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Zhang, Ying (author), Robu, Valentin (author), Cremers, S.A. (author), Norbu, Sonam (author), Couraud, Benoit (author), Andoni, Merlinda (author), Flynn, David (author), Poor, H. Vincent (author)Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading and energy communities have garnered much attention over in recent years due to increasing investments in local energy generation and storage assets. Much research has been performed on the mechanisms and methodologies behind their implementation and realisation. However, the efficiency to be gained from P2P...journal article 2024
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Adler, Benjamin A. (author), Trinidad, Marena I. (author), Bellieny-Rabelo, Daniel (author), Zhang, Elaine (author), Karp, Hannah M. (author), Skopintsev, Petr (author), Thornton, Brittney W. (author), Yoon, Peter H. (author), Brouns, S.J.J. (author)CRISPR-Cas enzymes enable RNA-guided bacterial immunity and are widely used for biotechnological applications including genome editing. In particular, the Class 2 CRISPR-associated enzymes (Cas9, Cas12 and Cas13 families), have been deployed for numerous research, clinical and agricultural applications. However, the immense genetic and...journal article 2024
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Tang, Zhuorui (author), Gu, Lin (author), Jin, Lei (author), Dai, Kefeng (author), Mao, Chaobin (author), Wu, Sanzhong (author), Zhang, Rongwei (author), Yang, Jinsong (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)In this work, 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layers were grown on 4°off-axis substrates at different susceptor rotation speeds by using a hot-wall horizontal CVD reactor. The effect of different susceptor rotation speed on the quality of 4H-SiC epitaxial layers in terms of thickness, thickness uniformity, crystallinity, surface morphology and...journal article 2024
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Frey, S. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Perger, K. (author), An, T. (author), Gabányi, K. (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Hwang, C. Y. (author), Koptelova, E. (author), Paragi, Z. (author), Fogasy, J. (author)Context. The existence of accreting supermassive black holes of up to billions of solar masses at early cosmological epochs (in the context of this work, redshifts z & 6) requires very fast growth rates that are challenging to explain. The presence of a relativistic jet can be a direct indication of activity and accretion status in active...journal article 2024
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Mr. Wang, Q. (author), Xu, Tangjie (author), von Terzi, D.A. (author), Xia, Wei (author), Wang, Zhenhai (author), Zhang, Haoran (author)In existing wind farms, the overall power output can be increased through yaw control. However, the cooperative control of start/stop, yaw and turbines positions is often overlooked, leading to wake superposition to downstream wind turbines and suboptimal power output. This paper proposes a synchronized optimized method that considers start...journal article 2024
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