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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"LIB"”.
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Architecture Ad Lib: A Field Guide
… unpredictable world. This is Architecture Ad Lib, a field guide to those very moments of architectural uncertainty.
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Qualidade fisiológica de sementes de algodoeiro e comportamento in vitro de Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) De Bary, submetido a diferentes temperaturas
Gossypium hirsutum L. is a world wide cultivated species of great economic importance. However, due to outbreaks of diseases such as white mold, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is responsible for causing symptoms such as wilting, necrosis and wet rot in the stems. This study aimed to evaluate …
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Behind The Masks-Performance DVD and Thesis of Masks, Op. 3 (1969) for solo flute and glass chimes 'ad lib' by Oliver Knussen
Masks, Op. 3 for solo flute and glass chimes 'ad lib.' was written by British composer Oliver Knussen in 1969. Masks confirms itself as the highest art form for the solo flute. Masks is a story about an individual going through different stages of emotions, and it describes each state of mind by …
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A Greedy Search Algorithm for Maneuver-Based Motion Planning of Agile Vehicles
… maneuvers are solved offline and saved in a library to be used during motion planning. From this library, a tree of possible vehicle states can be generated through the search space. A depth-first, library-based algorithm called AD-Lib is developed and used to quickly provide feasible …
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In-depth study and analysis of lithium-ion battery states using battery degradation data from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
… the study and analysis of lithium-ion battery (LIB) degradation mechanisms throughout the battery life. The performance of LIB deteriorates due to chemical and mechanical degradation that occurs during the battery operation affecting the health of the batteries. It is critical to understand …
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The effect of dietary caloric restriction during pregnancy on maternal and fetal body composition in the obese Sprague Dawley rat
… basis, to one of three dietary treatments: ad lib, 15% caloric restriction, and 30% caloric restriction. All other nutrients were fed at levels to meet dietary requirements. Each treatment groups was further sub-divided into pregnant and non-pregnant animals. Rats were sacrificed on Day 20 of …
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The Material Separation Process for Recycling End-of-life Li-ion Batteries
… is considered the most valuable component of a LIB, from end-of-life LIB pouch cells. A semi-destructive disassembly sequence is developed according to the internal structure of the LIB cell. A fully automated disassembly line aiming at extracting cathode electrodes is designed, modeled, …
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High power li-Ion battery performance: a mechanistic analysis of aging
Nowadays, lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are omnipresent on a worldwide level. As a result of their high energy density, high power density and increasing cycling life, LIBs are a well-founded technology for its use on portable electronic devices, electric vehicles (EVs) and electrical energy storage …
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Modeling and Analysis of a Lithium-ion Convection Battery
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), crucial to modern portable electronics and increasingly significant in transportation and grid storage, represent the state-of-the-art in energy storage technology due to their high energy density, efficiency, and long cycle life. Despite declining costs and improving …
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Deep transfer-learning based lithium-ion battery fault diagnosis
Fault detection in lithium-ion batteries (LiB) is paramount to ensuring the long life and proper functioning of the batteries. To that end, this thesis proposes a combined fault diagnosis framework that leverages voltage charging curves and voltage charging curve fault residuals to accurately …
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Physics-informed gated recurrent unit neural networks model for surface temperature estimation of Lithium-ion batteries
… is vital for optimizing Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) performance. Accurately measuring individual cell temperatures using physical sensors poses significant cost and complexity challenges particularly in packs containing hundreds or thousands of cells. State-of-the-art estimation techniques …
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NMR Characterization of Novel Materials for Battery Electrolyte Applications
… polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries (LIB), an investigation of a novel deep eutectic solvent (DES) electrolyte for batteries, the structural and electrochemical characterization of nanofiber added ionic liquid-based gel polymer electrolytes as a self-healing material for LIB …
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Degradation Mechanisms and Applications in Ion Intercalation Materials
Lithium ion batteries (LiBs) are a pivotal energy storage technology that are widely adopted for their high energy density and safety. From a macroscopic level, LiBs operate at a micrometer lengthscale, but consist of many active material nanoparticles which participate in reversible …
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The effect of severe dietary caloric restriction during pregnancy on maternal and fetal body composition in the obese Sprague Dawley rat
… basis, to one of three dietary treatments: ad libitum, 30% caloric restriction, and 50% caloric restriction. All other nutrients were fed at levels to meet dietary requirements. Each treatment group was further divided into pregnant and nonpregnant subgroups. The experimental diets were started …
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Unequal Error Protection Raptor Codes
… the BER performance of Less Important Bits (LIB), and hence the overall BER of the data passed from the LT part to the LDPC part of the decoder is higher compared to the case of using an Equal Error Protection (EEP) LT code. The proposed UEP Raptor code design has the structure of UEP LDPC …
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Development of Advanced Nanomaterials for Potential Lithium-Ion Battery Application
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are promising energy storage media under serious consideration for practical applications in electric vehicle (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). However, to meet the requirements for EVs and HEVs, the performance of commercially available LIBs needs to be …
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Experimental Testing and Numerical Modelling of Thermal Runaway in 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are essential for commercial energy storage due to their high energy density and efficiency, supporting the global shift toward greener energy. However, damaged or abused LIBs can undergo thermal runaway (TR), a rapid exothermic process causing high temperatures in …
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The use of hourly, rather than averaged, data time series modelling to improve projections of power usage and demand in California through to 2030
… (PV) systems with lithium-ion battery (LIB) storage and the widespread adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). These changes are central to California’s climate and energy goals of reaching 60% renewable electricity by 2030, 100% by 2045, and full zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) …
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The effects of pre-requisite library research instruction on the information seeking knowledge and behavior of community college students in an introductory nursing course
… and sub-hypotheses. Students' exposure to the library (using library databases, receiving assistance from a reference librarian, or attending a "one-shot" library instruction session) was also measured. Using the Chi-square test for association, a statistically significant relationship was …
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