The paper presents the development of a megavolt-class SF6-insulated radial switch.The switch is used as a crowbar in a MV Tesla-type generator to produce pulsed electric fields in very large volumes, for proof-of-concept experimentation of a novel non-invasive food processing technology.The main UC-II features of the switch include: (1) Using SF6
Philosophers have had a lot to say about blame, much less about praise.In this paper, Wall Art I follow some recent authors in arguing that this is a mistake.However, unlike these recent authors, the reasons I identify for scrutinising praise are to do with the ways in which praise is, systematically, unjustly apportioned.Specifically, drawing on t
Along with the ongoing efforts to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies through various simulations and forecasts, the severe trauma experienced in financial markets has already manifested itself in market data.Besides the uncertainty created by the pandemic, fluctuations in macroeconomic variables have increased volatility i
Fly puparia and adult fragments of diptera muscid were found inside the esophagus of a mummified body from the early XIX century, buried inside the crypt of the Sacrament Church (Lisbon, Portugal).The identification of the material revealed a monospecific colonization by Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae), a species known to invade cor