A Review of Cocoa Drying Technologies and the Effect on Bean Quality Parameters by Banboye Frederick Dzelagha, Ngwabie Martin Ngwa, Divine Nde Bup

“…For the oven and microwave methods, drying air properties are directly controlled by electronic systems. Moisture content, mouldiness, bean colour, pH, titratable acidity, fat content, and acetic acid concentration are the most widely evaluated bean quality parameters.…”
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Cuminum Cyminum L Encapsulation on Perlite/calcium alginate/single walled carbon nanotubes -Glucose Composite: Fabrication, Characterization, Antibacterial and Antifungal Propertie... by Mahdieh Chegeni, Mozhgan Mehri, Zahra Shokri Rozbahani

“…The as-prepared composite was analyzed using Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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Understanding the Reinforcing Mechanisms in Kenaf Fiber/PLA and Kenaf Fiber/PP Composites: A Comparative Study by Seong Ok Han, Mehdi Karevan, I. Na Sim, Md A. Bhuiyan, Young Hun Jang, Jonathan Ghaffar, Kyriaki Kalaitzidou

“…The flexural properties and thermomechanical behavior were determined as a function of the fiber content, the crystallization of PLA and PP was studied using X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry, and the composites’ morphology was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. It was concluded that PLA exhibits higher modulus and Tg compared to those of neat PP. …”
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Photocatalytic Performance of Carbon Monolith/TiO2 Composite by Marina Maletić, Marija Vukčević, Ana Kalijadis, Zoran Laušević, Mila Laušević

“…The presence of TiO2 on CM carrier was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The sorption characteristics of CM and the role of adsorption in the overall process of MB removal were evaluated through amount of surface oxygen groups obtained by temperature-programmed desorption and specific surface area determined by BET method. …”
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Crystal growth, structural phase transitions and optical gap evolution of FAPb(Br1-x Cl x )3 hybrid perovskites (FA: formamidinium ion, CH(NH2)2 +) by Carlos A. López, Oscar Fabelo, Carmen Abia, María T. Fernández-Diaz, José A. Alonso

“…Abstract Chemically tuned organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites based on bromide and chloride anions CH(NH2)2Pb(Br1−x Cl x )3 (CH(NH2)2 +: formamidinium ion, FA) have been crystallized and investigated by neutron powder diffraction (NPD), single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and UV–vis spectroscopy. …”
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Early Age Hydration Characteristics of Calcium Sulphoaluminate Cement Mortar Cured at a Temperature Range from −10 to 20°C by Zhongyu Chen, Jianhong Fang, Feng Ming, Yuhang Liu

“…Low temperatures do not change the kinds of hydrates, but reduce their amount. The scanning electron microscopy results illustrate that fewer hydrates fill the pores in specimens cured at low temperatures, while more hydrates form at higher temperatures. …”
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Time-Resolved X-Ray Spectroscopy from the Atomic Orbital Ground State Up by Daniel Jost, Eder G. Lomeli, Ta Tang, Joshua J. Kas, John J. Rehr, Wei-Sheng Lee, Hong-Chen Jiang, Brian Moritz, Thomas P. Devereaux

“…The numerically evaluated trXAS and trRIXS cross sections for representative electron configurations 3d^{9} and 3d^{8} demonstrate the insights that can be obtained from charge-transfer pumping and how this nonequilibrium process affects ground- and excited-state properties. …”
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Electrokinetic in situ leaching of U from low-permeability uranium ore by Chunguang Li, Wenji Wang, Zhenzhong Liu, Yongmei Li, Qi Liu, Longcheng Liu

“…Various characterization techniques, such as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS), three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) pore scanning and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), showed that the electrokinetic-induced action overcame the preferential flow phenomena, promoted the dissolution of the target minerals and gangue rocks, and notably improved the pore structure to ultimately enhance the uranium leaching efficiency. …”
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Adsorptive removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution using coal fly ash-derived mesoporous silica material by Ning Yuan, Hui Cai, Tian Liu, Qi Huang, Xinling Zhang

“…The obtained CFA-MS was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurement, powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurement disclosed that CFA-MS possesses Brunauer–Emmett–Teller-specific surface area of 497 m 2 ·g −1 and pore volume of 0.49 cm 3 ·g −1 , respectively. …”
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Entropy engineering activation of UiO-66 for boosting catalytic transfer hydrogenation by Mingwei Ma, Enpeng Chen, Huijuan Yue, Ge Tian, Shouhua Feng

“…Systematic investigation manifests that the special electronic structure of HE-UiO-66 enhances the interaction and bonding with substrate molecules and reduces the energy barrier of the hydrogen transfer process. …”
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A Review of Multimedia Projects in Education Design, Producing, and Assessing by Hossein Zangeneh, Zahra Bahrami

“…The book’s usefulness as a teaching guide for a collaborative multimedia project learning strategy is high as a source of training in electronic content production courses at the undergraduate and even master’s degree courses. …”
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from the Age Range of 2 to 19 Years Old in Brazil by Janaina R. Niehues, Ana Inês Gonzales, Robson R. Lemos, Poliana Penasso Bezerra, Patrícia Haas

“…Methods. The following electronic databases were searched (from September through November 2013): Medline (PubMed), LILACS, and SciELO, using the descriptors and Boolean operators (obesity) and (overweight) and (child) and (prevalence) and (Brazil). …”
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Micro- and Nanoscale Pore Structure Characterization of Carbonates from the Xiaoerbulake Formation in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China by Jingyi Wang, Qinhong Hu, Mengdi Sun, Zhongxian Cai, Cong Zhang, Tao Zhang

“…The structures (geometry and connectivity) of nm to μm-scale pore networks in outcrop samples of carbonates from Xiaoerbulake Formation in Tarim Basin of China were studied by using optical microscopy, field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), as well as mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) with fractal analyses of the data, and spontaneous imbibition tests (distilled water). …”
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Hall‐effect sensors based on AlGaN/GaN heterojunctions on Si substrates for a wide temperature range by Sagnik Kumar, R. Muralidharan, G. Narayanan

“…Realisation of two‐dimensional electron gas‐based Hall sensors on Si substrates can have the advantages of low cost and integrability with complementary metal‐oxide semiconductor circuits. …”
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Architecture of distributed geoinformation technology for snow cover monitoring in circumstances of limited telecommunications accessibility by Yu. V. Belysheva, D. D. Sutyagin, E. S. Zimina

“…The proposed architecture is capable of functioning in circumstances of limited telecommunication availability, while ensuring data integrity control and personalization of responsibility by introducing an electronic signature of each measurement session. This architecture can be expanded by developing and implementing modules for other types of measurements.…”
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Shale-pore Semantic Segmentation Network Based on Pseudo-labeling by Chenzhang WANG, Yanfei WANG, Zhijing BAI

“…A total of 251 scanning electron microscopy images of the Longmaxi Formation shale reservoir in Chongqing are used, and the Pyramid Scene Parsing Network is utilized for training. …”
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Spatial and technological organization of Novosibirsk university campuses by E. A. Volkova, J. E. Nizhegorodtseva, A. A. Moroz

“…Based on the study of electronic, written and literary sources, various variants of the typology of university campuses are analyzed. …”
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In vitro inhibition mechanisms of Trichoderma yunnanense TM10 against Pyricularia oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani causing blast and sheath blight diseases in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Dedat Prismantoro, Thomas Argyarich Jefferson, Sulistya Ika Akbari, Mia Miranti, Muhamad Shakirin Mispan, Febri Doni

“…Slide culture and scanning electron microscope (SEM) tests confirmed that T. yunnanense TM10 exhibited mycoparasitic activity, including attachment, coiling, penetration, lysis, and destruction of pathogen hyphae. …”
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Engineering 2D spin networks by on-surface encapsulation of azafullerene radicals in nanotemplates by Gregor Kladnik, Luca Schio, Gregor Bavdek, Yuri Tanuma, Marion van Midden Mavrič, Erik Zupanič, Bastien Anézo, Ioanna K. Sideri, Nikos Tagmatarchis, Jannis Volkmann, Hermann A. Wegner, Andrea Goldoni, Christopher P. Ewels, Alberto Morgante, Luca Floreano, Denis Arčon, Dean Cvetko

“…We find compelling evidence for electronic coupling between the guest C59N• and the host [10]CPP in supramolecular species. …”
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The Correlation between Microalbuminuria and Thyroid Nodules in Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus by Can Cao, Zhao-Li Cui, Juan Miao, Jing-Xin Zhou, Xiao-Nan Wang, Jian Jin

“…Data were collected from the inpatient electronic files between January 2018 and January 2020. …”
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