Diversity and Antimicrobial Activities of Actinobacteria Isolated from Mining Soils in Midelt Region, Morocco by Soumia Ait Assou, Jaouad Anissi, Khalid Sendide, Mohammed El Hassouni

“…Our findings suggest that Actinobacteria isolated from natural heavy metal ecosystems may be a valuable source of novel secondary metabolites and therefore of new biotechnologically promising antimicrobial compounds.…”
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Evaluation of the Marine Algae Gracilaria and its Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Ni(II) from Wastewater by A. Esmaeili, P. Beirami, S. Ghasemi

“…The kinetic studies showed that the heavy metal uptake was observed more rapidly by the AC with compared to MD. …”
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Examination of Physicians’ Perception of the Indications of Colorectal Stents in the Management of Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction: A Provincial Survey by Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Myriam Martel, Alan N. Barkun

“…Data are conflicting when assessing indications for colorectal self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) in managing acute malignant large bowel obstruction (MLO). …”
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Farklı Işık Kaynakları Polimerizasyonda Ne Kadar Isı Oluşturur ? by Didem Öner Özdaş, Sevgi Zorlu, Ecem Salmaz, Gizem Akkuş, Beril Kaplan

“…., Foshan, China and WoodPecker/Kesikli) gerçekleştirilen polimerizasyon sırasında ortaya çıkan ısı farklarını belirleyebilmek için dijital termometreli, ortasında ısıyı algılayan metal proba sahip bir düzenek (ENDA ET4420® PID Istanbul/TÜRKİYE) oluşturulmuştur. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanism of Graphene Oxide-Modified Coral Sand Cement Mortar to Resist Sulfate Erosion by Bin Chen, Jianlin Zhang, Yanlin Zhao, Yiwei Lu

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El fracaso del “Estado empresario”. La Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares y el desarrollo de la metalurgia del cobre, 1941-1955 by Marcelo Rougier

“… Este trabajo indaga, con el apoyo de fuentes de primer orden, el accionar de la Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares; una institución que impulsó variadas actividades en los años cuarenta pero que fracasó en su intento por desarrollar la producción de metales y en particular del cobre, un insumo crítico para el propio sector militar y también para una importante industria elaboradora. …”
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Effect of titanium content on the microstructure and wear behavior of Fe(13-x)TixB7 (x=0-5) hardfacing alloy by Kılınç B., Kocaman E., Şen Ş., Şen U.

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The prediction of X2B6 monolayers with ultrahigh carrier mobility by Xiuzhi Du, Zhaoming Huang

“…Interestingly, the K2B6 and Rb2B6 monolayers demonstrate a metallic band structure, while the Na2B6 monolayer is a semiconductor with an ultra-narrow bandgap only about 0.42 eV. …”
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Study on Optimization of Pump Shaft Transmission System of Plastic Centrifugal Pump by Lili Zhang, Lingfeng Tang, Qingzhao Wen, Wenbin Luo

“…At present, the design of the pump shaft transmission system mostly refers to the design method of the metal pump transmission system. The dynamic and static characteristics of the plastic centrifugal pump are not related to the structural parameters of the pump shaft. …”
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Effect of Stacking Sequence on Mechanical and Water Absorption Characteristics of Jute/Banana/Basalt Fabric Aluminium Fibre Laminates With Diamond Microexpanded Mesh by Padmanabhan Rengaiyah Govindarajan, Rajesh Shanmugavel, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Carlo Santulli, Cristiano Fragassa

“…This research focuses on hybrid woven fibre metal laminates (HWFMLs), specifically on the innovative hybridization of natural woven fibres (NWFs) with aluminium diamond microexpandable mesh (Al-DMEM) in thin laminates. …”
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Introduced substrates trigger colonization by reef-associated fish in a degraded coastal system. by Maryann S Watson, Jon Dickson, Oscar Franken, Laura L Govers, Tjisse van der Heide, Sterre Witte, Britas Klemens Eriksson

“…However, many such projects use artificial substrates, such as concrete or metal, that are not naturally occurring in the marine environment. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal and Antimicrobial Activities of Some Novel Organotin(IV): Purine Base Complexes by Reena Jain, Rajeev Singh, N. K. Kaushik

“…All the complexes are 1 : 1 metal-ligand complexes. In order to assess their antimicrobial activity, the ligands and their corresponding complexes have also been tested in vitro against bacteria (E. coli, S. aureus, and P. pyocyanea) and fungi (Rhizopus oryzae and Aspergillus flavus). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of MgO–CuO–Fe2O3 Nanocomposite: A Study of Its Structural, Optical, and Antibacterial Properties by Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Hisham Alnahari, Muhammad Hadi

“…The synthesis, characterization, and application of mixed oxide nanocomposites (NCs) are gaining recognition for their superior functional properties compared with simple metal oxides. In this study, we synthesized magnesium oxide (MgO)–copper oxide (CuO)–iron oxide (Fe2O3) mixed oxide NCs using a simple coprecipitation method and investigated several of their physical properties. …”
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Exhausting the (Human) Problem by Annalaura Alifuoco

“…De Bruyckere’s headless forms, rendered through wax, animal hide, cloth, and metal, materialize exhaustion through specific formal choices: suspension, fragmentation, drooping, wounding. …”
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Effects of Surface Curvature and Surface Strength on Argon Adsorption in Carbon Nanotubes at Temperatures below the Triple Point by Zhongjun Liu, D.D. Do, D. Nicholson, Zhengping Xi

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Factors Affecting the Adsorption of Zn and Cd Ions from Aqueous Solution onto Vermiculite by Wu Xiaofu, Zhao Fang, Chen Mingli, Zhang Yangli, Zhao Chong, Zhou Hailan

“…An increase in Zn 2+ or Cd 2+ ion adsorption from the single metal ion solution resulted in an increase in the concentrations of unadsorbed K + , Na + , Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ ions remaining in the bulk solution. …”
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Fluxless Direct Soldering of Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCOs) to Copper by Lung-Chuan Tsao, Cheng-Kai Li, Yu-Kai Sun, Shih-Ying Chang, Tung-Han Chuang

“…The direct soldering process was performed without the need for flux or pre-metallization of the two transparent conductive oxides. …”
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Loss Architecture Search for Few-Shot Object Recognition by Jun Yue, Zelang Miao, Yueguang He, Nianchun Du

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Potentiometric Sensor for Gadolinium(III) Ion Based on Zirconium(IV) Tungstophosphate as an Electroactive Material by Harish K. Sharma, Nadeem Sharma

“…Fixed interference method and matched potential method has been used for determining selectivity coefficient with respect to alkali, alkaline earth, some transition and rare earth metal ions that are normally present along with Gd(III) in its ores. …”
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Study on micro-structure, hardness and optimization of wear characteristics of Al6061/TiB2/CeO2 hot-rolled MMCs using Taguchi method by S. R. Sreenivasa Iyengar, D. Sethuramu, M. Ravikumar

“…Aluminium composites are extensively used in several industries. The production of Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) with varying wt. % of reinforcement/s leads to enhancement of wear and mechanical behavior properties. …”
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