Wayforlight : the Catalogue of European light sources

Wayforlight.eu is the gateway to find-ing the most suitable instruments for experiments with synchrotron, FEL, and laser light sources. The portal's main asset is a de-tailed searchable catalogue of facilities, beam-lines, and instrumentation available at Euro-pean light sources. Thanks to its advanced search tools, a visitor can filter beamlines by scientific discipline, by technique, but also by energy range or sample type

An Illuminated Path: The Impact of the Work of Jim Thomas

In this chapter, we provide a glimpse of the impact of the most influential work of Jim Thomas on the development of visual analytics. A quantitative visual analytic approach is applied the analysis of three datasets of scholarly publications so to highlight the nature and profoundness of the impact in terms of the structure and dynamics of the underlying intellectual landscape. We investigate and provide intriguing evidence of the impact of the groundbreaking work in visual analytics, Illuminating the Path, in terms of its role in shaping up the scientific literature of relevant fields. Furthermore, we analyze the intellectual structure of visual analytics in a broader context so as to set the impact of the Illuminating the Path in perspective

Aerosol and acid gases

The background for this discussion was the background document in this book entitled: “Surface/atmosphere exchange of atmospheric acids and aerosols, including the effect and model treatment of chemical interactions”

A new approach for testing fetal heart rate monitors

In this paper, a new approach for the periodical testing and the functionality evaluation of a fetal heart rate monitor device based on ultrasound principle is proposed. The design and realization of the device are presented, together with the description of its features and functioning tests. In the designed device, a relay element, driven by an electric signal that allows switching at two specific frequencies, is used to simulate the fetus and the mother’s heartbeat. The simulator was designed to be compliant with the standard requirements for accurate assessment and measurement of medical devices. The accuracy of the simulated signals was evaluated, and it resulted to be stable and reliable. The generated frequencies show an error of about 0.5% with respect to the nominal one while the accuracy of the test equipment was within ±3% of the test signal set frequency. This value complies with the technical standard for the accuracy of fetal heart rate monitor devices. Moreover, the performed tests and measurements show the correct functionality of the developed simulator. The proposed equipment and testing respect the technical requirements for medical devices. The features of the proposed device make it simple and quick in testing a fetal heart rate monitor, thus providing an effcient way to evaluate and test the correlation capabilities of commercial apparatuses