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Instituto Superior Técnico
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About: Instituto Superior Técnico is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Finite element method. The organization has 10085 authors who have published 30226 publications receiving 667524 citations. The organization is also known as: IST & Instituto Superior Tecnico.
Topics: Catalysis, Finite element method, Population, Black hole, Ionic liquid
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TL;DR: Key factors on Iberian barbel movements are identified that may have direct application to future fishway designs for this species and for other ‘weak’ swimmers.
Abstract: The restoration of fish passage has been focused on anadromous fish species, whilst studies accommodating passage of coarse species have often been considered incidental, yet frequently these are the predominant group of species encountered in rivers. In addition, fishway designs depend greatly on the interplay between hydraulics and biomechanics, yet very little data are available on the responses to specific hydraulic settings for these species. This study aims to explore the effects of water velocity and turbulence on the behaviour of a cyprinid species - the Iberian barbel Luciobarbus bocagei (Steindachner, 1864) - particularly their upstream movements upon different discharges (38.5 to 77.0 L · s−1), through an indoor full scale pool-type fishway prototype. Larger adults had a higher passage success (mean = 79%) and took less time (mean ± SD (min): 5.7 ± 1.3) to negotiate the entire six pool fishway, when compared to small adults. Correlation analysis between hydraulic variables and fish transit time yielded different results. Correlations were found to be the highest between the horizontal component of Reynolds shear stress and fish transit time, particularly for smaller size-individuals (r = −0.45; p < 0.001), highlighting this variable as a key-parameter which strongly determines the movements of Iberian barbel. The present study identified key factors on Iberian barbel movements that may have direct application to future fishway designs for this species and for other ‘weak’ swimmers. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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TL;DR: Ionic liquids are a new class of powerful catanionic hydrotropes where both the cation and the anion synergistically contribute to increase the solubility of biomolecules in water.
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TL;DR: Regular monitoring is essential for assessing air control efficiency and for detecting irregular introduction of airborne particles via clothing of visitors and medical staff or carriage by personal and medical materials.
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TL;DR: The first high-redshift Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae was constructed using photometry from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey and absorption-line spectroscopy from the Keck Observatory as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: We present the first high-redshift Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae (SNe II-P) based on five events at redshift up to z ~ 0.3. This diagram was constructed using photometry from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey and absorption-line spectroscopy from the Keck Observatory. The method used to measure distances to these supernovae is based on recent work by Hamuy & Pinto and exploits a correlation between the absolute brightness of SNe II-P and the expansion velocities derived from the minimum of the Fe II λ 5169 P Cygni feature observed during the plateau phases. We present three refinements to this method that significantly improve the practicality of measuring the distances of SNe II-P at cosmologically interesting redshifts. These are an extinction correction measurement based on the V-I colors at day 50, a cross-correlation measurement for the expansion velocity, and the ability to extrapolate such velocities accurately over almost the entire plateau phase. We apply this revised method to our data set of high-redshift SNe II-P and find that the resulting Hubble diagram has a scatter of only 0.26 mag, thus demonstrating the feasibility of measuring the expansion history, with present facilities, using a method independent of that based on supernovae of Type Ia.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art of laser powder deposition (LPD) is reviewed and the main issues related to LPD are revisited, including the main R&D efforts and the major issues of LPD.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art of laser powder deposition (LPD), a solid freeform fabrication technique capable of fabricating fully dense functional items from a wide range of common engineering materials, such as aluminum alloys, steels, titanium alloys, nickel superalloys and refractory materials.Design/methodology/approach – The main R&D efforts and the major issues related to LPD are revisited.Findings – During recent years, a worldwide series of R&D efforts have been undertaken to develop and explore the capabilities of LPD and to tap into the possible cost and time savings and many potential applications that this technology offers.Originality/value – These R&D efforts have produced a wealth of knowledge, the main points of which are highlighted herein.
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Joao Seixas | 153 | 1538 | 115070 |
A. Gomes | 150 | 1862 | 113951 |
Amartya Sen | 149 | 689 | 141907 |
António Amorim | 136 | 1477 | 96519 |
Joao Varela | 133 | 1411 | 92438 |
Pietro Faccioli | 132 | 1378 | 89795 |
João Carvalho | 126 | 1278 | 77017 |
Pedro Jorge | 124 | 776 | 68658 |
Pedro Silva | 124 | 961 | 74015 |
A. De Angelis | 118 | 534 | 54469 |
Hermine Katharina Wöhri | 116 | 629 | 55540 |
Helena Santos | 114 | 1058 | 54286 |
P. Conde Muiño | 109 | 558 | 56133 |
Joao Saraiva | 107 | 519 | 53340 |
J. N. Reddy | 106 | 926 | 66940 |