Porous Carbon Synthesis from Oil Palm Waste Pyrolysis for Energy Storage Applications by Pin Shern Wong, Jing Jing Jong, Guo Ren Mong, Andrew Kay Lup Ng, Nahrul Hayawin Zainal, Singh Ramesh

“…Pyrolysis procedures have emerged as an exceptionally encouraging method to transform biomass into valuable products. …”
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Thermal and Dielectric Behaviour of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites Flexible Sheets as Highly Stable Dielectric Materials by S. Pervaiz, N. Kanwal, A. Shahzad, M. Saleem, I. A. Khan

“…The energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analyses confirm the presence of different elements and the formation of chemical bonding between them. …”
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Contribution to the Development of Nano-Composite Materials Based on ZnO and Polymethyl Methacrylate Structural and Optical Study by Abdellah Elkaiem, Omar Boukraa

“… In this study,  thin films of pure and aluminum (Al)-doped zinc oxide/polymethyl methacrylate (ZnO/PMMA) with two different amounts (5% and 7%) using the sol-gel and spin coating methods were created and then heated at two temperatures (450 and 750°C). …”
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Exploring infill pattern and density effects on the tensile properties of 3D printed ABS by Bruno Leonardelli, Cesar Pandolfi, Gustavo Alberto Ludwig, Cristian Padilha Fontoura

“…Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is recognized as an efficient method for creating durable, complex parts quickly and affordably. …”
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Glass transition temperature of Agar-Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) Composites using 2-D contour mapping of temperature dependent FTIR spectra by Geeta Kandhol, Heena Wadhwa, Arunima Verma

“…In the present work, composites of Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) and Agar have been synthesized via the solution cast method and their structural, thermal and dielectric properties are studied. …”
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Decreasing of water absorptiveness of paper by coating nanofibrillated cellulose films by Jovana Milanović, Irena Živković, Milena Milošević, Mirjana Kostić

“…The pristine model paper and papers coated with nanofibrillated cellulose-based composite films were characterized in terms of water absorptiveness by COBB method and water drop contact angle measurements. …”
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Effect of Sintering Temperature on Structural and Morphological Properties of Europium (III) Oxide Doped Willemite by Nur Fatin Syamimi, Khamirul Amin Matori, Way Foong Lim, Sidek Abdul Aziz, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid

“…Willemite- (Zn2SiO4-) based glass ceramics doped with various amounts of europium oxide (Eu2O3) were prepared by solid state melting and quenching method. Effect of sintering temperature (600–1000°C) on structural and morphological properties of the doped samples was investigated. …”
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Studying and Characterization of Coating of Zein–CaSiO3 Composite on Polyetheretherketone Implant Material by Sama Abdulrazzaq, Thekra Ismael Hamad

“…The coating was performed using the electrospray method. PEEK disks were used as a control group. The coated disks with different concentrations of zein–CaSiO3 (Group 1: 10% wt, 90% wt), (Group 2: 20% wt, 80% wt), and (Group 3%: 30% wt, 70% wt) were the experimental group. …”
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Robustness of Auditory Teager Energy Cepstrum Coefficients for Classification of Pathological and Normal Voices in Noisy Environments by Lotfi Salhi, Adnane Cherif

“…Finally, the discrete cosine transform of the log-filtered Teager Energy spectrum is applied. …”
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Industry 4.0 in logistics management in Latin America: A bibliometric review by Alexandra Valenzuela-Cobos, Bryan Vera-Cabanilla, Luis Castillo-Heredia, Juan Valenzuela-Cobos

“…Purpose: This research aims to identify the use of Industry 4.0 in logistics management in Latin America through a bibliometric review of different databases. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approach methodology, and the PRISMA method was used for a bibliometric review. …”
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Redesigning CMOS VLSI using Yosys synthesis tool by D. I. Cheremisinov, L. D. Cheremisinova

“…The problem of reverse engineering of a transistor level circuit specified in the SPICE format in a different technological basis is considered. The goal of the work is to develop an approach to redesigning circuits using open source design automation software packages.Methods. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin by GO/ZnO/Ag Composite Materials by Haonan Chi, Pan Cao, Qi Shi, Chaoyu Song, Yuguang Lv, Tai Peng

“…GO/ZnO/Ag composites with different ratios were prepared via an impregnation and chemical reduction method and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Effect of Differential Retardation Equations on Insect Life Cycle: Modeling and Analysis for Deeper Understanding by Rajaa Mhoo, Thair Thanoon

“…While the delay differential equations (DDEs) allow the inclusion of time delays between different events, such as the time required for eggs to transform into larvae, larvae to pupae, and pupae to adults.…”
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Modeling and Simulation of On-board ATP Controlling Module for Train Operation Control System by ZHANG Xu, LIU Hao, LUO Liyan

“…The automatic train protection(ATP) system provides complete over-speed protection for train, which obtains superior security classification. The transform relationship of ATP modules was studied and a modeling development method was proposed which differs from traditional hand coding one. …”
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Contribution analysis of neutral current for the substations invaded by stray current from multiple metro lines by Ye Cao, Song Xiao, Jingdong Yan, Chenyang Liu, Tiangeng Li, Xiao Liu, Guangning Wu, Yujun Guo, Jiefu Hou, Yongdong He, Xueqin Zhang, Nibishaka Erneste, Jan K. Sykulski

“…Based on the Wavelet Transform (WT) method, the correlation is found precisely via comparing periodic feature between the traction current of different metro lines and the neutral current measured synchronously at substations. …”
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A Dataset on Corn Silage in China Used to Establish a Prediction Model Showing Variation in Nutrient Composition by Shu Zhang, Jian Hao, Donghai Wang, Chenglong Luo, Na Lu, Xiaocen Guo, Yanfang Liu, Zixiao Zhang, Shengli Li

“…This improvement requires a rapid, accurate, and portable method for detecting nutrient values, instead of traditional laboratory analysis. …”
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Preparation and characterization of flax, hemp and sisal fiber-derived mesoporous activated carbon adsorbents by Melike Dizbay-Onat, Uday K Vaidya, Jo Anne G Balanay, Claudiu T Lungu

“…Even though leaf-derived activated carbon developed more mesoporous structure (72%), bast-derived activated carbons provided higher surface areas (S hemp  = 1359 m 2 /g; S flax  = 1257 m 2 /g) and C content. Fourier transform infrared spectra for bast fibers-derived activated carbon adsorbents were quite similar while leaf fiber-derived activated carbon adsorbent had a different spectrum.…”
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Pharmacological Investigation of Anti-Nociceptive, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Pyretic Potential of Ethanolic Flower Extract of Carthamus tinctorius by K Gnaneswari, S Thirumala Devi, G Sai Sandhya

“…For the evaluation of therapeutic properties different methods like Anti-nociceptive activity using the standard Acetic acid induced writing response test in mice, anti-inflammatory activity in rats adapting Carrageenan induced paw edema and anti-pyretic activity by inducing suspension of Brewer’s yeast were analyzed. …”
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Green hydrothermal synthesis of titanium dioxide and estimation of some of its microscopic and optical properties by Md. Kawsar, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Md. Farhad Ali, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

“…In this study, TiO2 (Anatase) was synthesized from plant leaves like Aloe vera, Azadirachta indica, and Psidium guajava by hydrothermal method. The generated anatase was analyzed using various characterization methods, which include Thermogravimetric Analysis, X-ray Diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy. …”
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Rapid discrimination and quantification of chemotypes in Perillae folium using FT-NIR spectroscopy and GC–MS combined with chemometrics by Dai-xin Yu, Cheng Qu, Jia-yi Xu, Jia-yu Lu, Di-di Wu, Qi-nan Wu

“…Perillae Folium (PF) is a well-known food and herb containing different chemotypes, which affect its quality. Herein, a method was proposed to classify and quantify PF chemotypes using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and Fourier transform-near infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR). …”
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