Observation of early events in the photoactivation of Myxobacterial phytochrome using time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography by Tek Narsingh Malla, Luis Aldama, Viridiana Leon, Denisse Feliz, Hao Hu, Isaiah Thomas, Andrea Cellini, Weixiao Y. Wahlgren, Amke Nimmrich, Sabine Botha, Ray Sierra, Mark S. Hunter, Frédéric Poitevin, Stella Lisova, Alexander Batyuk, Gregory Gate, Rebecca Jernigan, Christopher J. Kupitz, Piotr Maj, Petra Meszaros, Moona Kurttila, Leonardo Monrroy, Fangjia Luo, Shigeki Owada, Jungmin Kang, Chavdar Slavov, Michal Maj, Candice Gautier, Maithri Kashipathy, Alexandra Tolstikova, Valerio Mariani, Anton Barty, Frank Moss, Peter Schwander, Haiguang Liu, Sébastien Boutet, Petra Fromme, Heikki Takala, Janne A. Ihalainen, Uwe Weierstall, Sebastian Westenhoff, Emina A. Stojković, Marius Schmidt

Get full text

District-energy Planning Method based on Energy Bus System in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Areas by Meng Hua, Wang Hai, Long Weiding

“…Because of the simultaneously decoupled thermal features of the presented EBS configuration, both energy sources and users are capable of adjusting their thermal devices flexibly according to their own local loads. …”
Get full text

Computational simulation of a test facility in reduced scale for analysis of boron dispersion in a pressurizer of an integral compact and modular reactor by Leorlen Y. Rojas Mazaira, Carlos R. Garcia, Carlos Alberto Brayner Oliveira Lira, Dany S. Dominguez, Abel Gámez, Daniel González, Jesús A. Rosales, Fernando R.A. Lima, Jair L. Bezerra, Mário A.B. Silva

“…Two CFD codes were used, the commercial ANSYS CFX and the open source CFD code OpenFOAM. The use of open source software such as OpenFOAM offers a way to CFD gain acceptance in the licensing. …”
Get full text

Investigating the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells in Wastewater Treatment Containing Azo Dyes Using Meta-Analysis by Sina Parsayan, Shabnam Sadri Moghaddam

“…Colored wastewater containing azo dyes is an important source of pollution and discharging it without treatment leads to severe problems. …”
Get full text

Horizontal Heat Flux Spread in an Inner Corner of Buildings by Daniela Šejnová Pitelková, Petr Hejtmánek, Vladimír Mózer

“…The analytical model is based on the Stefan–Boltzmann law and the calculated configuration factor as per Eurocode 1. The numerical model combines radiative and convective components of the heat flux because convection is non-negligible near the heat source. …”
Get full text

Direct forcing immersed boundary method for electro-thermo-buoyant flows in enclosures by Mukesh Kumar, Yohay Mayan, Yuri Feldman

“…This study investigates electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) and electro-thermo-hydrodynamic (ETHD) phenomena in dielectric liquids, and focusses on charge injection as a source of unipolar charges. The studied configuration consists of a hot spherical electrode placed in the center of a cold cubic enclosure, and is numerically simulated using the direct forcing immersed boundary (IB) method. …”
Get full text

Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Performance of an Offshore Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Device by Peng Tang, Xinyi Lin, Wei Wang, Hongsheng Zhang

“…Wave energy, as a renewable energy source, plays a significant role in sustainable energy development. …”
Get full text

Characterization of a multilevel micro/nano-plastics Infrared Spectroscopy using optical chopper modulation and induced anti-stokes shift techniques by Samuel Nlend, Sune Von Solms, Johann Meyer

“…For such a multilevel spectroscopy, we propose an optical chopper configuration that produces multilevel modulation of laser source, and an induced anti-Stokes shift technique that adds energy in a sample assumed to contain microplastics, their degraded form, and their possible retention. …”
Get full text

Mapping the Pupil-Glint Vector to Gaze Coordinates in a Simple Video-Based Eye Tracker by Pieter Blignaut

“…Using a simple hardware configuration with one camera and one infrared source, several mapping functions – some from literature and some derived here – were compared with one another with respect to the accuracy that could be achieved. …”
Get full text

Assimilation of Aircraft Observations in High-Resolution Mesoscale Modeling by Brian P. Reen, Robert E. Dumais

“…Aircraft-based observations are a promising source of above-surface observations for assimilation into mesoscale model simulations. …”
Get full text

Startup Control for MMC-HVDC System by WANG Weian, GUI Weihua, TU Qingrui, XU Zheng

“…Based on the topology structure of MMC-HVDC, the methods to charge submodule′ s capacitor of MMC connected source or passive network were studied, and the configuration scheme of limited resistors were designed, thus, startup control strategies for MMC-HVDC system connected two-source or passive network were put forward separately. …”
Get full text

State-multiplexing approach for optimized expansion of entanglement-based quantum networks by Anahita Khodadad Kashi, Michael Kues

“…Abstract An optimized quantum network design is demonstrated by realizing a state-multiplexing quantum light source via a dual-excitation configuration technique. …”
Get full text

Wavefront Sensing Based on Partially Occluded and Extended Scene Target by Yang Lv, Haotong Ma, Quan Sun, Pengfei Ma, Yu Ning, Xiaojun Xu

“…In order to overcome the shortcomings of traditional wavefront achieving techniques, which cannot capture the wavefront in the case that an obstacle presents in front of the reference source, we propose and demonstrate a new wavefront measuring method by exploiting a plenoptic configuration. …”
Get full text

Effects of Iron Concentration Level in Extracting Solutions from Contaminated Soils on the Determination of Zinc by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Two Background Correct... by Christophe Waterlot, Aurélie Pelfrêne, Francis Douay

“…Regarding the preliminary results obtained with synthetic solutions, the D2 method often emerged as an unsuitable configuration for compensating iron spectral interferences. …”
Get full text

Integrated Routing and Switching Technology for LEO Satellites by ZHANG Shiceng, ZHANG Dong, AN Shaoyi, SUN Yanhong, WANG Limin

“…Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are capable of delivering more precise and efficient multi-source data fusion information services. This paper delves deep into the impact exerted by the on-orbit characteristics of low-orbit satellites on the constellation network. …”
Get full text

Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Renewable Energy Integration Design: For an Institutional Energy System Network by Dharani Rajavelu, Balasubramonian Madasamy

“…To achieve the sustainable energy solution, the hybrid power source configurations available in the locations are analyzed to ensure reliability using the HOMER software tool. …”
Get full text

A DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SURFACE RESISTANCE OF TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES BY THE FOUR-PROBE METHOD by T.O. Zinchenko, E.A. Pecherskaya, D.V. Yakushov, G.V. Kozlov, V.S. Aleksandrov

“…The device was developed using platinum probes, adjustable micro-drives for probe positioning, a stabilized DC power source, and high-sensitivity amplifiers. The probe configuration uses a triangular arrangement, which can be adapted for various types of samples. …”

Optimizing Parameters for Hybrid Power Supply in Autonomous Solar Street Lighting Systems by Ihor Shchur, Ihor Bilyakovskyy, Mykhailo Khai

“…Apart from facilitating equipment maintenance, this configuration allows for a reduction in installed PVP power and battery capacity. …”
Get full text

Waste heat recovery of a combined internal combustion engine and inverse brayton cycle for hydrogen and freshwater outputs: 4E optimization and comparison by Mohammad Zoghi, Nasser Hosseinzadeh, Saleh Gharaie, Ali Zare

“…In this case, Configuration 2 leads to the highest efficiency, and while the UCOP of Configuration 2 is better than that of Configuration 1, the stand-alone engine has the best value of UCOP. …”
Get full text

Steep slope threshold switching field‐effect transistors based on 2D heterostructure by Jingyu Mao, Tengyu Jin, Xiangyu Hou, Siew Lang Teo, Ming Lin, Jingsheng Chen, Wei Chen

“…The common hBN dielectric layer functions as the switching medium for the TS device and the gate dielectric for the 2D FET enabling seamless integration of the hBN TS device and baseline 2D FET. TS FET in source configuration by connecting the TS device to the source terminal of the 2D FET offers an ultralow average subthreshold swing (SS) of 1.6 mV/dec over six decades of drain current at room temperature and suppressed leakage current. …”
Get full text