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Vienna University of Technology

EducationVienna, Austria
About: Vienna University of Technology is a education organization based out in Vienna, Austria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Laser & Cloud computing. The organization has 16723 authors who have published 49341 publications receiving 1302168 citations.


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TL;DR: Information obtained by immunoelectron microscopy and differential staining led to the conclusion that the biopulping effect obtained after 2 weeks of incubation cannot be explained by the direct action of enzymes on lignin or polysaccharides, and a low molecular mass agent is considered to be responsible for the biopsies.
Abstract: Treatment of wood chips with lignin-degrading fungi prior to pulping has been shown to have great potential for mechanical as well as chemical pulping on a laboratory scale. Ceriporiopsis subvermispora, when grown on aspen or loblolly pine for 4 weeks, was found to be superior to other fungi. On aspen there was an energy savings of 47%, and an increase in burst and tear indices of 22% and 119%, respectively. With loblolly pine, energy savings amounted to 37%, while burst and tear indices increased by 41% and 54%, respectively. The weight loss was only 6%, but a decrease in optical properties had to be accepted. After sulfite cooking of wood chips pretreated for 2 weeks, the Kappa number decreased by 30% with hard- and softwood. Tensile and tear indices decreased by only 10%, while the brightness of unbleached pulp increased by 4% with birch. Information obtained by immunoelectron microscopy and differential staining led to the conclusion that the biopulping effect obtained after 2 weeks of incubation cannot be explained by the direct action of enzymes on lignin or polysaccharides. Instead, a low molecular mass agent is considered to be responsible for the biopulping effect. These results have changed the aims of biopulping from an emphasis on removing the bulk of lignin to an emphasis on a short-term process, lasting 2 weeks and yielding a low mass loss. Data on these kinetics of fungal development and the degree of asepsis will help to scale-up the process. An advanced chip pile is assumed to be the most feasible process design, rather than a controlled enclosed reactor.

209 citations

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TL;DR: This work provides a convergence analysis for widely used registration algorithms such as ICP, using either closest points or tangent planes at closest points and for a recently developed approach based on quadratic approximants of the squared distance function.
Abstract: The computation of a rigid body transformation which optimally aligns a set of measurement points with a surface and related registration problems are studied from the viewpoint of geometry and optimization. We provide a convergence analysis for widely used registration algorithms such as ICP, using either closest points (Besl and McKay, 1992) or tangent planes at closest points (Chen and Medioni, 1991) and for a recently developed approach based on quadratic approximants of the squared distance function (Pottmann et al., 2004). ICP based on closest points exhibits local linear convergence only. Its counterpart which minimizes squared distances to the tangent planes at closest points is a Gauss---Newton iteration; it achieves local quadratic convergence for a zero residual problem and--if enhanced by regularization and step size control--comes close to quadratic convergence in many realistic scenarios. Quadratically convergent algorithms are based on the approach in (Pottmann et al., 2004). The theoretical results are supported by a number of experiments; there, we also compare the algorithms with respect to global convergence behavior, stability and running time.

209 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
02 May 2010
TL;DR: In this article, a statistical analysis of many stochastic stimulation processes of the same defect was employed to determine the electric field and the temperature dependence of these defects with great precision.
Abstract: The physical origin of the Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) is still under debate. In this work we analyze the single defects constituting NBTI. We introduce a new measurement technique stimulating a charging of these defects. By employing a statistical analysis of many stochastic stimulation processes of the same defect we are able to determine the electric field and the temperature dependence of these defects with great precision. Based on our experiments we present and verify a new, physics-based, quantitative model allowing a precise prediction of NBTI degradation and recovery. This model takes the stress history into account and also provides a prediction for degradation due to AC-NBTI and an understanding of the special features seen in conjunction with AC-NBTI.

209 citations

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Abstract: Brown carbon is a ubiquitous and unidentified component of organic aerosol which has recently come into the forefront of atmospheric research. This component is strongly linked to the class of humic-like substances (HULIS) in aerosol whose ultimate origin is still being debated. Using a simplified spectroscopic method the concentrations of brown carbon have been determined in aqueous extracts of fine aerosol collected during the CARBOSOL project. On the basis of the results of 2-year measurements of several aerosol constituents at six European sites, possible sources of brown carbon are inferred. Biomass burning ( possibly domestic wood burning) is shown to be a major source of brown carbon in winter. At elevated sites in spring, smoke from agricultural fires may be an additional source. Direct comparison of measured brown carbon concentrations with HULIS determined by an independent method reveals that the two quantities correlate well at low-elevation sites throughout the year. At high-elevation sites the correlation is still high for winter but becomes markedly lower in summer, implying different sources and/or atmospheric sinks of brown carbon and HULIS. The results shed some light on the relationships between atmospheric brown carbon and HULIS, two ill-defined and overlapping components of organic aerosol.

209 citations

Book
27 Feb 2002
TL;DR: This work Enumeration of the Relations of the Maximal Tractable Subsets of RCC-8 and Empirical Evaluation of Reasoning with R CC-8 shows positive results in terms of tractability and representation.
Abstract: Background.- Qualitative Spatial Representation and Reasoning.- The Region Connection Calculus.- Cognitive Properties of Topological Spatial Relations.- Computational Properties of RCC-8.- A Complete Analysis of Tractability in RCC-8.- Empirical Evaluation of Reasoning with RCC-8.- Representational Properties of RCC-8.- Conclusions.- A. Enumeration of the Relations of the Maximal Tractable Subsets of RCC-8.

208 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski1691431128585
Wolfgang Wagner1562342123391
Marco Zanetti1451439104610
Sridhara Dasu1401675103185
Duncan Carlsmith1381660103642
Ulrich Heintz136168899829
Matthew Herndon133173297466
Frank Würthwein133158494613
Alain Hervé132127987763
Manfred Jeitler132127889645
David Taylor131246993220
Roberto Covarelli131151689981
Patricia McBride129123081787
David Smith1292184100917
Lindsey Gray129117081317
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023171
2022379
20212,527
20202,811
20192,846
20182,650