the present paper deals with the results of the foresight analysis concerning the development of energy technologies in upper silesia. twelve experts representing science, industry and independent authoritieswere involved in these investigations. upper silesia is a specific region in poland, characterized by coal energy technologies. as 9 result of steep and swot analyses several scenarios of e...

An extension to model-based electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) quantification is reported to improve the possibility of modelling fine structure changes in electron energy loss spectra. An equalisation function is used in the energy loss near edge structure (ELNES) region to model the differences between a single atom differential cross section and the cross section for an atom in a cryst...

Van der Waals clusters serve as prototypical systems for studying processes of energy transfer. The I2.Ar system has attracted particular interest due to the wide array of decay processes occurring in competition with one another. Here, we present systematic dissociative photodetachment (DPD) studies of the I2- and I2-.Ar anions in the region 4.24-4.78 eV. The resulting neutral fragments are de...

A density-of-states Monte Carlo method is proposed for simulations of solid-liquid phase equilibria. A modified Wang-Landau density-of-states sampling approach is used to perform a random walk in regions of potential energy and volume relevant to solid-liquid equilibrium. The method provides a direct estimate of the relative density of states [Omega(U,V)] and thus the relative free energy withi...

In this working note, we sketch out some current thoughts on the use of “views” in a knowledge-base. A view is an explicit representation of how a general concept can be applied to a domain-specific concept. By making views explicit, we can control which, and how, more general concepts can be used to represent a domain-specific concept. We also discuss the use of views to select alternative the...