Efficiency of Melamine Grafted Chitosan-based Magnetic Nanocomposite for Cationic Dye Adsorption: Kinetics, Isotherms, Thermodynamics by Hossein Dehghani, Sanaz Sajedi-Amin, Abdolhossein Naseri

“…An adsorption activity of the functionalized magnetic nanoparticles with chitosan-melamine as a sorbent were studied for removal of dyes contaminants from aqueous solution. The morphology, structure, and size of the MA-CS@Fe3O4 nanocomposite have been investigated. …”
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Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency of P3HT : PC71BM Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells by Doping a High-Mobility Small Organic Molecule by Hanyu Wang, Xiao Wang, Pu Fan, Xin Yang, Junsheng Yu

“…The effect of molecular doping with TIPS-pentacene on the photovoltaic performance of polymer solar cells (PSCs) with a structure of ITO/ZnO/poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) : [6,6]-phenyl C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) : TIPS-pentacene/MoOx/Ag was systematically investigated by adjusting TIPS-pentacene doping ratios ranged from 0.3 to 1.2 wt%. …”
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Analysis, Filtering, and Control for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models in Networked Systems by Sunjie Zhang, Zidong Wang, Jun Hu, Jinling Liang, Fuad E. Alsaadi

“…Among different kinds of models for fuzzy systems, the so-called Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model has been quite popular due to its convenient and simple dynamic structure as well as its capability of approximating any smooth nonlinear function to any specified accuracy within any compact set. …”
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Prediction of Punching Capacity of Slab-Column Connections without Transverse Reinforcement Based on a Backpropagation Neural Network by Jie Bu, FanZhen Zhang, Meng Zhu, Zhiyang He, Qigao Hu

“…Punching shear failure of slab-column connections can cause the progressive collapse of a structure. In this study, a punching test database is first established. …”
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Functional diversity of soil microbiomes in forest ecosystems and the spread of ESKAPE pathogens by Lyudmyla Symochko, Olena Demyanyuk, M.N. Coelho Pinheiro

“…The article presents original research results focused on the long-term investigation of the soil microbiome in forest ecosystems, particularly examining microbial community structure, the abundance of major ecological-functional groups, and the spread of ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter species). …”
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Genetic, Functional, and Immunological Study of ZnT8 in Diabetes by Qiong Huang, Jie Du, Chengfeng Merriman, Zhicheng Gong

“…In this review, we summarize the structure, feature, functions, and polymorphisms of ZnT8 along with its association with diabetes and explore future study directions.…”
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Empirical Correlation of the Morphology of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes with Their Response to Axial Compression by Jabulani R. Barber, Jeffrey S. Boyles, Aldo A. Ferri, Lawrence A. Bottomley

“…Following compression studies, the structure and morphology of each nanocoil were determined by transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Logging Characteristics and Identification Methods of Low Resistivity Oil Layer: Upper Cretaceous of the Third Member of Qingshankou Formation, Daqingzijing Area, Songliao Basin, C... by Congjun Feng, Murray Gingras, Mengsi Sun, Bing Wang

“…For the middle amplitude logfacies sandstone, water layer or oil-water layer can be identified with the identification standard. Low amplitude structure, high clay content, high irreducible water saturation, and high formation water salinity are attributed to the origin of low resistivity oil layer.…”
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Experimental study and numerical analysis on mechanical behavior of GFRP-concrete composite beam by Yonghui Huang, Chenxi Shao, Shaofeng Huang, Airong Liu

“…In order to study the mechanical properties of GFRP (glass fiber-reinforced polymers)-concrete composite beam which is a new structure with potential use in coastal areas, four pure GFRP beams and seven composite beams are designed and produced in this study. …”
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Thinking Styles Inventory: Psychometric features in college students from Buenos Aires by Agustín Freiberg Hoffmann, Fabiana Uriel, Rocío Fernández Da Lama, Mercedes Fernández Liporace

“…After a pilot study, a sample composed of 361 college students from Buenos Aires responded the inventory in order to perform exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyzes on the one hand, and an internal consistency on the other. Result: A 7-factor structure -Judicial/Liberal, Executive/Conservative, External, Monarchic, Global, Hierarchic, Legislative-, was obtained. …”
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Testing the Strength of Chaotic Systems as Seeds in a Pseudo Random Bit Generator by Lazaros Moysis, Marcin Lawnik, Christos Volos, Murilo S. Baptista, Sotirios K. Goudos, George F. Fragulis

“…Driven by these facts, this work studies the performance of a common modulo-based bit generator under different chaotic maps. First, the structure of the bit generator’s nonlinear hash is studied. …”
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A Book Review of Charming Elements in Animation Cinema by Hamid Sadeghian, , Gity Nooreddinnejad

“…These include lack of light unity in the structure of the content, lack of clarity in the presentation of the content for a particular or general audience, lack of attention to the impact of contemporary achievements, the need for appropriate images for the completion and explanation of the topics and the lack of proper communication between some The images presented with the text have been criticized in various ways. …”
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Current Insight of Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Chronic Wound Healing Applications: A Concise Review by Aifa Asyhira Khairul Nizam, Syafira Masri, Nur Izzah Md Fadilah, Manira Maarof, Mh Busra Fauzi

“…Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks with a 3D structure which allows them to become skin substitutes for chronic wounds. …”
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Teaching, assessment and best practice in undergraduate psychiatry education in the UK: cross-sectional survey by Deepika Sharma, Thomas Hewson, Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa, James Fallon, Declan Hyland, Seri Abraham, Alexa Sidwell, Subodh Dave

“…Small-group teaching, lectures and e-learning were the most frequent teaching modalities and various professionals and lived experience educators (patient and/or carers) contributed to teaching. Objective structured clinical examinations and multiple-choice questions dominated assessments. …”
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Influence of Withania somnifera on CuO/rGO composite via solution combustion method for the photodegradation of Rose Bengal dye by Roopa M.C, Sharadadevi Kallimani, Harish Kumar K, Thirumala S

“…The CuO/rGO nanocomposite was then prepared via a straightforward reflux method. Comprehensive structural, functional, and morphological analyses were conducted using XRD, UV–Vis, HR-SEM, EDAX and FTIR techniques. …”
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The Δ33-35 Mutant α-Domain Containing β-Domain-Like M3S9 Cluster Exhibits the Function of α-Domain with M4S11 Cluster in Human Growth Inhibitory Factor by Qingui Bao, Zhichun Ding, Zhong-Xian Huang, Xiangshi Tan

“…These results showed that the stability and solvent accessibility of the metal-thiolate cluster in β-domain is very significant to the neuronal growth inhibitory activity of hGIF and also indicated that the particular primary structure of α-domain is pivotal to domain-domain interaction in hGIF.…”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding Mode Guidance Law considering Available Acceleration and Autopilot Dynamics by Yulin Wang, Shengjing Tang, Wei Shang, Jie Guo

“…Then, a fuzzy system is utilized to approximate and replace the variable structure term, which can handle the unknown target acceleration. …”
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The Impact of Perceived Procedural Justice on Dimensions of Customer Citizenship Behaviours: The Mediating Effect of Customer Perceived Support by Ahmed Hassaan Ali, Jing Song

“…Our research setting is the smartphone after-sales service sector in China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS is employed to empirically test our hypotheses on the basis of survey data from 368 smartphone customers. …”
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Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo ... by Justin Kyale Koy, Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga, David Andrew Wardell

“…The analysis is based on the triangulation of data sources from focus group discussions, historical archives and semi-structured interviews. The investigations reveal a wide range of activities including agriculture, fishing, hunting, mining, forestry and the exploitation of other non-timber forest products. …”
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Measuring Contagion of Subprime Crisis Based on MVMQ-CAViaR Method by Wuyi Ye, Kebing Luo, Shaofu Du

“…By dividing the sampling period into three important subperiods (precrisis period, crisis period, and recovery period), we examine the changes of the dependence structure of risk during each period. Comparing with the situations in precrisis period, if the estimated coefficients become significant or market risk increases during the crisis, it implies the existence of contagion from the angle of coefficient significance or risk. …”
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