Carbon Fiber Composites of Pure Polypropylene and Maleated Polypropylene Blends Obtained from Injection and Compression Moulding by D. Pérez-Rocha, A. B. Morales-Cepeda, F. Navarro-Pardo, T. Lozano-Ramírez, P. G. LaFleur

“…The fracture surface of the impacted samples was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The processing method had a noticeable effect on the results obtained in these tests. …”
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Hybrid Chaotic Confusion and Diffusion for Physical Layer Security in OFDM-PON by Wei Zhang, Chongfu Zhang, Chen Chen, Huijuan Zhang, Wei Jin, Kun Qiu

“…Here, the real (I) and imaginary (Q) parts of OFDM symbols are separately scrambled by using different permutations before performing inverse fast Fourier transform. …”
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Biogenic synthesis of MoO3 nanoparticles using extract of Lactuca Serriola plant of Asteraceous flora: palynomorphological studies and environmental remediation applications by Hafiza Amina, Muhammad Usama Arif, Mirza Mahmood Baig, Sonia Zulfiqar, Maryam Akram Butt, Mushtaq Ahmad, Arsalan Ahmad Raja, Irfan Shaukat, Muhammad Shareef, Mehboob Hassan, Seung Goo Lee

“…The cost-efficient and green synthesis method for MoO3 NPs with high catalytic activity provides a new platform for the development of photocatalysts.…”
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Evaluating the impact of cell-penetrating motif position on the cellular uptake of magnetite nanoparticles by Laura Salgado, Paula C. Cifuentes-Delgado, Juan Camilo Orozco, Carolina Muñoz-Camargo, Luis H. Reyes, Valentina Quezada, Juan C. Cruz

“…Given the pivotal role of the conjugation method of CPPs, this study aims to evaluate the impact of the position of a cell-penetrating motif (LFVCR) on the biocompatibility, cellular uptake, and endosomal escape of magnetite NPs. …”
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Harnessing Aristolochia bracteolate bud extract for green synthesis and characterization of silver nanocomposite films: assessing their potent antimicrobial proficiency by Manal A. Awad, Awatif Hendi, Khalid M. Ortashi, Shareefa Alahmariye, Asma Alangery, Nada M. Merghani, Saad G. Alshammari

“…This study introduces an efficient method to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Aristolochia bracteolate bud extract. …”
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Fabrication of highly efficient quartz crystal microbalance ammonia sensor based on Cu-BTC nanocomposites by Kobra Vazirinezhad, Fatemeh Shariatmadar Tehrani, Sedigheh Zeinali, Maryam Tohidi

“…Therefore, a simple and efficient method for its detection is very important. A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) gas sensor modified with porous nanomaterials is proposed as a new device with high performance at ambient temperature. …”
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Well test model of vertical double-hole channeling considering gravity by XU Yandong, TAO Shan, HE Hui, WAN Xiaoyong, ZOU Ning, YUAN Hongfei

“…The Laplace transform method was used to address this issue and the typical model plate and parameter sensitivity analysis plate were drawn. …”
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Synthesis of Multifunctional Polymers Based on Tert-Butyl Acrylamide/Octyl Acrylate as Lubricant Additives and Adsorbents for Copper Ion from Aqueous Solution by Ameen Hadi Mohammed, Enaam Fadil Mousa, Ameera Hassan Hamed, Mansor Ahmad

“…The prepared polymers were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR). Based on the solubility of synthesized polymers in base oil and reactivity ratios of TBA/OA copolymer (0.222, 0.434) calculated by Fineman-Ross method, P2, Co1, Co2 and Co3 were selected to evaluate their performance as pour point depressant (PPD), viscosity improver (VII), and anticorrosion additives in base oil. …”
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Elaboration and characterization of a natural bentonite-poly(ethylene glycol) composite: Development of an exact theoretical study in function of the polymer-density by A. Seidi, M. Benhamou, D. Khalil, M. Aalaoul, M. Naciri Bennani

“…The basal distance and diffraction-peaks characteristics were measured using X-Rays Diffraction (XRD) method, first, for raw bentonite, and second, for bentonite-poly(ethylene glycol) composites. …”
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Efficient adsorption of methylene blue (MB) by an eco-friendly chitosan derivative adsorbent: An RSM and ANN modeling study by E. Igberase, I.G. Mkhize

“…The materials were characterized using different sets of analytical techniques, including scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)/Differential thermal analysis (DTA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET)/Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH). …”
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A Study on Denoising Autoencoder Noise Selection for Improving the Fault Diagnosis Rate of Vibration Time Series Data by Jun-gyo Jang, Soon-sup Lee, Se-Yun Hwang, Jae-chul Lee

“…Furthermore, the proposed method outperformed the conventional denoising technique based on the Wavelet Transform, demonstrating superior noise reduction capability. …”
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Graphene Oxide Modified Bimetallic Al/Fe (Hydro)Oxides Doped Activated Carbon Composite for Efficient Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Tsheamo W. Mogale, Fisseha A. Bezza, Shepherd M. Tichapondwa, Evans M. N. Chirwa

“…In this study, Al2O3@Fe2O3 nanoparticles doped activated carbon was synthesized via a co-precipitation method, using equimolar amounts of iron (Fe) and aluminium (Al) salts in the presence of finely ground wheat straw at a bimetal-to-straw mass ratio of 10:1. …”
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Classification and Time-Frequency Localization of Arbitrary LPWAN Signals With Radial Deformable DETR by Chun Ho Kong, Haibo Hu

“…Inspired by Large Language Models (LLMs), sequences of STFT vectors from SDR IQs can leverage attention mechanisms, and finding out LPWAN signals in spectrograms is similar to object detection tasks in computer vision. Our method eliminates the need for hand-crafting CNN layers or signal processing pipelines for different LPWAN protocols provided that sufficient training samples are available. …”
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Enhancing Hydrophobicity of Nanocellulose-Based Films by Coating with Natural Wax from <i>Halimium viscosum</i> by Ana Ramos, Jesus M. Rodilla, Rodrigo Ferreira, Ângelo Luís

“…For film production, two different chemical pulps gels (sulfite and sulfate) were first characterized in terms of solids content, rheology and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of CuO/ZnO Nanocomposite Using Zingiber officinale Rhizome Extract by Elias Takele, Raji Feyisa Bogale, Gemechu Shumi, Girmaye Kenasa

“…The synthesis of metal oxide nanocomposite by using the green method has gotten special consideration due to a cheaper and eco-friendly approach. …”
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Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)/chitosan (CS) Weight Ratio on Morphology, Mechanical Properties, Antibacterial and Biodegradability of the Composite film for Food Packaging Appli... by Nur Aziah Suhada Naim, Muhammad Faiq Abdullah, Sung Ting Sam, Wan Ahmad Radi Wan Ahmad Yaakub

“…In this study, composite films with enhanced properties were developed by incorporating polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) into CS through a simple solution casting method. The effects of different PVA/CS weight ratios (70:30, 50:50, and 30:70 w/w) on the morphology, mechanical properties, antibacterial activity, and soil degradation of the composite films were analyzed. …”
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A Transfer Learning Approach for Toe Walking Recognition Using Surface Electromyography on Leg Muscles by Andrea Manni, Gabriele Rescio, Anna Maria Carluccio, Andrea Caroppo, Alessandro Leone

“…This method leverages pre-trained models to effectively handle the variability of sEMG data and improve classification accuracy. …”
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Synthesis of White Silica From “Joha Rice Husk” (A Special Rice Variety of Assam, India), Characterization and Determination of Its Point of Zero Charge (pHPZC) by Jyotirmoy Sarma, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Sourav Das

“…The characteristic Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic peaks at 470–450, 801, and 1100 cm−1 for different modes of Si-O-Si vibrations also support the presence of silica. …”
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The Electromechanical Modeling and Parametric Analysis of a Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester for Induction Motors by Moisés Vázquez-Toledo, Arxel de León, Francisco López-Huerta, Pedro J. García-Ramírez, Ernesto A. Elvira-Hernández, Agustín L. Herrera-May

“…This energy harvester has a potential application in industrial electric motors to transform their vibration energy into electrical energy to power sensors.…”
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The biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by Bacillus species by Felicia E. Uwakwe, Tobias I.N. Ezejiofor, Ernest A.A. Anyalogbu, Toochukwu E. Ogbulie

“…Developing an eco-friendly management method to abate the menace prompted this research work. …”
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