Effect of Pore Size on the Biodegradation Rate of Silk Fibroin Scaffolds by Zuwei Luo, Qin Zhang, Meijing Shi, Yang Zhang, Wei Tao, Mingzhong Li

“…Controlling the degradation rate of silk fibroin-based biomaterial is an important capability for the fabrication of silk-based tissue engineering scaffolds. …”
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Effects of GO/Al2O3 and Al2O3 Nanoparticles on Concrete Durability against High Temperature, Freeze-Thaw Cycles, and Acidic Environments by Mehdi Saliani, Amin Honarbakhsh, Rahele Zhiani, Seyed Mojtaba Movahedifar, Alireza Motavalizadehkakhky

“…To this end, after the synthesis of nanoparticles and confirmation of nanoparticles fabrication by SEM and FT-IR spectra, three concrete samples for each experiment related to each mix design were prepared and subjected to freeze-thaw cycles, high temperature, and acidic environment. …”
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Nanoparticle-bands enabled strength-ductility synergy in wrought Al-Cu alloys by Yunfeng Hu, Mojia Li, Jiaheng Li, Yingbo Zhang, Dongdi Yin, Ying Zeng, Hui Chen

“…This paper adopts a novel composite thermomechanical processing technique (pre-annealing, semi-solid isothermal treatment, and post double extrusion) to fabricate a high strength-ductility Al-4.5 wt% Cu binary alloy via the spheroidization and nano-crystallization of the primary phase (Al2Cu). …”
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A Simple Microfluidic Chip Design for Fundamental Bioseparation by Alan S. Chan, Michael K. Danquah, Dominic Agyei, Patrick G. Hartley, Yonggang Zhu

“…A microchip pressure-driven liquid chromatographic system with a packed column has been designed and fabricated by using poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The liquid chromatographic column was packed with mesoporous silica beads of Ia3d space group. …”
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Optimum Design of Novel UWB Multilayer Microstrip Hairpin Filters with Harmonic Suppression and Impedance Matching by Homayoon Oraizi, Nima Azadi-Tinat

“…A prototype model of proposed two-layer filter of order 5 is fabricated for 3.1–10.6 GHz. The dimensions of designed filter are 23 mm × 7 mm. …”
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A Review of Modeling, Simulation, and Process Qualification of Additively Manufactured Metal Components via the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Method by Emmanuel De Leon, Alex Riensche, Benjamin D. Bevans, Christopher Billings, Zahed Siddique, Yingtao Liu

“…Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has grown in recent years to supplement or even replace traditional fabrication methods. Specifically, the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process has been used to manufacture components in support of sustainment issues, where obsolete components are hard to procure. …”
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Amplifying the Yield of the Harvests through Wireless Sensor Network in Smart Agriculture by Badria Almaz Ali Yousif

“…The Wireless Sensors Network (WSN) is these days generally used to fabricate choice emotionally supportive networks to survive numerous issues. …”
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Codesigned Wideband High-Efficiency Filtering SIW Slot Antenna with High Selectivity and Flat Gain Response by Peng Kai Li, Chang Jiang You, Hong Fang Yu, Yu Jian Cheng, Yuan Wang Yang, Jian Hua Deng

“…Three in-band resonance poles and a radiation null at both out-of-bands are obtained. A prototype is fabricated and measured. Measured results demonstrate the proposed antenna is with a center frequency of 4.26 GHz, a fractional bandwidth of 9.1%, a high efficiency of 93%, and flat gain response and good skirt selectivity of 270 dB/GHz and 330 dB/GHz for the lower and upper out-of-band, respectively.…”
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Estimating the Tensile Strength of Ultrahigh-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Beams by In-Hwan Yang, Changbin Joh, The Quang Bui

“…To this end, three UHPFRC mixtures with different compressive strengths were fabricated to test the material properties and flexural behavior of UHPFRC beams. …”
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Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications by Kashif Nisar Paracha, Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim, Hassan Tariq Chattha, Saqer Saleh Aljaafreh, Sabih ur Rehman, Yew Chiong Lo

“…A low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Thermal Annealing Process on the Photovoltaic Performance of the Graphene-Silicon Solar Cell by Lifei Yang, Xiaolei Wu, Xin Shen, Xuegong Yu, Deren Yang

“…Graphene-silicon (Gr-Si) Schottky solar cell has attracted much attention recently as promising candidate for low-cost photovoltaic application. For the fabrication of Gr-Si solar cell, the Gr film is usually transferred onto the Si substrate by wet transfer process. …”
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A Robust Normally Closed Pneumatic Valve for Integrated Microfluidic Flow Control by Minggan Li, Siqin Dong

“…A robust normally closed valve was designed and fabricated, and its pneumatic opening pressure was systematically studied. …”
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Stress-Strain Relationships of Fiber Reinforced Phosphogypsum under Uniaxial Compression by Li Zhou, Bo Chen, Yong Huang

“…To investigate the stress-strain relationship of fiber reinforced phosphogypsum (PG) under uniaxial compression, a total of twenty-seven PG prism specimens were fabricated and tested. The influences of the content of admixture, content of fiber, and water-solid ratio on the stress-strain curve of the specimens were investigated. …”
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Design and Experimental Study on Shock-Absorbing Steel Bar with Limit Function for Bridges by Zhaoguang Li, Ri Gao, Wei Jia

“…Three sets of specimens of the shock-absorbing steel bar are fabricated and then repeatedly loaded by the designed quasistatic loading device, in order to investigate their seismic performance parameters, including hysteresis curve, skeleton curve, and initial stiffness and equivalent viscous damping ratio. …”
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A New Simple Method for the Strength of High-Strength Steel Thin-Walled Box Columns Subjected to Axial Force and Biaxial End Moments by Hong-Xia Shen

“…It shows that the proposed formulas can precisely evaluate the local-overall interactive buckling strength of HSS beam-columns and, in most cases, are also suitable for beam-columns fabricated from mild steels. The proposed formulas are simple and, meanwhile, achieve the same level of accuracy as ANSI/AISC 360-10.…”
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Studies on the Optical Properties and Surface Morphology of Cobalt Phthalocyanine Thin Films by Benny Joseph, C. S. Menon

“…Thin films of Cobalt Phthalocyanine (CoPc) are fabricated at a base pressure of 10-5 m.bar using Hind-Hivac thermal evaporation plant. …”
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Enhancing the Performance of the Microwave Absorbing Materials by Using Dielectric Resonator Arrays by Omar H. Al-Zoubi, Hameed Naseem

“…The introduced technique is based on fabricating the microwave absorbing (MA) material in a structure comprised of an array of circular cylinder dielectric resonators (CDR) backed by a perfect electric conductor (PEC) ground plane. …”
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Optimizing the Synthesis of Novel Calcium Carbonate/Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite With Highest Antifungal Activity by Nima Fallahnia, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Hasti Sarabikia, Mohsen Safaei

“…Various analyses were applied to determine the structural properties of the calcium carbonate/cobalt oxide nanocomposite, and its constituents revealed the fabricated nanocomposite’s desirable properties. In the study, the nanocomposite was an efficient antifungal agent that might be employed in various fields, including medicine, dentistry, and life sciences.…”
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HISTORICISING PARTY INTERNAL DEMOCRACY AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC, 1999-2023 by ADESOTE SAMSON ADESOLA, AKANDE SUNDAY ADEKUNLE

“…It explains that the teething problem of party internal democracy has been described as a major cause of intra-party wrangling, party defection and so on rocking the fabrics of the Nigerian political parties especially since the return to civil rule in 1999. …”
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Design of a Low Sidelobe Feed Network Based on the Louver-Shaped Defected Ground Structure by Yuan Zhang, Songtao Xi

“…The impact of the louver-shaped DGS on the amplitude and phase of each port in the power divider within the feeding network is analyzed, and a 16-channel feeding network incorporating the louver-shaped DGS has been designed, fabricated, and then measured. The test results indicate that the performance of the line-feeding network is effectively improved by designing and adjusting the louver-shaped DGS. …”
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