cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pipeline Implementations of Neumann-Neumann and Dirichlet-Neumann Waveform Relaxation Methods
Creators: name: Ong, Benjamin W.
name: Mandal, Bankim C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65M55, 65Y05, 65M20

description: This paper is concerned with the reformulation of Neumann-Neumann Waveform Relaxation (NNWR) methods and Dirichlet-Neumann Waveform Relaxation (DNWR) methods, a family of parallel space-time approaches to solving time-dependent PDEs. By changing the order of the operations, pipeline-parallel computation of the waveform iterates are possible without changing the final solution. The parallel efficiency and the increased communication cost of the pipeline implementation is presented, along with weak scaling studies to show the effectiveness of the pipeline NNWR and DNWR algorithms.
description: 20 pages, 8 figures
title: Visualisation techniques to facilitate argument exploration
Creators: name: Khartabil, Dana
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: Visualisation is a graphical representation that is used to aid understanding and gain insight into information. Similarly, visualising arguments can help people to explore argument structure and comprehend knowledge associated with tough problems.

In this thesis, we focus on representing arguments, especially when data size increase, which causes difficulty in exploring and understanding arguments. A fundamental problem from an argument perspective is that understanding argument requires users to understand the overview, read the content of arguments, and recognise how the arguments support, compete, and conflict with each other. Applying information visualisation techniques or combination between them in an argumentation domain can improve the navigation and exploration in argument data.

The main contribution of this thesis is proposing various visualisation approaches for gaining insights on argument data and helping experts to understand arguments. Based on collected user requirements, the work presents several prototypes that provide an overview of arguments while giving users the ability to read the argument text. To compare and evaluate our proposed techniques and tools, a controlled user study and interviews with argument experts are conducted. The collected qualitative and quantitative results are thoroughly analysed using relevant statistical tests.
title: Conversations surrounding "consent": are those working within sexual health services equipped to facilitate conversations around consent?
Creators: name: Jones, Victoria
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: Sexual health is a concept in which the definition adapts to fit the current “sociocultural, historical, and political climate” (Coleman, 2011:19). As we see our society becoming more concerned with the idea of consent within sexual relationships, we also see a shift in our sexual health definition. Movements such as the “#metoo” campaign highlight the way in which consent in sexual relationships is now being discussed in more public forums including health policy and practice.

Outcome 4 of the “Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus” framework addresses the aim to make sexual relationships safe, respectful and free from coercion. This project will measure the progress of this outcome by conducting interviews with sexual health staff who are working closely with service users. As the outcomes set out in the SHBBV framework are to be achieved through the work of the NHS, third sector organisations working collaboratively, the interviews will take place across sectors. The research aim of this project is to evaluate these conversations and highlight if more support is required to facilitate discussions surrounding sexual consent.

In order to examine at how conversations are being facilitated, it is important to understand how sexual health providers and users understand the concept of sexual consent. Within this project, NHS and third sector organisations understood their roles within sexual health differently. Therefore affecting the way in which they discuss and deal with sexual consent within their role. In addition, service-users generally failed to understand the complexities of consent, thus hindering sexual health professionals ability to have these conversations. This project advances a case that consent is a complex subject, and in order for beneficial conversations to be had around consent, providers and service-users alike must understand consent in its entirety.
The sands of time run faster near the end
Creators: name: Koivisto, Juha
name: Durian, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Submerged granular hoppers exhibit an unexpected surge in discharge rate as they empty [Wilson et al. 2015]. With a more sensitive apparatus, we find that this surge depends on hopper diameter and also happens in air --- though the effect is smaller and previously unnoticed. We also find that the surge may be turned off by fixing the rate of fluid flow through the granular packing. With no flow control, dye injected on top of the packing gets drawn into the grains, at a rate that increases as the hopper empties. Thus we conclude that the surge is caused by a self-generated pumping of fluid through the packing. We successfully model this effect via a driving pressure set by the dilation of grains as they exit. This highlights a surprising and unrecognized role that interstitial fluid plays in setting the discharge rate, and likely also in controlling clog formation, for granular hoppers whether in air or under water.
description: Contains main article (5 pages, 4 figures) and supplemental material (8 pages, 7 figures). The supplemental video can be found at https://youtu.be/gRdiKEZbhA4
Evaluation of Processing Steps Regarding Lifetime of Iron/Copper Contaminated mc Si Wafers
Creators: name: Zuschlag, A.
name: Junge, J.
name: Seren, S.
name: Hahn, G.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2152-2156
description: It is well known that gettering and passivation steps during solar cell processing enhance the minority
charge carrier lifetime (here simply referred to as lifetime) in the silicon wafers. The purpose of this work is to study
the influence of different solar cell processing steps on lifetime depending on the impurity level. Therefore
neighboring wafers of standard multicrystalline as well as differently contaminated ingots were treated with various
POCl3-diffusion and/or hydrogenation steps. The sequence of treatments is varied to check the effect of each
processing step individually and to investigate if an individual processing step is less or more effective if another step
was applied before. Afterwards these wafers were examined by microwave photoconductance decay measurements
(μPCD). The gained results might be important for defect engineering and the development of an optimized solar cell
process on cost effective and impurity-rich silicon material to reduce the detrimental impact of metal impurities on
solar cell parameters.
title: An interpretive phenomenological study investigating the perceived impact of role models on founders' entrepreneurial process and leadership development in German digital startups
Creators: name: Jauch, Philipp Christian
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: This phenomenological study investigates the perceived impact of role models on founders’ entrepreneurial process and leadership development. The study addresses practical and theoretical challenges in entrepreneurship based on the conditions of entrepreneurs, as described in social capital theory, with an emphasis on role models.

In the context of digitalisation and low interest rates, increased interest has been shown in startups. An ongoing role for startup founders is to provide sustainable company growth. However, over 90% of new ventures fail. Consequently, a key question in the domain of entrepreneurship concerns why some individuals succeed while others do not.

This qualitative study uses an interpretive phenomenological design with data collection techniques taking the form of 12 semi-structured interviews in the sample of entrepreneurs, each a founder of a respective German digital startup. With an underpinning from a social constructionist perspective, all interviews were recorded, subsequently transcribed, and analysed using framework analysis.

The outcome of the analysis is a conceptual framework that broadens the understanding of how founders reflect on and make use of role models; the conceptual framework comprises the startup proximal outcomes of role modelling. For the founders, their role models must be of personal relevance. Having role models to turn to can help entrepreneurs during the entrepreneurial process by giving them entrepreneurial expertise, especially in recognising the importance of entrepreneurial leadership during this process. Therefore, outcomes regarding company growth in the founders’ context are a shaped company culture towards scale and a leadership methodology enabling growth.

Role models emerge as a source to which entrepreneurs can turn when tackling the challenge of growth in their startups, and the study helps entrepreneurs to better cope with the challenges of growing their startups by recommending that entrepreneurs utilise role models as learning point and growth enablers.
Who do Australian women seek social support from during the reproductive decision-making process?
Creators: name: Graham, Melissa
name: McKenzie, H
name: Haintz, G Lamaro
name: Dennis, Carly
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Limited evidence exists about women’s experiences of social support for reproductive decision-making, particularly who women seek social support from during decision-making. Using a concurrent mixed methods approach, this research explored who women aged 25–35 years living in Victoria, Australia, seek social support from during reproductive decision-making. Women seek social support for reproductive decision-making from multiple sources. However, through exploring women’s support seeking for reproductive decision-making, rather than once a reproductive decision had been made, the study highlights the nuanced and contextual nature of support seeking for reproductive decision-making demonstrating support seeking is influenced by: type of reproductive decision; women’s relationships with members of their social network; previous experiences of support seeking for reproductive decisions; expectations of the support they would receive; homophily; and temporality. This research provides important insight into who women seek support from for reproductive decision-making. Understanding this will help inform future social and public health interventions.
Ptilotis sonora subsp. decipiens Mathews
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Ptilotis

description: Ptilotis sonora decipiens Mathews Ptilotis sonora decipiens Mathews, 1912a: 406 (North-West Australia (Mungi)). Now Lichenostomus virescens forresti (Ingram, 1906). See Salomonsen, 1967: 375, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 234–235, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 598. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 694860, adult female, collected at Mungi Rockhole, 18.45S, 123.44E (Johnstone and Storr, 2004: 511), 8 miles southeast of Mount Alexander, West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, on 21 June 1911, by J.P. Rogers (no. 1793). From the Mathews Collection (no. 9269) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as ‘‘ Interior North-West Australia.’’ When this specimen was cataloged at AMNH, an incorrect AMNH catalog number (695860) was put on both the Rogers label and the Rothschild type label. The correct AMNH number of this holotype is AMNH 694860. In addition to Rogers’ original label, it bears Mathews and Rothschild type labels. There are five specimens from interior West Kimberley, cataloged by Mathews as ‘‘ Fitzroy River’ ’ and collected by J.P. Rogers, that I consider paratypes: Mungi Rock Hole, males, AMNH 694857 (Mathews no. 9266), AMNH 694858 (9270), 17 June 1911; females, AMNH 694859 (9271), 17 June 1911, AMNH 694861 (9264), 26 June 1911; 14 miles northwest of Mount Alexander, male, AMNH 694872 (9268), 12 June 1911.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 82
description: {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1912 a. A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171 - 446.", "Ingram, C. 1906. [Mr. Collingwood Ingram exhibited and described some apparently new forms of birds \u2026.]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16: 115 - 116.", "Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Johnstone, R. E., and G. M. Storr. 2004. Handbook of Western Australian birds. Vol. 2. Passerines. Perth: Western Australian Museum, 529 pp."]}
The Legality of Western Australia’s Unilateral Secession
Creators: name: Sabhlok, Sukrit
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis investigates the possibility of Western Australia’s secession from the Commonwealth of Australia. Although there are many types of secession (including negotiated secession), the focus of this study is on the state’s unilateral withdrawal from the federal union in a manner which does not seek permission from other states or from the federal government. Although the Australian framers of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) did seek to discourage secession, there is no evidence that they sought to prohibit it. The political facts that have flowed from the abdication by the United Kingdom of its authority over Australia, as reflected in the Australia Act 1986 (UK) and (Cth), now lend support to the High Court’s doctrine of popular sovereignty which says that the electors are sovereign over Australia. However, this thesis argues that it is the people of an individual state who are sovereign, not the people of Australia as a whole. The basic norm of popular sovereignty organised by state, along with a state’s constitutional text, structure and history, provides support for a shared sovereignty interpretation that now permits unilateral secession by Western Australia. A right to secede falls within the ‘peace, order and good government’ power in section 2 of the WA Constitution. In addition to a state having an inherent right of secession flowing from its internal constitutional arrangements, there are reasonable arguments available that enable the consistency of secession with the Commonwealth Constitution. Through an examination of the Preamble, Covering Clauses, Commonwealth parliamentary powers in ss 51 and 52 of the Constitution, the judicial power in s 71 and the financial, trading and equal treatment provisions at ss 92, 105A and 117, this thesis provides an interpretation that allows for the lawfulness of secession. The Preamble is ambiguous and the Covering Clauses envision a consensual relationship. There is no express, prerogative or nationhood power to coerce a state that could give rise to an inconsistency with Commonwealth power. Furthermore, this thesis also argues that the judicial power of the Commonwealth may be consistent with secession. Finally, border closures by WA in response to the COVID-19 crisis is one element that suggests the financial and trading provisions are unlikely to pose an obstacle to the high degree of autonomy required for secession.
Boron Quantification in PV Silicon Wafers Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
Creators: name: Benmansour, M.
name: Eliezer, N.
name: Darwiche, S.
name: Morvan, D.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Silicon Feedstock, Crystallisation and Wafering

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1576-1578
description: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a tool for the characterization of almost any material. It is a
very precise method, taking less than 10μs and able to make measurements on an area down to 2.10-7m2. The purity of the
material may be measured using LIBS due to its high sensitivity (10-7g/g). LIBS is a technique which consists of the high
intensity ablation of a surface by a fast highly focused laser and the subsequent analysis of the luminous emissions from the
resulting superheated plasma. The aim of this work is to develop this technique for the quantification of impurities, especially
boron, in different grades of silicon. Enhancement of the sensitivity will be analyzed versus the nature and the pressure of the
purge gas
title: An analysis of sustainable leadership challenges and prospects in Scottish Higher Education
Creators: name: Gerard, Laura Jean
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: Interest in sustainable leadership has intensified following the global financial downturn which resulted in organisations across all sectors facing new and complex pressures and demands. Within the Higher Education sector, growing trends of marketization and managerialsim have impacted how academics and professionals attempt to balance competing priorities and demands, with leadership a prime focus in such attempts. In such turbulent times, leadership that endures and sustains may contribute to the achievement of objectives at sectoral, institutional and individual level.

The aim of this study is to examine leaders’ perceptions surrounding the challenges of and prospects for sustainable leadership within Scottish Higher Education (HE). Adopting a subjectivist epistemology and interpretivist ontology, collecting qualitative data and utilising interpretive phenomenological analysis to analyse the 35 in-depth interviews. Interviewees included leaders from all levels in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), along with key informants from policymaking organisations within Scottish HE.

The study identifies the key facets of sustainable leadership as embedding sustainable leadership throughout institutions, inclusivity, involvement of stakeholders, individual reflexivity and balancing objectives. These facets are represented in a conceptual framework that demonstrates the interconnected relationships required to achieve sustainable leadership in HEIs.

Through exploring these facets in Scottish HE, the contribution to knowledge of this research is the conceptual framework. Developed from the empirical research it illustrates the essential role of culture in fostering and developing a sustainable leadership approach. Interviewees discussed a range of challenges they experienced as leaders in HEI's and how these could be ameliorated by a culture which enabled sustainable leadership facets. Three key enabling elements are suggested by interviewees as being central to developing a sustainable leadership approach, namely leadership development, communication and peer networks. These findings can guide the application and future development of sustainable leadership in Scottish HE.
Fundamental constraints on two-time physics
Creators: name: Piceno, E.
name: Rosado, A.
name: Sadurní, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that generalizations of classical and quantum dynamics with two times lead to fundamentally constrained evolution. At the level of classical physics, Newton's second law is extended and exactly integrated in $1+2$ dimensional space, leading to effective single-time evolution for any initial condition. In the domain of quantum mechanics, we follow strictly the hypothesis of probability conservation by extending the Heisenberg picture to unitary evolution with two times. As a result, the observability of two temporal axes is constrained by a generalized uncertainty relation involving level spacings, total duration of the effect and Planck's constant.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure. This version close to published paper
Mathematical Approximation of the Formation of the Wire Bow during the Wire Sawing Process
Creators: name: Hurka, B.
name: Zeh, J.
name: Anspach, O.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Silicon Feedstock, Crystallisation and Wafering

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1591-1595
description: In the literature so far, the correlation between the ratio of the table forward to the wire speed and
the resulting vertical force (wire wear) has been investigated. But the resulting vertical force approaches a steady
state while the abrading speed equals the table forward speed only after a certain time of formation of the wire
bow. In this work, multiple measurements of the vertical force were done during the formation of the wire bow
using a single wire setup. Based on these experimental data an approximation was developed, which enables the
calculation of optimal ratio between table forward to wire speed. This allows a fast approach of the steady state
and optimal and stable sawing performance e.g. at the beginning of the wire sawing process or during necessary
changes of table forward or wire speeds during the whole sawing process.
Bosonic self-energy functional theory
Creators: name: Hügel, Dario
name: Werner, Philipp
name: Pollet, Lode
name: Strand, Hugo U. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the self-energy functional theory for bosonic lattice systems with broken $U(1)$ symmetry by parametrizing the bosonic Baym-Kadanoff effective action in terms of one- and two-point self-energies. The formalism goes beyond other approximate methods such as the pseudoparticle variational cluster approximation, the cluster composite boson mapping, and the Bogoliubov+U theory. It simplifies to bosonic dynamical-mean field theory when constraining to local fields, whereas when neglecting kinetic contributions of non-condensed bosons it reduces to the static mean-field approximation. To benchmark the theory we study the Bose-Hubbard model on the two- and three-dimensional cubic lattice, comparing with exact results from path integral quantum Monte Carlo. We also study the frustrated square lattice with next-nearest neighbor hopping, which is beyond the reach of Monte Carlo simulations. A reference system comprising a single bosonic state, corresponding to three variational parameters, is sufficient to quantitatively describe phase-boundaries, and thermodynamical observables, while qualitatively capturing the spectral functions, as well as the enhancement of kinetic fluctuations in the frustrated case. On the basis of these findings we propose self-energy functional theory as the omnibus framework for treating bosonic lattice models, in particular, in cases where path integral quantum Monte Carlo methods suffer from severe sign problems (e.g. in the presence of non-trivial gauge fields or frustration). Self-energy functional theory enables the construction of diagrammatically sound approximations that are quantitatively precise and controlled in the number of optimization parameters, but nevertheless remain computable by modest means.
description: 23 pages, 13 figures
title: An investigation into programme level approaches to feedback: Influences on students' learning and feedback literacy
Creators: name: Davis, Kimberly
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: In designing sustainable feedback practices, it is crucial to consider the kinds of learning that higher education is intended to cultivate. This research study investigates how a programme-focused approach to curriculum design affects a students’ feedback literacy. This research stems from the growing focus on feedback literacy and what that implies for student engagement with feedback as a learning tool. While the current research focuses on feedback literacy at the student or individual module level, this study investigates what features of a programme can help, or hinder, a student’s feedback literacy journey.

Based on a review of the literature on feedback and feedback literacy, a survey was distributed to students across five programmes at Edinburgh Napier University. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the programme leaders as well as module leaders, and follow-up focus groups were conducted with the students who participated in the survey. Analysis of the findings found that there were five programme characteristics that factored into a student’s engagement with feedback literacy. They are:
a. Staff attitudes to feedback
b. Whether there is a programme-focused approach
c. Students’ role in feedback
d. Whether there is a sustained approach to feedback
e. Institutional acceptance of the challenges of developing a sustained approach to feedback

On this basis, it is recommended that not only do programmes consider a programme-focused approach to assessment and feedback, but that in order to help further the development of the students’ feedback literacy, staff must first be feedback literate themselves. Further research is needed to identify whether a shift in programme structure has an overall impact on student engagement with feedback and leads to the development of a stronger feedback literacy.
Meliphaga versicolor subsp. vulgaris Salomonsen
Creators: name: , Mary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Meliphaga

description: Meliphaga versicolor vulgaris Salomonsen Meliphaga versicolor vulgaris Salomonsen, 1966a: 5 (Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea). Now Lichenostomus versicolor vulgaris (Salomonsen, 1966). See Coates, 1990: 278–279, Dickinson, 2003: 432, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 601. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 268962, adult male, collected at Finschhafen, 06.35S, 147.51E (Times Atlas), Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, on 7 February 1929, by Rollo H. Beck (no. 996). COMMENTS: Salomonsen gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that the range was Yapen (5 Japen) Island, coastal northern New Guinea from Geelvink Bay to Huon Gulf, and Fergusson Island. Paratypes are: Seroi, Yapen Island, AMNH 303191–303195, two males, three females, collected by G. Stein in February 1931; Hollandia, AMNH 342905, female, collected by R. Archbold, A.L. Rand, and W.B. Richardson in July 1938; Madang, AMNH 267979–267982, one immature male, two adult males, one female, collected by Beck in October and December 1928; Finschhafen, AMNH 267983–267987, five males, collected by Beck in February 1929; Fergusson Island, AMNH 330251, male, collected by H. Hamlin on the Whitney South Sea Expedition in January 1929, AMNH 695741, male, collected by A.S. Meek in May 1913; Hosken Island, Huon Gulf, AMNH 695740, female, collected by Meek in July 1913. Higgins et al. (2008: 601) tentatively synonymized vulgaris with sonoroides.
description: Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 84
description: {"references": ["Salomonsen, F. 1966 a. Preliminary descriptions of new honey-eaters (Aves, Meliphagidae). Breviora 254: 1 - 12.", "Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Passerines. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 576 pp.", "Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}
Experimental Investigation of a Fast Method for Measuring the Interstitial Iron Concentration In p-Type Crystalline Si Solar Cells
Creators: name: Nagel, H.
name: Zimmermann, S.
name: Lenkeit, B.
name: Schmidt, W.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2149-2151
description: Recently, we proposed a fast technique for measuring the interstitial Fei concentration
(CFei.SR) in multicrystalline silicon solar cells [1]. This so called SR/SR-method is based on the characteristic
injection-level dependence of the Shockley-Read-Hall carrier diffusion length in p-type Si governed by Fei.
Only the short-circuit current densities of the solar cells at a single near infrared wavelength at 2 known light
intensities are measured. In this work the obtained CFei.SR is experimentally compared with CFei.L, which is the
Fei concentration determined by measurements of the diffusion length before and after the Fei is paired with the
boron dopant. As a result, CFei.SR is higher than CFei.L, because other impurities than Fei, which also bring about
an injection-level dependence of the carrier diffusion length, are often present in mc Si at significant concentrations.
Nevertheless, the SR/SR-method is well suited for qualitative tests for these kinds of impurities in total.
Therefore, valuable information about possible contamination originating from the raw wafers or the cell production
line can be obtained very fast.
Investigation of Polyglycol Based Slurries for Multi Wire Sawing with Lower Forces and Less Hygroscopicity
Creators: name: Rietzschel, R.
name: Senf, A.
name: Seelmann-Eggebert, H.P.
name: Kaminski, S.
name: Wagner, T.
name: Funke, C.
name: Möller, H.J.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: Wafer-Based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Silicon Feedstock, Crystallisation and Wafering

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 1596-1599
description: This work presents experimental results of sawing trials on an industrial multi-wire-saw with three
different polyglycol based slurries. The carrier fluids differ in the viscosity-temperature behavior, the wetting
performance, the hygroscopicity and the scale inhibition property. It will be shown that the viscosity and wetting
behavior has an influence on the sawing process and the wafer quality, especially on the effectivity of the abrasive
performance and the thickness variation (TTV) of the sawn wafers. As the temperature of slurry increases along the
sawing channel, a fluid with a less temperature dependant viscosity results in more stable cutting conditions. For
obtaining a constant sawing performance under humid climate, a low hygroscopicity of the carrier fluid is necessary.
These requirements could be achieved for the newly developed polyalkylene glycol based carrier fluids.
A Comprehensive Review of the Educational Campaign for the Development of Small-Scale Sustainable Desalination Installations: The TUM Desal Challenge 2009
Creators: name: Ugresic, V.
name: Spinnler, M.
name: Sattelmayer, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2010
Subjects: PV Taking Off: Large-scale Deployment
Awareness, Communication, Education and Training

description: 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5318-5324
description: In an attempt to increase the awareness of global water scarcity and promote its mitigation by the
development of small scale sustainable desalination units, Technische Universität München (TUM) organized the
TUM DeSal Challenge. The task within the TUM DeSal Challenge was to develop a small scale desalination plant
that operates by utilization of renewable energy. It was a competition structured as an educational and motivation
campaign that provides practical experience for students and increases public awareness and consciousness about the
world water problem. 14 student teams had to build up their own desalination units and were competing across 7
evaluation disciplines. This paper gives a comprehensive review of the developed desalination units, their operational
principles and performance efficiencies. Due to the successful outcome of the competition another TUM DeSal
Challenge of similar dimensions is planed for summer 2011.
Path integrals, SUSY QM and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for twisted Dirac
Creators: name: Fine, Dana
name: Sawin, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81T60, 51P05, 58J20

description: Feynman's time-slicing construction approximates the path integral by a product, determined by a partition of a finite time interval, of approximate propagators. This paper formulates general conditions to impose on a short-time approximation to the propagator in a general class of imaginary-time quantum mechanics on a Riemannian manifold which ensure these products converge. The limit defines a path integral which agrees pointwise with the heat kernel for a generalized Laplacian. The result is a rigorous construction of the propagator for supersymmetric quantum mechanics, with potential, as a path integral. Further, the class of Laplacians includes the square of the twisted Dirac operator, which corresponds to an extension of N=1/2 supersymmetric quantum mechanics. General results on the rate of convergence of the approximate path integrals suffice in this case to derive the local version of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem.
description: 36 pages, hyperref, To Appear in Journal of Mathematical Physics
title: Intermediated reality
Creators: name: Casas Cambra, Llogari
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: Real-time solutions to reducing the gap between virtual and physical worlds for photorealistic interactive Augmented Reality (AR) are presented. First, a method of texture deformation with image inpainting, provides a proof of concept to convincingly re-animate fixed physical objects through digital displays with seamless visual appearance. This, in combination with novel methods for image-based retargeting of real shadows to deformed virtual poses and environment illumination estimation using in conspicuous flat Fresnel lenses, brings real-world props to life in compelling, practical ways.
Live AR animation capability provides the key basis for interactive facial performance capture driven deformation of real-world physical facial props. Therefore, Intermediated Reality (IR) is enabled; a tele-present AR framework that drives mediated communication and collaboration for multiple users through the remote possession of toys brought to life.
This IR framework provides the foundation of prototype applications in physical avatar chat communication, stop-motion animation movie production, and immersive video games. Specifically, a new approach to reduce the number of physical configurations needed for a stop-motion animation movie by generating the in-between frames digitally in AR is demonstrated. AR-generated frames preserve its natural appearance and achieve smooth transitions between real-world keyframes and digitally generated in-betweens. Finally, the methods integrate across the entire Reality-Virtuality Continuum to target new game experiences called Multi-Reality games. This gaming experience makes an evolutionary step toward the convergence of real and virtual game characters for visceral digital experiences.
Performance Evaluation of a Roof Mounted Experimental PV System
Creators: name: Perraki, V.
name: Giannopoulos, G.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: Components for PV Systems
Engineering and System Integration

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3080-3083
description: This paper evaluates the results obtained from an experimental photovoltaic installation on the roof of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Patras Greece, latitude 38. Taking into consideration the solar irradiance, the operating temperature, the tilt angle and the shading effects, this system analyses the photovoltaic parameters of polycrystalline and amorphous silicon solar modules, demonstrating the real operation of the photovoltaic system in a region with great wind gusts in winter and very high temperatures during summer. In this way, we can predict the modules’ performance influence by these environmental conditions, and use this knowledge for future installations in the area.
Improvement of Amorphous/Microcrystalline Silicon Tandem Junction Solar Cell
Creators: name: Kobayashi, T.
name: Matsuzaki, J.
name: Mimura, T.
name: Takahashi, H.
name: Tani, N.
name: Asahina, S.
name: Fujinaga, T.
name: Ue, Y.
name: Hashimoto, M.
name: Asari, S.
name: Saito, K.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2011
Subjects: Thin Film Solar Cells
Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

description: 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2350-2353
description: For thin film Silicon solar cells, conversion efficiency improvement and cost reduction are essential in
order to compete to the other types of solar cells. ULVAC has been developed amoruphus silicon (a-Si)/microcrystalline
silicon (μc-Si )tandem solar cells for the solution. We presented 1.1m x 1.4 m size a-Si/μc-Si tandem junction module
with stabilized output power 145W (conversion efficiency 10% aperture area)[1][2].
In this work, development progress for higher conversion efficiency is reported. For further improvement, not only the
quality-up of the absorber layers but also the effective light management are necessary.
One of light management method is using inter layer between top cell and bottom cell. Light of shorter wavwlength is
reflected to top cell by inter layer, and quantum efficency of top cell increases without thickening top layer thckness.
Another method is light scattering by front electrode TCO. We have tested various materials and TCO deposition process
to increase light trapping effect.
Incorporating these technologies, we have achieved 10.8% conversion efficency by a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cell with our
developed TCO.
Black Hole Entropy from Entropy of Hawking Radiation
Creators: name: Aghapour, Sajad
name: Hajian, Kamal
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 provide a simple way for calculating the entropy of a Schwarzschild black hole from the entropy of its Hawking radiation. To this end, we show that if a thermodynamic system loses its energy only through the black body radiation, its loss of entropy is always 3/4 of the entropy of the emitted radiation. This proposition enables us to relate the entropy of an evaporating black hole to the entropy of its Hawking radiation. Explicitly, by calculating the entropy of the Hawking radiation emitted in the full period of evaporation of the black hole, we find the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the initial black hole.
description: 7 pages, published version
title: Impact of climate change and envelope performance dilapidation on dwellings
Creators: name: Bros Williamson, Julio
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2020

description: This research is based on results of building envelope and energy performance of thirteen dwellings. The dwellings, located in Dunfermline, Scotland, were part of the Housing Innovation Showcase (HIS) developed by Kingdom Housing Association to explore the efficiency and benefits of ten methods of construction.
The study focused on five key areas: 1) The longitudinal correlation between the building envelope and space heating energy demand, 2) Methods of assessing building envelope decline over time, 3) Estimated time stamps at which dwellings fail to achieve targets, 4) Explore retrofit intervention methods and 5) understand the impact climate change has on dwelling performance over time.
The research undergoes in-situ U-value and air permeability testing to measure the decline of the building envelope and how it affects energy demand over time. The use of steady-state calculation methods in combination with dynamic thermal modelling enabled a longitudinal approach of dwelling performance. The models estimated energy demand using a factor of dilapidation by calculating heat loss coefficient values as dwelling performance factors (DPF). Probabilistic climate change weather files were incorporated into calibrated models to simulate the effects of weather shifts on energy and CO2 emissions. This led to a longitudinal trajectory analysis to estimate the effects of climate change and DPF scenarios linked to specific time stamps and tipping points above design standards and targets.
The results and analysis show that a conventional dwelling type (SD.6.17) reached its first tipping point by 2032 (100% DPF) followed by 2035 and 2042 considering medium (50%) and low (10%) DPF’s. A Passivhaus built dwelling (SD.6.18) first reaches a tipping point in 2028 (100% DPF), followed by 2031 and 2037 with a medium and low DPF respectively. Dwelling T.7.19 reached tipping points as late as 2065, by using electricity as its main heating fuel; expected to be decarbonised during the 2050’s. This analysis concluded that airtightness dilapidation deteriorated faster than U-value and that the interventions to remediate airtightness could be easier applied. Also, the sensitivity of the DPF’s on dwelling environmental performance is critical; maintenance of dwellings and material deterioration can determine the intensity of dilapidation.
Optical and Magnetotransport Characterisation of Solar-Grade mc-Silicon Wafers
Creators: name: Parra García, V.
name: Amado, M.
name: Sánchez-Fabrés, C.
name: Díez, E.
name: Bellani, V.
name: Dionigi, F.
name: Rossella, F.
name: Caridad, J.M.
name: Meziani, Y.M.
name: Gutiérrez, J.
name: Del Caño, T.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2009
Subjects: Wafer-based Silicon Solar Cells and Materials Technology
Mono- and Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Cells

description: 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 2120-2124
description: Multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) wafers from different suppliers have been characterized combining
optical and transport measurements. Using several optical techniques, namely spectroscopic ellipsometry and optical
absorption, together with magneto-transport measurements such as Hall density and mobility, resistance and
capacitance, and their temperature dependence, one can obtain very precise information about main physical
parameters such as electronic density, mobility, real and complex refractive index, absorption coefficient and strains
on the grain boundaries. This preliminary study, based on two different physical approaches, aims to qualify wafer
suppliers on the basis of several non-conventional properties of mc-Si wafers that can be of crucial interest to
complete the scarce information usually included in the classical wafer manufacturer’s datasheet. Thus, this type of
characterization can be considered as crucial for solar cells producers, as a first quality control step.
Staggered Quantum Walks with Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Portugal, Renato
name: de Oliveira, Marcos Cesar
name: Moqadam, Jalil Khatibi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum walks are recognizably useful for the development of new quantum algorithms, as well as for the investigation of several physical phenomena in quantum systems. Actual implementations of quantum walks face technological difficulties similar to the ones for quantum computers, though. Therefore, there is a strong motivation to develop new quantum-walk models which might be easier to implement. In this work, we present an extension of the staggered quantum walk model that is fitted for physical implementations in terms of time-independent Hamiltonians. We demonstrate that this class of quantum walk includes the entire class of staggered quantum walk model, Szegedy's model, and an important subset of the coined model.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures