Clinical and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings of Patients with Incomplete Visual Recovery after Anatomically Successful Retinal Detachment Surgery by Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris, Aikaterini Chalkia, Chrysanthi Tsika, Anastasios Anastasakis, Georgios A. Kontadakis

“…Incomplete visual recovery was strongly correlated with presence of macular pathology (P = 0.002), a detached macula preoperatively (P = 0.02), retinotomy (P = 0.025), and pars plana vitrectomy and use of silicon oil as a tamponade agent (P = 0.009). Also, although there was a strong correlation between ellipsoid zone disruption and incomplete visual recovery, a distinct, more course pathology could be identified in all cases of poor visual recovery related to edema, thickening, or atrophy of the macula. …”
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A Platform For Solar Energy An Alternative Source For Kabale District at Kabale University. by Amanya, Devis

“…The solar panel is positioned where it can receive maximum light. Silicon solar cells produced an efficiency of 20% for the first time in 1985. …”
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Determination of Optimum Quantity of Cassava Peel Ash (CPA) as Partial Replacement of Cement for Maximum Concrete Strength and its Cost Analysis. by Nasasira, Johnson

“…The cassava peels were sundried and burnt into ash in the furnace at 700-800oc and their chemical and physical properties were studied using the X-ray Fluorescence method which was found to contain elements such as calcium dioxide 85.677%, iron (iii) oxide 5.662%, silicon dioxide 3.517%, potassium oxide 1.731%, aluminum oxide 1.515% manganese(ii) oxide 0.803%, phosphorous pent oxide 0.456%, titanium oxide 0.310%, chromium (ii) oxide 0.143%, and magnesium oxide 0.109%. blended pastes containing OPC and 45 cubes were caster with cassava peel ash (CPA) at different percentage replacement, 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% were investigated for consistency, initial and final setting time for the blended paste CPA- OPC pastes and dry density of cubes and compressive strength of grade 25 (C25) Concrete. …”
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Influence of boriding treatment on the mechanical properties of Monel 400 by Christian Pacheco, Jefferson Luiz Jeronimo, Anael Preman Krelling, Cesar Edil da Costa, Júlio Cesar Giubilei Milan

“…Previous studies on boriding Monel 400 and other nickel alloys, using boriding powder containing iron and silicon and high treatment temperatures, indicate that these factors may promote material oxidation and reduce the thickness of the nickel boride layer. …”
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A Quantitative Analysis of Photovoltaic Modules Using Halved Cells by S. Guo, J. P. Singh, I. M. Peters, A. G. Aberle, T. M. Walsh

“…In a silicon wafer-based photovoltaic (PV) module, significant power is lost due to current transport through the ribbons interconnecting neighbour cells. …”
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Study on Impression Techniques and Materials for Implant among Dentists in Erbil city: A Survey study. by Shahla Hama Rasheed Omer, Shang Hussein Muhammed, Shayma Abdulamir Mamandi, Zina Zakaria Rashid

“…Regarding the most preferable material 75% responded for addition silicone, 23.6% responded for condensation silicone and 1.4% responded for alginate. …”
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Evaluation of engineering, physiochemical and nutritional properties of three different varieties of pomelo fruit by Simple Sharma, Barinderjit Singh, Yashi Srivastava

“…The assessment of physicochemical and nutritional properties provides knowledge of nutrients, essential minerals (boron, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc), and quality of fruit, making it an expert functional food ingredient and can be utilized for various applications in food industries. …”
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GC-MS Profiling and Therapeutic Potentials of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC: Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Insights by Asaad Khalid, Eltuhami A. Abdalgadir, Iman K. Abdel Gadir, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Husham E. Homeida, Shahnaz Sultana, Zia ur Rehman, Rym Hassani, Ahmed Shaher Alqahtani, Hassan A. Alhazmi

“…Besides, varying amounts of some silicon derivatives, which were reported to have antimicrobial activity, were detected with octasiloxane, which showed the highest amount (18.47%). 6-Ethoxy-6-methyl-2-cyclohexenone (antioxidant, antidiabetic, antiobesity, and antimicrobial) was detected in considerable quantity. …”
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Effect Of Zinc And Ingredients Of Protein Supplement On Sperm Parameters And Male Reproductive Hormones- An RCT Study by Saira Safdar, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Noor Ul Ain, Sidra Jabeen, Muhammad Hassaan Farooq, Asma Irfan

“…Keywords: Protein supplements, Soy Protein, Silicon dioxide, Zinc, Sperm parameters, Testosterone, Follicle stimulating hormone, Luteinizing hormone. …”
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Capillary condensation-driven growth of perovskite nanowire arrays for multi-functional photodetector by Gangjian Hu, Jiajun Guo, Jizhong Jiang, Lei Wang, Jiaqi Zhang, Hongxu Chen, Gangning Lou, Wei Wei, Liang Shen

“…Based on these nanowires, the fabricated photodetector showcases specific detectivities of 1.95 × 1013 jones, surpassing commercially available silicon detectors in weak-light detection capabilities. …”
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Identification of Fe-bearing phases in the as-cast microstructure of AA6026 alloy and their evolution during homogenization treatment by Radetić T., Popović M., Novaković M., Rajić V., Romhanji E.

“…The other set of plate-like microconstituents was identified as a tetragonal, silicon-rich δ-Al4(Fe,Mn)Si2 phase. The formation of the δ-Al4(Fe,Mn)Si2 phase was attributed to the chemical composition of the alloy. …”
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Prospective directions for the development of means and methods for detection and fixation of handprints by V. V. Korniienko

“…Among them, it can be singled out the use of luminescent dactyloscopic powders, which better visualize papillary patterns under UV and IR special lighting. Silicon nanoparticles with the addition of dyes, depending on the color of the surface, have shown a better result compared to the cyanoacrylate method. …”
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Properties and application of carbon composite brick for blast furnace hearth by Jiao K.X., Zhang J.L., Liu Z.J., Zhao Y.G., Hou X.M.

“…A type of carbon composite brick was produced via the microporous technique using natural flack graphite, α-Al2O3 and high-quality bauxite chamotte (Al2O3≥87 mass%) as raw materials with fine silicon powder as additive. The composition and microstructure of the obtained carbon composite were characterized using chemical analysis, XRD and SEM with EDS. …”
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X-Ray Performance of SiC NPN Radiation Detector by Jing Wang, Leidang Zhou, Liang Chen, Silong Zhang, Fangbao Wang, Tingting Fan, Zhuo Chen, Song Bai, Xiaoping Ouyang

“…In this paper, a silicon carbide (SiC) phototransistor based on an open-base structure was fabricated and used as a radiation detector. …”
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Preparation and mechanical properties of (SiCnp+NiTip)/Al composites with triple-modal grain structure by Xue Zhang, Mingfang Qian, Xuexi Zhang, Lin Geng

“…A controllable composite powder ball milling and assembly strategy were employed to achieve a tri-modal grain structure in silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles plus NiTi particles (SiCnp+NiTip)/Al composites. …”
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A conceptual approach to material detection based on damping vibration-force signals via robot by Ahmad Saleh Asheghabadi, Mohammad Keymanesh, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Jing Xu

“…Data clustering was performed using the deflection of the cantilever beam to boost classification accuracy.Results and discussionOnline object materials detection shows an accuracy of 95.46% in a study of ten objects [metals (steel, cast iron), plastics (foam, compressed plastic), wood, silicon, rubber, leather, brick and cartoon]. This method overcomes the limitations of the tactile approach and has the potential to be used in industrial robots.…”
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On a novel lapping method for RB-SiC ceramic materials by integration of fixed-abrasive with even-sprayed micro-droplets by Yang Yu, Xuanping Wang, Xiaoguang Guo, Hang Gao

“…Reaction-bonded silicon carbide (RB-SiC) ceramic is a promising material for space telescopes due to its high strength, lightweight, and low thermal expansion rate. …”
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Device and Measuring Method the Moments of Rolling Resistance Forces on the Contact Spot by I. Z. Gilavdary, S. Mekid, N. N. Riznookaya

“…Experiments were performed for the following pairs of contacting bodies: steel-steel, steel-glass, steel-electritechnical silicon. It was assumed that the pressure at the contact spot did not exceed the elastic limit.The developed single-ball pendulum device and the proposed measurement procedure open up new wide possibilities for studying the laws of mechanisms of rolling resistance under conditions of microand mesoscale displacements of a rolling body from a state of rest.…”
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Investigation of the Heat Treatment Regimes on the Structure and Microhardness of Laser Direct Energy Deposition Aluminum Alloy AlSi10Mg by Darya Volosevich, Zhanna Shabunina, Nikita Yurchenko, Ruslan Mendagaliev, Edem Slatenko, Georgii Klimov, Olga Klimova-Korsmik, Aleksey Eremeev

“…This regime leads to the formation of a uniform structure with the breakage of the eutectic network into separate spherical silicon inclusions. The microhardness in this case is 90 HV, which is 55% higher than the initial state. …”
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Influence of Carbon Addition to Fe-Mn-Si Type Alloy on the Structure and Shape Memory Effect by Witold Prendota, Kamil Goc, Shunsuke Miyazawa, Akito Takasaki, Damian Rybicki, Czeslaw Kapusta

“…. % of carbon, at corresponding silicon content reduction. For the synthesis, the mechanical alloying, sintering, and annealing were applied. …”
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