Physical and Mechanical Properties of Green Cementless Mortar Incorporating Waste Paper Sludge Ash by Aida Nabila Jamaluddin, Siti Asmahani Saad, Siti Aliyyah Masjuki, Wan Nur Firdaus Wan Hassan, Siti Noratikah Che Deraman, Nadiah Md Husain

“…Based on the XRF analysis, the WPSA has the highest amount of calcium oxide (CaO) instead of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and silicon dioxide (SiO2), and it reduces the performance of WPSA as a cement replacement material. …”
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Unraveling the immunomodulatory and metabolic effects of bioactive glass S53P4 on macrophages in vitro by Karoliina Kajander, Nicole Nowak, Negin Vaziri, Pekka K. Vallittu, Terhi J. Heino, Jorma A. Määttä

“…According to the results presented here, the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced suppression in oxidative phosphorylation is rescued in macrophages cultured with BG S53P4 before the inflammatory stimulus. …”
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Enhanced performance of Bi2S3/TiO2 heterostructure composite films for solar cell applications by Saket Mathur, Victoria Bishop, Andrew Swindle, Wei Wei

“…To improve the efficiency of this process, we explore the use of bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) and titanium oxide (TiO2) composite as photoelectrode material and investigate their impact on the efficiency of DSSC.…”
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Ambient Air Quality Monitoring in Metropolitan City of Lagos, Nigeria by Kelechi Longinus Njoku, Tosin John Rumide, Modupe Olatunde Akinola, Adeola Alex Adesuyi, Anuoluwapo Omosileola Jolaoso

“…Twenty one sampling locations were assessed for carbon monoxide (CO), carbondioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NO), suspended particulate matter (SPM) and noise level using air pollutants measurement methods approved by ASTM for each specific parameter. …”
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Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties of Vanadia/Titania Catalysts. I. Structural Properties by Th. El-Nabarawy, A.M. Youssef, S.A. Sayed Ahmed

“…The measured X-ray diffraction lines and FT-IR peaks indicated the existence of vanadium as a separate oxide, mainly V 2 O 5 . However, the electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements predicted the possible existence of a V 4+ species.…”
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Ultrabroadband absorptive refractory plasmonics for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions by Myeongcheol Go, Inju Hong, Dasol Lee, Sanghoon Kim, Junho Jang, Keon-Woo Kim, Sangmin Shim, Kijung Yong, Junsuk Rho, Jin Kon Kim

“…The absorber is composed of titanium nitride and titanium dioxide heterostructures deposited onto a porous anodized aluminum oxide template. The absorber shows ultrabroadband absorption in both the visible and near-infrared regions (400–2500 nm), with averages of 99.1% and 80.1%, respectively. …”
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Low-Power Differential Voltage-Controlled Ring Oscillator Based on Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor (CNTFET) by Saba Naseri Akbar

“…Based on the results obtained at the supply voltage of 0.9 V, the proposed voltage controlled ring oscillator (VCRO) based on carbon nanotube field effect transistor shows promising characteristics compared to its counterpart based on metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). …”
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Electrolyte for Aluminum Rechargeable Batteries Using Dimethyl Sulfone and Aluminum Chloride by Masanobu CHIKU, Takumi MIYAKE, Hikaru KAMEI, Eiji HIGUCHI, Hiroshi INOUE

“…Electrochemical measurements under various conditions revealed that the oxidative decomposition of the electrolyte at the Al counter electrode during the aluminum deposition on the working electrode resulted in a large amount of aluminum oxide contamination in the deposited aluminum. …”
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NOS2 as a prognostic biomarker for early-onset colorectal cancer based on public data and clinical validation analysis by Chaoqun Xing, Lipeng Zhao, Weiwei Zou, Xie Peng, Xiao-Liang Xing, Jie Li

“…The results showed the immune-related gene nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) was independently associated with the poor prognosis of EOCRC patients in both TGCA and GEO database. …”
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Broadband Polarization-Independent Edge Couplers With High Efficiency Based on SiN-Si Dual-Stage Structure by Yang Jiang, Zhewei Zhang, Peng Liu

“…Silicon nitride (SiN) plays a critical role in silicon photonics because of its lower refractive index, low waveguide loss, broad operating bandwidth and compatibility with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication process. Here, we propose a polarization-independent sub-wavelength grating (SWG) edge coupler with high efficiency based on SiN-Si dual-stage structure with a length of only 315.8 μm. …”
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Phytonanoparticles as novel drug carriers for enhanced osteogenesis and osseointegration by Nandita Suresh, Nebu George Thomas, Matti Mauramo, Tuomas Waltimo, Timo Sorsa, Sukumaran Anil

“…We examine the mechanisms by which phytonanoparticles, particularly those derived from gold, silver, and zinc oxide, influence key molecular pathways in osteogenesis, including RUNX2 and Osterix signaling. …”
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Effects of Gate Stack Structural and Process Defectivity on High-k Dielectric Dependence of NBTI Reliability in 32 nm Technology Node PMOSFETs by H. Hussin, N. Soin, M. F. Bukhori, S. Wan Muhamad Hatta, Y. Abdul Wahab

“…By varying the physical thicknesses of the interface silicon dioxide (SiO2) and hafnium oxide (HfO2) layers, we investigate how the variation in thickness affects hole trapping/detrapping at different stress temperatures. …”
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Green Synthesize and Characterization of Copper Nanoparticles Using Iranian Propolis Extracts by Yasamin Seyyed Hajizadeh, Naser Harzandi, Ebrahim Babapour, Mohsen Yazdanian, Reza Ranjbar

“…Research on green methods for making metal oxide NPs is gaining momentum to safeguard the environment from the potential dangers associated with toxic chemicals. …”
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In Vivo 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using a Biologically Specific Contrast Agent for Prostate Cancer: A Nude Mouse Model by Christopher Brian Abraham, Prashant Jani, Roxanne Turuba, Michael Campbell, Ingeborg Zehbe, Laura Curiel

“…We characterized in vivo a functional superparamagnetic iron-oxide magnetic resonance contrast agent that shortens the T2 relaxation time in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of prostate cancer xenografts. …”
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Feasibility and Limits of Magnetically Labeling Primary Cultured Rat T Cells with Ferumoxides Coupled with Commonly Used Transfection Agents by Cedric Berger, Martin Rausch, Philipp Schmidt, Markus Rudin

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using iron oxide (FeO) nanoparticles as contrast agents allows the study of macrophage infiltration during inflammation in a variety of tissues. …”
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MWCNT/SiO2 Hybrid Nano‐PCM for Ultrafast Solar Cookers: An Experimental Study by T. Sathish, Jayant Giri, R. Saravanan, Zafar Said, Moaz Al‐lehaibi

“…Specifically, multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and silicon oxide (SiO2) nanoparticles were incorporated into the PCM at a 2% concentration, with 1% each of MWCNT and SiO2. …”
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Room Temperature NO₂-Sensing Properties of N-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Activated by UV-Vis Light by Angelo Ferlazzo, Giovanni Neri, Andrea Donato, Giovanni Gugliandolo, Mariangela Latino

“…Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) with varying levels of nitrogen (N) doping were synthesized using a straightforward sol–gel approach. …”
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Lipoprotein Nanoplatform for Targeted Delivery of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents by Jerry D. Glickson, Sissel Lund-Katz, Rong Zhou, Hoon Choi, I-Wei Chen, Hui Li, Ian Corbin, Anatoliy V. Popov, Weiguo Cao, Liping Song, Chenze Qi, Diane Marotta, David S. Nelson, Juan Chen, Britton Chance, Gang Zheng

“…A semisynthetic nanoparticle has been constructed by coating magnetite iron oxide nanoparticles with carboxylated cholesterol and overlaying a monolayer of phospholipid to which apolipoprotein A1 or E was adsorbed for targeting HDL or adsorbing synthetic amphipathic helical peptides ltargeting LDL or folate receptors. …”
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Removal of Mercury from Coal-Fired Flue Gas and Its Sulfur Tolerance Characteristics by Mn, Ce Modified γ-Al2O3 Catalyst by Zhong He, Yating Xie, Yuan Wang, Jingjie Xu, Jiangjun Hu

“…The catalytic activity of Mn0.1Ce0.02Al is the best, the optimum reaction temperature is 150°C, the optimum calcination temperature is 400°C, and the O2 concentration in the conventional flue gas condition satisfies the effective oxidation of Hg0; SO2 in the flue gas can seriously inhibit the oxidation of Hg0.…”
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Viscous heating of hybridized hydromagnetic MWCNTs-Fe3O4/water nanomaterial in a moving disk with non-uniform thermal model by S.O. Salawu, T.A. Yusuf, E.O. Fatunmbi, A.M. Obalalu

“…Thus, this research examines the viscous heating of hybridized hydromagnetic MWCNTs-Fe3O4/water (Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-Iron III oxide/water) of nanofluid in a moving disk with a non-uniform thermal model. …”
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