Solar cells are very fragile so they need a encapsulant and encasing for protection and well functioning. However, this makes the panel expensive. Utilizing locally available materials and following the new cost effective lamination process, some solar PV panels are fabricated. This process is used for developing some solar panels for examples 2 W, 5 W and 15 W. These panels are sufficient for ...

Recently, complex shaped aluminium panels have been adopted in many structures to make them lighter and stronger. The vibro-acoustic behaviour of these complex panels has been of interest for many years but conventional finite element and boundary element methods are not efficient to predict their performance at higher frequencies. Where the cross-sectional properties of the panels are constant...

Oriented strandboard (OSB) is generally manufactured as a three-layer mat structure for enhanced bending performance. Virtually all OSB is manufactured to achieve performance standards, however, different manufacturers have different process techniques that result in different performance. Comparisons of the performance of commercial OSB in the current market have not been exclusively conducted...

Recent research has shown that comprehension of visual narrative relies on the ordering and timing of sequential images. Here we tested if rapidly presented 6-image long visual sequences could be understood as coherent narratives. Half of the sequences were correctly ordered and half had two of the four internal panels switched. Participants reported whether the sequence was correctly ordered a...

CONTEXT - The number of targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels for genetic diseases offered by clinical laboratories is rapidly increasing. Before an NGS-based test is implemented in a clinical laboratory, appropriate validation studies are needed to determine the performance characteristics of the test. OBJECTIVE - To provide examples of assay design and validation of targeted NGS ...

The characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) panels in the field conditions are to be obtained using a fast varying load. The paper presents a simple electronic load for testing a set of PV panels using linear metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs). The proposed test set up gives the current versus voltage and power versus voltage characteristics of PV panels by quickly scanning the load. D...

The color reproduction characteristics of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels are different from those of CRT (cathode ray tube) displays. This paper describes how the authors measured and analyzed such characteristics of LCD panels to develop new methods for compensating the bluish cast found on conventional LCDs. The first one is a hardware-based technique that employs a LUT (look-up table) a...

This study evaluated physical and mechanical properties of experimental strandboard panels with random flake alignment manufactured from eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) logs. Panels were made at two density levels of 0.65 g/cm and 0.78 g/cm using phenol formaldehyde adhesive applied at a rate of 8%. Mechanical properties including modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture, and int...

The highly composite and anisotropic nature of masonry, which is a result of the variation in the properties of the masonry constituents, makes it very difficult to find an accurate material model to predict its behaviour satisfactorily. Current research by the authors has focused more closely on the behaviour of laterally loaded masonry wall panels using model updating techniques supported by ...

Comics have been shown to be able to tell a story by guiding the viewers gaze patterns through a sequence of images. However, not much research has been done on how comic techniques affect these patterns. We focused this study to investigate the effect that the structure of a comics panels have on the viewers reading patterns, specifically with the time spent reading the comic and the number of...