Application of the SAFT-γ Mie group contribution equation of state to fluids of relevance to the oil and gas industry

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Modelling the phase and chemical equilibria of aqueous solutions of alkanolamines and carbon dioxide using the SAFT-γ SW group contribution approach

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Cultural Landscapes and Botanic Gardens: The Case of Mon-Repos Garden in Corfu Island, Greece

Cultural landscapes play an essential role in preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage assets promoting the sustainable tourism prospect. The paper explores the development of cultural landscapes and the role they can play in preservation, management and promotion of historic areas which have the ability of playing an active role in social life, triggering and awaking social and environmental values. The overall objective is to present how the development of Mon-Repos, a historical and environmental landmark which is located in Corfu Island, can become a Botanic Garden (BGCI network) toward sustainability concept. More specifically, the paper presents firstly the importance of culture as an agent combined with historic and nature assets having as a result a distinctive cultural landscape, secondly proposes the establishment of Mon-Repos Botanic Garden through recommendations on strategic management plan, and thirdly presents how cultural and environmental issues add prospects on innovation potential in tourism value chain. Finally, the authenticity of the paper relies on the development of Mon-Repos site through a holistic approach taking into account the principles of sustainability, cultural tourism enhancement as well as historic and cultural values

Temperature effects on the bulk discharge current of dielectric films of MEMS capacitive switches

Kelvin probe method has been directly applied to capacitive MEMS switches in order to investigate temperature activated mechanisms in PECVD Silicon Nitride (SiNx) films. The bulk discharge current of MEMS capacitive switches has been determined for different charging and discharging temperatures, in the range of 300–400 K. The increase of discharging temperature leads to an increase of the magnitude of the bulk discharge current and the relaxation time of the discharging process is found to be thermally activated. Finally, it is shown that the increase of charging temperature assists trapping at centers characterized by time constants even longer than the time window of observation, i.e. 10^4 s

Emerging opportunities: the internet, marketing and museums

The tremendous impact of applying new technologies is obvious when it comes to museums. Internet forms an integral part of museums everyday life and decision making. Websites, online communities, social media, and mobile applications comprise elements of the modern museum’s digital self, which complements the real museum of permanent and temporary exhibitions, storage rooms, visitors’ facilities, laboratories and, most important, museum objects. This environment inevitably affects museum marketing strategies and creates relevant opportunities

Determination of bulk discharge current in the dielectric film of MEMS capacitive switches

The present work presents a new method to calculate the discharge current in the bulk of dielectric films of MEMS capacitive switches. This method takes into account the real MEMS switch with non uniform trapped charge and air gap distributions. Assessment of switches with silicon nitride dielectric film shows that the discharge current transient seems to obey the stretched exponential law. The decay characteristics depend on the polarization field’s polarity, a fact comes along with experimental results obtained from thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) method used in MIM capacitors