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- Chronakis, Ioannis, et al.
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MASMICRO micro-/nano-materials processing, analysis, inspection and materials knowledge management
- 2010
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In: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0268-3768 .- 1433-3015. ; 47, s. 963-971
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The main goals of the 'Material Innovation and Testing' within MASMICRO are the identification of the miniature/micro-materials which are formable, development of new materials for forming and machining, development of an integrated material-testing system and study of material properties for design/analysis applications. Examples of collaborative work and results are presented regarding the processing of functional electrospun polymer micro-/nano-fibre structures and the characterization of their interface properties with tribological testing. By means of optical coherence tomography, a non-destructive inspection approach for these micro-/nano-structured webs was developed and it is also documented in the paper. Further, an application example of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is given, concerning the modelling of nano-fibres material behaviour under tensile testing. It is shown how artificial intelligence approaches (knowledge-based systems-KBS and ANNs) can support, significantly, the representation and processing of materials' knowledge of both, symbolic type, in the case of KBS, and algorithmic type, in the case of ANNs, for the cases dealt within the MASMICRO. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009.
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- Lammer, H., et al.
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Geophysical and Atmospheric Evolution of Habitable Planets
- 2010
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In: Astrobiology. - : Mary Ann Liebert Inc. - 1531-1074 .- 1557-8070. ; 10:1, s. 45-68
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The evolution of Earth-like habitable planets is a complex process that depends on the geodynamical and geophysical environments. In particular, it is necessary that plate tectonics remain active over billions of years. These geophysically active environments are strongly coupled to a planet's host star parameters, such as mass, luminosity and activity, orbit location of the habitable zone, and the planet's initial water inventory. Depending on the host star's radiation and particle flux evolution, the composition in the thermosphere, and the availability of an active magnetic dynamo, the atmospheres of Earth-like planets within their habitable zones are differently affected due to thermal and nonthermal escape processes. For some planets, strong atmospheric escape could even effect the stability of the atmosphere.
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- Breuer, Judith, et al.
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A proposal for a common nomenclature for viral clades that form the genus varicella-zoster virus.
- 2010
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In: The Journal of general virology. - : Microbiology Society. - 1465-2099 .- 0022-1317. ; 91:4, s. 821-828
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Varicella zoster virus (VZV), the cause of chickenpox and zoster, was the first human herpesvirus to be sequenced fully and the first for which vaccines have been licensed and widely used. Three groups have published genotyping schemes based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and between them identified five distinct phylogenetic clades, with an additional two putative clades . Sequencing of over 23 whole VZV genomes from around the world further refined the phylogenic distinctions between SNP genotypes. Widespread surveillance in countries in which varicella vaccine is now in use and the difficulties posed by three unique genotyping approaches, prompted an international meeting at which a common nomenclature based on phylogenetic clades , was agreed upon. In this paper we review the original genotyping schemes and discuss the basis for a novel common nomenclature for VZV viruses. We propose a minimum set of SNPs which we recommend should be used to genotype viruses. Finally, we suggest criteria by which new clades can be recognized.
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