cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On the job learning: the intern experience
Creators: name: Benjamin, Joan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Doctors in the first year of practice, (referred to as interns in Australia), identify the experience of caring for their patients and participating in the medical workplace as the most significant precipitator of learning. Curriculum frameworks provide detail about what is to be learned but do not define how the learning should take place. This study focuses on the ‘how and the why’ of intern learning on-the-job through phenomenographical research. Phenomenography allows us to hear the participants’ perspective on their learning experience and, through exploring variation in their experiences, come to better understand the nature of the phenomenon. Thirty-one interns were interviewed at three stages: pre internship, after their first rotation was completed and towards the end of the intern year, totalling 85 interviews (not all interns were available for all three interviews). Phenomenographic analysis indicated four qualitatively different approaches to intern learning on-the-job; Variation A Learning through the intern environment Variation B Learning through providing bedside patient care Variation C Learning through participation in collaborative patient care Variation D Learning through review and reflection on patient outcomes The study found that variations in the approaches to learning on-the-job taken by the intern were influenced by the context presented by each rotation. Each rotation provided a unique learning environment with its own set of relationships and working conditions. Four key elements that influenced the learning experience and promoted effective on-the-job learning were: the opportunities for bedside care; involvement in medical decision-making; the experience of responsibility for patient care; and the ability of the intern to reflect on their own performance, thereby assimilating the experience into their learning. The degree to which these elements were present in a particular rotation influenced the approach of the intern to on-the-job learning. The immediate supervisor or registrar provided critical assistance in negotiating these contextual elements, in particular maximising intern learning through collegial discussions about patient care. The intern-registrar discussions or ‘collegial moments’ are qualitatively different to ‘teaching moments’. The teaching moment focuses on the transference of knowledge and the training of the individual; in contrast, the collegial moment focuses on learning through collaborative decision-making whilst providing patient care.
A Proposal for Simulation and Performance Evaluation of Stand Alone PV Systems
Creators: name: Chikh, M.
name: Mahrane, A.
name: Chikouche, A.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Systems
Off-grid Applications

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3579-3584
description: In order to have a helpful tool for the design and analysis of Stand Alone PV Systems (SAS), we have elaborated a code based on one part, on theoretical model for each part of the system as the PV field, the battery bank and, on the other part, on the energy storage and management algorithm. The calculation of the array yield YA, the final yield YF, the reference yield YR, the capture losses LC, the system losses LS, allows us to find out the performance ratio PR, the usage factor UF and the production factor PF. These last factors are necessary for analysing the performance of the system. The tool developed allows us to simulate the SAS and see if they are working properly. It was found that a low value of PR alone doesn’t mean that the system is not performing correctly. We need to correlate it to another quantity as UF or PF to identify the probable source of problems. The conjunction of the three factors conducted us to establish a diagnosis table witch allows us to evaluate the performance of a Stand Alone PV System.
Race, Religion and the City: Twitter Word Frequency Patterns Reveal Dominant Demographic Dimensions in the United States
Creators: name: Bokányi, Eszter
name: Kondor, Dániel
name: Dobos, László
name: Sebők, Tamás
name: Stéger, József
name: Csabai, István
name: Vattay, Gábor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, numerous approaches have emerged in the social sciences to exploit the opportunities made possible by the vast amounts of data generated by online social networks (OSNs). Having access to information about users on such a scale opens up a range of possibilities, all without the limitations associated with often slow and expensive paper-based polls. A question that remains to be satisfactorily addressed, however, is how demography is represented in the OSN content? Here, we study language use in the US using a corpus of text compiled from over half a billion geo-tagged messages from the online microblogging platform Twitter. Our intention is to reveal the most important spatial patterns in language use in an unsupervised manner and relate them to demographics. Our approach is based on Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) augmented with the Robust Principal Component Analysis (RPCA) methodology. We find spatially correlated patterns that can be interpreted based on the words associated with them. The main language features can be related to slang use, urbanization, travel, religion and ethnicity, the patterns of which are shown to correlate plausibly with traditional census data. Our findings thus validate the concept of demography being represented in OSN language use and show that the traits observed are inherently present in the word frequencies without any previous assumptions about the dataset. Thus, they could form the basis of further research focusing on the evaluation of demographic data estimation from other big data sources, or on the dynamical processes that result in the patterns found here.
title: Natürlich schöner, Teil 3: Body Fail
Creators: name: Falter, Celine
Publisher: name: Universitaet Tuebingen
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medizin , Kosmetische Chirurgie

description: In dieser neuen Serie enthüllt und diskutiert Celine Falter gemeinsam mit den beiden plastischen Chirurgen Dr. med. Philipp Braun und Privatdozent Dr. med. Oliver Lotter kritische und kontroverse Themen der Plastischen Chirurgie, die bisher in der Öffentlichkeit eher selten thematisiert wurden. Celine Falter studierte an der Universität Tübingen Medienwissenschaft und produzierte diesen Podcast im Rahmen ihrer Bachelorarbeit. Während ihrer Arbeit als Werkstudentin in der Privatklinik, dem Aestheticum Tübingen, entstand mit den beiden Chefärzten, Philipp Braun und Oliver Lotter, die Idee eines gemeinsamen Podcasts. In fünf Folgen sprechen die drei ausführlich über Themen wie Schönheitsideale, Pfusch oder Hilfemaßnahmen in der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgie und hinterfragen dabei ständig die Verantwortung von Ärzten und Ärztinnen. Folge 3: Body Fail Was passiert, wenn man sich im Ausland operieren lässt und etwas schiefgeht? Günstigere Angebote, oftmals inklusive einem schönen Hotel, am besten noch am Meer – ein verlockendes Angebot, weshalb immer mehr Patient*innen in Länder wie die Türkei reisen, um sich ästhetisch operieren zu lassen. In der dritten Folge des Podcasts „Natürlich ist natürlich schöner – der Podcast über Plastische Chirurgie“ sprechen Dr. med. Philipp Braun, Dr. med. Oliver Lotter und Celine Falter über Pfusch in der Plastischen Chirurgie. Philipp Braun und Oliver Lotter beantworten Fragen der Kostenübernahme nach einer missglückten Operation und erzählen jeweils ein Fallbeispiel für einen gravierenden Beauty Fail, welcher dank ihrer Hilfe gerade so nochmal gut ausging. Weitere Information über die Ärzte findet ihr auf den Instagram-Kanälen der beiden: @dr.philippbraun & @dr.oliverlotter.
There and Back Again: Tolkien and Greco-Roman Antiquity
Creators: name: Paprocki, Maciej
name: Matz, Alicia
Publisher: name: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date
Year: 2022

description: The following introduction sketches the status questionis of the research on the influence of Greco-Roman antiquity on the works of Tolkien and provides details about the volume’s theoretical impetus and its broad themes. The editors discuss Tolkien’s complicated and indirect relationship with classical models, underscoring certain emergent themes in volume’s contributions, such as decline, multifocal reception and relationship with nature.
description: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, Vol. 15 (2022): There and Back Again: Tolkien and the Greco-Roman World (eds. Alicia Matz and Maciej Paprocki)
title: Natürlich schöner, Teil 4: Die letzte Rettung
Creators: name: Falter, Celine
Publisher: name: Universitaet Tuebingen
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medizin , Plastische Chirurgie

description: In dieser Serie enthüllt und diskutiert Celine Falter gemeinsam mit den beiden plastischen Chirurgen Dr. med. Philipp Braun und Privatdozent Dr. med. Oliver Lotter kritische und kontroverse Themen der Plastischen Chirurgie, die bisher in der Öffentlichkeit eher selten thematisiert wurden. Celine Falter studierte an der Universität Tübingen Medienwissenschaft und produzierte diesen Podcast im Rahmen ihrer Bachelorarbeit. Während ihrer Arbeit als Werkstudentin in der Privatklinik, dem Aestheticum Tübingen, entstand mit den beiden Chefärzten, Philipp Braun und Oliver Lotter, die Idee eines gemeinsamen Podcasts. In fünf Folgen sprechen die drei ausführlich über Themen wie Schönheitsideale, Pfusch oder Hilfemaßnahmen in der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgie und hinterfragen dabei ständig die Verantwortung von Ärzten und Ärztinnen. Folge 4: Die letzte Rettung – Hilfe in der plastischen Chirurgie Die letzte Rettung durch Hilfeleistung – ein Thema welches viele womöglich nicht direkt mit der Plastischen Chirurgie verbinden würden. Warum? Wenn wir ehrlich sind, dann denken doch die meisten zuerst an „aufgespritzte“ Lippen oder ähnliche Beauty-Eingriffe. Wenn wir uns aber den Facharzt für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie anschauen, steckt dahinter viel mehr als „nur“ Ästhetik. In der fünften Folge des Podcasts „Natürlich ist natürlich schöner – der Podcast über Plastische Chirurgie“ sprechen Dr. med. Oliver Lotter, Dr. med. Philipp Braun und Celine Falter über Rekonstruktionen in der Plastischen Chirurgie. Die beiden Chefärzte erläutern jeweils ein Fallbeispiel, wie sie einer Patientin durch eine Operation neue Lebensenergie schenken konnten und erklären, warum es eben nicht nur um Schönheit geht. Außerdem berichten sie von ihrer prägenden Zeit im Universitätsklinikum Tübingen und wie diese ihre Arbeit bis heute maßgeblich prägt. Weitere Information über die Ärzte findet ihr auf den Instagram-Kanälen der beiden: @dr.philippbraun & @dr.oliverlotter.
Methods for Pattern Coating of TiO2 for Dye Sensitised Solar Cell (DSSC) Modules That Are Compatible With Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing
Creators: name: Dartnell, N.
name: Baker, J.
name: Potter, R.
name: Klupp-Taylor, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Advanced Photovoltaics
New Types of Cells and Modules

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 588-591
description: The feasibility of routes to pattern coat titania for DSSC anodes that are compatible with roll-to-roll manufacturing on plastic substrates has been demonstrated. These include means to effectively direct the deposition of the titania coating suspension as well as means for more broadly applicable uniform coating of titania combined with selective pattern wise removal. In combination with this, methods have also been demonstrated for pressure sintering and rapid sensitisation that are appropriate for these materials and device fabrications. The work reported here was initially aimed at proof of concept rather than performance optimisation.
Morphology, Optical Properties and Photocatalytic Activity of Photo- and Plasma-Deposited Au and Au/Ag Core/Shell Nanoparticles on Titania Layers
Creators: name: Müller, Alexander
name: Peglow, Sandra
name: Karnahl, Michael
name: Kruth, Angela
name: Junge, Henrik
name: Brüser, Volker
name: Scheu, Christina
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Core-shell structures
subject: Hydrogen production
subject: Localized surface plasmon resonance
subject: Magnetron sputtering
subject: Noble metal nanoparticles
subject: Photocatalysis
subject: Photodeposition
subject: Structure-property relationships
subject: 570
subject: 540

description: Titania is a promising material for numerous photocatalytic reactions such as water splitting and the degradation of organic compounds (e.g., methanol, phenol). Its catalytic performance can be significantly increased by the addition of co-catalysts. In this study, Au and Au/Ag nanoparticles were deposited onto mesoporous titania thin films using photo-deposition (Au) and magnetron-sputtering (Au and Au/Ag). All samples underwent comprehensive structural characterization by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Nanoparticle distributions and nanoparticle size distributions were correlated to the deposition methods. Light absorption measurements showed features related to diffuse scattering, the band gap of titania and the local surface plasmon resonance of the noble metal nanoparticles. Further, the photocatalytic activities were measured using methanol as a hole scavenger. All nanoparticle-decorated thin films showed significant performance increases in hydrogen evolution under UV illumination compared to pure titania, with an evolution rate of up to 372 μL H2 h−1 cm−2 representing a promising approximately 12-fold increase compared to pure titania.
Adaptive imputation of missing values for incomplete pattern classification
Creators: name: Liu, Zhun-Ga
name: Pan, Quan
name: Dezert, Jean
name: Martin, Arnaud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In classification of incomplete pattern, the missing values can either play a crucial role in the class determination, or have only little influence (or eventually none) on the classification results according to the context. We propose a credal classification method for incomplete pattern with adaptive imputation of missing values based on belief function theory. At first, we try to classify the object (incomplete pattern) based only on the available attribute values. As underlying principle, we assume that the missing information is not crucial for the classification if a specific class for the object can be found using only the available information. In this case, the object is committed to this particular class. However, if the object cannot be classified without ambiguity, it means that the missing values play a main role for achieving an accurate classification. In this case, the missing values will be imputed based on the K-nearest neighbor (K-NN) and self-organizing map (SOM) techniques, and the edited pattern with the imputation is then classified. The (original or edited) pattern is respectively classified according to each training class, and the classification results represented by basic belief assignments are fused with proper combination rules for making the credal classification. The object is allowed to belong with different masses of belief to the specific classes and meta-classes (which are particular disjunctions of several single classes). The credal classification captures well the uncertainty and imprecision of classification, and reduces effectively the rate of misclassifications thanks to the introduction of meta-classes. The effectiveness of the proposed method with respect to other classical methods is demonstrated based on several experiments using artificial and real data sets.
The role of carboxypeptidase B1 in modulating DENV replication and release from Aedes aegypti midgut cells
Creators: name: Tham, Hong Wai
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The female Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal vector for the transmission of Dengue virus (DENV), is able to support DENV propagation within its tissues, especially the midgut and salivary gland. Understanding host-virus relationships may lead to the discovery of new vector control strategies for better virus controls. In this study, preliminary biological interaction screens between DENV2 and female Ae. aegypti, were conducted using the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assays. A cDNA library of the female adult Ae. aegypti was constructed and used in several Y2H screens with DENV2 E, prM, M and NS1 proteins. Among the many host interacting proteins identified, carboxypeptidase B1 (CPB1) shown to bind to the E protein was selected for further studies. The interaction was also demonstrated using in silico docking analyses. Further analyses to verify the CPB1-E protein-protein interactions were conducted using mammalian two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation and double immunofluorescent co-localisation assays. It was shown that CPB1 was present in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of Ae. aegypti primary midgut cells and binds to DENV2 in the ER. The function of CPB1 with respect to the binding of virus in the ER was further investigated by the up- and down-regulation of CPB1 expression. CPB1 overexpression in mosquito C6/36 cells resulted in intracellular accumulation of DENV2 genomic RNA or virus particles, with only small amounts of virus released from the cells. In contrast, induced expression of CPB1 in Vero cells exhibited a different outcome. Therefore, it was suggested that CPB1 functions by regulating DENV2 replication exclusively in mosquito midgut cells. Based on the DENV replication cycle, we postulated that, in Ae. aegypti midgut cells, CPB1 binds to the E protein of the virus and regulates DENV2 genome encapsulation into the ER lumen, or inhibits immature virus particle transportation to the Golgi complexes, which subsequently reduces the amount of mature DENV2 released from the midgut cells to other tissues. The small amount of virus released from the midgut cells could be sufficient to infect the salivary gland cells for further replication and transmission to humans, but not enough to fully infect other tissues that cause adverse effects on the health of the mosquito.
Cost & Efficiency Optimisation of the Fluorescent Solar Concentrator
Creators: name: Bende, E.
name: Slooff, L.H.
name: Burgers, A.R.
name: Van Sark, W.G.J.H.M.
name: Kennedy, M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Advanced Photovoltaics
Fundamental Studies

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 461-469
description: The Fluorescent1 Solar Concentrator (FSC) is a polymer plate that contains a fluorescent species and that has photovoltaic (PV) cells attached to its small sides. Light that impinges on the plate is absorbed and subsequently emitted by the fluorescent species. Part of the emitted light is subject to total internal reflection and eventually strikes on the PV cells. When a (square) FSC gets longer, both its efficiency and cost decrease. The efficiency decrease can be ascribed to increasing losses due to self-absorption and background absorption. The cost decrease can be attributed to an increasing ratio of the area of the relatively cheap polymer plate to that of the expensive PV cells.
These two trends combined lead to a minimum in the cost-per-unit-of-power at a certain size. In this work, we compute both cost [€/m2] and power per unit area [W/m2] as well as the cost-per-unit-of-power [€/W] on the basis of
a simple cost model and by simulations using a ray-tracing program. We perform a parameter study and find the optimal FSC. Adopting from another study, a cost-per-unit-area ratio of the polymer plate-to-PV of 1:15, we calculate a cost-per-unit-of-power that is only 35% of that of conventional PV. We identify enhancement possibilities of the device and present the corresponding cost-per-unit-of-power reductions. Moreover, we present results of an FSC with an optimized Cholesteric Top Mirror (CTM) and show that a relative gain in efficiency of 14% is possible.
Requirement Analysis for Developing a web app capturing and utilizing design heuristics in the product development process based on interview questions from 30 industry experts and teaching personnel in engineering education and literature research
Creators: name: Kremer, Gerald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::001 Wissen
subject: Design Heuristics
subject: Product Development
subject: KBES
subject: Interview Analysis
subject: Knowledge Engineering
subject: Design Heuristik
subject: Produktentwicklung

description: As part of the DFG project "Design Heuristics for Goal-Directed Product Development", numerous interviews were conducted with product developers and teaching staff from universities. In addition, a literature analysis was conducted. The goal was to find out how design heuristics are currently used, how an IT application must be structured in order to use them, and how design heuristics must be formulated so that they can be best absorbed and used. The results are summarized in the following document.
Design Heuristics for Sustainable Product Development
Creators: name: Kremer, Gerald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::001 Wissen
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: Design Heuristics
subject: Product Development
subject: KBES
subject: Sustainability
subject: DfX
subject: Design Heuristik
subject: Produktentwicklung
subject: Nachhaltigkeit

description: As part of the DFG project "Design Heuristics for Targeted Product Development", a database was developed that contains design heuristics for sustainable product development. For this purpose, already explicated guidelines were taken from publications and transferred into the description standard for design heuristics developed within the project. The table contains all transferred design heuristics. The table contains more than 400 design heuristics for sustainable product development.
Performance Analysis of Two-Years Installed SHSs Around Thailand
Creators: name: Boonmee, C.
name: Unahalekhaka, P.
name: Srisongkram, W.
name: Watjanatepin, N.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Systems
Off-grid Applications

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3574-3578
description: This paper is to present the way to find out the average performance of 120W AC load SHSs more than one year installed around Thailand(203,000 SHS users[1]) and analyzed the differentiation of SHS performance which were installed in 4 areas. The performance analysis SHS found that the actual using of electricity per SHS (EL) in Thailand by average were 169.66 Watt–hour/day equal 61.93 kilowatt–hour/year. It is 59.54% of the predicted energy from SHS (104 kilowatt-hour/year). Majority of the voltage of battery was not less than 12 volts and AC output voltage of controller equal 212.39 volt.The efficiency evaluation of SHS consists of 5 indicators as follow average efficiency of solar cells 7.89% average efficiency of controller 83.92% Average efficiency of inverter 65.03%. Average total efficiency of SHS 1.92% and Performance ratio of SHS duration of 2-49%. From the data analysis, it could be concluded that efficiency of SHS and performance ratio of SHS was low because the real used energy of SHS user was less and the energy loses in controller whole day. This is affecting the the electricity energy that SHS users received was lower than the prediction. Result of comparison 4 performances between 4 areas that installed SHSs could be concluded that the efficiency of PV module of the south SHS was lower than the north SHS significantly.
Study and Implementation of "Droop Control" Methods for Interfacing Voltage Source Inverters to Minigrid
Creators: name: Rapenne, J.-P.
name: Barrade, P.
name: Moix, P.-O.M.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Systems
Off-grid Applications

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3595-3599
description: This contribution presents control methods for the regulation of the voltage and the frequency on AC minigrids, fed by voltage source inverters (VSI). In order to avoid a complex communication network for the synchronization of the various VSI on a minigrid, a conventional method called “Droop Control” consists in the emulation of rotating alternators for each VSI. Then the VSIs generate AC voltages with an active power dependent frequency, and a reactive power dependent voltage. Such a method is presented and simulated on a given minigrid.
A second less-conventional method is introduced, where the characteristics on the minigrid line impedances are taken into account. Thus is obtained the projection of the active and the reactive power in a new referential depending on the line characteristics. By maintaining a “Droop Voltage” control on the new parameters, it is shown that the global stability is increased.
Searching for order in atmospheric pressure plasma jets
Creators: name: Schäfer, Jan
name: Sigeneger, Florian
name: Šperka, Jiří
name: Rodenburg, Cornelia
name: Foest, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: Bristol : IOP Publ.
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: hydrodynamic simulation
subject: plasma jet
subject: self-organization
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 530
subject: 620

description: The self-organized discharge behaviour occurring in a non-thermal radio-frequency plasma jet in rare gases at atmospheric pressure was investigated. The frequency of the azimuthal rotation of filaments in the active plasma volume and their inclination were measured along with the gas temperature under varying discharge conditions. The gas flow and heating were described theoretically by a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model. The rotation frequencies obtained by both methods qualitatively agree. The results demonstrate that the plasma filaments forming an inclination angle α with the axial gas velocity uz are forced to a transversal movement with the velocity uφ=tan(α)*uz, which is oriented in the inclination direction. Variations of ${u}_{\phi }$ in the model reveal that the observed dynamics minimizes the energy loss due to convective heat transfer by the gas flow. The control of the self-organization regime motivates the application of the plasma jet for precise and reproducible material processing.
Role of IL-6 trans-signalling in obesity induced insulin resistance and metabolic disease
Creators: name: Kraakman, Michael
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Interleukin (IL)-6 is an immuno-modulatory cytokine dysregulated in obesity and implicated in the development of insulin resistance. Recently, the pro-inflammatory actions of IL-6 have been found to be mediated via a soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R), termed trans-signalling. Here we report that components of IL-6 trans-signalling are altered in obese patients with type 2 diabetes and that plasma sIL-6R levels are associated with markers of adiposity, insulin resistance and adipose tissue macrophage content. In vitro studies revealed a novel role for IL-6 trans-signalling in macrophage chemotaxis. We then blocked IL-6 trans-signalling in transgenic mice that over-express a human soluble glycoprotein 130-Fc (sgp130Fc) fusion protein which specifically antagonizes IL-6 trans-signalling. These mice have reduced adipose tissue macrophage content despite exacerbated fat mass. Therapeutic administration of sgp130Fc, despite reducing adipose tissue macrophages, did not improve insulin sensitivity measured by euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp (EHC) studies. These data demonstrate that blocking IL-6 trans-signalling in obese mice can rescue WAT inflammation, which fails to impact systemic insulin action. Based on these data, we suggest that targeting adipose tissue inflammation is not a viable therapeutic strategy for the treatment of insulin resistance in obesity.
On Bayesian analysis of on-off measurements
Creators: name: Nosek, Dalibor
name: Nosková, Jana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose an analytical solution to the on-off problem within the framework of Bayesian statistics. Both the statistical significance for the discovery of new phenomena and credible intervals on model parameters are presented in a consistent way. We use a large enough family of prior distributions of relevant parameters. The proposed analysis is designed to provide Bayesian solutions that can be used for any number of observed on-off events, including zero. The procedure is checked using Monte Carlo simulations. The usefulness of the method is demonstrated on examples from gamma-ray astronomy.
Interview answers of students using a web application for design heuristics to develop sustainable products
Creators: name: Kremer, Gerald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::001 Wissen
subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: Design Heuristics
subject: Product Development
subject: KBES
subject: Interview Analysis
subject: Knowledge Engineering
subject: Design Heuristik
subject: Produktentwicklung

description: As part of the DFG project "Design Heuristics for Targeted Product Development", a web app was developed with the help of which design heuristics were to be recorded and used. To test the usefulness of the app, students were surveyed at the beginning and end of the semester regarding their level of knowledge in the field of sustainable product development and the use of the web app. The answers of the survey at the end of the semester can be found in this table.
Data compression for local correlation tracking of solar granulation
Creators: name: Löptien, Björn
name: Birch, Aaron C.
name: Duvall, Tom L.
name: Gizon, Laurent
name: Schou, Jesper
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Several upcoming and proposed space missions, such as Solar Orbiter, will be limited in telemetry and thus require data compression. Aims. We test the impact of data compression on local correlation tracking (LCT) of time-series of continuum intensity images. We evaluate the effect of several lossy compression methods (quantization, JPEG compression, and a reduced number of continuum images) on measurements of solar differential rotation with LCT. Methods. We apply the different compression methods to tracked and remapped continuum intensity maps obtained by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory. We derive 2D vector velocities using the local correlation tracking code FLCT and determine the additional bias and noise introduced by compression to differential rotation. Results. We find that probing differential rotation with LCT is very robust to lossy data compression when using quantization. Our results are severely affected by systematic errors of the LCT method and the HMI instrument. The sensitivity of LCT to systematic errors is a concern for Solar Orbiter.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
G. B. Smith’s “Elzevir Cicero” and the Construction of Queer Immortality in Tolkien’s Mythopoeia
Creators: name: Stutz, Kathryn H.
Publisher: name: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date
Year: 2022

description: Following the death of J. R. R. Tolkien in 1973, an obituary appeared in The Times quoting Tolkien as having said that his “love for the classics took ten years to recover from lectures on Cicero and Demosthenes.” This contentious relationship between Tolkien and the Greco-Roman past contrasts with the work of unabashedly classicizing poet Geoffrey Bache Smith, a school friend of Tolkien’s who was killed in the Great War. When Tolkien collected Smith’s poems for posthumous publication, this paper shows, Smith’s engagements with the ancient world became part of Tolkien’s own philosophy of immortality through literary composition. Within his 1931 poem “Mythopoeia,” and his 1939 speech “On Fairy-Stories,” Tolkien articulated a unified method of mythmaking by looking back to his lost friend’s understanding of mythology as a type of ancient story-craft that enabled poets to preserve the dead against the ravages of time. By tracing a triangular path through the relationships between Tolkien, Smith, and the classical past inhabited by figures like Cicero, this paper argues that Tolkien not only recovered a “love for the classics,” but used classical texts to “recover” his lost friend, granting Smith a queer, classical immortality in return.
description: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, Vol. 15 (2022): There and Back Again: Tolkien and the Greco-Roman World (eds. Alicia Matz and Maciej Paprocki)
Metastability Effects in Cu2O Solar Cells
Creators: name: Biccari, F.
name: Malerba, C.
name: Mittiga, A.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Advanced Photovoltaics
New Types of Cells and Modules

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 583-587
description: Cu2O based junctions exhibit several metastable effects upon illumination or reverse bias application. We show that these effects are related to the persistent photoconductivity in Cu2O substrates. We have investigated these phenomena measuring conductivity vs temperature, persistent photoconductivity decay, Capacitance-Voltage and capacitance transients at different temperatures. We show that it is impossible to explain these data using an electronic mechanism only. A new model which includes the formation-dissociation of intrinsic defect complexes (VCu-VO) can give instead a better agreement with the experimental data.
From patent to product? 50 years of low-pressure plasma sterilization
Creators: name: Fiebrandt, Marcel
name: Lackmann, Jan-Wilm
name: Stapelmann, Katharina
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: industrial application
subject: low-pressure plasmas
subject: medical & pharmaceutical sector
subject: planetary protection
subject: sterilization
subject: 530
subject: 540

description: The development of new sterilization methods is still a major topic. The need for new techniques arises from the development of new instruments and the usage of different materials. Especially in the case of plastics with their beneficial properties, for example, in the field of implantology, plasma sterilization is seen as a promising alternative to the standard methods. However, 50 years after the first patent and although low-pressure plasmas show excellent inactivation performance (>log 6 reduction), only one commercial system is available on the market for a distinct application. We will give a short review about known plasma sterilization mechanisms, the different plasma sterilization systems in use, analyze possible challenges for an industrial process and comment on possible solutions for a broader acceptance and utilization of low-pressure plasma sterilization.
A systematic approach to sketch Bethe-Salpeter equation
Creators: name: Qin, Si-xue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To study meson properties, one needs to solve the gap equation for the quark propagator and the Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equation for the meson wavefunction, self-consistently. The gluon propagator, the quark-gluon vertex, and the quark--anti-quark scattering kernel are key pieces to solve those equations. Predicted by lattice-QCD and Dyson-Schwinger analyses of QCD's gauge sector, gluons are non-perturbatively massive. In the matter sector, the modeled gluon propagator which can produce a veracious description of meson properties needs to possess a mass scale, accordingly. Solving the well-known longitudinal Ward-Green-Takahashi identities (WGTIs) and the less-known transverse counterparts together, one obtains a nontrivial solution which can shed light on the structure of the quark-gluon vertex. It is highlighted that the phenomenologically proposed anomalous chromomagnetic moment (ACM) vertex originates from the QCD Lagrangian symmetries and its strength is proportional to the magnitude of dynamical chiral symmetry breaking (DCSB). The color-singlet vector and axial-vector WGTIs can relate the BS kernel and the dressed quark-gluon vertex to each other. Using the relation, one can truncate the gap equation and the BS equation, systematically, without violating crucial symmetries, e.g., gauge symmetry and chiral symmetry.
description: 4 pages, 21st International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics
Interview answers of students using a web application for design heuristics to develop sustainable products - 2
Creators: name: Kremer, Gerald
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::001 Wissen
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: Design Heuristics
subject: Product Development
subject: KBES
subject: Interview Analysis
subject: Knowledge Engineering
subject: Design Heuristik
subject: Produktentwicklung

description: As part of the DFG project "Design Heuristics for Targeted Product Development", a web app was developed with the help of which design heuristics were to be recorded and used. To test the usefulness of the app, students were surveyed at the beginning and end of the semester regarding their level of knowledge in the field of sustainable product development and the use of the web app. The answers of the survey at the beginning of the semester can be found in this table.
Influence of Ultraviolet Radiation and Annealing on the Performance of Poly-(3-Octyl Thiophene) Organic Solar Cells
Creators: name: Abad, J.
name: Miguel, C.
name: García-Valverde, R.
name: Pérez-García, B.
name: Palacios-Lidón, E.
name: Colchero, J.
name: Urbina, A.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Advanced Photovoltaics
New Types of Cells and Modules

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 600-603
description: We have studied the modification by ultraviolet (UV) radiation and O3 exposure of the properties of thin films of poly-3-octyl-thiophene (P3OT). We prepared films of around 100 nm thickness by spin-coating on glass substrates. The samples were characterized by non-contact scanning force microscopy (NC-SFM) and by macroscopic electronic transport measurements for every cycle of UV radiation and O3 exposure. Our experimental technique allowed us to perform a nanoscale study of the same area or the sample and therefore we can attribute the observed changes to the effect of radiation. Also preliminary functional devices were prepared. The cells were kept in nitrogen atmosphere and characterized giving a power conversion efficiency around 0.03%, with a filling factor around 0.35. Those values are far from the best reported for organic solar cells, but it is worth to mention that our active layer is composed exclusively by P3OT. Subsequent characterization after exposing the thin films and cells to air and UV radiation shows a significant loss of efficiency and degradation of cell parameters like filling factor and short circuit current.
Toward the computational prediction of muon sites and interaction parameters
Creators: name: Bonfà, Pietro
name: De Renzi, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rapid developments of computational quantum chemistry methods and supercomputing facilities motivate the renewed interest in the analysis of the muon/electron interactions in $μ$SR experiments with \emph{ab initio} approaches. Modern simulation methods seem to be able to provide the answers to the frequently asked questions of many $μ$SR experiments: where is the muon? Is it a passive probe? What are the interaction parameters governing the muon-sample interaction? In this review we describe some of the approaches used to provide quantitative estimations of the aforementioned quantities and we provide the reader with a short discussion on the current developments in this field.
High-pressure behavior of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) hybrid perovskite
Creators: name: Capitani, Francesco
name: Marini, Carlo
name: Caramazza, Simone
name: Postorino, Paolo
name: Garbarino, Gaston
name: Hanfland, Michael
name: Pisanu, Ambra
name: Quadrelli, Paolo
name: Malavasi, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we provide an accurate high-pressure structural and optical study of MAPbI3 hybrid perovskite. Structural data show the presence of a phase transition towards an orthorhombic structure around 0.3 GPa followed by full amorphization of the system above 3 GPa. After releasing pressure the systems keeps the high-pressure orthorhombic phase. The occurrence of these structural transitions is further confirmed by pressure induced variations of the photoluminescence signal at high pressure. These variations clearly indicate that the bandgap value and the electronic structure of MAPI change across the phase transition.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures
Bacterial and viral metagenomics. Public deliverable 9.1
Creators: name: Szymkiewicz, Szymon
name: Bala, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: exposome, exposome research, research, data analysis, informatics, metagenomics

description: The purpose of this work is to test the installation processes and the workflows of the packages described in this document. WP9 has successfully installed following packages: Clark, kraken2, kaiju, SPAdes, QUAST and Metaphlan2. This deliverable is the first step towards the implementation of metagenomics tools into Hopsworks; the HEAP PaaS.
Legolas in Troy
Creators: name: Keen, Antony
Publisher: name: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date
Year: 2022

description: The Lord of the Rings movies were a cinematic phenomenon, extremely popular. They are not often considered as works of Classical Reception. These films’ influence on subsequent ancient world movies has been understudied, and undervalued. A common model of cinematic Greece and Rome in the twenty-first century looks solely back to Gladiator. Undoubtedly Gladiator, and its commercial success, is important to how ancient world movies developed; but focussing solely on Gladiator does not explain a move away from Roman history towards Greek mythology, culminating in a flurry of movies about Greek mythological heroes. Lord of the Rings is an overlooked factor. Already in Troy two LOTR stars are in key roles, and the battle scenes seek to imitate those of Jackson’s trilogy. 300 mythologizes far beyond Frank Miller’s graphic novel, adding several monsters; LOTR’s influence is at play here. LOTR’s influence was one factor in a complex process that saw ancient world movies change in the twentyfirst century. LOTR fed into an atmosphere that moved ancient world movies towards Greece, away from Rome, through promoting the appeal of a combination of epic and the fantastic.
description: thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, Vol. 15 (2022): There and Back Again: Tolkien and the Greco-Roman World (eds. Alicia Matz and Maciej Paprocki)
Analysis and Evaluation the Economics Aspects of SHS Project in Thailand
Creators: name: Srisongkram, W.
name: Boonmee, C.
name: Unahalekhaka, P.
name: Watjanatepin, N.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Systems
Off-grid Applications

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3570-3573
description: This paper is analysis and evaluation concerning economics aspects of SHS project at Thailand which survey collects the accomplishment of the project systemically. The evaluation as mentioned above needs the data from 3,755 questionnaires of the population use SHS. The project result be divided into 3 aspects are the evaluation of electrical generaton investment is 31.75 THB per kWh , the evaluation of the productivity improvement in night time has 29% of population that use for major occupation and the evaluation of student knowledge improvment amount 75.61% ,use SHS for done home work and watch TV in night time.
Traveling waves for a lattice dynamical system arising in a diffusive endemic model
Creators: name: Chen, Yan-Yu
name: Guo, Jong-Shenq
name: Hamel, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper is concerned with a lattice dynamical system modeling the evolution of susceptible and infective individuals at discrete niches. We prove the existence of traveling waves connecting the disease-free state to non-trivial leftover concentrations. We also characterize the minimal speed of traveling waves and we prove the non-existence of waves with smaller speeds.
Tackling excess noise from bilinear and nonlinear couplings in gravitational-wave interferometers
Creators: name: Bose, Sukanta
name: Hall, Bernard
name: Mazumder, Nairwita
name: Dhurandhar, Sanjeev
name: Gupta, Anuradha
name: Lundgren, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a tool we improved to detect excess noise in the gravitational wave (GW) channel arising from its bilinear or nonlinear coupling with fluctuations of various components of a GW interferometer and its environment. We also describe a higher-order statistics tool we developed to characterize these couplings, e.g., by unraveling the frequencies of the fluctuations contributing to such noise, and demonstrate its utility by applying it to understand nonlinear couplings in Advanced LIGO engineering data. Once such noise is detected, it is highly desirable to remove it or correct for it. Such action in the past has been shown to improve the sensitivity of the instrument in searches of astrophysical signals. If this is not possible, then steps must be taken to mitigate its influence, e.g., by characterizing its effect on astrophysical searches. We illustrate this through a study of the effect of transient sine-Gaussian noise artifacts on a compact binary coalescence template bank.
description: 8 pages and 7 figures