PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A ONE-AXIS MULTIPLE POSITIONS SUN-TRACKED V-TROUGH FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

Performance and Design Optimization of a One-Axis Multiple Positions Sun-Tracked V-trough for Photovoltaic Applications

In this article, the performance of an inclined north-south axis (INSA) multiple positions sun-tracked V-trough with restricted reflections for photovoltaic applications (MP-VPVs) is investigated theoretically based on the imaging principle of mirrors, solar geometry, vector algebra and three-dimensional radiation transfer.For such a V-trough photo

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Processing Government Data: ZIP Codes, Python, and OpenRefine

While there is a vast amount of useful US government data on the web, some of it is in a raw state that is not readily accessible to the average productYype user.Data librarians can improve accessibility and usability for their patrons by processing data to create subsets of local interest and by appending geographic identifiers to help users selec

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What Is Going On? The Process of Generating Questions about Emotion and Social Cognition in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia with Cartoon Situations and Faces

Regarding the notion of putative “best” practices in social neuroscience and science in general, we contend that following established procedures has advantages, but prescriptive uniformity in methodology can obscure flaws, bias thinking, stifle creativity, and restrict exploration.Generating hypotheses is at least as important as testi

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Estimation of community-wide multi-chemical exposure via water-based chemical mining: Key research gaps drawn from a comprehensive multi-biomarker multi-city dataset

This paper explores the strong potential of chemical mining of wastewater for markers of community-wide intake of wide-ranging harmful chemicals belonging to several usage groups: industrial chemicals, personal care products, pesticides, illicit drugs, lifestyle chemicals and prescription pharmaceuticals as a proxy for multi-chemical community-wide

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A New Filling Material for Cold Sleeve

The aim of this paper is to review material properties of a new filling All Purpose Cleaning Brushes material for cold sleeve.The first experimental measurements were performed on samples to determine required material properties.Then the structural analysis was performed for a pressurized pipe with insufficiently welded root and installed cold sle

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