Data granularity and the optimal planning of distributed generation

Hervorming Sociale Regelgevin

Epilectic seizure due to neuroglial cyst

Background: A 41-year-old woman without a relevant history was admitted to the emergency department after an epileptic seizure

Ultrasonic Response in Nd-Fe-B Sintered Material During Elastic Deformation

The rare earth material based on Nd-Fe-B alloy shows remarkable magnetic properties in the energy product (BH)max and coercive force. It is manufactured by pressing in a unidirectional magnetic field to align the easy axes, and then sintering, leading to a large magnetic and mechanical anisotropy between the normal and parallel directions. The material is first developed by Croat [1] and Sagawa [2] independently in 1984. Following them, many researchers [3–6] have studied the material. They concentrated the efforts on the investigation of the manufacturing process to have better magnetic properties as well as on the observation of the microstructure to understand the mechanism realizing the high coercive force. The previous studies showed that the material consists of the major phase of Nd2Fe14B grains and the boundary phase of the Nd-rich alloys. It is considered that their different melting points and different thermal expansion coefficients introduce microcracks during the cooling process after sintering

The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate! [Commentary]

The Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC) is currently under development as a joint research and innovation programme to strengthen the scientific basis for chemical risk assessment in the EU. The plan is to bring chemical risk assessors and managers together with scientists to accelerate method development and the production of necessary data and knowledge, and to facilitate the transition to next-generation evidence-based risk assessment, a non-toxic environment and the European Green Deal. The NORMAN Network is an independent, well-established and competent network of more than 80 organisations in the field of emerging substances and has enormous potential to contribute to the implementation of the PARC partnership. NORMAN stands ready to provide expert advice to PARC, drawing on its long experience in the development, harmonisation and testing of advanced tools in relation to chemicals of emerging concern and in support of a European Early Warning System to unravel the risks of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and close the gap between research and innovation and regulatory processes. In this commentary we highlight the tools developed by NORMAN that we consider most relevant to supporting the PARC initiative: (i) joint data space and cutting-edge research tools for risk assessment of contaminants of emerging concern; (ii) collaborative European framework to improve data quality and comparability; (iii) advanced data analysis tools for a European early warning system and (iv) support to national and European chemical risk assessment thanks to harnessing, combining and sharing evidence and expertise on CECs. By combining the extensive knowledge and experience of the NORMAN network with the financial and policy-related strengths of the PARC initiative, a large step towards the goal of a non-toxic environment can be taken