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The main objective of the paper was to determine the significance of particular methods of supporting women's entrepreneurship in Greater Poland. Five groups of such support have been identified: socio-cultural, promotional and informational, financial, institutional, consulting and training. This led to identifying gaps in existing support and to finding the most significant support for entrepreneurial women. The study revealed a discrepancy between the assessment carried out by experts, students and women entrepreneurs. Owners of enterprises’ opinions show that the available forms of support are not as useful as it might seem from the perspective of researchers and potential owners. There are also forms of support that are not used by the female owners.

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The integration of Grid-Connected PV systems into buildings or public areas is one of the most usual applications of the photovoltaic solar energy in developed countries. Since early 2009, the University is working on an ambitious project, the so-called UNIVERSOL project, where its main goal is to convert the University Campus in a big public area which combines the PV electricity generation with the common uses of a university place. The aim of this paper is to show to the scientific community the main results of this project and that the methodology proposed for the “large urban-area photovoltaic potential” estimation can be easily exportable to other locations with similar characteristics, so the photovoltaic generators integration examples proposed in this project, and the software tools used to represent it, can be helpful for other designers, taking into account that this project has been adapted to the new Spanish legislation. 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 4068-4072

Diversos autores han establecido la gran importancia que tiene para las empresas el contar con información precisa relativa al costo de cada producto, siendo esto particularmente cierto en el ambiente de la intensa competencia global actual. A pesar de ello, se ha demostrado que los sistemas tradicionales no satisfacen las presentes demandas empresariales por lo que en los últimos años se han propuesto nuevos métodos de costeo los cuales, sin embargo, aún resultan imprecisos. Es por esta situación manifiesta que en este trabajo se presenta una nueva metodología para la determinación del costo de almacenaje de un producto, extrapolable a todos los eslabones de la Cadena de Suministro. A su vez, se propone un nuevo inductor de costo, el índice logístico, el cual contribuye a brindar información más precisa que los métodos tradicionales. Se concluye mostrando un caso de negocio donde se aplica este modelo en una empresa logística española.

A conversion efficiency of 22.75 % for silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells using standard 40 um finger width of copper electroplating process has been successfully achieved in our RD line at AU Optronics (AUO). However, 40 um finger width of copper (Cu) electroplating (EP) technique has encountered difficulties for further efficiency improvements. Our power loss simulation reveals efficiency gains from fine fingers. AUO solar RD team has been developing a new manufacturing technology by employing 20 um finger width of Cu EP to improve shortcircuit current. Both the experimental result and theoretical calculation show that the total power loss of 20 um finger width and optimum TCO film resistance of Cu EP cells is much smaller than the power loss from the state of 40 um finger width technique. According to the simulation result, an efficiency of more than 23.1% is achievable by our unique metallization technique. 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1352-1354

Seed oil of Castor bean (Ricinus communis L) grown in Morocco were analyzed for their main chemical composition and for their oxidative stability. Gas chromatography revealed that the major fatty acids were ricinoleic, linoleic, and oleic acids (75.0%, 9.7%, and 7. 7% respectively). Seed oil was also found to be rich in sterols (2210 mg/kg) with a predominance of β-sitosterol (1041 mg/kg). The tocopherols marker δ-tocopherol accounted for 43.1 mg/kg. Oxidative stability of castor oil was measured at 110 °C at the air flow rate of 20 L/hw, castor oil was more stable than many other oils with 35.5 h. The results achieved suggest that the castor bean might be an important source of vegetable oil for industrial uses. Moroccan Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 4, No 2 (2016)

The 2011 world average carbon footprint of PV system manufacturing is estimated as 1798 kg CO2- eq/kWp using technology shares (multi, mono, film Si, CdTe, CIGS) as weighting factors. The electricity mixes of all production countries of poly-Si, wafer, cell and modules was taken into account. New yearly irradiation data (kWh/m2) and PV energy output (kWh/kWp) are calculated for different regions in Europe on NUTS level 1 and 2 for horizontal, optimum and vertical angle. The world average carbon footprint of PV electricity generation is estimated as 55 g CO2- eq/kWh with cumulative installations as weighting factors. Lowest value of 38 g CO2-eq/kWh is for Cyprus which has a high irradiation and the highest value of 89 g CO2-eq/kWh is for Iceland which has a low irradiation. It is assumed that the PV modules are installed at optimal angle to the sun and end-of-life treatment is excluded. The majority of countries can decrease the greenhouse gas emission of electricity generation by increasing the share of photovoltaics. 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 3421-3430

Highly conductive sintered silicon is a promising material which can be used as substrates for high efficiency devices deposited on or bonded to the surface of such supporting substrates. This work presents results concerning sintering of such material by hot pressing (HP) and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) methods. The samples were characterized by Light and electron microscopy, Electron Backscatter Diffraction, Energy Dispersive Diffraction and Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry. The texture was substantially different between the two materials with random orientation and grain boundaries for HP and considerable Coincidence Site Lattice (CSL) and twinning for the SPS material. Considerable particulate contamination of W, Fe, Cr and Al was detected by EDS. Dislocation density was high, but could not be reliably characterized by etching method. Such defect and contamination levels are not necessarily detrimental for hybrid structures, although presence of fast diffusing elements may pose challenges due to transfer to the high quality layer during depositing or bonding. 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 427-430

The scope of this paper is to present the work carried out by the European project SUNRISE which aims at strengthening the interaction between architects, construction companies and PV module manufactures. The fruitful cooperation between the PV community and the key stakeholders just mentioned will lead to a larger deployment of PV systems in building and therefore to a substantially cost reduction. The paper covers the following issues: • identification of barriers to overcome for enhancing the diffusion of PV products in the building and construction sector • overview of the multiple applications of PV in buildings • collaboration between building and construction sector and PV module manufactures in developing new ways of cooperation and creating better channels for a proper communication and dissemination • standardisation and regulations for PV products in building environments This project is co-financed by the European Commission, FP6-2005-TREN-4, SUNRISE project. 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 1-5 September 2008, Valencia, Spain; 3300-3304

En este artículo, se discute el estado del arte en la estimación de la predicción varios pasos adelante para modelos de series temporales no lineales basados en perceptrones multicapa. Se revisan las principales tendencias para la estimación de pronósticos puntuales e intervalos de confianza. En adición, se argumenta sobre los principales problemas abiertos para investigación futura en la predicción de series temporales usando redes neuronales.