Fabrication and Analysis of the HLM Method of Layered Polymer Bumper with the Fracture Surface Micrographs by P. V. Narashima Rao, P. Periyasamy, A. Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin, E. Vetre Selvan, N. Ramanan, N. Vasudevan, R. Elangovan, Mebratu Tufa

“…Bumpers are essential components that shield passenger cars from slow-speed collisions. Automobiles have them mounted on the front and rear ends. …”
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Protocol for the site-specific isolation of mouse endothelial cells using the modified Häutchen technique by Alexander Brückner, Adrian Brandtner, Sarah Rieck, Bernd K. Fleischmann, Daniela Wenzel

“…We describe steps for vessel preparation and the isolation of EC layers by freezing on glass coverslips using a modified Häutchen technique. …”
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Optical and Thermal Properties of Therminol 55-TiO2 Nanofluids for Solar Energy Storage by P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy, S. Suresh

“…Photothermal conversion efficiency is enhanced using Fresnel lens and secondary reflectors with a glass-type evacuated absorber tube. The focal length of the Fresnel lens is 150 mm, and that of the secondary reflector is 70 mm. …”
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Vaporization Dynamics of a Volatile Liquid Jet on a Heated Bubbling Fluidized Bed by Subhasish Mitra, Geoffrey M. Evans

“…The CFD model indicated a dispersion of the vapour plume from the evaporating droplets which was qualitatively compared with the schlieren images. …”
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EURAD State-of-the-Art Report: ACED assessment of the chemical evolution at the disposal cell scale—part I—processes at interfaces and evolution at disposal cell scale by Erika Neeft, Guido Deissmann, Diederik Jacques

“…It further describes the main characteristics of disposal cells for ILW and vitrified HLW waste in European disposal programmes. From that, a number of interfaces between different types of material are identified that are highly relevant for many national disposal programs: glass-steel, steel-concrete, steel-clay, steel-crystalline, concrete-clay, and concrete-crystalline. …”
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Effect of Fiber Waviness on Tensile Strength of a Flax-Sliver-Reinforced Composite Material by Taweesak Piyatuchsananon, Akira Furuya, Baosheng Ren, Koichi Goda

“…Recently, a composite material made from natural fibers and biodegradable resin, “green composite,” is attracting attention as an alternative composite material for the replacement of glass fiber-reinforced plastics. …”
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Parameter influences of FTO/ZnO/Cu₂O photodetectors fabricated by electrodeposition and spray pyrolysis techniques by Muthiah N. Najah, Frida A. Rahmania, Integralita Cahyanti, Maulida Hesnaty, Siti Hajar Alias, Djoko Hartanto, Wahyu Prasetyo Utomo, Retno Sari, Hadi Nur

“…This study investigates fabrication of transparent conductive glass using fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) as a more affordable alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) in photovoltaic applications. …”
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Annealing-Induced Modifications in Physicochemical and Optoelectronic Properties of Ag-Doped Nanostructured CdS Thin Films by Vidya S. Taur, Rajesh A. Joshi, Ramphal Sharma

“…Red shift in optical absorbance strength and energy band gap values from 2.28 to 2.14 eV is obtained. I-V response obtained from as grown and annealed thin films shows an enhancement in photosensitivity from 72% to 96% upon illumination to 100 mW/cm2 light source.…”
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Evaluation of Type III Adhesive Mortar (ACIII) and Gypsum as Precipitating Agents of Copper and Lead by Jefferson Luiz Alves Marinho, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato Pereira Teixeira, Jorge Marcell Coelho Menezes, Francisco José de Paula Filho, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha

“…Chemical precipitation has been one of the technologies used to remove heavy metals from wastewater, involving a process in which chemical agents are added to wastewater with dissolved toxic metal ions, which react with the metals, forming insoluble precipitates. …”
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Microplastic and human health with focus on pediatric well-being: a comprehensive review and call for future studies by Rogers Wainkwa Chia, Ntegang Venant Atem, Jin-Yong Lee, Jihye Cha

“…Although humans are highly dependent on plastics from infancy to adolescence, these materials can degrade into ubiquitous microplastics (MPs) that affect individuals at every stage of life. …”
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A Comparative Thermal Performance Assessment of Various Solar Collectors for Domestic Water Heating by Ali Raza Kalair, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem, Naeem Abas, Shoaib Rauf, Alex Stojcevski

“…Growing population, depleting fossil fuels, economic expansions, and energy intensive life style demand are resulting in higher energy prices. …”
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Structural, Optical Constants and Photoluminescence of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Sol-Gel Spin Coating by Abdel-Sattar Gadallah, M. M. El-Nahass

“…We report manufacturing and characterization of low cost ZnO thin films grown on glass substrates by sol-gel spin coating method. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a High Performance Microfluidic Chip for Blood Plasma Separation: Modelling and Prediction of System Behaviour via CFD Method by Hossein Amini, Amin Sokhansanj, Mohammad Akrami, Ismaeil Haririan

“…Practically, 58.3% of the plasma was separated from the blood within 12 min. Correlation between plasma separation results obtained from software and experimental data showed a coefficient of determination equal to 0.9732. …”
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The effect of micro climate factors on energy consumption optimization approach in Tehran urban buildings by pariz Amiri Ade, Saeed Tizghalam zenozi, Mehrdad Javidi Nejad

“…The results of this study showed that the orientation of the building on the site due to Tehran climate and the results obtained from Ecotect software was rotated about 25 degrees to the southwest to prevent direct sunlight from the east and west. …”
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The Effects of Substituting Glassware for Plasticware and the Use of an Ethanol Vector on Oocyte Maturation In Vitro by A. D. Macaulay, C. K. Hamilton, P. M. Bartlewski, W. A. King

“…Oocytes were matured in oil-free, open-well systems contained in either plastic or glass dishes and compared to control oocytes matured in media droplets on plastic dishes overlaid with mineral oil. …”
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The Role of Various Powders during the Hydration Process of Cement-Based Materials by Shuhua Liu, Hongling Wang, Jianpeng Wei

“…Calcium hydroxide (CH) content of GP paste decreases over curing age gradually, which is different from pure cement paste because its pozzolanic activity consumes more CH than that generated from the cement hydration. …”
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Bimetallic synergy in supported Ni–Pd catalyst for selective hydrogenolysis of C–O bonds in epoxy resins by Yanze Huang, Yukari Yamazaki, Katsutoshi Nomoto, Hiroki Miura, Tetsuya Shishido, Xiongjie Jin, Kyoko Nozaki

“…Although catalytic hydrogenolysis of epoxy resins provides a promising approach to recover valuable fillers and phenolic compounds from the composites, there is a lack of a reusable solid catalyst for this purpose. …”
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Organic Nitrogen in Precipitation: Real Problem or Sampling Artefact? by J.N. Cape, A. Kirika, A.P. Rowland, D.R. Wilson, T.D. Jickells, S. Cornell

“…We found that the materials from which the collector was made (polypropylene, steel, or glass) had no significant effect on the composition of dissolved organic N (DON). …”
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New Occurrence of Seifertite and Stishovite in Chang’E‐5 Regolith by Runlian Pang, Jing Yang, Wei Du, Aicheng Zhang, Shirong Liu, Rui Li

“…Here, we report a silica fragment consisting of seifertite, stishovite, α‐cristobalite‐like phase, and silica glass in Chang’E‐5 regolith. Both seifertite and stishovite formed via solid‐state transformation mechanism, in which seifertite formed by transition from α‐cristobalite upon pressure loading whereas stishovite may form from seifertite when postshock temperature was significant during pressure release. …”
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Photocatalytic Active Coatings for Lignin Degradation in a Continuous Packed Bed Reactor by Colin Awungacha Lekelefac, Johannes Hild, Peter Czermak, Michael Herrenbauer

“…TiO2-P25-SiO2 + Pt, TiO2-P25-SiO2, TiOSO4_30.6 wt%, and ZnO + TiO2-P25-SiO2 catalysts were synthesized and a comparative study is done regarding morphology of coatings, degradation rates, reaction rates, dissolved carbon (DC), formation of peaks, and fluorescence of products formed from the photocatalytic degradation of lignin sulfonate obtained from a local paper plant. …”
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