Effect of GFRP and steel reinforcement bars on the flexural behavior of RC beams containing recycled aggregate� by Rasha A. El-Sadany, Sherif H. Al-Tersawy, Hossam El-Din M. Sallam

“…These two types of reinforcements, i.e., steel and glass FRP (GFRP) bars, have been used in the present work. …”
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Enhanced Fatigue Strength of Commercially Pure Ti Processed by Rotary Swaging by Hasan ALkhazraji, Ehab El-Danaf, Manfred Wollmann, Lothar Wagner

“…Fully reversed bending fatigue tests were performed on polished hour-glass specimens of commercially pure titanium grade 1 with three different grain sizes, that were produced by severe plastic deformation (rotary swaging) and subheat treatments, in order to examine the effect of grain size on fatigue. …”
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Metal Content and Stable Isotope Determination in Some Commercial Beers from Romanian Markets by Cezara Voica, Dana-Alina Magdas, Ioana Feher

“…A comparison of the beers quality manufactured by the same producer but bottled in different type of packaging like glass, dose, or PET was made; our results show that no compositional differences among the same beer type exist.…”
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Experimental Study on Residual and Dissolution of DNAPL in Transparent Fracture by Junyu Wu, Shu Zhu, Zhende Zhu, Bin Lu, Luxiang Wang

“…To better understand the residual and dissolution process of DNAPL in fractures, the visual experiment of DNAPL residual and dissolution in the fracture was carried out using the transparent fracture model made of glass material, and the changes of DNAPL migration morphology and residual distribution in the crack were obtained. …”
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Improving the Hydrophobicity of ZnO by PTFE Incorporation by Meenu Srivastava, Bharathi Bai J. Basu, K. S. Rajam

“…Chemical immersion deposition being simple and economical has been adopted to develop modified ZnO coating on glass substrate. Several modifications of ZnO like treatment with alkanoic acid (stearic acid) and fluoroalkylsilane to tune the surface wettability (hydrophobicity) were attempted. …”
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Investigating the effect of ceramic fiber on the mechanical properties of glassphalt by Mohammad Hosein Dehnad, Abolfazl Yazdi, Gholam Hossein Hamedi

“…This increased the adhesion of bitumen and glass cullet, which have acidic properties, and enhanced the glassphalt’s performance against adhesive failure. …”
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The Effect of Yttrium Addition on the Microstructures and Electrical Properties of CuMn Alloy Thin Films by Ho-Yun Lee, Chi-Wei He, Ying-Chieh Lee

“…CuMnY-resistive thin films were deposited onto glass and Al2O3 substrates. The electrical properties and microstructures of CuMn alloy films with different yttrium content were investigated. …”
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Does Modification of Amalgomer with Propolis Alter Its Physicomechanical Properties? An In Vitro Study by Reham M. Abdallah, Amr M. Abdelghany, Neven S. Aref

“…To assess if incorporating ethanolic extract of propolis into ceramic-reinforced glass ionomer (Amalgomer CR) might have an influence on its physicomechanical properties. …”
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Bilateral Chylothorax as a Unique Presentation of Pancreaticobiliary or Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Mazin Saadaldin, Tarek Naguib

“…CT chest/abdomen/pelvis showed bilateral ground-glass opacities within the lungs and possible bony metastasis. …”
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Water Absorption and Thermomechanical Characterization of Extruded Starch/Poly(lactic acid)/Agave Bagasse Fiber Bioplastic Composites by F. J. Aranda-García, R. González-Núñez, C. F. Jasso-Gastinel, E. Mendizábal

“…Storage, stress-strain, and flexural moduli increase with PLA and/or agave bagasse fibers (ABF) content while impact resistance decreases. The TPS glass transition temperature increases with ABF content and decreases with PLA content. …”
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Nanostructured Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Thin Film Prepared by Sol-Gel Method for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Yu-Chang Liu, Yun-Fang Lu, Yz-Zhen Zeng, Chi-Hung Liao, Jen-Chieh Chung, Tsong-Yang Wei

“…The ability of stong adhesion on ITO conducting glass substrate and the high surface area are considered important characteristics of TiO2 thin film. …”
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A Comparative Thermal Performance Assessment of Various Solar Collectors for Domestic Water Heating by Ali Raza Kalair, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem, Naeem Abas, Shoaib Rauf, Alex Stojcevski

“…Our findings conclude the evacuated glass tube collector achieves the highest solar fraction, i.e., 50% of demand coverage during August in Pakistan and February in Australia, with an overall average of 43% annually.…”
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Fatal Case of Probable Invasive Aspergillosis after Five Years of Heart Transplant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Krista E. Shaw, Renuga Vivekanandan

“…Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed left lower lung ground-glass and tree-in-bud opacities. She was started on broad spectrum antibiotics along with ganciclovir and micafungin. …”
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Problems of Vehicle Identification by Tire Marks on the Soil by M. H. Chernets

“…In addition to tire marks, to identify the vehicle, it is worth using the testimony of witnesses regarding the model and color of the car, traces of glass debris and paint chips at the accident site and damage on the car itself.…”
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Characterization of Electrically Conductive Adhesives to Enable Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Interconnection by Leonhard Böck, Torsten Rößler

“…Mechanical characterization through tensile tests and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) revealed varying Young’s modulus (E) (stiffness) and glass transition temperatures (TG) among the ECAs. …”
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Trace Analysis in End-Exhaled Air Using Direct Solvent Extraction in Gas Sampling Tubes: Tetrachloroethene in Workers as an Example by Chris-Elmo Ziener, Pia-Paulin Braunsdorf

“…End-exhaled air is sampled using valveless gas sampling tubes made of glass. Gaseous analytes are transferred to a liquid phase using a microscale solvent extraction performed directly inside the gas sampling tubes. …”
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Evaluation of Cells Cracks Impact on PV Module’s Performance by Christine Abdel Nour, Julien Dupuis, Paul Lefillastre, Axel Becker

“…A laboratory testing sequence was performed on two different Glass/backsheet PV technologies: PERC and TOPCon. …”
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The Role of Liquid Fuels Channel Configuration on the Combustion inside Cylindrical Mesoscale Combustor by Achmad Fauzan Hery Soegiharto, I. N. G. Wardana, Lilis Yuliati, Mega Nursasongko

“…This research intended to investigate combustion of liquid fuel in 3.5 mm inner diameter quartz glass tube mesocombustor, based on liquid film evaporation by using heat recirculation. …”
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Structural, Optical Constants and Photoluminescence of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Sol-Gel Spin Coating by Abdel-Sattar Gadallah, M. M. El-Nahass

“…We report manufacturing and characterization of low cost ZnO thin films grown on glass substrates by sol-gel spin coating method. …”
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Photocatalytic decomposition of fatty stains by TiO2 thin films by Juan Peris Vicente, Thierry Gacoin, Philippe Barboux, Jean-Pierre Boilot, Mauricette Rondet, Léthicia Guéneau

“…Thin films have been deposited onto glass substrates by dip-coating and eventually further crystallized by heat-treatment up to 300∘C. …”
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