a b s t r a c t Supercapacitors have been known for over fifty years and are considered as one of the potential energy storage systems. Research into supercapacitors is presently based primarily on their mode of energy storage, namely: (i) the redox electrochemical capacitors and (ii) the electrochemical double layer capacitor. The commonly investigated classes of materials are transition m…
An original and easy-to-implement method to take into account movement (motion) in the 2D harmonic balance finite element modelling of electrical machines is presented. The global harmonic balance system of algebraic equations is derived by applying the Galerkin approach to both the space and time discretisation. The harmonic basis functions, i.e. a cosine and a sine function for each nonze…
Risks for HIV infection remain unknown in male street laborers. This research investigates patterns of self-reported risk behaviors among these men in urban Vietnam. In a cross-sectional survey using a social mapping technique, 450 men, mostly low-skilled and unregistered migrant laborers across 13 districts in Hanoi were approached for interviews. The study revealed that male street laborers …
Abstract. Commercial TiO2 (P25, from Degussa) was modified with variable amounts of La, Ce, Y, Pr, Sm (generally rare earth (RE)), by thermal treatment of physical mixtures of TiO2 and the nitrates of the various RE. Doping of P25 with RE, combined with calcination at 600 or 800 ◦C, yields materials with surface areas ranging from ∼10 to 50 m2/g, and an anatase to rutile phase ratio ran…
Climate warming threatens to increase mass coral bleaching events, and several studies have projected the demise of tropical coral reefs this century. However, recent evidence indicates corals may be able to respond to thermal stress though adaptive processes (e.g., genetic adaptation, acclimatization, and symbiont shuffling). How these mechanisms might influence warming-induced bleaching remai…