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Evaluating Existing Market for Deep Energy Renovation in Sweden and Denmark

Buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU. Sweden andDenmark are cold climatic countries with strong demand for space heating and hot water in the residential sector. Large section of the detached houses in these countries are built more than 30 years ago and need refurbishment. Despite of huge energy saving potentials with deep renovation of these

CIRLEM : a synergic integration of Collective Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning in Energy Management for enhanced climate resilience and lightweight computation

A novel energy management (EM) approach is introduced, integrating core elements of collective intelligence (CI) and reinforcement learning (RL) and called CIRLEM. It operates by distributing a flexibility signal from the energy supplier to agents within the grid, prompting their responsive actions. The flexibility signal reflects upon the collective behaviour of the agents in the grid and agents

Structural formation during bread baking in a combined microwave-convective oven determined by sub-second in-situ synchrotron X-ray microtomography

A new concept has been developed for characterizing the real-time evolution of the three-dimensional pore and lamella microstructure of bread during baking using synchrotron X-ray microtomography (SRµCT). A commercial, combined microwave-convective oven was modified and installed at the TOMCAT synchrotron tomography beamline at the Swiss Light Source (SLS), to capture the 3D dough-to-bread structu

Adsorption and transformation of organic micropollutants in wastewater : New insights from 14C-labeling

This thesis focuses on the removal of organic micropollutants and transformation products using ozone and activated carbon treatment processes. A combination of 14C-labeled and non-radiolabeled organic micropollutants was used to study aspects of micropollutant removal from novel perspectives. 14C-labeled ozone transformation products (OTPs) were generated by ozonation of 14C-labeled micropollutan

Nationalisation of the Sacred : Orthodox historiography, memory, and politics in Montenegro

The Eastern Orthodox Churches in post-communist Eastern Europe are embroiled in long-running conflicts over ownership of territory, saints, sites, nations, and history. These often violent conflicts reflect political and national rivalries, most explicitly in former Yugoslavia and Ukraine. They are often understood as simplified ethnic-national tensions with religious overtones, but, as this book

Stem Volume Allometric Equation of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex benth : Applicability of Digital Photography with Image Analysis as a Non-Destructive Approach

Accurate estimate of stem volume is crucial to forest management. In this study, we developed allometric equations of stem volume of Acacia auriculiformis after destructive harvesting of 48 individual trees. We also took digital photographs of each sample tree just before destructive harvesting from the felling operations of Bangladesh Forest Department in short rotation (10-15 years) plantations.

Germline pathogenic variants in patients with high-grade gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

High-grade gastroenteropancreatic (HG-GEP) neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are highly aggressive cancers. The molecular etiology of these tumors remains unclear, and the prevalence of pathogenic germline variants in patients with HG-GEP NENs is unknown. We assessed sequencing data of 360 cancer genes in normal tissue from 240 patients with HG-GEP NENs; 198 patients with neuroendocrine carcinomas (

Fiber-coupled phosphor thermometry for wall temperature measurements in a full-scale hydrogen gas turbine combustor

Online wall temperatures were measured with fiber-coupled phosphor thermometry in a full-scale gas turbine combustor. The combustor was operated with natural gas and up to 100 vol% hydrogen at engine-relevant conditions. Two phosphors were tested for this application, namely YAG:Dy and YAG:Tm;Li. Although YAG:Tm;Li seemed to be the most promising phosphor for this application, it turned out to be

Aerosolized particulate matter from fragmentation of carbon nanotube-enhanced concrete

Construction and demolition workers are exposed to high levels of particulate matter (PM) from building materials throughout their working life. Although nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs) may improve the performance and functionality of buildings, concerns are being raised regarding health risks from occupational exposure to PM from NEBMs. In this work, an experimental set-up for integrated

Low Al-content n-type AlxGa1−xN layers with a high-electron-mobility grown by hot-wall metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

In this work, we demonstrate the capability of the hot-wall metalorganic chemical vapor deposition to deliver high-quality n-AlxGa1−xN (x = 0 – 0.12, [Si] = 1×1017 cm−3) epitaxial layers on 4H-SiC(0001). All layers are crack-free, with a very small root mean square roughness (0.13 – 0.25 nm), homogeneous distribution of Al over film thickness and a very low unintentional incorporation of oxygen at

SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Development of Islet Autoimmunity in Early Childhood

IMPORTANCE: The incidence of diabetes in childhood has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elucidating whether SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with islet autoimmunity, which precedes type 1 diabetes onset, is relevant to disease etiology and future childhood diabetes trends.OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a temporal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the development of i

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī: On Phlebotomy : Edition, translation and commentary

The objective of this study is to present a text-critical edition of the medieval treatise Maqāla fī l-Faṣd, ‘On Phlebotomy’, attributed to Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī (865-925), a prominent physician and scholar known especially for his expertise in medicine. His contributions as a distinguished medical author and devoted clinician earned him recognition in both Arabic and Latin medi

Nutrient limitation masks the dissolved organic matter composition effects on bacterial metabolism in unproductive freshwaters

Aquatic microbial responses to changes in the amount and composition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are of fundamental ecological and biogeochemical importance. Parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis of excitation–emission fluorescence spectra is a common tool to characterize DOC, yet its ability to predict bacterial production (BP), bacterial respiration (BR), and bacterial growth efficiency (BGE)

Pulmonary toxicity and translocation of gallium phosphide nanowires to secondary organs following pulmonary exposure in mice

Background: III-V semiconductor nanowires are envisioned as being integrated in optoelectronic devices in the near future. However, the perspective of mass production of these nanowires raises concern for human safety due to their asbestos- and carbon nanotube-like properties, including their high aspect ratio shape. Indeed, III-V nanowires have similar dimensions as Mitsui-7 multi-walled carbon n