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Fabrication and Characterization of 6H-SiC Photovoltaic Devices
Silicon Carbide (SIC) photovoltaic (PV) devices have caught the interest for extra terrestrial endeavors. This is due to the excellent resistance to radiation, good thermal conductivity, and high quantum efficiency of such devices. Also the large band gap (of 2.9eV) makes it ideal for gathering high-energy UV photons thus creating a large power density. Using 1cm2 6H-SiC diode samples, photovoltaic cells were produced. Both P-on-N and Non- P were examined for this study. There are two samples for each type with varying doping concentrations. For the n-side of each sample, a multilayer of TiINiIAl metals was deposited to have ohmic contact to the substrate. For the p-side, Al metal was deposited. A spectral response will be studied on these devices in the 200-400nm range and quantum efficiency will be determined for an AMO (atmosphere in space) spectral output. The devices will also be tested over a range of temperatures to see how efficiency changes. Other responses that will be characterized are maximum power output, fill factor, built-in forward bias voltage, breakdown voltage, and the dark leakage current. Combining all of the above responses will help in optimizing photovoltaic devices to best serve the needs of power and efficiency
The mixed problem in Lipschitz domains with general decompositions of the boundary
This paper continues the study of the mixed problem for the Laplacian. We
consider a bounded Lipschitz domain , , with
boundary that is decomposed as , and disjoint.
We let denote the boundary of (relative to ) and
impose conditions on the dimension and shape of and the sets and
. Under these geometric criteria, we show that there exists
depending on the domain such that for in the interval ,
the mixed problem with Neumann data in the space and Dirichlet data in
the Sobolev space has a unique solution with the non-tangential
maximal function of the gradient of the solution in . We
also obtain results for when the Dirichlet and Neumann data comes from
Hardy spaces, and a result when the boundary data comes from weighted Sobolev
spaces.Comment: 36 page
Love and Dating Patterns for Sameâ and BothâGender Attracted Adolescents Across Europe
© 2018 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.Sexual orientation is a multidimensional phenomenon, which includes identity, behavior, and attraction. The attraction component, however, is less studied than the other two. In this article, we present the development of a twoâitem measure to identify adolescents who prefer sameâ and bothâgender partners for love and dating. The questions were administered to nationally representative samples of 15âyearâold adolescents in eight European countries and regions participating in the Health Behaviour in Schoolâaged Children (HBSC) crossânational study. The distribution of attraction, as operationalized by preference for the gender of love and dating partners, was similar across countries. These questions offer an alternative or supplementary approach to identify sameâ and bothâgender attracted youth, without administering questions related to sexual identity.Peer reviewedFinal Published versio
Optical data of meteoritic nano-diamonds from far-ultraviolet to far-infrared wavelengths
We have used different spectroscopic techniques to obtain a consistent
quantitative absorption spectrum of a sample of meteoritic nano-diamonds in the
wavelength range from the vacuum ultraviolet (0.12 m) to the far infrared
(100 m). The nano-diamonds have been isolated by a chemical treatment from
the Allende meteorite (Braatz et al.2000). Electron energy loss spectroscopy
(EELS) extends the optical measurements to higher energies and allows the
derivation of the optical constants (n & k) by Kramers-Kronig analysis. The
results can be used to restrain observations and to improve current models of
the environment where the nano-diamonds are expected to have formed. We also
show that the amount of nano-diamond which can be present in space is higher
than previously estimated by Lewis et al. (1989).Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Improving Nursing Facility Care Through an Innovative Payment Demonstration Project: Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care Phase 2
Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care (OPTIMISTIC) is a 2âphase Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations demonstration project now testing a novel Medicare Part B payment model for nursing facilities and practitioners in 40 Indiana nursing facilities. The new payment codes are intended to promote highâquality care in place for acutely ill longâstay residents. The focus of the initiative is to reduce hospitalizations through the diagnosis and onâsite management of 6 common acute clinical conditions (linked to a majority of potentially avoidable hospitalizations of nursing facility residents1): pneumonia, urinary tract infection, skin infection, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, and dehydration. This article describes the OPTIMISTIC Phase 2 model design, nursing facility and practitioner recruitment and training, and early experiences implementing new Medicare payment codes for nursing facilities and practitioners. Lessons learned from the OPTIMISTIC experience may be useful to others engaged in multicomponent quality improvement initiatives
The mixed problem for the Laplacian in Lipschitz domains
We consider the mixed boundary value problem or Zaremba's problem for the
Laplacian in a bounded Lipschitz domain in R^n. We specify Dirichlet data on
part of the boundary and Neumann data on the remainder of the boundary. We
assume that the boundary between the sets where we specify Dirichlet and
Neumann data is a Lipschitz surface. We require that the Neumann data is in L^p
and the Dirichlet data is in the Sobolev space of functions having one
derivative in L^p for some p near 1. Under these conditions, there is a unique
solution to the mixed problem with the non-tangential maximal function of the
gradient of the solution in L^p of the boundary. We also obtain results with
data from Hardy spaces when p=1.Comment: Version 5 includes a correction to one step of the main proof. Since
the paper appeared long ago, this submission includes the complete paper,
followed by a short section that gives the correction to one step in the
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