The Fukushima disaster of 2011 has changed the perspective on renewable energies, not least in Japan. Although the production of renewable energies has since then continuously increased in that country, too, Fukushima seems to have had a greater impact on other countries such as Germany, for example. Given the insight that emerging fields often for...
Increased levels of 7-ketocholesterol (7KC), which results mainly from cholesterol auto-oxidation, are often found in the plasma and/or cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and might contribute to activation of microglial cells involved in neurodegeneration. As major cellular dysfunctions are induced by 7KC, it is importa...
In recent years Deep Learning based methods gained a growing recognition in many applications and became the state-of-the-art approach in various fields of Machine Learning, such as Object Recognition, Scene Understanding, Natural Language processing and others. Nevertheless, most of the applications of Deep Learning use static datasets which do no...
A variety of iodine-based one-dimensional (1-D) nanocrystals were introduced into double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) using the molten phase method, as an intermediate step for ultimately obtaining encapsulated metal nanowires. Based on high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) observations using different imaging modes (bright fie...
There are numerous benefits associated with regular participation in sport or exercise. South African women have the highest overweight and obesity rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Black females constitute the highest percentage of South Africa’s student population. University students exercise unhealthy lifestyle choices, including lack of physical act...
Today’s increasing connectivity creates cyber risks at personal, organizational up to societal level. Societal cyber risks require mitigation by all kinds of actors where government should take the lead due to its responsibility to protect its citizens. Since no formal global governance exists, the governmental responsibility should start at the na...
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O artigo se propõe a diferenciar as práticas dos “coletivos fotográficos contemporâneos” – que surgem com maior intensidade no início do século XXI – em relação a outras experiências que agruparam fotógrafos ao longo da história, em especial os fotoclubes, as agências e o projeto de documentação Farm Security Administration. Observa também a atuaçã...
We present the analysis of six massive binaries observed with the SOPHIE spectrograph mounted on the T-193 telescope of the Observatoire de Haute Provence. The spectra are collected over the orbital period of the systems and are separated with a disentangling method. The resulting spectra are analyzed by means of atmosphere models. The stellar para...
As the quest for performance confronts resource constraints, major breakthroughs in computing efficiency are expected to benefit from unconventional approaches and new models of computation such as brain-inspired computing. Beyond energy, the growing number of defects in physical substrates is becoming another major constraint that affects the desi...
