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Work on PETS Developed at CIEMAT
CIEMAT has been working on the RF power extractor so-called PETS (Power
Extraction and Transfer Structure) for the CLIC Test Facility 3 (CTF3) since
2007. The first contribution has been installed at the Test Beam Line (TBL).
Additionally, a new PETS configuration is presently under fabrication at CIEMAT
and will be installed in the Test Module at CTF3. This paper describes the PETS
prototypes design, fabrication and assembly techniques. The characterization of
the devices with low RF power is also described.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables, 10 references. Work presented in the
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ENOBIO - First tests of a dry electrophysiology electrode using carbon nanotubes
We describe the development and first tests of Enobio, a dry electrode sensor
concept for biopotential applications. In the proposed electrodes, the tip of
the electrode is covered with a forest of multi-walled CNTs that can be coated
with Ag/AgCl to provide ionic-electronic transduction. The CNT brush-like
structure is to penetrate the outer layers of the skin improving electrical
contact as well as increae the contact surface area. In this paper, we report
the results of the first tests of this concept -- immersion on saline solution
and pig skin signal detection. These indicate performance on a par with state
of the art research-oriented wet electrodes.Comment: Submitted and accepted at the 28th IEEE EMBS International
Conference, New York City, August 31st-September 3rd, 2006. Figures updated
with proper filtering and averagin
An innovative solid liquid extraction technology: use of the naviglio extractor for the production of lemon liquor.
This document is a review on solid-liquid extractive techniques and describes an innovative solid-liquid
extraction technology using the Naviglio ExtractorÂź. Also explained is an application for the production
of alcoholic extract from lemon peel. The alcoholic extract, mixed with a sugar and water solution in the
right proportions is used to make a well known Italian lemon liquor commonly named "limoncello".
Lemon liquor is obtained utilizing the Naviglio ExtractorÂź; the procedure used is fast and efficient and
uses about half the weight of lemon peel per volume of ethyl alcohol used for the extraction of the
odorous and taste responsible compounds, compared to the commonly used extraction procedures. To
test the consumerâs preference and compare the taste of the liquor obtained with that obtained by peel
maceration from the same lot of lemons and obtained using the traditional recipe, a consumer test has
been carried out. One hundred people, chosen from among frequent consumers of limoncello, tasted
the two lemon liquors, and evaluated intensity of aroma, colour, alcohol taste and sweetness. In about
81% of the preferences, the liquor obtained using the Naviglio ExtractorÂź was preferred. The extraction
process used allows the ethanol from used up lemon peel to be totally recovered so that these can be
disposed of as non toxic waste or used in agriculture or as cattle feed
Hadron beam test of a scintillating fibre tracker system for elastic scattering and luminosity measurement in ATLAS
A scintillating fibre tracker is proposed to measure elastic proton
scattering at very small angles in the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The tracker
will be located in so-called Roman Pot units at a distance of 240 m on each
side of the ATLAS interaction point. An initial validation of the design
choices was achieved in a beam test at DESY in a relatively low energy electron
beam and using slow off-the-shelf electronics. Here we report on the results
from a second beam test experiment carried out at CERN, where new detector
prototypes were tested in a high energy hadron beam, using the first version of
the custom designed front-end electronics. The results show an adequate
tracking performance under conditions which are similar to the situation at the
LHC. In addition, the alignment method using so-called overlap detectors was
studied and shown to have the expected precision.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to Journal of Instrumentation (JINST
Towards a user oriented analytical approach to learning design
The London Pedagogy Planner (LPP) is a prototype for a collaborative online planning and design tool that supports lecturers in developing, analysing and sharing learning designs. The tool is based on a developing model of the components involved in learning design and the critical relationships between them. As a decision tool it makes the pedagogical design explicit as an output from the process, capturing it for testing, redesign, reuse and adaptation by the originator, or by others. The aim is to test the extent to which we can engage lecturers in reflecting on learning design, and make them part of the educational community that discovers how best to use technologyâenhanced learning. This paper describes the development of LPP, presents pedagogical benefits of visual representations of learning designs and proposes an analytical approach to learning design based on these visual representations. The analytical approach is illustrated based on an initial evaluation with a small group of lecturers from two partner institutions
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