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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201910.0336.v1

How Loud are Noise Levels of Baseball Stadium? Assessment of Noise Levels and Attitude toward the Stadium Noise in Korea

Donguk Lee, Woojae Han

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Other Keywords: noise of baseball stadium; recreational noise exposure; survey of noise exposure; noise-induced hearing loss

Online: 29 October 2019 (10:52:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0293.v1

PhotonLabeler: An Inter-disciplinary Platform for Visual Interpretation and Labeling of ICESat-2 Geolocated Photon Data

Lonesome Malambo, Sorin C. Popescu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing Keywords: ICESat-2; photon-counting lidar; photon labeling; visualization; ATL03; ATL08; visual interpretation; solar-induced noise

Online: 13 August 2020 (08:08:40 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1590.v1

Possible Interrelations of Space Weather and Seismic Activity: An Implication for Short-term Earthquake Prediction

Valery Sorokin, Victor Novikov

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Space And Planetary Science Keywords: solar flare; geomagnetic field variations; geomagnetically induced currents; electromagnetic earthquake triggering; aerosol emission; short-term earthquake prediction

Online: 28 February 2024 (09:39:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1937.v1

Extreme Bad Weather, Large Atmospheric Electric Field Fluctuations and Anomalous Changes in the High Voltage Electric Power Network in Thrace, North-East Greece, during the Solar Activity and the Magnetic Superstorm of March 2012

Goergios Anagnostopoulos, Anastasios Karkanis, Athanasios Kampatagis, Panagiotis K. Marhavilas, Sofia-Anna Menesidou, Dimitrios Efthymiadis, Stefanos Keskinis, Dimitar Ouzounov, Nick Hatzigeorgiu, Michael Danikas

Subject: Physical Sciences, Other Keywords: Remote Sensing; Space Weather; Exterme Events; Solar-Terrestrial relationsnsip; Weather prediction; Atmospheric Electric Field; Geomagneticallt induced lectric currents

Online: 26 December 2023 (06:12:57 CET)

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In a recent paper, we extended previous studies on solar-terrestrial relationships by investigating the origin of the March 2012 heatwave in northeast USA. In the present study we check the possible relationship of solar activity with the early March 2012 bad weather in northeast Thrace, Greece. To this end, we examined data from various remote sensing instrumentation monitoring the Sun (SDO satellite), the Interplanetary Space (ACE satellite), the Earth’s magnetosphere (Earth based measurements, NOAA-19 satellite), the top of the clouds (TERRA and AQUA satellites) and the near ground atmosphere. Our comparative data analysis suggests that: (i) the winter-like weather (rainfall, fast winds, decreased temperature) in Thrace started on 6 March 2012, on the same day as the heatwave starting in USA, (ii) during the March 2012 winter-like event in Thrace (6-15 March), the ACE satellite recorded enhanced fluxes of solar energetic particles (SEPs), while SOHO and PAMELA recorded solar protons at very high energies (> 500 MeV), (iii) Thrace experienced particularly intense cyclonic circulation, during periods of magnetic storms on 8 - 10 and 12-13 March, which occurred after the arrival at ACE of two interplanetary shock waves, on March 8 and March 11, respectively, (iv) at the beginning of the two above mentioned periods large atmospheric electric fields were recorded, with values ranging between ~-2000V/m - ~1800V/m on 8 March, (v) the winter-like 8-10 March 2012 weather occurred after the detection of the main SEP event related with a coronal mass ejection released in the interplanetary space as a result of intense solar flare activity observed by SDO on 7 March 2012, (vi) the 8-10 March weather was related with a deep drop of ~630C in the cloud top temperature measured by MODIS/TERRA, which favors strong precipitation. Finally, we analyzed data from the electric power network in Thrace (~410N) and we found, for the first time sudden voltage changes of ~3.5kV in the electric grid in Greece, during the decay phase of the March 2012 superstorm. We discuss the winter-like March 2012 event in Thrace in terms of solar cosmic ray influence on the low troposphere mediated by positive NAO. Finally, we infer that the novel finding of the geomagnetic effects on the electric power grid in Thrace may open a new window into space weather applications research.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202308.0176.v1

Effect of the Polymer Composition on the Optical Properties of a New Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorophore: A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach

Alberto Picchi, Qinfan Wang, Francesco Ventura, Cosimo Micheletti, Jesse Heijkoop, Francesco Picchioni, Ilaria Ciofini, Carlo Adamo, Andrea Pucci

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Electronic, Optical And Magnetic Materials Keywords: Poly(methyl methacrylate); Poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate); Tetraphenylethylene (TPE); Aggregation-induced emission; Density functional theory investigations; Luminescent solar concentrator

Online: 2 August 2023 (10:49:30 CEST)

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Preprint ESSAY | doi:10.20944/preprints202002.0298.v3

Father Verspieren and Mali Aqua Viva: Lessons Learned from Fighting Drought and Poverty with Photovoltaic Solar Energy in Africa

Mario Pagliaro

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: photovoltaics; solar energy; Father Verspieren; solar energy in Africa; rainwater harvesting; solar pump

Online: 3 April 2020 (03:38:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0070.v2

Models for Calculating Monthly Average Solar Radiation from Air Temperature in Swaziland

Mgidi D. Dlamini, Alakaparampil J. Varkey, Simiso Mkhonta

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: solar energy; solar radiation; climatic data; solar radiation estimation

Online: 6 November 2017 (12:02:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0499.v1

Detection of Solar Neutrons and Solar Neutron Decay Protons

Yasushi Muraki, Tatsumi Koi, Yutaka Matsubara, Satoshi Masuda, Pedro Miranda, Shoko Miyake, Tsuguya Naito, Ernesto Ortiz Fragoso, Akitoshi Oshima, Takashi Sako, Shoichi Shibata, Hisanori Takamaru, Munetoshi Tokumaru, Jose Franco Valdes-Galicia, Kyoko Watanabe

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: solar flare; impulsive flare; gradual flare; solar comic-rays; solar energetic particles; particle acceleration; solar neutrons

Online: 8 November 2023 (06:44:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1382.v1

Analysis of Losses Associated with Series Resistance (Rs) in Simple-Structured c-Si Solar Cells

Manuel J Heredia-Rios, Luis Hernandez-Martinez, Monico Linares-Aranda, Javier Flores-Méndez, Mario Moreno-Moreno

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: photovoltaic; solar energy; solar cells; series resistance

Online: 18 January 2024 (09:10:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0514.v1

Performance Improvement of a Solar Assisted Absorption Cooling System Integrated with Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage

Lana Migla, Raimonds Bogdanovics, Kristina Lebedeva

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: LHTES; PCM; solar energy; solar cooling system

Online: 7 June 2023 (08:29:17 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0591.v1

Sex Differences in Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Daniel Rodriguez Bauza, Patricia Silveyra

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Orthopedics And Sports Medicine Keywords: inflammation; atopy; exercise induced asthma; exercise induced bronchoconstriction; sex differences

Online: 27 August 2020 (05:31:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0922.v1

Simulation and Experimental Results for Energy Production Using Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal Technology

Roxana Margareta Grigore, Sorin Gabriel Vernica, Sorin Eugen Popa, Ioan Viorel Banu

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: energy efficiency; solar energy; solar irradiance; solar photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) systems; temperature

Online: 18 February 2024 (11:52:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0085.v2

The Inner and Backside Solar Flares

Ramy Mawad

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: The Sun; Solar Flare; Solar Core; Solar Interior layers; Radiative Zone; Convection Zone

Online: 5 August 2022 (14:59:45 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.1913.v3

Design of Photovoltaic System for Green Manufacturing by using Statistical Design of Experiments

Debo Brata Paul Argha, Md Ashik Ahmed

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Solar PV system; Regression Model; DOE; Solar energy; Fossil fuels

Online: 9 November 2023 (10:58:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0192.v1

Film Properties Using Metal Salts Washing for Perovskite Solar Cells

Ankit Stephen Thomas

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Surfaces, Coatings And Films Keywords: Perovskites; Solar cells; Film formation; Solar energy; Doping

Online: 13 July 2022 (08:40:00 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0625.v1

Encapsulation of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: A Comprehensive Review

Ashraf Uddin, Mushfika Baishakhi Upama, Haimang Yi, Leiping Duan

Subject: Physical Sciences, Chemical Physics Keywords: organic solar cells; perovskite solar cells; encapsulation; stability

Online: 30 November 2018 (09:38:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0674.v1

Design and Programming of a Micro-Controller-Based Solar Tracking System

Saman Sarkawt Jaafar, Farhad Muhsin Mahmood

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Solar cell energy; Single Axial Solar Tracking System; Solar cell efficiency; Arduino Uno Board

Online: 30 August 2020 (15:34:39 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0070.v1

A Literature Review of Movement Disorder Associated with Medications and Systemic Diseases

Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Leticia Fornari Caprara

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Neuroscience And Neurology Keywords: drug-induced; drug-induced parkinsonism; parkinsonism; dystonia; drug-induced side-effects; tardive syndrome; basal ganglia; dyskinesia; secondary; movement disorder

Online: 1 February 2024 (10:30:01 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0761.v1

A Review of Photovoltaic Failure and Degradation Mechanisms

Hussain Al Mahdi, Paul G Leahy, Mohammad Alghoul, Alan P. Morrison

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: photovoltaics; reliability; degradation; failure mechanism; solar cells; solar modules

Online: 13 November 2023 (10:16:23 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0486.v1

Optical Design of a Miniaturised Solar Magnetograph for Space Applications

Ariadna Calcines, Lucie M. Green, Alan Smith, David M. Long

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: solar magnetograph; space weather; space sciences; solar instrumentation; miniaturised optics

Online: 9 October 2023 (11:10:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0270.v2

An Improved Cheetah Optimizer for Accurate and Reliable Estimation of Unknown Parameters in Photovoltaic Cell/Module Models

Zulfiqar Ali Memon, Mohammad Amin Akbari, Mohsen Zare

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: Solar energy; metaheuristics; optimization; energy management; solar cell; photovoltaic modeling

Online: 6 July 2023 (09:31:21 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0488.v1

The Solar Energy Potential of Greece for Flat-Plate Solar Panels Fixed on Dual-Axis Systems

Harry D. Kambezidis, Konstantinos Mimidis, Kosmas A. Kavadias

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: solar energy potential; maximum energy; inclined surfaces; solar tracking; Greece

Online: 8 May 2023 (09:08:20 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0244.v1

A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis on Performance Assessment of Different Solar Cookers

Ibadullah Safdar, Muhammad Zahid, Saeed Mian Qaisar, Asad Waqar, Elsayed Tag Eldin, Tehseen Ilahi, Tausif Zahid, Naif Alsharabi

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: Cooking power; Solar energy; Solar radiations; Sun tracking.; Emperical Analysis

Online: 18 October 2022 (03:21:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0518.v1

A GIS-Based Method for Identification of Wide area Rooftop Suitability for Minimum Size PV Systems Using LiDAR Data and Photogrammetry

Diane Palmer, Elena Koubli, Ian Cole, Ralph Gottschalg, Thomas Betts

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar; LiDAR; rooftop photovoltaics; building characteristics; wide-area solar yield

Online: 21 November 2018 (06:59:32 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0085.v1

Calorimetric Testing of Solar Thermal Absorbers for High Vacuum Flat Panels

Carmine D’Alessandro, Davide De Maio, Antonio Caldarelli, Marilena Musto, Francesco Di Giamberardino, Matteo Monti, Teresa Mundo, Emiliano Di Gennaro, Roberto Russo, Vittorio G. Palmieri

Subject: Physical Sciences, Applied Physics Keywords: Selective Solar Absorber; Solar Absorptance; Thermal Emittance; Evacuated Flat Panel; Calorimeter; High Vacuum Flat Panel; Solar Simulator

Online: 7 May 2022 (02:52:12 CEST)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0013.v1

Radiation-Induced Undifferentiated Spindle Cell Sarcoma Following High-Dose-Rate Interstitial Brachytherapy for Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yuka Uchimoto, Hiroaki Shimamoto, Ami Takeshita, Kaori Oya, Mitsunobu Kishino, Yasuo Fukuda, Satoru Toyosawa, MIchio Oda, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Sven Kreiborg, Sanjay M. Mallya, Shumei Murakami

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: radiation-induced; sarcoma; brachytherapy; tongue

Online: 1 March 2022 (09:53:27 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0208.v1

Periodic Behavior of Selected Solar, Geomagnetic and Cosmic Activity Indices during Solar Cycle 24

Ali Kilcik, Atila Ozguc, Jean-Pierre Rozelot

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: Solar cycles; Solar flares; Geomagnetic activity indices; Cosmic rays; Period analysis

Online: 3 November 2023 (11:23:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0486.v1

MHD Simulation in the Solar Corona to Obtain Conditions for the Acceleration of Cosmic Rays during Solar Flares

Alexander Podgorny, Igor Podgorny, Alexei Borisenko

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: solar flare; solar cosmic rays; current sheet; magnetohydrodynamic simulation; active region

Online: 28 February 2023 (02:23:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0046.v2

Solar Activity Cycles Recur Epidemic and Pandemic Viruses: Space Weather Alerts

Ramy Mawad, Hanafy M. Madbouly, Ehab M. B. Mahdy

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: Space weather; Solar terrestrial connection; Climate change; Solar cycle; Environment; Epidemiology

Online: 12 January 2023 (02:36:30 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202001.0072.v1

Thermal Efficiency of a Concentrating Solar Collector Under High-Vacuum

Davide De Maio, Carmine D' Alessandro, Daniela De Luca, Marilena Musto, Emilano Di Gennaro, Giuseppe Rotondo, Roberto Russo

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar energy; Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPC); high vacuum insulated solar collectors

Online: 9 January 2020 (05:31:26 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0101.v1

Design and Analysis of Domestic Micro-Cogeneration Potential for an ORC System Adapted to a Solar Domestic Hot Water System

Daniel Leal-Chavez, Ricardo Beltran-Chacon, Paola Cardenas-Terrazas, Saul Islas, Nicolas Velazquez

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar domestic cogeneration; Organic Rankine Cycle; acetone; evacuated tube solar collector

Online: 8 July 2019 (04:15:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201812.0091.v1

Solar Power Interpolation and Analysis Using Spatial Autocorrelation

Syed Muhammad Ahsan Gillani

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar power interpolation; solar power attenuation; spatial autocorrelation; semi-variograms; geosatistics

Online: 7 December 2018 (03:55:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0062.v1

A Study on Photostability of Amphetamines and Ketamine in Hair Irradiated under Artificial Sunlight

Giorgia Miolo, Marianna Tucci, Luca Menilli, Giulia Stocchero, Susanna Vogliardi, Salvatore Scrivano, Massimo Montisci, Donata Favretto

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pharmacology And Toxicology Keywords: hair; solar light; photodegradation; amphetamines; MDMA; ketamine; photoproduct; photostability; solar simulator

Online: 3 May 2018 (09:11:57 CEST)

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Background: Drug incorporated in hair are exposed to the environment and to cosmetic and chemical treatments, with possible decrease of their content. Knowledge concerning the effect of sun light on drug content in hair can be helpful to the forensic toxicologist, in particular when investigating on drug concentrations above or below pre-determined cut-offs. Materials and Methods: Twenty authentic positive hair samples were selected that had previously tested positive for amphetamines and/or ketamine. Washed hairs were divided into two identical strands: the former was exposed at 765 W/m² (310–800 nm spectrum of irradiance) for 48 hours in a solar simulator, the latter was kept in the dark. Hair samples were extracted and analyzed by LC-HRMS detection. The percent photodegradation was calculated for each analyte (amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylendioxyamphetamine methylendioxymethamphetamine, ketamine, norketamine). In parallel, photodegradation processes of standard molecules dissolved in aqueous and organic solutions were studied. Results: In 20 hair samples positive for the targeted analytes, exposure to artificial sun light induced an appreciable decrease of drug concentrations. The concentration ranges in the non-irradiated hair samples were 0.01–24 ng/mg; 65% of samples exhibited a decrease in post-irradiation samples, with reduction from 3% to 100%. When more drugs were present in the same hair sample (e.g, MDMA and ketamine) the degradation yields were compound dependent. A degradation product induced by irradiation of ketamine in aqueous and methanol solutions was identified; it was also found to be present in a true positive hair sample after irradiation. Conclusions: Ketamine, amphetamines and their metabolites incorporated in hair of drug users undergo degradation when irradiated by artificial sunlight. Only for ketamine a photoproduct was identified in irradiated standard solutions and in true positive irradiated hair. When decisional cut-offs are applied to hair analysis, photodegradation must be taken into account since sunlight may produce false negative results. Moreover, new markers could be investigated as evidence of illicit drug use.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0300.v2

A review on the present and future of solar power in Africa

Ahmed Rachid, Nouhaila NAJMI

Subject: Physical Sciences, Other Keywords: Solar energy; Development; Africa; Solar farms; Mini-grids; Off-grid; Solar houses; Irrigation; Legislation; Business models; NGOs; International companies

Online: 14 March 2024 (09:34:59 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0695.v1

Performance Study of Integrated Solar-Water Supply System for Isolated Agricultural Areas in Thailand: Two Case-Study Villages of The Royal Initiative Project

Thanongsak Imjai, Kamon Thinsurat, Pakorn Ditthakit, Warit Wipulanusat, Monthian Setkit, Reyes Garcia

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Water Science And Technology Keywords: water resource management; solar-water; solar-water supply system; SWSS; decision support; solar pumping; climate change; royal initiative project

Online: 29 July 2020 (11:40:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0951.v1

Looking for the Optimal Shape of a Photovoltaic Panel

Eduardo Diedrich

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Optima Shape; Solar Panel

Online: 16 October 2023 (09:37:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0488.v9

The Solar System: Nature and Mechanics

Mario Ljubičić

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: solar system; complete relativity; nature; mechanics

Online: 19 July 2023 (09:29:20 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.2160.v1

Advancements in Photovoltaic Cell Materials: Silicon, Organic, and Perovskite Solar Cells

Abniel Machín, Francisco Márquez

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Materials Science And Technology Keywords: photovoltaic cells; silicon-based solar cells; organic-based cells; perovskite solar cells

Online: 31 January 2024 (05:53:39 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.2044.v1

A Review of Photocatalytic Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production Using Tandem Solar Cell

Nur Ain Atiqah Mohd Amin, Hayyiratul Fatimah Mohd Zaid

Subject: Engineering, Chemical Engineering Keywords: photocatalytic water splitting; photoelectrochemical cell; dye solar cell; tandem solar cell; hydrogen

Online: 29 September 2023 (08:05:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0706.v1

Solar Business in an Oil-Rich Country? A Socio-technical Investigation of Solar PV Businesses in Iran

Leila Aghlimoghadam

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: solar business; solar PV; social acceptance; energy transition; oil-rich country; Iran

Online: 21 April 2023 (09:49:31 CEST)

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Taking a socio-technical perspective, I focus on solar businesses (niche market actors) in Iran. As one of the key stakeholder groups whose business prosperity is tied to the development of solar PV, they play a crucial role in accelerating the energy transition. Given the incumbent fossil-based electricity sector in Iran and the least enabling policies, I am first interested to find (i) the main drivers and barriers of solar businesses; and (ii) the roles these solar businesses play in bringing solar PV deployment forward in Iran. I collected the data via 20 semi-structured interviews with solar businesses in Golestan, Guilan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Eastern Azerbaijan Provinces in Iran. Taking an inductive approach, I considered sustainability transition and social acceptance theories as sensitising concepts to investigate common and specific points of solar business acceptance in Iran. I find ecological awareness, belief in intergenerational justice, and willingness to innovate, as the main intrinsic drivers and socioeconomic opportunity and tackling the energy imbalance as extrinsic drivers; while the lack of a common vision with the energy governors, and the low knowledge of solar PV among the customers, escalating prices, and challenges to accessing good quality solar equipment are the most prior obstacles. Moreover, I understand educating people, driving the innovative deployment of solar PV, and facilitating the diffusion of it, as the major roles of solar businesses in Iran. I find that the sustainability transition literature overlooked the key role of solar businesses specially in fossil-based and developing economies. My findings suggest that the positive intrinsic mechanisms among the solar businesses, in combination with better-enabling policy frameworks and external factors, like lifting the sanctions and joining the global energy market, climate change mitigation commitments and standards, can help solar businesspeople to lead and accelerate solar PV development in Iran.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0311.v1

Cannabis induced psychosis: A comparative study between cannabis use disorder and cocaine use disorder

Maurizio Coppola, Raffaella Mondola

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Medicine And Pharmacology Keywords: cannabis; Δ⁹-THC; induced psychosis; schizophrenia

Online: 6 October 2023 (11:10:47 CEST)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0705.v1

Liver Injury Associated with Ocrelizumab Use: A Case Report

Mikako Harata, Louma Rustam, Alan Gunderson

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: Drug-induced liver injury; ocrelizumab; hepatotoxicity

Online: 21 April 2023 (09:41:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0278.v1

Psychological Risks of Resettlers in Resettlement Planning: A Study in Moragahakanda Resettlement Project (MRP)

Rangajeewa Ratnayake, Hansani Disanayake

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: resettlement; psychological risks; development-induced displacement

Online: 30 January 2018 (06:48:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0108.v1

Myocardial Infarction Promoted the Contrast-Induced Nephropathy by Renal Injury

Zhiwen Tao, Ningtian Zhou, Fan Huang, Bo Chen, Zhijian Yang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: contrast induced nephropath; acute myocardial infarction

Online: 21 November 2016 (12:13:30 CET)

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Background: The morbidity of myocardial infarction is keeping raise in this decade. Because of high safety and operability , percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) has been used to conquer this disease for more than 20 years.An important complication of PCI is contrast induced nephropathy(CIN), which raises our attention. Previously, we started a study to explore the correlation between acute kidney injury and myonecrosis after scheduled percutaneous coronary intervention. Our study showed that the rate of CI-AKI in patients with post-procedural myocardial injury and undergoing elective PCI was higher than that in patients free of injury. Methods: In this study,forty male rats were randomly divided into four groups: control group (n=8), CM group (n=12), AMI group (n=8) and AMI+CM group (n=12), then velocity of renal artery blood flow (VRABF), computer tomography (CT), serum creatinine(Scr), reactive oxidative species (ROS), periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and TUNEL were used to estimate the injury of kidney. We analyzed 327 non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome subjects undertaking elective PCI. Serum levels of creatinine (SCr) and the eGFR before coronary angiography, and 24–72 h after contrast administration were recorded to assess the renal function. Results: The data showed that VRABF was lower in AMI+CM group than CM group from 0 minute to 24h and CT number in cortex was higher in AMI+CM group than CM group at 4-hour. As well as the level of Scr in AMI+CM group displayed a significantly increase at 24-hour compared with CM group. The histopathologic scores and percentage of tubular cell apoptosis were higher in AMI+CM group at 24-hour. In 327 patients, we found that CI-AKI occurred more often in subjects with post-procedural myonecrosis (PMN) than in those without PMN (20.8% versus 5.8%, respectively, P=0.001). Conclusion: Compared to the elective patient, the injury of CIN exhibited a higher severity in AMI patient.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1650.v1

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis and Fatigue Damage Assessment of Wind-Induced Vibration for the Tension Cable-Supported Power Transmission Structure

Jingyang Li, Bangjie Wang, Tao Wang, Zhengliang Li

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Tension cable-supported power transmission structure; Wind-induced vibration; Nonlinear finite element; Wind-induced fatigue damage

Online: 25 September 2023 (09:32:35 CEST)

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The tension cable-supported power transmission structure (TC-PTS) is a new type of power transmission structure suitable for mountainous terrain, which is sensitive to wind load. In this regard, a nonlinear finite element analysis model of wind-induced vibration is proposed for the TC-PTS, and the wind-induced vibration response of the structure is analyzed. Firstly, the tangent stiffness matrix of the three-dimensional truss element for the supporting suspension cable and transmission line, considering the geometric nonlinearity of structures, is derived through the relationship between the element elastic energy and its displacement. Subsequently, the element mass matrix and damping matrix of the supporting suspension cable and transmission line, as well as the element nodal load vector obtained from wind load equivalence are given. Then, based on the nonlinear finite element theory, the nonlinear dynamic equation of wind-induced vibration is established for the TC-PTS and solved by Newmark-β method combined with Newton-Raphson iterative method. Furthermore, the rain-flow counting method and Miner's linear fatigue cumulative damage theory were used for wind induced fatigue damage assessment. Finally, a two-span TC-PTS is selected as an example, and the wind-induced nonlinear vibration and fatigue damage assessment are analyzed through the proposed model. The results show that the proposed model has high computational accuracy and efficiency. With the increase of wind speed and wind direction angle, the maximum lateral displacement and tension of the supporting suspension cable and transmission line increase, and their degree of increase shows a nonlinear trend. In terms of the wind-induced fatigue analysis results of TC-PTS, the fatigue damage at the end of the supporting-conductor suspension cable is greater than the fatigue damage at its midpoint. Compared to the fatigue damage at the midpoint of the conductor, the fatigue damage at the end of the conductor is less affected by wind direction angle, and both are more significantly affected by the wind speed.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0179.v1

Significance of Neutrino Environments on Neutrino-Induced Fission and Neutron-Induced Fission Processes

Muhammad Ali

Subject: Physical Sciences, Acoustics Keywords: Neutrino-Induced Fission; Neutron-Induced Fission; Neutrino-Environments; Neutrino-Zeta; Fission Fragments; Supernova; High Energy Physics

Online: 4 November 2020 (09:21:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.0138.v1

Design and Optimization of Electrical Parameters of Perovskites-based Thin Film Solar Cell

Muhammad Muneeb Khan, Sadiq Ahmad, Ali Hassan, And Furqan Shaukat

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Electrical Parameters; Perovskite; Optimization; Renewable Power; SCAPS-1D; PVSyst; Solar Module; Solar Cell

Online: 2 April 2024 (09:25:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.1854.v1

SISA: The First Extreme-Ultraviolet Solar Integral Field Spectrograph Using Slicers

Ariadna Calcines Rosario, Hamish Andrew Sinclair Reid, Sarah Matthews, Frédéric Auchère, Alain Jody Corso, Giulio Del Zanna, Jaroslav Dudik, Samuel Gissot, Laura Hayes, Graham Stewart Kerr, Christian Kintziger, Sophie Musset, Vanessa Polito, Daniel F. Ryan, David Orozco Suárez

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: EUV Spectroscopy; solar IFS; EUV slicers; image slicers; solar space mission; particle acceleration

Online: 29 November 2023 (10:56:44 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0572.v1

Synthesis and Characterization of Al-doped NiO Nanostructured Thin Films Elaborated by Solar Spray Pyrolysis Technique, for Photovoltaic Cells

Abdelbaki NID, Lilia ZIGHED, Yacine AOUN, Bedreddine MAAOUI

Subject: Physical Sciences, Applied Physics Keywords: Nickel oxide; Thin films; Al doping ratio; Solar spray pyrolysis; Solar heater; Furnace.

Online: 30 November 2021 (13:29:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0074.v1

Solar Green Roofs: A Unified Outlook Twenty Years On

Rosaria Ciriminna, Francesco Meneguzzo, Mario Pecoraino, Mario Pagliaro

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: solar energy; solar green roof; energy transition; biosolar roof; green roof; air pollution

Online: 7 February 2019 (13:02:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0156.v1

Spatial Molecular AlO Temperature Distributions in Laser-Induced Plasma

David M. Surmick, Daryl J. Dagel, Christian G. Parigger

Subject: Physical Sciences, Atomic And Molecular Physics Keywords: molecular spectroscopy; diatomic spectroscopy; Abel transform; plasma spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; laser-induced plasma; plasma dynamics

Online: 11 July 2019 (09:30:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0187.v1

Gravity-Assist Might be a Solution to Save Earth from Global Warming

Sohrab Rahvar

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Space And Planetary Science Keywords: Dynamics; Solar System; Global Warming

Online: 20 April 2022 (08:53:55 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0162.v1

A Publicly Available Cost Simulation of Sustainable Construction Options for Residential Houses

Lawrence Fulton, Bradley Beauvauis, Matthew Brooks, Scott Kruse, Kim Lee

Subject: Engineering, Architecture, Building And Construction Keywords: construction; rainwater harvesting; simulation; solar

Online: 10 March 2020 (10:26:12 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0452.v1

Solar Neutrinos Spectroscopy with Borexino Phase-II

Lino Miramonti, M. Agostini, K. Altenmueller, S. Appel, V. Atroshchenko, Z. Bagdasarian, D. Basilico, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, I. Bolognino, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, S. Caprioli, M. Carlini, P. Cavalcante, F. Cavanna, A. Chepurnov, K. Choi, L. Collica, S. Davini, A. Derbin, X.F. Ding, A. Di Ludovico, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, K. Fomenko, A. Formozov, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, M. Gschwender, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, D. Guffanti, C. Hagner, T. Houdy, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, A. Jany, D. Jeschke, V. Kobychev, D. Korablev, G. Korga, T. Lachenmaier, M. Laubenstein, E. Litvinovich, F. Lombardi, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, L. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, G. Manuzio, S. Marcocci, J. Maricic, J. Martyn, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, M. Misiaszek, L. Papp, O. Penek, L. Pietrofaccia, N. Pilipenko, A. Pocar, A. Porcelli, G. Raikov, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, M. Redchuk, A. Romani, N. Rossi, S. Rottenanger, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, L.F.F. Stokes, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, M. Toropova, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, S. Weinz, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, Z. Yokley, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel

Subject: Physical Sciences, Particle And Field Physics Keywords: solar neutrinos; neutrino oscillation; Borexino

Online: 19 October 2018 (11:49:06 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.0803.v1

The Trend of Solar Energy Utilization and Its Offshore Assessment in Nigeria

Wasiu Olalekan Idris, Mohd Zamri Ibrahim, Aliashim Alibani

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar PV system; renewable energy system; solar radiation; net present value; cost of electricity

Online: 12 July 2023 (11:44:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0397.v1

Effect Of The Aerosol Vertical Distribution On The Modelling Of Solar Radiation

Ilias Fountoulakis, Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou, Emmanouil Proestakis, Vassilis Amiridis, Charalampos Kontoes, Stelios Kazadzis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: aerosol profile; aerosol extinction coefficient; aerosol radiative effects; spectral solar radiation; solar radiation profile

Online: 26 January 2022 (12:52:00 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0162.v2

Efficiency of Selective Solar Absorber in High Vacuum Flat Solar Thermal Panels: The Role of Emissivity

Davide De Maio, Carmine D'Alessandro, Antonio Caldarelli, Marilena Musto, Daniela De Luca, Emiliano Di Gennaro, Roberto Russo

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: thermal emittance; conversion efficiency; selective solar absorber; thermal energy; evacuated flat panel; solar energy

Online: 20 October 2020 (12:18:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0318.v2

Techno-Economic Feasibility of Hybrid Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage Power System for a Soshanguve Mobile Cellular Base Station in South Africa

Banjo Ayoade Aderemi, SP Daniel Chowdhury, Thomas O. Olwal, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: Solar PV, Green Energy, Hybrid Power Source, Mobile Cellular Base Station, OPEX, Solar Irradiance

Online: 25 July 2018 (14:30:45 CEST)

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Over the years, sustainability, impact on the environment, as well as the operation expenditure have been a major concern to the deployment of mobile cellular base stations worldwide. This is because the mobile cellular base stations are known to consume a high percentage of power within the mobile cellular network. Such energy consumption contributes to the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) through the use of conventional diesel generating a set. As a result, the mobile cellular operators are faced with the dilemma of minimising the power consumption, GHG emission, and the operation cost, while improving the Quality of Service of the networks. In attempting to find a solution, this study presents the feasibility and simulation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) with battery hybrid power system (HPS) as a predominant source of power for a specific mobile cellular base station site situated in Soshanguve area of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It also presents the technical development, showed the environmental advantage and cost benefits of using a solar PV-battery HPS to power a base station site of a 24 hrs daily load of 241.10 kWh/d and the peak load of 20.31 kW as compared to using the HPS of solar PV-diesel generating set-battery. The solar resource pattern for the city of Pretoria was collected from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and modelled statistically. Thus, the statistical modelling done using solar radiation resource exposure characteristic patterns of Pretoria, South Africa, revealed an average annual daily solar radiation of 5.4645 Wh/m2/d and 0.605 clearness index. The simulation and the design were done using the Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables and Matlab/Simulink software. The simulation finding shows that the HPS of solar PV-battery combination has about 59.62 % saving on Net Present Cost, Levelized Cost of Energy, and 80.87% saving on Operating cost as against conventional BS powered with Gen Set-Battery.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0364.v1

Vortex Induced Vibration Response of the Cylinder Inspired by Terebridae with Different Helical Angle

Qi Dong Yu, Zhaoyong Mao, Wen Long Tian, Wei Wang

Subject: Engineering, Marine Engineering Keywords: Vortex-induced vibration; Terebridae; Suppression; Helical angle

Online: 5 January 2024 (02:05:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0468.v1

Hydrophobin Thfb6 from Trichoderma harzianum Induces Systemic Resistance in Tobacco Against Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Jingjing Li, Pei Huang, Qiulin Cao, Jie Mei, Ying Tian, Xiliang Jiang, Mei Li

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Plant Sciences Keywords: hydrophobin; elicitor; Trichoderma; induced systemic resistance; tobacco

Online: 9 October 2023 (07:04:00 CEST)

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Trichoderma spp. are widely used in plant disease control as biocontrol agents. Inducing plant disease resistance is an important biocontrol mechanism of Trichoderma. It is of great significance to explore the factors involved in the surface recognition and interaction of Trichoderma with plants. Hydrophobin is a small molecular protein rich in cysteine in higher filamentous fungi and has been found to participate in the morphogenesis and interaction of fungi with other organisms. In this study, the type II hydrophobic protein-coding gene Thfb6 from T. harzianum TH33 was cloned and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The purified recombinant protein Thfb6 induced a hypersensitive response in tobacco leaves, a burst of reactive oxygen species, and an accumulation of callose, phenolic substances, and lignin in tobacco, indicating that Thfb6 can induce an early defense reaction in tobacco. Thfb6 also enhanced the systemic resistance of tobacco against tobacco mosaic virus. The rate of lesion number reduction by treatment with Thfb6 could be up to 36.02%. Thfb6 increased the activity of tobacco defense-related enzymes, including phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), polyphenol oxidase, and peroxidase, which were all more than three times the control after 3–5 days post treatment of Thfb6. The transcription of resistance-related genes, including the PAL gene, non-expresser of pathogenesis-related gene1 (NPR1), and basic pathogenesis-related gene 1 (PR1-b), were upregulated after Thfb6 treatment. The relative expression levels of the PAL and NPR1 genes were highest on the third and fourth days after Thfb6 treatment, at 5.5 times and 8.3 times that of the control, respectively. The relative expression level of PR1 on the sixth day after Thfb6 treatment was 5.3 times that of the control. These results indicate that the improvement of defense-related enzyme activity and the induced expression of disease-resistance-related genes were the main mechanisms by which Thfb6 induced systemic resistance in tobacco.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.2002.v1

The Imperative Use of Bacillus Consortium and Quercetin Contributes to Suppress Fusarium Wilt Disease by Direct Antagonism and Induced Resistance

Ali Hassan, Waheed Akram, Humaira Rizwana, Zill-e-Huma Aftab, Sana Hanif, Tehmina Anjum, Mona. S. Alwahibi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: fusarium wilt; bacillus; quercetin; antagonism; induced resistance

Online: 28 September 2023 (11:48:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.2103.v1

Indicative of Land Use/Land Cover Change influenced Ecosystem Service Value Changes in Wayu-Tuka District, Western Ethiopia

Jembere Bekere Kenea, Feyera Senbeta Wakjira, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: ESV; estimated; change; induced; loss; western Ethiopia

Online: 29 June 2023 (11:32:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.1936.v1

Switchable and Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Based on Vanadium Dioxide and Photosensitive Silicon

Xin Zhang, Guan Wang, Jia Liu, Shiyi Zuo, Meichen Li, Shuang Yang, Yang Jia, Yachen Gao

Subject: Physical Sciences, Optics And Photonics Keywords: Switchable; Tunable; THz; Electromagnetically induced transparency; Absorber

Online: 27 June 2023 (15:44:15 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0081.v1

Small Signals Lead to Big Changes: The Potential of Peptide-Induced Resistance in Plants

Julia Pastor-Fernández, Paloma Sánchez-Bel, Victor Flors, Miguel Cerezo, Victoria Pastor

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: Phytocytokines; Induced resistance; Priming; Plant Immunity; Peptides

Online: 4 January 2023 (12:07:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0293.v1

Different Processing of Time-domain-induced Polarisation: Application for Investigating the Marine Intrusion in the SE Iberian Peninsula

Jesús Díaz-Curiel, Bárbara Biosca, Lucía Arévalo-Lomas, María Jesús Miguel

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: marine intrusion; induced polarisation; polarizability; decay time

Online: 16 November 2022 (02:34:59 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0214.v1

The Ultrasound Action on the Laser– Induced Breakdown and Spectral Elemental Analyzes of Seawater

Alexey V. Bulanov, Vladimir A. Krikun, Ivan G. Nagorny

Subject: Physical Sciences, Applied Physics Keywords: laser–induced breakdown; ultrasound; spectroscopy; sea water

Online: 11 November 2022 (03:51:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0290.v1

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Investigation of Wind Turbine Nacelle Separation Accident over Complex Terrain in Japan

Uchida Takanori

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Complex terrain; Terrain-induced turbulence; CFD; LES

Online: 22 May 2018 (06:10:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202310.1520.v1

Formulation of an Efficiency Model Valid for High Vacuum Flat Plate Collectors

Eliana Gaudino, Antonio Caldarelli, Roberto Russo, Marilena Musto

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar energy; High Vacuum Flat Plate Collectors; HVFP; Thermal efficiency model; Solar collector performance evaluation

Online: 24 October 2023 (13:05:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0174.v1

Open-source Photovoltaic - Electrical Vehicle Carport Designs

Nicholas Vandewetering, Koami Soulemane Hayibo, Joshua M. Pearce

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: open-source; photovoltaic; mechanical design; electric vehicle; solar energy; solar carport; electric vehicle charging station

Online: 13 September 2022 (10:41:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0358.v1

Predicting Earthquake-Induced Landslides by Using a Stochastic Modelling Approach Which Combines Preparatory and Triggering Factors: A Case Study of the Coseismic Landslides Occurred on January and February 2001 in El Salvador, CA

Claudio Mercurio, Laura Paola Calderón-Cucunuba, Abel Alexei Argueta-Platero, Grazia Azzara, Chiara Cappadonia, Chiara Martinello, Edoardo Rotigliano, Christian Conoscenti

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: Landslide susceptibility; Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS); GIS; earthquake; earthquake-induced landslides; rainfall-induced landslides; El Salvador; Central America

Online: 19 January 2023 (11:54:14 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.1346.v1

A Study on the Recovery of Valuable Metals from Solar Cells Using Acid Leaching and Substitution Reactions

Kim Hyun Jong, Erdenebold Urtnasan, Jei-Pil Wang

Subject: Engineering, Metallurgy And Metallurgical Engineering Keywords: solar cell; recovery; silicon; silver; leaching

Online: 21 November 2023 (14:24:23 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0730.v1

Synergistic Zinc(II) and Formate Doping of alpha-FAPbI₃ Perovskite: Thermal Stabilization and Enhanced Photoluminescence Lifetime

Merk M. Hoeksma, René M. Williams

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Materials Science And Technology Keywords: solar cells; formamidinium; lead; iodide; alloys

Online: 13 November 2023 (10:03:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1858.v2

Thermospheric Density Response to the Solar Activity and QBO

Bo Li, Ruifei Cui, Libin Weng, Jianfang Fei

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: thermospheric density; GAMDM; QBO; solar activity

Online: 31 July 2023 (11:23:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0055.v1

A Feasibility Analysis of a Solar Power Plant with Direct Steam Generation System in Sonora, Mexico

Ernesto Enciso Contreras, Juan Gabriel Barbosa-Saldaña, Jesus de la Cruz Alejo, Claudia Del C. Gutiérrez-Torres, Jose Alfredo Jimenez Bernal, Maria Belem Arce Vazquez

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: PTC; DSG; solar energy; power plant

Online: 3 March 2023 (03:44:17 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0508.v2

How Fast Is the Distance between Earth and the Sun Changing in the Solar System?

Jim Henry, Mesut Yurukcu, George Nnanna

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: Solar System; Earth; Sun; Expansion; Universe

Online: 12 October 2021 (14:27:15 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Mechanics of the Gyroscopic Precession and Calculation of the Galactic Mass

Jian Sun, Ting Xu, Zheng Jiao, Hui Wang

Subject: Physical Sciences, Acoustics Keywords: gyroscopic precession; solar system; galactic mass

Online: 25 May 2021 (11:16:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0138.v1

Effects of Aerosols and Clouds on the Levels of Surface Solar Radiation and Solar Energy in Cyprus

Ilias Fountoulakis, Panagiotis Kosmopoulos, Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou, Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Antonis Gkikas, Jonas Witthuhn, Sebastian Bley, Anna Moustaka, Johannes Buehl, Patric Seifert, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Charalampos Kontoes, and Stelios Kazadzis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: solar energy; dust; aerosol; clouds; Cyprus

Online: 7 May 2021 (10:36:00 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0260.v1

Current Status, Scenario, and Prospective of Renewable Energy in Algeria: A Review

Younes Zahraoui, M. Reyasudin Basir Khan, Ibrahim Al Hamrouni, Saad Mekhilef, Mahrous Ahmed

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: Algeria; Africa; Renewable Energy; Solar; PENREE

Online: 9 March 2021 (10:50:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0407.v1

Re-desiging and Fabrication of the Contact Area of a Solar Milk Pasteurizer

Enebe Vincent, Moveh Samuel

Subject: Engineering, Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering Keywords: re-designing; fabrication; solar; milk; pasteurizer

Online: 31 December 2019 (10:22:43 CET)

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Preprint DATA DESCRIPTOR | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0120.v2

SolarView: Georgia Solar Adoption in Context

Jacqueline Hettel Tidwell, Abraham Tidwell, Steffan Nelson, Marcus Hill

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: solar; technology adoption; demographics; mixed methods

Online: 30 November 2018 (15:47:46 CET)

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Hypothesis and Feasible Mechanism for Appearance of Post-Post-Fe Nuclei in Solar System

Elizabeth Pavlova-Tito, Vadim I. Pavlov

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: Hypothesis, Fission, Heavy Post-Post-Fe Elements, Solar System

Online: 23 July 2019 (11:17:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0095.v1

Solar System-Like Systems with Special Reference to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Weak Gravitational Field

Peter Gara

Subject: Physical Sciences, Quantum Science And Technology Keywords: Solar system-like systems; Relativistic Quantum Mechanics; Weak Gravity; Proper Time Scale of the Solar System

Online: 4 November 2022 (13:42:21 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1317.v1

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapies and Acute Liver Injury

Roberto Catanzaro, Francesco Marotta, Azam Yazdani, Morena Sciuto

Subject: Gastroenterology And Hepatology, Medicine And Pharmacology Keywords: Drug-induced liver injury; cholestasis; hepatotoxicity; liver failure.

Online: 19 April 2024 (08:05:31 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.1008.v1

Comparison of Optogalvanic and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Laurentius Windholz

Subject: Physical Sciences, Atomic And Molecular Physics Keywords: Lanthanide spectroscopy; Optogalvanic detection; Laser-induced fluorescence detection

Online: 19 February 2024 (07:46:52 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0298.v1

Neutrophil Activation in Diabetes Mellitus (DM)? Role of PAD4 Expression in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rat

Hsu Lin Kang, Krisztina Kupai, Zsuzsanna Valkusz, Andras Szasz, Tamás Várkonyi, Ákos Csonka, Anikó Pósa, Danica Matusovits

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: neutrophil; PAD4; streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rat; citrullination

Online: 5 February 2024 (15:12:44 CET)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.2083.v1

Ankyloglossia in children, a cause of obstructive sleep apnoea: Case report Paediatric Ankyloglossia and sleep apnoea. Dise resolves the mystery.

Johanna-Ximenez Valderrama-Penagos, Laura Rodriguez-Alcala, Guillermo Plaza, Peter Baptista, María Teresa Garcia-Iriarte, Eduardo J. Correa, Carlos O'Connor-Reina

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Other Keywords: Ankyloglossia,Drug induced sleep endoscopy, frenulectomy, sleep apnoea

Online: 27 December 2023 (10:14:31 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.1361.v1

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Drug Discovery and Neurodegenerative Disease Modeling

Daniela Gois Beghini, Tais Hanae Kasai-Brunswick, Andrea Henriques-Pons

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Cell And Developmental Biology Keywords: induced pluripotent stem cells; disease modeling, neurodegenerative diseases

Online: 22 November 2023 (09:39:09 CET)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1048.v1

Idiopathic or Drug Induced Autoimmune HepatitisCan We Draw a Line?

Dorotea Božić, Ante Tonkić Jr., Katarina Vukojevic, Maja Radman

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Clinical Medicine Keywords: drug induced autoimmune hepatitis; AIH; DILI; acute hepatitis

Online: 15 September 2023 (10:56:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0592.v1

Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Potential of Pteropodine in Rodents

Rogelio Paniagua-Pérez, Laura Sánchez-Chapul, Eduardo Madrigal-Bujaidar, Isela Álvarez-González, Eduardo Madrigal-Santillán, Lidia Cruz-Hernández, Carlos Matínez-Canseco, Celia Reyes-Legorreta, Lidia Ruíz-Rosano, Cecilia Hernández-Flores, Rene Valdez-Mijares, Alejandra Quintana-Armenta

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Toxicology Keywords: anti-inflammatory assays; murine model; rodent-induced edema

Online: 8 June 2023 (07:34:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0291.v1

Micronutrients Affect Expression of Induced Resistance Genes in Hydroponically Grown Watermelon Inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita

Kasmita Karki, Vishal Singh Negi, Tim Coolong, Aparna Petkar, Mihir Mandal, Chandrasekar Kousik, Ron Gitaitis, Abolfazl Hajihassani, Bhabesh Dutta

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: Induced resistance; Watermelon; Fusarium; Root-knot nematode; Micronutrients

Online: 16 August 2022 (11:59:40 CEST)

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The soil-borne pathogens, particularly Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (FON) and southern root-knot nematode (RKN, Meloidogyne incognita) are the major threat to watermelon production in the south-eastern United States. The role of soil micronutrients on induced resistance (IR) to plant diseases is well-documented in soil-based mediums. However, soil-based mediums limit the determination of the role(s) of individual micronutrients in IR. In this manuscript, we utilized hydroponics to assess the effect of controlled application of micronutrient, including iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) on the expression of some IR genes (PR1, PR5, and NPR1 from salicylic acid (SA) pathway, and VSP, PDF, and LOX genes from jasmonic acid (JA) pathway) in watermelon seedlings upon inoculation with either FON or RKN or both. Plants were treated with higher (3X) or lower (0.5X) concentrations of micronutrients in Steiner solution (X= standard dose of micronutrient) for 7 days in a hydroponics system under greenhouse conditions. A subset of micronutrient-treated plants was inoculated (on the 8th day of micronutrient application) with FON and RKN (single and mixed). The expression of the IR genes in treated and control samples were evaluated using qRT-PCR. Although, significant phenotypic differences were not observed with respect to the severity of wilt symptoms or RKN galling with any of the micro-nutrient treatments within the 30 day-experimental-period, differences in the induction of IR genes were observed. However, the level of gene expression varied with sampling period, type and concentration of micro-nutrients ap-plied, and pathogen-inoculation. In the absence of pathogens, no significant changes were observed in the expression level of IR genes on 7th day of micronutrient treatment. However, pathogen inoculation affected the expression levels of the IR genes at 3-day post-inoculation. In FON inoculated plants, PDF was upregulated in high Fe treatment, whereas in RKN inoculated plants, low Mn treatment resulted in up-regulation of VSP. In the case of mixed inoculation with FON and RKN, the plants with low Zn treatment resulted in the upregulation of PR1. These observations suggest that the type and concentration of micronutrients in watermelon may potentially induce systemic resistance against FON and RKN through SA and JA pathways.

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Role of MiRNAs and It’s Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Breast Cancer

Debarshi Roy, Ramesh Bandla, Praveen Boddana, Rajesh Medisetty, Raghu Gogada

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: microRNA; SNP’s; breast cancer; RNA induced silencing complex

Online: 25 October 2021 (12:50:03 CEST)

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Heat-Induced Discoloration of Chromophore Structures in Eucalyptus Lignin

Peng Zhang, Yanxia Wei, Yang Liu, Yao Chen, Jianmin Gao, Yongming Fan

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Biomaterials Keywords: heat-induced; wood discoloration; Eucalyptus; lignin; chromophore system.

Online: 16 July 2018 (12:45:03 CEST)

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Numerical Reproducibility of Terrain-induced Turbulence in Complex Terrain by Large-eddy Simulation (LES) Technique

Takanori UCHIDA

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: complex terrain; terrain-induced turbulence, LES, spectral analysis

Online: 4 July 2018 (15:49:06 CEST)

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Wind Turbine Control Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Its Economic Effects

Takanori Uchida

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: complex terrain; CFD; terrain-induced turbulence; economic effects

Online: 25 May 2018 (11:02:46 CEST)

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Basin Resonance and Seismic Hazard for Jakarta, Indonesia

Athanasius Cipta, Phil Cummins, Masyhur Irsyam, Sri Hidayati

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: seismic hazard; openquake; GMPE; basin-induced amplification; SPECFEM2D

Online: 4 January 2018 (10:04:35 CET)

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Formation of Deformation-Induced Products in a Metastable β-titanium Alloy during High Temperature Compression

Alireza Samiee, Gilberto Casillas, Mansur Ahmed, Dmytro G. Savvakin, Ryan Naseri, Elena Pereloma

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Metals, Alloys And Metallurgy Keywords: metastable Ti alloy; high temperature deformation; stress-induced ω; stress-induced α˝ martensite; transmission electron microscopy; slip; X-ray diffraction.

Online: 22 January 2018 (17:17:03 CET)

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Assessing the Wind Power Potential in Naama, Algeria to Complement Solar Energy through Integrated Modeling of the Wind Resource and Turbine Wind Performance

Sekkal Mohammed Chakib, Ziani Zakarya, Mahdad Moustafa Yassine, Baghli Mohammed Haris, Bessenouci Mohammed Zakaria

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Wind power; solar photovoltaics; hybrid systems; complementary generation; correlated resources; wind speed analysis; turbine simulation; evening wind patterns; solar irradiance; renewable energy integration; wind-solar system; Algeria

Online: 18 September 2023 (13:34:26 CEST)

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A Review of State-of-the-art and Short-Term Forecasting Models for Solar PV Power Generation

Wen-Chang Tsai, Chia-Sheng Tu, Chih-Ming Hong, Whei-Min Lin

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Predictive models; Weather research and forecasting (WRF); Solar irradiance forecasting; Solar PV power forecasting; Renewable energy sources.

Online: 23 May 2023 (02:32:03 CEST)

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Effects of Natural Weathering on the Performance of High Solar Reflective Index Paint Surfaces Exposed in Harsh Climatic Conditions of United Arab Emirates

Tirumala Uday Kumar Nutakki, Waqar Ullah Kazim

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: Cool materials; cool coatings; solar reflective index; solar reflectance; thermal emittance; natural weathering; green buildings; reflective paints

Online: 7 June 2021 (11:13:00 CEST)

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Plasma Spectroscopy of Various Types of Gypsum: An ideal Terrestrial Analogue

Abhishek K. Rai, Jayanta K. Pati, Christian G. Parigger, Awadhesh K. Rai

Subject: Physical Sciences, Atomic And Molecular Physics Keywords: laser-induced plasma; atomic spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; 29 atomic spectroscopy; principal component analysis; partial least-square regression; gypsum; Mars

Online: 2 July 2019 (08:03:52 CEST)

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