cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Dr. med., Dr. phil. h.c. Anton von Schulthess Rechberg, 1855-1941
title: Ansprachen an der Trauerfeier in der Kirche der Evangelischen Gesellschaft in Unterstrass, Dienstag, den 11. November 1941
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1942
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Schulthess, Anton von

description: Enthält: Ansprache von Herrn Oberstdivisionär J. von Muralt, Präsident des Schweizerischen Roten Kreuzes; Ansprache von Herrn Dr. E. Landolt, Zentralpräsident des Schweizerischen Gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft; Worte der Heiligen Schrift gesprochen am Grabe von Herrn Pfarrer E. Rippmann.
Gender gap and polarisation of physics on global courses
Creators: name: Alinea, Allan L.
name: Naylor, Wade
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend on previous research on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) given to first year classical mechanics students (N=66 students, over four years) pre and post score, for students on an international (global) course at Osaka University. In particular, we revisit the notion of "polarisation" in connection with the six polarisation-inducing questions in the FCI and examine its gender aspect. Our data suggest that this phenomenon is not unique to one gender. Furthermore, the extent by which it is exhibited by males may differ from that of females at the beginning (pretest) but the gap closes upon learning more about forces (posttest). These findings are for the most part, complemented by our result for the FCI as a whole. Although the differences in means for males and females suggest a gender gap, statistical analysis shows that there is no gender difference at the 95% confidence level.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
Protein-protein interaction and novel biomarkers in menopause
Creators: name: Fernandes, Jane
name: Silverman, Rosalind
name: Silverman, Lorelei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other health sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Menopause is a point in life when a woman’s menstrual cycles cease and marks the end of her fertility period. It is caused by the loss of ovarian follicular function and a decline in circulating blood estrogen levels. There are three stages of menopause: perimenopause, menopause and post menopause.[ Peri-menopause begins between ages 45 and 55 and usually lasts about 7 years but can be as long as 14 years.It is the time when hormones start to decline causing irregular periods, hot flashes or vaginal dryness. Menopause is an absence of periods for 12 months due to lack of ovarian production of hormones.[The median age at menopause among white women from industrialized countries ranges between 50 and 52 years. Post menopause is the time of life after menopause with an increased risk for certain health conditions like osteoporosis and heart disease.
title: Pursuing Analytically the Influence of Hearing Aid Use on Auditory Perception in Various Acoustic Situations
Creators: name: Szymański, Piotr
name: Poremski, Tomasz
name: Kostek, Bożena
Publisher: name: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology
Year: 2022

description: Vibrations in Physical Systems, 33(1), 2022107-1 - 2022107-11
Unravelling the complex structure of AGN-driven outflows: I. Kinematics and sizes
Creators: name: Karouzos, Marios
name: Woo, Jong-Hak
name: Bae, Hyun-Jin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are often invoked as agents of the long-sought AGN feedback. Yet, characterizing and quantifying the impact on their host galaxies has been challenging. We present Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph integral field unit data of 6 local (z<0.1) and luminous (L$_{[OIII]}>10^{42}$ erg s$^{-1}$) Type 2 AGNs. In the first of a series of papers, we investigate the kinematics and constrain the size of the outflows. The ionized gas kinematics can be described as a superposition of a gravitational component that follows the stellar motion and an outflow-driven component that shows large velocity (up to 600 km s$^{-1}$) and large velocity dispersion (up to 800 km s$^{-1}$). Using the spatially resolved measurements of the gas, we kinematically measure the size of the outflow, which is found to be between 1.3 and 2.1 kpc. Due to the lack of a detailed kinematic analysis, previous outflow studies likely overestimate their size by up to more than a factor of 2, depending on how the size is estimated and whether the [OIII] or H$α$ emission line is used. The relatively small size of the outflows for all 6 of our objects casts doubts on their potency as a mechanism for negative AGN feedback.
description: 19 pages, 12 figures, re-submitted with minor revisions to ApJ after referee's report
Legendrian submanifolds with hamiltonian isotopic symplectizations
Creators: name: Courte, Sylvain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D

description: In any contact manifold of dimension $2n-1\geq 11$, we construct examples of closed legendrian submanifolds which are not diffeomorphic but whose lagrangian cylinders in the symplectization are hamiltonian isotopic.
description: 8 pages, added an example where the Legendrian submanifolds are smoothly isotopic but not Legendrian isotopic
Solar Energy: A Grand Plan Starting From the United States
Creators: name: Fthenakis, V.M.
name: Mason, J.
name: Zweibel, K.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Deployment
PV as Enabling Technology

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3695-3699
description: Renewable sources of energy supply only about 7% of the needs of the United States, with solar energy supplying just 0.1% of the total. However, recent drastic reductions in the cost of producing photovoltaics combined with increases in the price of oil, have generated considerable interest in solar energy; at least one presidential candidate advocates increasing the contribution from alternate sources of energy to 10% by 2012. In our study, we show that photovoltaics by themselves have the potential to surpass this goal and, with the right incentives, become cost-competitive with grid prices in this country (e.g., 6-10 US¢/kWh) by 2020 or earlier. Furthermore, we demonstrate that integrating photovoltaics with compressed air energy storage (CAES) could satisfy the daily peak- and base-load-demand. Based on the expected improvements in established, commercial technologies, we show that solar energy has the technical-, geographical-, and economic-potential to supply more than half of the electricity needs of the United States by 2040. With the prices falling to grid parity, solar energy can satisfy significant fractions of the energy mixture of other major energy-consuming countries.
A Successful Public Private Partnership Model of Dissemination of Solar Home Systems in Nepal
Creators: name: Adhikari, 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; 3344-3347
description: Solar energy Support Programme (SSP) under Alternative Energy Promotion Centre/Energy Sector Assistance Programme (AEPC/ESAP) has played a vital role in the dissemination of the Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Nepal. The programme works on Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept in demand driven basis. AEPC/ESAP, nodal government agency, being a
facilitator/regulator has made a balanced set of technical and financial interventions for the development of solar PV sector in Nepal. In the technical side, development of quality assurance mechanism like development of the appropriate standard, establishment of the test station, capacity building of the private sector for the quality products and services are the main. A well
thought arrangement of financial subsidy and an efficient way to deliver it brings the technology in the reach of the larger section of the rural population. The financial subsidy also helps to prime the SHS market and provides leverage to implement quality control and other regulatory measures. Further, the demand driven approach adopted and demand integrated interventions created a situation of “carrot and stick” for proper motivation and regulation without crowding out and pampering effect to the private
sector. The programme, aims in gradual phasing out direct support for the commercialization and eventually leaving the market forces to operate own their own. In the other side, the private sector has formed a competent PV industry, which imports/manufactures quality products, developed an extensive market network for the promotion, sales, after sales services to
user of SHS. As a result, in short period, there are 50 solar companies and 400 branches/dealers operating all over the country, which made possible to install above 130,000 SHS serving more than half a million population. The encouraging achievement achieved fueled to set an ambitious target of disseminate 400,000 SHS in next five years. The electricity generated by SHS has incredible impact for the people in the rural communication, health, education, access to information. Development of the viable credit financing facilities, linkage of SHS in income generating activities, used battery
management are the challenges of this sector to overcome in future.
Solar Powered LED Lighting - Human Factors of Low Cost Lighting for Developing Countries
Creators: name: De Gooijer, H.
name: Reinders, A.H.M.E.
name: Schreuder, D.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; 3361-3366
description: Lighting, communication and water supply are generally considered to be the major domestic applications of PV systems in rural areas in developing countries. Though at present most solar powered lighting systems and solar lanterns use compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), current market prices and long-term technology roadmaps of light emitting diodes (LEDs) indicate that white LEDs might become a serious alternative for CFLs in PV applications. Since PV powered LED lighting will be dominantly applied in a domestic setting, our paper strongly focuses on human factors of lighting. It is argued that an acceptable minimum requirement for the illumination level of domestic lighting could be 30 lux. For this reason a 1 Watt LED connected to a small PV panel of typical 1 Wp could provide enough electricity for three to four hours of lighting in most of the developing countries. Such a small PV powered LED lamp including a rechargeable battery would have a retail price of 12 up to 16 $. Our paper demonstrates new opportunities for affordable and mobile lighting systems and is illustrated by conceptual designs of PV-powered LED lighting systems for the case of Cambodia.
Photoluminescence and Morphology of Stain Etched Silicon Nanostructures During Chemical Oxidation and Applied to Silicon-Based Solar Cells
Creators: name: González-Diaz, B.
name: Díaz-Herrera, B.
name: Guerrero-Lemus, R.
name: Méndez-Ramos, J.
name: Rodriguez, V.D.
name: Friend, M.
name: Cendagorta, M.
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; 665-669
description: This paper describes the photoluminescence and morphology of stain etched silicon nanostructures submitted to a gradual oxidation by immersion in a HNO3 boiling point solution to be applied in solar cells. The pore size and the porosity of the samples have been evaluated by means of the BET (Brunauer, Emmett and Teller) technique. The oxidation process of the layers has been evaluated by means of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, analyzing the evolution of the Si-O, Si-H and Si-OH absorption bands. The surface morphology has been analyzed by atomic forces microscopy. It is found a blueshift in the photoluminescence spectra attributed to the oxidation process and accompanied by a softening of the surface roughness. The blueshift increases the photoconversion properties of the nanostructures, and the softening of the surface roughness facilitates the metallic contact emplacement on the porous surface. It has been found that these improvements applied to solar cells increase 0.6 percentage points the photoconversion efficiency.
The Odds Generalized Gamma-G Family of Distributions: Properties, Regressions and Applications
Creators: name: Nasir, M. Arslan
name: Tahir, Muhammad H.
name: Chesneau, Christophe
name: Jamal, Farrukh
name: Shah, M. Akbar Ali
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gamma distribution; Moments; Order statistics; Rényi entropy; Maximum likelihood method; Regression model; Data analysis

description: In this article, a new "odds generalized gamma-G" family of distributions, called the GG-G family of distributions, is introduced. We propose a complete mathematical and statistical study of this family, with a special focus on the Fréchet distribution as baseline distribution. In particular, we provide infinite mixture representations of its probability density function and its cumulative distribution function, the expressions for the Rényi entropy, the reliability parameter and the probability density function of ith order statistic. Then, the statistical properties of the family are explored. Model parameters are estimated by the maximum likelihood method. A regression model is also investigated. A simulation study is performed to check the validity of the obtained estimators. Applications on real data sets are also included, with favorable comparisons to existing distributions in terms of goodness-of-fit.
description: Statistica, Vol 80, No 1 (2020)
Thermal and electronic fluctuations of flexible adsorbed molecules: Azobenzene on Ag(111)
Creators: name: Maurer, Reinhard J.
name: Liu, Wei
name: Poltavsky, Igor
name: Stecher, Thomas
name: Oberhofer, Harald
name: Reuter, Karsten
name: Tkatchenko, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the thermal and electronic collective fluctuations that contribute to the finite-temperature adsorption properties of flexible adsorbates on surfaces on the example of the molecular switch azobenzene C$_{12}$H$_{10}$N$_{2}$ on the Ag(111) surface. Using first-principles molecular dynamics simulations we obtain the free energy of adsorption that accurately accounts for entropic contributions, whereas the inclusion of many-body dispersion interactions accounts for the electronic correlations that govern the adsorbate binding. We find the adsorbate properties to be strongly entropy-driven, as can be judged by a kinetic molecular desorption prefactor of 10$^{24}$ s$^{-1}$ that largely exceeds previously reported estimates. We relate this effect to sizable fluctuations across structural and electronic observables. Comparison of our calculations to temperature-programmed desorption measurements demonstrates that finite-temperature effects play a dominant role for flexible molecules in contact with polarizable surfaces, and that recently developed first-principles methods offer an optimal tool to reveal novel collective behavior in such complex systems.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Significant enhancement of ${\rm H_2}$ formation in disk galaxies under strong ram pressure
Creators: name: Henderson, Benjamin
name: Bekki, Kenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show, for the first time, that ${\rm H_2}$ formation on dust grains can be enhanced in disk galaxies under strong ram-pressure (RP). We numerically investigate how the time evolution, of ${\rm H}$ {\sc i} and ${\rm H_2}$ components in disk galaxies orbiting a group/cluster of galaxies, can be influenced by hydrodynamical interaction between the gaseous components of the galaxies and the hot intra-cluster medium (ICM). We find that compression of ${\rm H}$ {\sc i} caused by RP increases ${\rm H_2}$ formation in disk galaxies, before RP rapidly strips ${\rm H}$ {\sc i}, cutting off the fuel supply and causing a drop in ${\rm H_2}$ density. We also find that the level of this ${\rm H_2}$ formation enhancement in a disk galaxy under RP depends on the mass of its host cluster dark matter (DM) halo, initial positions and velocities of the disk galaxy, and disk inclination angle with respect to the orbital plane. We demonstrate that dust growth is a key factor in the evolution of the ${\rm H}$ {\sc i} and ${\rm H_2}$ mass in disk galaxies under strong RP. We discuss how the correlation between ${\rm H_2}$ fractions and surface gas densities of disk galaxies evolves with time in the galaxies under RP. We also discuss whether or not galaxy-wide star formation rates (SFRs) in cluster disk galaxies can be enhanced by RP if the SFRs depend on ${\rm H_2}$ densities.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Some Properties of the Positive Hyper-Poisson Distribution and its Applications
Creators: name: Kumar, C. Satheesh
name: Abraham, Emil Ninan
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2020
Subjects: Confluent hypergeometric function; Mixed moment estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Stirling numbers of the second kind; GLRT; Simulation

description: In this paper we consider a zero-truncated form of the hyper-Poisson distribution and investigate some of its crucial properties through deriving its probability generating function, cumulative distribution function, expressions for factorial moments, mean, variance and recurrence relations for probabilities, raw moments and factorial moments. Further, the estimation of the parameters of the distribution is discussed. The distribution has been fitted to certain real life data sets to test its goodness of fit. The likelihood ratio test procedure is adopted for checking the significance of the parameters and a simulation study is performed for assessing the efficiency of the maximum likelihood estimators.
description: Statistica, Vol 80, No 1 (2020)
Influence of the Accuracy of Positioning of the Photovoltaic System on Electrical Parameters and on the Quantity of Produced Electric Power
Creators: name: Chojnacki, J.A.
name: Teneta, J.
name: Wieckowski, L.
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; 3558-3561
description: The tests of the influence of orientation of the PV modules on their electrical parameters were presented in the paper. A measuring method for current-voltage characteristics of the modules oriented in an angle other than optimal was described. The results of the tests featured in the paper are the real measurements performed in an urban environment at the PV system operating at the Laboratory of Automatics, Robotics and Photovoltaic Systems of AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.
On a Generalization of the Positive Exponential Family of Distributions and the Estimation of Reliability Characteristics
Creators: name: Kumar, Surinder
name: Chaturvedi, Aditi
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2020
Subjects: Generalized positive exponential family; MLE; MME; Reliability; UMVUE

description: A generalization of positive exponential family of distributions developed by Liang (2008) is taken into consideration. Its properties are studied. Two measures of reliability are discussed. Uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimators (UMVUES), maximum likelihood estimators (MLES) and method of moment estimators (MMES) are developed for the reliability functions. The performances of three types of estimators are compared through Monte Carlo simulation. Real life data sets are also analyzed.
description: Statistica, Vol 80, No 1 (2020)
Daphne Penna – Roos Meijering (eds), A sourcebook on Byzantine law. Illustrating Byzantine law through the sources
Creators: name: Chitwood, Zachary
Publisher: name: The Byzantine Review
Year: 2023
Subjects: Byzantine law
sourcebook
Byzantine empire

description: Daphne Penna – Roos Meijering (eds), A sourcebook on Byzantine law. Illustrating Byzantine law through the sources (Medieval Law and Its Practice 34). Leiden – Boston: Brill 2022. 208 S. – ISBN 978-90-04-51470-6
description: The Byzantine Review, Vol. 5 (2023)
Citizen Science Lab presentation to the LUMC Directoraat Research Beleid (DR)
Creators: name: Gold, Margaret
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Presentatie van het Citizen Science Lab aan het Directoraat Research beleid van LUMC, op uitnodiging van Sonja Meeuwsen - over het Citizen Science Lab, Citizen Science en het potentie van Citizen Science voor de verschillende LUMC poten
title: Literaturgespräch mit Gabi Kreher
Creators: name: Schnabel, Dorinne
Publisher: name: Universitaet Tuebingen
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Literatur

description: Bei Dorinne Schnabel zu Gast ist heute Gabi Kreher. Sie ist gelernte Kauffrau für Bürokommunikation und hat schon die beiden Spannungsromane „Wehrstein“ und „Albtraumland“ veröffentlicht. Die beiden sprechen zunächst einmal darüber wie Gabi Kreher zum Autorinnen-Dasein gekommen ist, wie ihre eigene Schreibroutine aussieht und ob sie Vorbilder beim Schreiben hat. Gegen Ende der Sendung hören wir einen Ausschnitt aus ihrem Werk „Albtraumland“.
Cooperative Joint Localization and Clock Synchronization Based on Gaussian Message Passing in Asynchronous Wireless Networks
Creators: name: Yuan, Weijie
name: Wu, Nan
name: Etzlinger, Bernhard
name: Wang, Hua
name: Kuang, Jingming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Localization and synchronization are very important in many wireless applications such as monitoring and vehicle tracking. Utilizing the same time of arrival (TOA) measurements for simultaneous localization and synchronization is challenging. In this paper, we present a factor graph (FG) representation of the joint localization and time synchronization problem based on TOA measurements, in which the non-line-of-sight measurements are also taken into consideration. On this FG, belief propagation (BP) message passing and variational message passing (VMP) are applied to derive two fully distributed cooperative algorithms with low computational requirements. Due to the nonlinearity in the observation function, it is intractable to compute the messages in closed form and most existing solutions rely on Monte Carlo methods, e.g., particle filtering. We linearize a specific nonlinear term in the expressions of messages, which enables us to use a Gaussian representation for all messages. Accordingly, only the mean and variance have to be updated and transmitted between neighboring nodes, which significantly reduces the communication overhead and computational complexity. A message passing schedule scheme is proposed to trade off between estimation performance and communication overhead. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms perform very close to particle-based methods with much lower complexity especially in densely connected networks.
description: 38 pages one column, To appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Modelling Shot Lengths of Hollywood Motion Pictures with the Dagum Distribution
Creators: name: Redfern, Nick
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2020
Subjects: Dagum distribution; Skewness; Kurtosis; Shot length distribution; Motion pictures

description: This paper demonstrates the three-parameter Dagum distribution provides a good fit for shot lengths in Hollywood films due to its ability to model a wide range of skewness and kurtosis values and a variety of tail behaviours by virtue of its two shape parameters. The fit of this distribution is better across films in the sample than the two-parameter lognormal distribution, though animated films are an important exception to this. These results can be applied to more closely replicate the editing practice of film editors when generating film sequences using automated editing software.
description: Statistica, Vol 80, No 1 (2020)
Field Effect Measurements on Polythiophene Via a Gated Four Probe Technique
Creators: name: Von Hauff, E.
name: Johnen, F.
name: Parisi, J.
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; 648-650
description: In a previous study a gated four probe technique was presented to account for the effects of parasitic contact resistances in field effect measurements on disordered organic semiconductors [1]. In this study, we investigated the
influence of the semiconductor layer thickness on the results delivered by the four probe method. Organic field effect transistors (OFETs) with spin coated polythiophene (P3HT) layers of varying thicknesses were investigated. Field
effect mobilities in the range of 10-3cm2/Vs were found using the four probe technique. OFETs with P3HT film thicknesses slightly above the height of the contact structure were found to demonstrate the best device performance.
Estimation of the Parameters of the New Weibull-Pareto Distribution Using Ranked Set Sampling
Creators: name: Samuh, Monjed H.
name: Al-Omari, Amer I.
name: Koyuncu, Nursel
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2020
Subjects: New Weibull-Pareto distribution; Fisher information; Maximum likelihood estimation; Ranked set sampling

description: The method of maximum likelihood estimation based on ranked set sampling (RSS) and some of its modifications is used to estimate the unknown parameters of the new Weibull-Pareto distribution. The estimators are compared with the conventional estimators based on simple random sampling (SRS). The biases, mean squared errors, and confidence intervals are used to the comparison. The effect of the set size and number of cycles of the RSS schemes are addressed. Monte Carlo simulation is carried out by using R. The results showed that the RSS estimators are more efficient than their competitors using SRS.
description: Statistica, Vol 80, No 1 (2020)
Neurotrauma: 2023 Update
Creators: name: Priemer, David S.
name: Perl, Daniel P.
Publisher: name: Free Neuropathology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Traumatic brain injury
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Tau
TDP-43
APOE

description: 2022 was a productive year for research in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and resultant neuropathology. After an extensive review, we present related studies and publications which we felt were of particular importance to the neuropathology community. First, 2022 was highlighted by important advancements in the diagnosis and, moreover, our understanding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Important publications include a pair concluding that CTE primarily concerns neuronal accumulation of phosphorylated tau (ptau), but that glial ptau accumulation often helps to facilitate diagnosis. In addition, a new large community study from Australia continues the indication that CTE is relatively uncommon in the community, and the first large-cohort study on brains of military personnel similarly demonstrates that CTE appears to be uncommon among service members and does not appear to explain high rates of neuropsychiatric sequelae suffered by the warfighter. The causation of CTE by impact-type TBI was supported by the application of the Bradford Hill criteria, within the brains of headbutting bovids, and interestingly within an artificial head model exposed to linear impact. Finally, a large-scale analysis of APOE genotypes contends that gene status may influence CTE pathology and outcomes. In experimental animal work, a study using mouse models provided important evidence that TDP-43 facilitates neurodegenerative pathology and is implicated in cognitive dysfunction following TBI, and another study using a swine model for concussion demonstrated that evidence that axonal sodium channel disruption may be a driver of neurologic dysfunction after concussion. Finally, we end with memoriam to Dr. John Q. Trojanowski, a giant of neurodegenerative research and an important contributor to the neurotrauma literature, who we lost in 2022.
description: Free Neuropathology, Vol. 4 (2023)
Estimates of the temperature flux-temperature gradient relation above a sea-floor
Creators: name: Cimatoribus, Andrea A.
name: van Haren, Hans
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relation between the flux of temperature (or buoyancy), the vertical temperature gradient and the height above the bottom, is investigated in an oceanographic context, using high-resolution temperature measurements. The model for the evolution of a stratified layer by Balmforth et al. (1998) is reviewed and adapted to the case of a turbulent flow above a wall. Model predictions are compared to the average observational estimates of the flux, exploiting a flux estimation method proposed by Winters & D'Asaro (1996). This estimation method enables the disentanglement of the dependence of the average flux on the height above the bottom and on the background temperature gradient. The classical N-shaped flux-gradient relation is found in the observations. Model and observations show similar qualitative behaviour, despite the strong simplifications used in the model. The results shed light on the modulation of the temperature flux by the presence of the boundary, and support the idea of a turbulent flux following a mixing-length argument in a stratified flow. Furthermore, the results support the use of Thorpe scales close to a boundary, if sufficient averaging is performed, suggesting that the Thorpe scales are affected by the boundary in a similar way as the mixing length.
description: Version submitted to JFM
Investigation of an Ablation-dominated Arc in a Model Chamber by Optical Emission Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Methling, R.
name: Khakpour, A.
name: Wetzeler, S.
name: Uhrlandt, D.
Publisher: name: Praha : Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: ablation
subject: switching arc
subject: spectroscopy
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 530

description: A switching arc in a model chamber is investigated by means of optical emission spectroscopy. Ignition wire is applied to initiate an arc of several kiloampere between tungsten−copper electrodes. Radiation emitted by the arc plasma is absorbed by a surrounding PTFE nozzle, leading to an ablation–dominated discharge. Video spectroscopy is carried out using an imaging spectrometer combined with a high–speed video camera. Carbon ion and fluorine atom line emission from the heating channel as well as copper, oxygen and nitrogen from ignition wire and ambient air are analyzed with focus on the low–current phases at the beginning of discharge and near current zero. Additionally, electrical parameters and total pressure are recorded while the general behavior of the discharge is observed by another video camera. Considering rotational symmetry of the arc the corresponding radial emission coefficients are determined. Finally, radial temperature profiles are calculated.
Status and Prospects of PV System in Japan
Creators: name: Ikki, O.
name: Kaizuka, I.
name: Ohigashi, T.
name: Matsukawa, H.
name: Kurihara, R.
Publisher: name: WIP-Munich
Year: 2008
Subjects: PV Deployment
PV Markets

description: 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3660-3667
description: In 2007, Japan sought for establishing a framework towards full-scale dissemination of PV system. In 2008, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his vision titled “Fukuda Vision - in pursuit of Japan as a low-carbon society” and Japan’s new target PV capacity was set. In response to Fukuda Vision, the national government, local governments and related PV sectors started efforts to achieve the Vision. This paper describes the current status and prospects of PV activities in Japan based on these movements.
The New Primary X-ray Component Confirmed in the Seyfert I Galaxy IC4329A
Creators: name: Miyake, Katsuma
name: Noda, Hirofumi
name: Yamada, Shin'ya
name: Makishima, Kazuo
name: Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The bright and highly-variable Seyfert I Active Galactic Nucleus, IC4329A, was observed with Suzaku 5 times in 2007 August with intervals of ~ 5 days, and a net exposure of 24-31 ks each. Another longer observation was carried out in 2012 August with a net exposure of 118 ks. In the 6 observations, the source was detected in 2-45 keV with average 2-10 keV fluxes of $(0.67-1.2)\times10^{-10}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The intensity changed by a factor of 2 among the 5 observations in 2007, and 1.5 within the 2012 observation. Difference spectra among these observations revealed that the variability of IC4329A was carried mainly by a power-law component with a photon index $Γ\sim2.0$. However, in addition to this primary component and the associated reflection, the broad-band Suzaku data required another, harder, and less variable component with $Γ\sim1.4$. The presence of this new continuum was also confirmed by analyzing the same 6 data sets through the spectral decomposition technique developed by Noda et al. 2013a. This $Γ\sim1.4$ continuum is considered to be a new primary component that has not been recognized in the spectra of IC4329A so far, although it was recently identified in those of several other Seyfert I galaxies (Noda et al. 2013a, 2014).
description: 19 pages, 9 figures
Advanced Approach for Radiation Transport Description in 3D Collisional-radiative Models
Creators: name: Kalanov, D.
name: Golubovskii, Y.B.
name: Uhrlandt, D.
name: Gortschakow, S.
Publisher: name: Praha : Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: radiation transport
subject: resonance radiation
subject: plasma modelling
subject: arcs
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 530

description: The description of radiation transport phenomena in the frames of collisional-radiative models requires the solution of Holstein-Biberman equation. An advanced solutuion method for 3D plasma obejcts is proposed. The method is applicable for various line contours in a wide range of absorption coeﬃcients. Developed approach is based on discretization of the arbitrary plasma volume on a Cartesian voxel grid. Transport of photons between the cells is computed using the ray traversal algorithm by Amanatides [1]. Solution of the particle balance equations with computed in advance radiative transfer matrix is demonstrated for various typical arc shapes, like e.g. free-burning arc and cylindric arc. Results are compared with corresponding calculations using previously developed approaches. As the method is suited for ﬁnite geometries and allows for a strict solution of the radiation transport equation, applicability ranges of previous approximations can be speciﬁed.
Advanced Nonequilibrium Modelling of DC Tungsten-Inert Gas Arcs
Creators: name: Baeva, M.
name: Uhrlandt, D.
Publisher: name: Praha : Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: nonequilibrium
subject: arc plasma
subject: magnetohydrodynamic model
subject: diffusion
subject: plasma-electrode interaction
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 530

description: The paper is concerned with the state-of-the-art nonequilibrium modelling of a DC tungsten-inert gas arc plasma. The advanced description involves the two-way interaction between the plasma and the electrodes. Results in atmospheric pressure argon demonstrating important features of the arc plasma are presented and discussed. First results in the presence of metal vapour released from the molten anode are presented. Outlook for further developments in nonequilibrium arc modelling are discussed.
Polarized Raman and photoluminescence studies of a sub-micron sized hexagonal AlGaN crystallite for structural and optical properties
Creators: name: Sivadasan, A. K.
name: Dhara, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The polarized Raman spectroscopy is capable of giving confirmation regarding the crystalline phase as well as the crystallographic orientation of the sample. In this context, apart from crystallographic x-ray and electron diffraction tools, polarized Raman spectroscopy and corresponding spectral imaging can be a promising crystallographic tool for determining both crystalline phase and orientation. Sub-micron sized hexagonal AlGaN crystallites are grown by a simple atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition technique using the self catalytic vapor-solid process under N-rich condition. The crystallites are used for the polarized Raman spectra in different crystalline orientations along with spectral imaging studies. The results obtained from the polarized Raman spectral studies shows single crystalline nature of sub-micron sized hexagonal AlGaN crystallites. Optical properties of the crystallites for different crystalline orientations are also studied using polarized photoluminescence measurements. The influence of internal crystal field to the photoluminescence spectra is proposed to explain the distinctive observation of splitting of emission intensity reported, for the first time, in case of c-plane oriented single crystalline AlGaN crystallite as compared to that of m-plane oriented crystallite.
description: 24 pages, 4 figure, jouranal
Analysis of Arc Processes in Multi-chamber Arrester for Lightning Protection at High-voltage Overhead Power Lines
Creators: name: Murashov, I.V.
name: Frolov, V.Y.
name: Uhrlandt, D.
name: Gortschakow, S.
name: Ivanov, D.V.
name: Sivaev, A.D.
Publisher: name: Praha : Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: lightning protection
subject: electric arc extinction
subject: arrester
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: 530

description: Nowadays multi-chamber arresters are widely distributed as devices of lightning protection of overhead power lines. A mathematical modelling of processes in the discharge chamber of multichamber arrester is necessary to carry out in order to improve its breaking capacity. A three-dimensional mathematical transient model of thermal, gas-dynamic and electromagnetic processes taking place in the discharge chamber of multi-chamber arrester is presented in the article. Basic assumptions, model equations, a computational domain and the boundary conditions are described. Plasma turbulence is taken into account. The results of the calculation i.e. distributions of plasma temperature and overpressure in the discharge chamber at different time points are shown. The analysis of the results was carried out. It is shown that the presence of cavities in the electrodes design promotes electric arc extinction in the discharge chamber of multi-chamber arrester.
title: Entwicklung von Lernspielen zur Bruchrechnung und Messung des Kompetenzzuwachses bei deren Einsatz im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Unterrichtsformen
Creators: name: Weichselbraun, Benita
Year: 2023

description: In der vorliegenden Masterarbeit wird die Thematik „Entwicklung von Lernspielen zur Bruchrechnung und Messung des Kompetenzzuwachses bei deren Einsatz im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Unterrichtsformen“ behandelt. Die dazugehörige Fragestellung lautet „Wie groß ist der Kompetenzzuwachs beim Einsatz von analogen Lernspielen im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Unterrichtskonzepten beim Thema Bruchrechnung in einer ersten Klasse einer niederösterreichischen Mittelschule?“. Am Anfang dieser Arbeit wird die Forschungslücke definiert und die theoretischen Grundlagen werden dargelegt. Danach wird die Studie beschrieben und die Ergebnisse und Interpretation werden wiedergegeben. Zum Schluss finden sich eine Überarbeitung der Studie und weitere mögliche Spiele zum Thema Bruchrechnungen, welche jedoch nicht für die Studie an sich verwendet wurden. Für die Studie wurde zuerst in einem Check-up der Ist-Zustand der Schüler*innen abgefragt und anschließend die Klasse in zwei Gruppen geteilt. Die Versuchsgruppe bekam Spiele zum Wiederholen und Festigen und die Kontrollgruppe wiederholte dieselben Inhalte mittels Arbeitsblätter. Abschließend wurde ein weiterer Check-up von den Lernenden ausgefüllt, um den Kompetenzzuwachs zu messen und ein Online-Fragebogen ausgefüllt. Die Analyse der Studie ergab keinen signifikanten Unterschied im Kompetenzzuwachs bezüglich der Verwendung von Lernspielen im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Unterrichtsformen zwischen den beiden Gruppen.
High-Efficiency Large Area Flexible Organic Solar Cells
Creators: name: Lemaitre, N.
name: De Bettignies, R.
name: Mailley, S.
name: Maisse, P.
name: Cros, S.
name: Guillerez, S.
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; 659-664
description: Large area bulk heterojunction PV devices based on P3HT/PCBM have been realized on transparent plastic substrates, following an implementation procedure starting from small size individual cell on glass to end with 35 cm² modules on PET. The first step consisted in the optimization of elaboration parameters on individual cells of 0.28 cm² on PET starting from our standard procedure setup for glass substrates. PCE close to 4% with small dispersion on plastic substrates for cells of 0.28 cm² active area, compared to 5% on glass. Two module designs were then tested on both substrates of 5x5 cm²,varying the number of individual cells and the interconnection pattern. For glass module, with 12 individual cells on a 5x5 cm2 substrate we obtain PCE of 3.26 % (12.4 cm² active area). Larger modules with active area up to 35 cm2 exhibiting PCE of 2.8 % and open circuit voltage higher than 6V were also realized on glass, approaching the requirements for commercial electronic applications. On PET, record efficiencies of 2.8 % and 2.5% were obtained for active areas of 8.8 cm2 and 53 cm² respectively. The influence of the geometric parameters of the individual cells and their type of connection (parallel or series) on the module characteristics is also discussed.
Are we there yet? Do the Victorian, NSW and ACT comply with the youth conferencing programs United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Creators: name: Davis, Alan Thomas Samuel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Youth justice
Law in context not elsewhere classified
Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified

description: Australia has been at the forefront of the international evolution of restorative justice youth conferencing programs. While these programs have received much praise and have been expanded on a legislative basis to each state and territory, there has been no evaluation of whether they are consistent with children’s rights. This thesis examines Australia’s youth conferencing programs by reference to the four core children’s rights principles contained in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The conclusion reached is that while the youth conferencing programs reflect restorative justice principles, their current operation needs modification in order better to comply with children’s rights standards.
Surface modification of the laser sintering standard powder polyamide 12 by plasma treatments
Creators: name: Almansoori, Alaa
name: Masters, Robert
name: Abrams, Kerry
name: Schäfer, Jan
name: Gerling, Torsten
name: Majewski, Candice
name: Rodenburg, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: atmospheric pressure plasma treatment
subject: laser sintering
subject: scanning electron microscopy
subject: surface modification
subject: wettability
subject: 530
subject: 540

description: Polyamide 12 (PA12) powder was exposed for up to 3 h to low pressure air plasma treatment (LP-PT) and several minutes by two different atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJ) i.e., kINPen (K-APPJ) and Hairline (H-APPJ). The chemical and physical changes resulting from LP-PT were observed by a combination of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Hot Stage Microscopy (HSM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), which demonstrated significant changes between the plasma treated and untreated PA12 powders. PA12 exposed to LP-PT showed an increase in wettability, was relatively porous, and possessed a higher density, which resulted from the surface functionalization and materials removal during the plasma exposure. However, it showed poor melt behavior under heating conditions typical for Laser Sintering. In contrast, brief PJ treatments demonstrated similar changes in porosity, but crucially, retained the favorable melt characteristics of PA12 powder.
Joint CSIT Acquisition Based on Low-Rank Matrix Completion for FDD Massive MIMO Systems
Creators: name: Shen, Wenqian
name: Dai, Linglong
name: Shim, Byonghyo
name: Mumtaz, Shahid
name: Wang, Zhaocheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) is essential for frequency-division duplexing (FDD) massive MIMO systems, but conventional solutions involve overwhelming overhead both for downlink channel training and uplink channel feedback. In this letter, we propose a joint CSIT acquisition scheme to reduce the overhead. Particularly, unlike conventional schemes where each user individually estimates its own channel and then feed it back to the base station (BS), we propose that all scheduled users directly feed back the pilot observation to the BS, and then joint CSIT recovery can be realized at the BS. We further formulate the joint CSIT recovery problem as a low-rank matrix completion problem by utilizing the low-rank property of the massive MIMO channel matrix, which is caused by the correlation among users. Finally, we propose a hybrid low-rank matrix completion algorithm based on the singular value projection to solve this problem. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed scheme can provide accurate CSIT with lower overhead than conventional schemes.
High pressure magnetic state of MnP probed by means of muon-spin rotation
Creators: name: Khasanov, R.
name: Amato, A.
name: Bonfà, P.
name: Guguchia, Z.
name: Luetkens, H.
name: Morenzoni, E.
name: De Renzi, R.
name: Zhigadlo, N. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a detailed $μ$SR study of the pressure evolution of the magnetic order in the manganese based pnictide MnP, which has been recently found to undergo a superconducting transition under pressure once the magnetic ground state is suppressed. Using the muon as a volume sensitive local magnetic probe, we identify a ferromagnetic state as well as two incommensurate helical states (with propagation vectors ${\bf Q}$ aligned along the crystallographic $c-$ and $b-$directions, respectively) which transform into each other through first order phase transitions as a function of pressure and temperature. Our data appear to support that the magnetic state from which superconductivity develops at higher pressures is an incommensurate helical phase.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures