A Reliable Data Collection Protocol Based on Erasure-Resilient Code in Asymmetric Wireless Sensor Networks by Jian-Jun Lei, Taehyun Park, Gu-In Kwon

“…This paper presents RECPE, a reliable collection protocol for aggregating data packets from all the sensor nodes to the sink in a large-scale WSN (wireless sensor network). …”
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Toxicity of Metals to a Freshwater Snail, Melanoides tuberculata by M. Shuhaimi-Othman, R. Nur-Amalina, Y. Nadzifah

“…Adult freshwater snails Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropod, Thiaridae) were exposed for a four-day period in laboratory conditions to a range of copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), aluminium (Al), and manganese (Mn) concentrations. …”
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A Stable Routing Protocol for Vehicles in Urban Environments by Hyun Yu, Sanghyun Ahn, Joon Yoo

“…Using the road traffic density information as a routing metric, each vehicle establishes a reliable route for packet delivery. We compare our proposed mechanism with the well-known GPSR via NS-2 based simulations and show that our mechanism outperforms GPSR in terms of both delivery success rate and routing overhead.…”
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Determination of Iodate in Food, Environmental, and Biological Samples after Solid-Phase Extraction with Ni-Al-Zr Ternary Layered Double Hydroxide as a Nanosorbent by Hossein Abdolmohammad-Zadeh, Keyvan Tavarid, Zeynab Talleb

“…Nanostructured nickel-aluminum-zirconium ternary layered double hydroxide was successfully applied as a solid-phase extraction sorbent for the separation and pre-concentration of trace levels of iodate in food, environmental and biological samples. …”
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Haematological, Liver Function Parameters and Heavy Metal Assessment of KWMC Workers at Roadside and Mixed Waste Dumpsites in Kwara State, Nigeria by D.T. Ogundele, V.T. Olayemi, F.M. Folaranmi, O.E. Oludele, A.A. Oladejo

“…Blood samples of 27 waste-workers and 16 non-waste workers (control) were digested and analysed for Lead, Cadmium, Nickel and Chromium. Samples were analysed for haematological parameters White Blood Cell (WBC), neutrophils, lymphocytes, Liver function parameters aspartate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). …”
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Effect of Temperature Change on Geometric Structure of Isolated Mixing Regions in Stirred Vessel by Nor Hanizah Shahirudin, Alatengtuya, Norihisa Kumagai, Takafumi Horie, Naoto Ohmura

“…The temperature of working fluid was changed in a stepwise manner from 30°C to a certain fixed value by changing the temperature of the water jacket that the vessel was equipped with. The step temperature change can dramatically reduce the elimination time of IMRs, as compared with a steady temperature operation. …”
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The Influence of Physical Tuning Technology on Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) by zurnawita zurnawita, Dikky Chandra, fajru ju zulya

“…In terms of delay, it has a score of 4, categorized as very good, jitter has a score of 3, categorized as good, and packet loss has a score of 4, categorized as very good. …”
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Optimal adjustment of deep neural network parameters in estimating lost vital sign data in body wireless sensor networks by Aboulfazl Ebrahimi, Mahboubeh Shamsi, Morteza Mohajjel

“…In a wireless sensor network (WSN), due to various factors such as limited power, sensor transferability, hardware failure and network problems such as packet collisions, unreliable connection and unexpected damage, the amount sensed to the header or base station is not Arrives. …”
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Comparison of European Standard Patch Test Results of 330 Patients from an Occupational Diseases Hospital by Özge Gündüz, Aslı Aytekin, Engin Tutkun, Hınç Yılmaz

“…Positive allergic reactions were observed in 182 (55%) patients. Nickel sulphate (41/126) and potassium dichromate (39/204) were significantly the most common allergens in women and men, respectively (P<0.005). …”
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Effect of Methotrexate Injection on Orthodontic Tooth Movement: An Experimental Study on Rats by Amin Golshah, Khaled Omidi, Nafiseh Nikkerdar, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Fatemeh Ghorbani

“…The first molar and central incisor were connected using a nickel-titanium (NiTi) coil spring with a 50 g load in each rat. …”
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Comparison of Memory Assignment Schemes for Switch Architectures with Shareable Parallel Memory Modules by Sanjeev Kumar, Alvaro Munoz

“…In this paper, we present a new memory assignment scheme for the Sliding-Window (SW) switch for assigning packets to parallel memory modules that maximizes the parallel storage of packets to multiple memory modules. …”
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Preparation of Improved p-n Junction NiO/TiO2 Nanotubes for Solar-Energy-Driven Light Photocatalysis by Lan Ching Sim, Kai Wern Ng, Shaliza Ibrahim, Pichiah Saravanan

“…Self-organized TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) with average inner diameter of 109 nm, wall thickness of 15 nm, and tube length of 7–10 μm were loaded with nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles via incipient wet impregnation method. …”
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Series Resistance Analysis of Passivated Emitter Rear Contact Cells Patterned Using Inkjet Printing by Martha A. T. Lenio, James Howard, Doris (Pei Hsuan) Lu, Fabian Jentschke, Yael Augarten, Alison Lennon, Stuart R. Wenham

“…This paper identifies and attempts to quantify sources of series resistance in inkjet-patterned PERC cells that employ electroless or light-induced nickel-plating techniques followed by copper light-induced plating. …”
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Comparison of Canal Transportation and Centering Ability of One-G, EdgeGlidePath, and Neolix: A MicroComputed Tomography Study of Curved Root Canals by Shiva Shojaeian, Niloofar Mortezapour, Fatemeh Soltaninejad, Nazanin Zargar, Babak Zandi, Yazdan Shantiaee, Amin Bidaki

“…A glide path is created prior to root canal instrumentation by nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary files to increase the efficiency and safety of cleaning and shaping. …”
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Effects of Harvest Maturity on Chilling Injury and Storage Quality of Apricots by Yuanyuan Jing, Xuan Ma, Peng Jin, Xuan Zhu

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL FINANCING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA by Rasaki Olufemi Kareem, Rukayat Adebunmi Arije, Zakariah Olayiwola Amoo, Hassan Yusuf Avovome

“…The properties of the variables were tested using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test. A Single equation cointegration test confirmed no cointegration and a short-run vector autoregressive model was used to analyze the data, after which the diagnostic test was carried out to confirm the normality of the series. …”
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Heavy Metal Content and Health Risk Assessment of Some Selected Medicinal Plants from Obuasi, a Mining Town in Ghana by Flora Amerley Amarh, Eric Selorm Agorku, Ray Bright Voegborlo, Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Enoch Nii Klu Nortey, Napoleon Jackson Mensah

“…The levels of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) after wet digestion. …”
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Haematological, Liver Function Parameters and Heavy Metal Assessment of KWMC Workers at Roadside and Mixed Waste Dumpsites in Kwara State, Nigeria by D.T. Ogundele, V.T. Olayemi, F.M. Folaranmi, O.E. Oludele, A.A. Oladejo

“…Blood samples of 27 waste-workers and 16 non-waste workers (control) were digested and analysed for Lead, Cadmium, Nickel and Chromium. Samples were analysed for haematological parameters White Blood Cell (WBC), neutrophils, lymphocytes, Liver function parameters aspartate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). …”
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Analysis, Filtering, and Control for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models in Networked Systems by Sunjie Zhang, Zidong Wang, Jun Hu, Jinling Liang, Fuad E. Alsaadi

“…The network-induced phenomena under consideration mainly include communication delays, packet dropouts, signal quantization, and randomly occurring uncertainties (ROUs). …”
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Determination of Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Different Types of Fish Samples Collected from Four Different Locations of Aegean and Marmara Sea by Tufan Topal, Canan Onac

“…For this purpose, in this study, heavy metal (lead, mercury, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, silver, manganese, and nickel) and pesticide (p-p′-DDE, α-BHC, endosulfan, endosulfan sulfate, endrin, aldrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, methoxychlor, p-p′-DDD, p-p′-DDT, β-BHC, cypermethrin, and dieldrin) analyses of four different fish species (Pomatomus saltatrix, Dicentrarchus labrax, Mugil cephalus, and Sparus aurata) collected from the Aegean and Marmara seas were carried out by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and using an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. …”
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