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- Krebs, Frederik C, et al.
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A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules
- 2009
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Ingår i: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS. - : Elsevier BV. - 0927-0248. ; 93:11, s. 1968-1977
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A round robin for the performance of roll-to-roll coated flexible large-area polymer solar-cell modules involving 18 different laboratories in Northern America, Europe and Middle East is presented. The study involved the performance measurement of the devices at one location (Riso DTU) followed by transportation to a participating laboratory for performance measurement and return to the starting location (Riso DTU) for re-measurement of the performance. It was found possible to package polymer solar-cell modules using a flexible plastic barrier material in such a manner that degradation of the devices played a relatively small role in the experiment that has taken place over 4 months. The method of transportation followed both air-mail and surface-mail paths.
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- Stoop, Thomas F., et al.
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Surgical Outcome After Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Portomesenteric Venous Resection in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Transatlantic Evaluation of Patients in North America, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands (GAPASURG)
- 2024
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Ingår i: Annals of Surgical Oncology. - : SPRINGER. - 1068-9265 .- 1534-4681.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundPancreatic adenocarcinoma located in the pancreatic body might require a portomesenteric venous resection (PVR), but data regarding surgical risks after distal pancreatectomy (DP) with PVR are sparse. Insight into additional surgical risks of DP-PVR could support preoperative counseling and intraoperative decision making. This study aimed to provide insight into the surgical outcome of DP-PVR, including its potential risk elevation over standard DP.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective, multicenter study including all patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who underwent DP +/- PVR (2018-2020), registered in four audits for pancreatic surgery from North America, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands. Patients who underwent concomitant arterial and/or multivisceral resection(s) were excluded. Predictors for in-hospital/30-day major morbidity and mortality were investigated by logistic regression, correcting for each audit.ResultsOverall, 2924 patients after DP were included, of whom 241 patients (8.2%) underwent DP-PVR. Rates of major morbidity (24% vs. 18%; p = 0.024) and post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage grade B/C (10% vs. 3%; p = 0.041) were higher after DP-PVR compared with standard DP. Mortality after DP-PVR and standard DP did not differ significantly (2% vs. 1%; p = 0.542). Predictors for major morbidity were PVR (odds ratio [OR] 1.500, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.086-2.071) and conversion from minimally invasive to open surgery (OR 1.420, 95% CI 1.032-1.970). Predictors for mortality were higher age (OR 1.087, 95% CI 1.045-1.132), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR 4.167, 95% CI 1.852-9.374), and conversion from minimally invasive to open surgery (OR 2.919, 95% CI 1.197-7.118), whereas concomitant PVR was not associated with mortality.ConclusionsPVR during DP for pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the pancreatic body is associated with increased morbidity, but can be performed safely in terms of mortality.
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- Behnke, Gregor, et al.
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On Partial Satisfaction Planning with Total-Order HTNs
- 2023
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2023). ; , s. 42-51
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since its introduction, partial satisfaction planning (PSP), including both oversubscription (OSP) and net-benefit, has received significant attention in the classical planning community. However, hierarchical aspects have been mostly ignored in this context, although several problem domains that form the main motivation for PSP, such as the rover domain, have an inherent hierarchical structure. In this paper, we are taking the necessary steps for facilitating this research direction. First, we formally define hierarchical partial satisfaction planning problems and discuss the usefulness and necessity of this formalism. Second, we present a carefully structured set of benchmarks consisting of OSP and net-benefit problems with hierarchical structure. We describe and analyze the different domains of the benchmark set and the desiderata that are met to provide an interesting and challenging starting point for upcoming research. Third, we introduce various planning techniques that can solve hierarchical OSP problems and investigate their empirical behaviour on our proposed benchmark.
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- Christen, Remo, et al.
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PARIS: Planning Algorithms for Reconfiguring Independent Sets
- 2023
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2023). ; , s. 453-460
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Combinatorial reconfiguration is the problem of transforming one solution of a combinatorial problem into another, where each transformation may only apply small changes to a solution and may not leave the solution space. An important example is the independent set reconfiguration (ISR) problem, where an independent set of a graph (a subset of its vertices without edges between them) has to be transformed into another by a sequence of transformations that can replace a vertex in the current subset such that the new subset is still an independent set. The 1st Combinatorial Reconfiguration Challenge (CoRe Challenge 2022) was a competition focused on the ISR problem. The PARIS team successfully participated with two solvers that model the ISR problem as a planning task and employ different planning techniques for solving it. In this work, we describe these models and solvers. For a fair comparison to competing ISR approaches, we re-run the entire competition under equal computational conditions. Besides showcasing the success of planning technology, we hope that this work will create a cross-fertilization of the two research fields.
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- Nestor, Colm, 1977-, et al.
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Tissue type is a major modifier of the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine content of human genes
- 2012
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Ingår i: Genome Research. - : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL). - 1088-9051 .- 1549-5469. ; 22:3, s. 467-477
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The discovery of substantial amounts of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), formed by the oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC), in various mouse tissues and human embryonic stem (ES) cells has necessitated a reevaluation of our knowledge of 5mC/5hmC patterns and functions in mammalian cells. Here, we investigate the tissue specificity of both the global levels and locus-specific distribution of 5hmC in several human tissues and cell lines. We find that global 5hmC content of normal human tissues is highly variable, does not correlate with global 5mC content, and decreases rapidly as cells from normal tissue adapt to cell culture. Using tiling microarrays to map 5hmC levels in DNA from normal human tissues, we find that 5hmC patterns are tissue specific; unsupervised hierarchical clustering based solely on 5hmC patterns groups independent biological samples by tissue type. Moreover, in agreement with previous studies, we find 5hmC associated primarily, but not exclusively, with the body of transcribed genes, and that within these genes 5hmC levels are positively correlated with transcription levels. However, using quantitative 5hmC-qPCR, we find that the absolute levels of 5hmC for any given gene are primarily determined by tissue type, gene expression having a secondary influence on 5hmC levels. That is, a gene transcribed at a similar level in several different tissues may have vastly different levels of 5hmC (>20-fold) dependent on tissue type. Our findings highlight tissue type as a major modifier of 5hmC levels in expressed genes and emphasize the importance of using quantitative analyses in the study of 5hmC levels.
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- O Reese, Matthew, et al.
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Consensus stability testing protocols for organic photovoltaic materials and devices
- 2011
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Ingår i: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS. - : Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.. - 0927-0248. ; 95:5, s. 1253-1267
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Procedures for testing organic solar cell devices and modules with respect to stability and operational lifetime are described. The descriptions represent a consensus of the discussion and conclusions reached during the first 3 years of the international summit on OPV stability (ISOS). The procedures include directions for shelf life testing, outdoor testing, laboratory weathering testing and thermal cycling testing, as well as guidelines for reporting data. These procedures are not meant to be qualification tests, but rather generally agreed test conditions and practices to allow ready comparison between laboratories and to help improving the reliability of reported values. Failure mechanisms and detailed degradation mechanisms are not covered in this report.
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