Effect of Catalytic Pyrolysis Conditions Using Pulse Current Heating Method on Pyrolysis Products of Wood Biomass by Sensho Honma, Toshimitsu Hata, Takashi Watanabe

“…The compositions of some aromatic compounds changed noticeably when using a metal oxide species as the catalyst. The coexistence or dissolution of amorphous carbon and iron oxide was observed in char pyrolyzed at 800°C with Fe3O4. …”
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Development of Polymethylmethacrylate Based Composite for Gas Sensing Application by S. Devikala, P. Kamaraj

“…The gas sensors based on carbon nanotube/polymer, ceramic and metal oxide composites such as epoxy, polyimide, PMMA / Barium titanate and tin oxide have also been developed. …”
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Déposition par Pulvé Risation Cathodique Radio Fréquence et Caracté Risation Électronique, Structurale et Optique de Couches Minces du Dioxyde de Titane by K. Hafidi, M. Azizan, Y. Ijdiyaou, E. L. Ameziane

“…Deposited titanium oxide thin films are used as optical protector films for several materials and as energy converters for solar cells. …”
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Thermal behavior of calcite as an expansive agent by Shahraki B.K., Mehrabi B., Gholizadeh K., Mohammadinasab M.

“…At 800-900°C, calcite was decomposed into solid calcium oxide (CaO) and gaseous CO2. Lime (CaO) used as the base of expandable material is the ultimate product of heated calcite. …”
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H2O2 Treatment of Electrochemically Deposited Cu2O Thin Films for Enhancing Optical Absorption by Ying Song, Masaya Ichimura

“…Then, the as-prepared copper oxide thin film was dipped in H2O2 (30%) at fixed temperature to oxidize for some time. …”
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Medical Gases: A Novel Strategy for Attenuating Ischemia—Reperfusion Injury in Organ Transplantation? by Arunotai Siriussawakul, Lucinda I. Chen, John D. Lang

“…Here, we review recent advances in research utilizing inhaled nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide in animal and human studies of IRI and postulate on its future applications specific to solid organ transplantation.…”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye Using Co3O4 Nanoparticles from the Fruit Extracts of Diplocyclos palmatus (L) C. Jeffrey for Wastewater Remediation by Parethe Gurusamy Thangam, Rajesh Pattulingam, Velmani Vellaiyan, Balaji Murugaesan, Kavica Sathasivam

“…From EDX spectra, the elemental composition of nanoparticles resulting their presence in oxide form. In an aqueous medium, the degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye under sunlight irradiation using this metal oxide nanoparticles as photocatalyst. …”
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A Single Dose of Beetroot Gel Rich in Nitrate Does Not Improve Performance but Lowers Blood Glucose in Physically Active Individuals by Julia Vasconcellos, Diego Henrique Silvestre, Diego dos Santos Baião, João Pedro Werneck-de-Castro, Thiago Silveira Alvares, Vânia M. Flosi Paschoalin

“…Beetroot consumption has been proposed to improve exercise performance, since the nitrate content of this food is able to stimulate the synthesis of nitric oxide. Objective. The acute effect of 100 g of a beetroot gel containing ~10 mmol of nitrate was tested on the nitric oxide synthesis, on metabolic and biochemical parameters, and on performance in physically active individuals. …”
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Immobilization of resin photocatalyst in removal of soluble effluent organic matter and potential for disinfection by-products by E.N. Hidayah, R.B. Pachwarya, O.H. Cahyonugroho

“…Resin immobilized photocatalyzed zinc oxide performed a higher efficiency removal than resin immobilized photocatalyzed titanium dioxide and resin only.CONCLUSION: This study exhibited the performance of resin immobilized photocatalyst with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide in removing dissolved organic matter and to control the formation of disinfection by-products. …”
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Reduction of Scarce Materials in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Implications on the Performance in the Field by Sebastian Pingel, Ioan Voicu Vulcanean, Timo Wenzel, Winfried Wolke, Vasileios Georgiou-Sarlikiotis, Philipp Schmid, Henning Nagel, Ulli Kräling, Martin Bivour, Anamaria Steinmetz

“…In the second part the impact of the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) was addressed. Silicon Heterojunction cells were produced with either ITO (indium tin oxide) only or an ITO-AZO-ITO (aluminium doped zinc oxide) stack, enabling an ITO reduction of about 50%, leading to a tolerable efficiency-drop of 0.3%. …”
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Tracking the correlation between spintronic structure and oxygen evolution reaction mechanism of cobalt-ruthenium-based electrocatalyst by Chen Wang, Chaoyuan Deng, Panlong Zhai, Xiaoran Shi, Wei Liu, Dingfeng Jin, Bing Shang, Junfeng Gao, Licheng Sun, Jungang Hou

“…Here, we show a ruthenium-cobalt-tin oxide with optimized spintronic structure due to the quantum spin interaction of Ru and Co. …”
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Effect of Thrombolysis on Circulating Microparticles in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Zhe Li, Wei Zhang, Qun-Rang Wang, Yu-juan Yang, Xin-Hong Liu, Gong Cheng, Feng-Jun Chang

“…Changes in nitric oxide (NO) and oxygen free radicals (O2•–) were also detected. …”
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Bismuth-Remaining Cupellation Fire Assay Preconcentration Combined with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Determination of Ultratrace Au, Pt, Pd, Ru... by Wenshan Ni, Xiangju Mao, Mingxing Yao, Qiliang Sun, Xiaorui Guo, Hongli Zhang, Lu Liu

“…Moreover, the toxicity of Bi was exceptionally low compared to toxic nickel oxide and lead oxide in nickel sulfide/lead fire assay; thus Bi-FA was a green environmental analysis method. …”
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Recovery of Cerium Dioxide from Spent Glass-Polishing Slurry and Its Utilization as a Reactive Sorbent for Fast Degradation of Toxic Organophosphates by Pavel Janoš, Pavel Kuráň, Jakub Ederer, Martin Šťastný, Luboš Vrtoch, Martin Pšenička, Jiří Henych, Karel Mazanec, Miroslav Skoumal

“…The extraction/precipitation procedure recovers approximately 70% of cerium oxide from the spent polishing slurry. The presence of minor amounts of lanthanum does not disturb the degradation efficiency.…”
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Estimation of livestock greenhouse gas for impact mitigation by D.S.I. Sondakh, F.R. Tulungen, J.K. Kampilong, F.S.J. Rumondor, Y.S. Kawuwung, E.P. Sanggelorang

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Anthropogenic activities in livestock sectors are responsible for emitting substantial amounts of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, and dinitrous oxide, into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to climate change. …”
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Effect of preparation method on the microstructure and optical properties of Y2O3–MgO composite ceramics by Xi Zhang, Xiao Li, Jun Yin, Shengquan Yu, Jing Wan

“…Yttrium oxide–magnesium oxide (Y2O3–MgO) composite nanopowders were synthesized via three distinct methods: sol–gel, co-precipitation and glycine–nitrate process. …”
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Structural, Surface and Catalytic Properties of Nano-Sized Ceria Catalysts by N.M. Deraz, A. Alarifi

“…Both the surface area and catalytic activity of cerium oxide were found to decrease on increasing the calcination temperature. …”
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Relationship of Meteorological and Air Pollution Parameters with Pneumonia in Elderly Patients by Suleyman Serdar Tasci, Cemil Kavalci, Afsin Emre Kayipmaz

“…In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between pneumonia and meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, precipitation, airborne particles, sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrite oxide (NO), and nitric oxide (NOX)) in patients with the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department. …”
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Characteristics of A6061/(Glass Fibre + AL2O3 + SiC + B4C) Reinforced Hybrid Composite Prepared through STIR Casting by Subramani Nanjan, Ganesh Murali Janakiram

“…In this article, A6061 and its reinforcement particles like aluminium oxide/glass fibres/SiCp/B4C (4% and 5%) with mixed composite and aluminium oxide/SiCp/B4C mixed without glass fibre composite are produced with different proportions using the stir casting method. …”
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Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a 3D Nanostructured Electrode by Guo-Yang Chen, Ming-Way Lee, Gou-Jen Wang

“…The distinctive characteristic of this novel scheme is that the conventional thin film electrode is replaced by a 3D nanostructured indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode, which was fabricated using RF magnetron sputtering with an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. …”
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