In this paper, we present a simulation of chemical vapor deposition with metallic bipolar plates. In chemical vapor deposition, a delicate optimization between temperature, pressure and plasma power is important to obtain homogeneous deposition. The aim is to reduce the number of real-life experiments in a given CVD plasma reactor. Based on the large physical parameter space, there are a hugh n...

Publications are increasingly (often wrongly) being used as research outputs. Furthermore, ‘impacts’ of such publications are often (wrongly as well) measured using ‘citations’. Popular metric, like the ‘Hirsch index’, or ‘h-index’ is used as yardstick for judging the quality of individual researchers. However, there are many controversies around it, whether it is a good yardstick, which could ...

The standard judgment (which I share) is that (1a) asserts rather than presupposes that France has a king. In contrast, (1b) presupposes that France has a king. Assuming that the and in (1) is the simple bivalent logical connective, the key difference appears to be the linear order of the conjuncts: in (1b), the information that France has a king arrives too late to help satisfy the presupposit...

Land surface albedo is a key parameter representing the outgoing solar flux fractions reflected by earth surface . It is widely used as an input parameter for numerical radiation budget models, the hydrological cycle and climate modeling studies. Urban’s high albedo changes the original land surface radiation balance, high thermal diffusivity insulates the ground, and thus it represents a dry, ...

We apply AnalyticLC, an analytic model described in accompanying paper, to interpret Kepler data of systems that contain two or three transiting planets. perform tests verify the obtained solutions agree with full N-body integrations, and number parameters is statistically justified. probe non-coplanar interactions via impact parameter variations (TbVs), enabled by our model. The subset a valid...

BackgroundDespite preliminary evidence demonstrating the relevance of trunk muscle strength for physical function in older adults, it is not clear which muscle-related parameter best predictor functions. Therefore, study aimed to compare morphology or parameters regarding their predictive ability functions.MethodsSeventy-four adults (38 men, 36 women, mean age 76.85 years) were tested maximum a...

This paper develops an adaptive partial differential equation (PDE) observer for battery state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) estimation. Real-time state and parameter information enables operation near physical limits without compromising durability, thereby unlocking the full potential of battery energy storage. SOC/SOH estimation is technically challenging because battery dynamics...