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Cadmium Sulfide-Buffered Pv Systems: Assessing The Environmental, Health, And Economic Impacts, Maqsood Ali Mughal, Rajesh Sharma
Cadmium Sulfide-Buffered Pv Systems: Assessing The Environmental, Health, And Economic Impacts, Maqsood Ali Mughal, Rajesh Sharma
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
As the world’s population continues to grow, global energy crises are expected to rise in the future, thus accelerating the demand for renewable energy technology, particularly solar photovoltaics. The energy sector will face an increasingly complex array of interlocking challenges - technological, environmental, health, economic, and regulatory. In this paper, we study CdS, a widely used buffer material in thin film photovoltaics, to assess and monetize environmental, health, and socio-economic externalities associated with the use of the material. Currently, CdS has a significant advantage over other alternate buffer materials in terms of efficiency and low-cost production of large-area processing of …
Moore’S Law And Space Exploration: New Insights And Next Steps, Michael Howell, Venkat Kodali, Richard Segall, Hyacinthe Aboudja, Daniel Berleant
Moore’S Law And Space Exploration: New Insights And Next Steps, Michael Howell, Venkat Kodali, Richard Segall, Hyacinthe Aboudja, Daniel Berleant
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Understanding how technology changes over time is important for industry, science, and government policy. Empirical examination of the capability of technologies across various domains reveals that they often progress at an exponential rate. In addition, mathematical models of technological development have proven successful in deepening our understanding. One area that has not been shown to demonstrate exponential trends, until recently, has been space travel.
This paper will present plots illustrating trends in the mean lifespan of satellites whose lifespans ended in a given year. Our study identifies both Wright’s law and Moore’s law regressions. For the Moore’s law regression, we …
Analyzing The Adoption Rate Of Local Variable Type Inference In Open-Source Java 10 Projects, Clayton Liddell, Donghoon Kim
Analyzing The Adoption Rate Of Local Variable Type Inference In Open-Source Java 10 Projects, Clayton Liddell, Donghoon Kim
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Type Inference is used in programming languages to improve writability. In this paper, we will be looking more specifically at Local Variable Type Inference (LVTI). For those unfamiliar with LVTI, we will also give an in-depth explanation of what it is and how it works. There is a lot of debate surrounding Type Inference in modern day programming languages. More specifically, whether the costs associated with LVTI outweigh the benefits. It has found its way into many higher-level languages including C#, C++, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, Go, etc. In this paper, we will look at the usefulness of LVTI and …
Academy Presidents And Institutional Members List, Academy Editors
Academy Presidents And Institutional Members List, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Table Of Contents, Academy Editors
Table Of Contents, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Journal Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science - Volume 73, 2019, Academy Editors
Journal Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science - Volume 73, 2019, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Business Meeting Report (Secretary's And Treasurer's Report), Academy Editors
Business Meeting Report (Secretary's And Treasurer's Report), Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Instructions To Authors, Academy Editors
Instructions To Authors, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Keynote Address And Meeting Program, Academy Editors
Keynote Address And Meeting Program, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Tribute To Dr. Mostafa Hemmati, Academy Editors
Tribute To Dr. Mostafa Hemmati, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Journal Acknowledgments And Editorial Board, Academy Editors
Journal Acknowledgments And Editorial Board, Academy Editors
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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