“Just Fabric”: The Becoming Black of the (Post)Human in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021) by Agnibha Banerjee

“…Like the deployment of black bodies as dehumanized raw materials in plantation economies, the exploitation of the androids in Ishiguro’s novel is premised, I contend, on their exclusion from the category of the “human.” …”
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Prediction of size distribution of iron ore granules and permeability of its bed by Lv X., Bai C., Huang X., Qiu G.

“…Both the moisture capacity and the water content added were used as the inputs in the model of artificial neural network, which can give a good prediction on the permeability and mass fraction of the granules of 3-8 mm, as well as the tendency of the samples under instable raw materials conditions. These two models can be used for optimization the granulation.…”
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Printed circuit board recycling: a focus on a novel, efficient and sustainable process for spent critical metals recovery by Charpentier, Nicolas M., Xia, Dong, Gabriel, Jean-Christophe P.

“…In this article, we present a novel and sustainable approach for recycling printed circuit boards (PCBs), potentially enabling the complete transformation of collected waste into reusable raw materials. Our methodology starts with the disassembly of PCBs for the extraction of all electronic components (ECs). …”
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Characterization of Volatile Compounds of Bulgur (Antep Type) Produced from Durum Wheat by Saad Ibrahim Yousif, Mustafa Bayram, Songul Kesen

“…There is more than one type of bulgur overall the world according to production techniques and raw materials. The volatile compounds of bulgur have not been explored yet. …”
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Development, Validation and Statistical Correlation of RP–LC Methods for Determination of Atazanavir Sulfate in Capsule Dosage Form by A. Behera, D. G. Sankar, S. K. Moitra, S. C. Si

“…Student’s t–test was used to correlate the two methods and applied to raw materials and capsule dosage form.…”
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Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electronic Packaging Applications: A Review by Lavanya Aryasomayajula, Klaus-Juergen Wolter

“…They have high strength-weight ratio, better stiffness, economical production, and ease of availability of raw materials. The discovery of carbon nanotubes has opened new possibilities to face challenges better. …”
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A Functional and Practical Taxonomy for the Industrial Implementation of Highly Automated Reverse Manufacturing Cells by Annagiulia Morachioli, Vladimir Sivtsov, Nicolas Rojas, Fabio Bonsignorio

“…While it is a widespread understanding that the sustainability of the global economy requires a transition to a circular economy paradigm where a growing share of the raw materials resources used for the manufacturing of the products are recycled when products reach their end-of-life, still this much-needed transition faces organizational and technical challenges. …”
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Effect of processing parameters to the product quality during manufacturing of fermented salting snubnose pompano (Trachinotus blochii) by Vu Ngoc Boi, Nguyen Thi My Trang, Tran Thi Bich Thuy, Vu Quang Minh

“…The results have indicated that the appropriate regime for wilting pompano samples was salting with a salt ratio of 10% to raw materials for 24 h at 40°C. The drying conditions for oven drying at 50°C with a wind speed of 2 m/s for 2 h were considered optimum. …”
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Case Study: LCA Methodology Applied to Materials Management in a Brazilian Residential Construction Site by João de Lassio, Josué França, Kárida Espirito Santo, Assed Haddad

“…More than ever, the growing demand for construction materials reflects increased consumption of raw materials and energy, particularly during the phases of extraction, processing, and transportation of materials. …”
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Effect of Wheat Replacement by Pulse Flours on the Texture, Color, and Sensorial Characteristics of Crackers: Flash Profile Analysis by Danai Ioanna Koukoumaki, Konstantinos Giannoutsos, Putu Virgina Partha Devanthi, Panagiotis Karmiris, Sophia Bourni, Anastasia Monemvasioti, Vassiliki Psimouli, Dimitris Sarris, Konstantinos Gkatzionis

“…Derived attributes were associated with the physicochemical characteristics and raw materials of crackers for both panels. GPA analysis of Greek panel indicated that increasing the replacement of wheat led to the generation of more attributes regardless of pulse species, while the Indonesian panel was able to detect differences among pulse species.…”
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Analysis of the public catering market in the Penza region by E. V. Kuznetsova, I. A. Strekalovsky

“…The most significant operational difficulties are the lack of line staff and the change in business economics caused by an increase in the raw materials cost.   The relevance of the study is to understand current market situation and its changes in recent years for further planning of market actions considering the experts’ opinion working in the field and trends that are emerging in the market.…”
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Synthesis and Humidity Sensing Properties of Sn-Doped Nano-TiO2 by P. Raji, H. S. Binitha, K. Balachandra Kumar

“…Nanostructured Sn-doped TiO2 have been prepared by ball milling using SnO2 and TiO2 as raw materials. The as-prepared powders are characterized by XRD, SEMs and EDAX to identify the structural phases, surface morphology, and composition of the materials. …”
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Overview on Untargeted Methods to Combat Food Frauds: A Focus on Fishery Products by Giuseppina M. Fiorino, Cristiano Garino, Marco Arlorio, Antonio F. Logrieco, Ilario Losito, Linda Monaci

“…Authenticity and traceability of food products are of primary importance at all levels of the production process, from raw materials to finished products. Authentication is also a key aspect for accurate labeling of food, which is required to help consumers in selecting appropriate types of food products. …”
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EMISSIONS MONITORING OF HEAVY METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS RESULTED FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES IN CLINKER KILNS IN ROMANIA by CRISTIAN CIOBANU, GHEORGHE VOICU, MAGDALENA – LAURA TOMA, PAULA TUDOR

“… With the dust arising from the clinker kilns and grill coolers (the major pollution sources in a cement plant), also heavy metals and their compounds (in the form of powders and vaporous), originating from fuels and raw materials, are pumped into the air. The paper presents some aspects regarding the monitoring of heavy metals contained in the combustion gases from a Romanian cement factory. …”
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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic Properties, and Interaction with Ct-DNA of Zn(II) with 2-Aminoethanethiol Hydrochloride Ligand by Xu-gang Shu, Chun-li Wu, Cui-jin Li, Min Zhang, Ke Wan, Xin Wu

“…The zinc(II) complex (C2H6NS)2Zn·ZnCl2 was synthesized with 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride and zinc sulfate heptahydrate as the raw materials in aqueous solution. The composition and structure of the complex were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectra, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetry. …”
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UHPLC‐Q‐TOF‐MS/MS Dereplication to Identify Chemical Constituents of Hedera helix Leaves in Vietnam by Hong Ngoc Pham, Chieu An Tran, Thi Diep Trinh, Ngoc Lan Nguyen Thi, Huynh Nhu Tran Phan, Van Nhan Le, Ngoc Hung Le, Van Trung Phung

“…This study has provided a base for building a quality control of the raw materials according to the profile of triterpene saponins and assessment of pharmaceutical ingredients of H. helix planted in Vietnam.…”
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Ethiopian Indigenous Traditional Fermented Beverage: The Role of the Microorganisms toward Nutritional and Safety Value of Fermented Beverage by Niguse Hotessa, Jedala Robe

“…Traditional fermented beverages are those which are indigenous to a particular area and have been developed by the people using age-old techniques from locally available raw materials. Some of Ethiopian indigenous traditional fermented beverages products are Cheka, Keribo, Borde, Areki, Tella, Shamita, Booka, and Korefe, in which fermentation is natural and involves mixed cultures of microbes. …”
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Contribution à l’étude du peuplement préhistorique de la vallée de la Petite Creuse : bilan de dix ans de prospection sur la commune de Clugnat et ses marges (Creuse) by Jean-François Pasty, Philippe Alix, Michel Gallemard

“…Lithic remains testify to an almost continuous occupation of the sector prospected since the Middle Paleolithic until the final Neolithic era. Raw materials exclusively came from the siliceous formations located at the north and the North-West of the sector of study. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Using Ni-Containing TiO2 by Yao-Hsuan Tseng, Bo-Kai Huang

“…A nickel-modified titania photocatalyst was prepared by photodeposition method with using Degussa-P25 TiO2 particle and nickel chloride as raw materials, respectively. The physical analyses were carried out using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmittance electron microscope (TEM), and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), to observe changes in particles following nickel modification. …”
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Sites of the Kama Neolithic Culture in the Northern Kama Region by Evgeniia L. Lychagina, Nadezhda S. Batueva, Denis A. Demakov

“…The stone industry is characterized by the use of local raw materials for the manufacture of tools, the flake-blade industry and a variety of retouch with a standard set of basic tools. …”
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