Characterization of Functionalized Polyurethane Foam for Lead Ion Removal from Water by Subhashini Gunashekar, Nidal Abu-Zahra

“…The Pb2+ ion exchange capacity was determined using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). …”
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Modeling and Optimization for Production of Rice Husk Activated Carbon and Adsorption of Phenol by Y. S. Mohammad, E. M. Shaibu-Imodagbe, S. B. Igboro, A. Giwa, C. A. Okuofu

“…Among the action variables considered are activated carbon pretreatment temperature, adsorbent dosage, and initial concentration of phenol, while the response variables are removal efficiency and adsorption capacity. Regression analysis was used to analyze the models developed. …”
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Legume Plant Growth at Various Levels of Drought Stress Treatment by Veronica Sinamo, Nevy Diana Hanafi, Tri Hesty Wahyuni

“…The volume of water supplied corresponding to the field capacity makes the plant growth better. …”
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CO2 Capture by Carbon Aerogel–Potassium Carbonate Nanocomposites by Guang Yang, Hongchao Luo, Tomonori Ohba, Hirofumi Kanoh

“…Because of their high sorption capacity and low cost, alkali metal carbonates are recognized as a potential candidate to capture CO2 from flue gas under moist conditions. …”
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Using environmental and exercise physiology to address gender inequalities in climate change and occupational health research by Rebekah A. I. Lucas

“…Biological sex may or may not influence an individual's thermoregulatory capacity, heat tolerance or heat susceptibility. However at a population level, sex differences in physiological characteristics (anthropometrics, aerobic capacity, etc.) likely affect thermoregulatory capacity. …”
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Finite Element Modeling of Compressive and Splitting Tensile Behavior of Plain Concrete and Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Cylinder Specimens by Md. Arman Chowdhury, Md. Mashfiqul Islam, Zubayer Ibna Zahid

“…Satisfactory compressive and tensile capacity improvement is observed by adding steel fibers of 1.5% volumetric ratio. …”
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Retrofitting of box section concrete beams to resist shear and torsion using Near-Surface-Mount (NSM) GFRP Stirrups by Moaz A. Nasser, Ahmed A. Mahmoud, Tarek S. Mustafa, Ahmed N. M. Khater

“…The shear capacity from both Egyptian and American codes compared with experimental loads. …”
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Synthesis and Adsorption of Ni(II) on Ni(II)-Imprinted Polyaniline Supported on Attapulgite Modified with 3-Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane by Hui Xu, Jing Tang, Lin Tan, Wei Wang, Hailin Lu, Donghong Guo

“…In addition, the decrease in the adsorption capacity of Ni(II)–IIPs is negligible after reusing several times.…”
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Waste-Tire-Derived Activated Carbon as Efficient Adsorbent of P-Nitrophenol from Wastewater by Chunhua Hu, Suliu Hu, Ping Fang, Zijun Tang, Xiang Xiao, Haiwen Wu

“…In addition, the adsorbent has a stronger adsorption capacity under acidic conditions.…”
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Enhancement of the Adsorption of Co(II) and Ni(II) Ions onto Peanut Hulls through Esterification Using Citric Acid by A. Hashem, E.S. Abdel-Halim, Kh.F. El-Tahlawy, A. Hebeish

“…The maximum values for the adsorption capacity, q max , were 28.7 mg/g and 270.3 mg/g on native and peanut hulls citrate, respectively. …”
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Solution Algorithms for the Capacitated Location Tree Problem with Interconnections by Nidia Mendoza-Andrade, Efrain Ruiz-y-Ruiz, Suemi Rodriguez-Romo

“…Customers have a given demand that must be satisfied while respecting the facilities and link capacities. The problem aims to minimize the total cost of designing a distribution network while considering facility opening costs, demand satisfaction, capacity constraints, and the creation of interconnections to enhance network resilience. …”
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The influence of notch connection location on the short-term behaviour of timber-concrete composite beams, modelling of TCC beams and research for optimal locations, a numerical st... by Hedmessaoud Zine Laabidine, Boudaoud Zeineddine

“…While the maximum carrying capacity was achieved at location P3750…”
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Managing Recurrent Congestion of Subway Network in Peak Hours with Station Inflow Control by Qingru Zou, Xiangming Yao, Peng Zhao, Fei Dou, Taoyuan Yang

“…An internal relationship between station inflows and section flows is then constructed. Second, capacity bottlenecks are identified by considering the transport capacity of each section. …”
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A Cellular Automata Model for Heterogeneous Traffic Flow Incorporating Micro Autonomous Vehicles by Muhammad Tanveer, Faizan Ahmad Kashmiri, Huimin Yan, Tianshi Wang, Huapu Lu

“…The results highlight the significance of the autonomous micro cars to traffic flow, passenger occupancy, and road capacity.…”
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Effect of resistive-endurance exercises on myocardial tissue creatine kinase isoenzyme, IL-6 and IL-10 serum changes in male cardiovascular patients by Alireza Zamanı, Bijan Rajaeıan, Saeid Rostamı

“…Also echocardiography (Simpson) and limited exercise test method (Noughton) were used to determine functional capacity and ejection fraction. Before and after the exercise, anthropometric measurements (weight, waist circumference, hip circumference and subcutaneous fat three regions), blood tests for IL-6, IL-10, CKmb and walk test for 6 min (for determining the physical capacity) were measured. …”
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Study on Optimization of Coal Truck Flow in Open-Pit Mine by Haiming Bao, Ruixin Zhang

“…Taking one shift, the minimum expected value of number of trucks, as the objective function, the fuzzy expectation of the coal mining semicontinuous process system is established with the constraints of the truck flow continuity at the loading and unloading point, the production capacity of the electric shovel, the production capacity of the crushing station, coal quality, and coal mining production tasks. …”
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Process Completing Sequences for Resource Allocation Systems with Synchronization by Song Foh Chew, Shengyong Wang, Mark A. Lawley

“…Establishing live resource allocation in this class of systems is challenging since deciding whether a given level of resource capacities is sufficient to complete a single process is NP-complete. …”
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Coalitional Game Theoretical Approach for VANET Clustering to Improve SNR by Selo Sulistyo, Sahirul Alam, Ronald Adrian

“…However, besides the stability of cluster, good link quality must be provided, especially when reliable and high-capacity transmission is demanded. Therefore, this paper proposes a clustering method based on coalitional game theory with the purpose to improve the average of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and channel capacity while maintaining the stability of the cluster. …”
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Investigation of the Effects of 8 Week Technical Quick Power Training Programme on Physical Characteristric Technical Skills of Wrestlers by İsmail Kaya

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of an 8 week quick strength training program related to the technique on the physical properties and technical capacities of the wrestlers. A total of 30 male wrestlers, 15 in the experimental group and in 15 control group, aged 18-25, who have been actively wrestling for 6-8 years, participated in this study. …”
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Experimental Study on Flexural Behaviour of Lightweight Multi-Ribbed Composite Slabs by Wei Huang, Xiang Ma, Bin Luo, Zeliang Li, Yujiao Sun

“…The fracture distribution, bearing capacity, deflection, and load-strain curves of the tensile steel bars were analysed. …”
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