problem to a system of N-1 algebraic equations involving the associated coupling coefficients and propagation constants as obtained from coupled mode theory. Once the parameters of one of the cores are specified, the roots of the resulting N-1 equations can then be used to determine the characteristics of the remaining waveguide elements. Using this technique, a number of pertinent geometrical configurations are investigated in order to minimize intermodal dispersion.
description: 4 pages