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Reduced order modeling (ROM) techniques are numerical methods that approximate the solution of parametric partial differential equation (PED) by properly combining the high-fidelity solutions of the problem obtained for several configurations, i.e. for several properly chosen values of the physical/geometrical parameters characterizing the problem. By starting from a database of high-fidelity solutions related to a certain values of the parameters, we apply the proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation (PODI) and then reconstruct the variables of interest for new values of the parameters, i.e. different values from the ones included in the database. Furthermore, we present a preliminary web application through which one can run the ROM with a very user-friendly approach, without the need of having expertise in the numerical analysis and scientific computing field. The case study we have chosen to test the efficiency of our algorithm is represented by the aortic blood flow pattern in presence of a left ventricular (LVAD) assist device when varying the pump flow rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The solar contribution to space heating and cooling is evaluated through an analytical procedure. The method used simulates the building as a thermal network in which each node corresponds to the centre of a room and each mesh arm to a wall; building materials and frames are explicitly taken into account. The network is excited by a set of generators corresponding to external excitations ( e.g. environmental temperature, solar flux, etc.) which are described by a truncated Fourier series. The network is resolved by an analytical method through the matrix formalism and gives either the time diagrams of indoor temperatures in each room, or the diagrams of the auxiliary energy required to maintain a set room temperature. The application to a residential environment is presented as an example and is discussed in relation to a passive retrofitting design. The results are briefly compared with those obtained through established procedures, to give evidence of the occurrence of strong fluctuations on the average values which significantly influence the conditions of comfort. The method can be implemented at the level of microcomputers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Delayed photo-induced luminescence has been studied in Acetabularia acetabulum individuals. The number of photons re-emitted when the wavelength, the intensity, or the duration of the incident radiation were varied are reported for 10 individuals. Reproducibility of the measurements in the same and in different individuals was good. The association between the incident radiation and photon re-emission was found to be non-linear. The relaitonship between the quantities involved in the phenomenon is discussed and a phenomenological equation describing the relationship is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Photon emission in the visible and near ultraviolet range by samples of human tissue removed during surgery has been measured by means of a low noise photomultiplier coupled to a data acquisition system. The results show that among the 25 analyzed samples the 9 from normal tissues had an emission rate of the order of some tens of photons/cm min, while most of the 16 tumor tissue samples had a very much higher rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Soft-X-rays irradiation of yeast cells allows selective interference with different cellular structures. The monitoring of different physical parameters leads to substantial variations in the response to X-rays showing that monotonicity should not be taken for granted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The possibility of using the parameters connected to delayed luminescence to detect thermal stress conditions in soya seeds is discussed here and the results of the measurement of photoinduced emission conducted on soya seeds characterized by a different vegetative vigour are presented. A phenomenological relationship between the total re-emission and the growth velocity was found. The distributions of the decay times relative to the different conditions of stress on the seeds have given indications towards the existence of different dynamics. On the basis of the results it seems that a correlation exists between the functional state of the seeds and delayed luminescence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ultraweak radiation emitted from soya seeds during germination has been measured for different values of the temperature (20-35°C). The parameters relative to the photon emission time-counting series have been compared with the ones relative to germination and imbibition; it has been found that the activation energy relative to the process of the photon emission from live seeds is equal to that of the germination process (51 KJ/mole), demonstrating that the two processes are correlated. A function of the experimental parameters which eliminates the explicit dependence of the above biological processes on temperature has been proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Photon emitted in the visible and near ultraviolet range by germinating soya seeds has been measured by means of a low-noise photomultiplier coupled to a data acquisition system. The photon energy spectrum, determined by means of a set of optical filters, shows two main contributions in the red and UV bands. Results show that both the radiation intensity and its spectrum change during germination according to seed physiological conditions. The photon emission of seeds at rest changes with their germinability. The UV component at the germination beginning is a factor 6 larger for living seeds than for the devitalized ones. This result can be interpreted as an experimental evidence of the existence of mitogenetic radiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complex impedance of a water-filled cell has been measured in the frequency range between 0.01 Hz and 100 kHz at temperatures ranging between 5°C and 80°C. The obtained results have been interpreted according to the Gouy, Chapmann and Stern model describing the water behaviour in the presence of electrode interfaces. The deconvolution of the measured complex impedance allowed to separate the contribution arising from the «bulk» water from those due to the Helmholtz layer and to the diffuse charge layer occurring at the electrode interface. The capacitance and resistance of the three layers are reported and their frequency and temperature dependences are briefly discussed. The use of this method as a tool to investigate the low-frequency dielectric properties of water is suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]