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The Effect of Grit Blasting on Surface Roughness and Hardness of Magnesium Alloy AZ31B: A Statistical Study
Magnesium alloys are known for their lightweight and high specific strength properties and being used as bio-degradable implant material. Materials’ surface roughness and surface hardness play a major role whe...
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Induced generalized pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operators and their application based on t-norm and t-conorm
In this paper, we present some new operators, namely induced Pythagorean fuzzy Einstein ordered weighted geometric operator, induced Pythagorean fuzzy Einstein hybrid geometric operator, induced generalized Py...
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Open AccessGeneralized Lemaítre–Tolman–Bondi spacetime under the influence of electric charge and Palatini f(R) gravity
The objective of this article is to investigate the effects of electromagnetic field on the generalization of Lemaître–Tolman–Bondi (LTB) spacetime by kee** in view the Palatini f(R) gravity and dissipative dus...
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Removal of hexadecane by hydroponic root mats in partnership with alkane-degrading bacteria: bacterial augmentation enhances system’s performance
In this study, degradation of hexadecane was investigated in the contaminated water by employing plant–bacteria partnership in hydroponic root mat system. A halophyte grass, Leptochloa fusca, was planted in the p...
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Peristaltic transport of Jeffrey fluid in a rectangular duct through a porous medium under the effect of partial slip: An application to upgrade industrial sieves/filters
The peristaltic transport of Jeffrey fluid through the rectangular duct is investigated. The effect of porosity under the influence of partial slip is also taken into consideration. The equations describing th...
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Blended learning and an exploration of student expectations on a Master's prosthodontics programme with reassessment at five years
Suggests that blended learning effectively delivers postgraduate prosthodontic education.
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Is the shortened dental arch still a satisfactory option?
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First report of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation activities in the eastern mediterranean region from 1984 to 2011: on behalf of the pediatric cancer working committee of the eastern mediterranean blood and marrow transplantation group
To describe the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) activities for children in the Eastern Mediterranean (EM) region, data on transplants performed for children less than 18 years of age between 198...
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Inter-Laboratory Comparison for Calibration of Relative Humidity Devices Among Accredited Laboratories in Malaysia
An inter-laboratory comparison in relative humidity measurements among accredited laboratories has been coordinated by the National Metrology Institute of Malaysia. It was carried out to determine the performa...
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A rapid and non-invasive bio-photonic technique to monitor the quality of onions
We present the use of swept source optical coherence tomography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography for imaging the skins and concentric tissue leaves of intact whole onion bulb as well as single ...
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Challenges and opportunities for HSCT outcome registries: perspective from international HSCT registries experts
Patient registries, frequently referred to as outcome registries, are 'organized systems' that use observational study methods to collect uniform data. Registries are used to evaluate specified outcomes for a ...
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Computation of Relative Permeability from Imaged Fluid Distributions at the Pore Scale
Image-based computations of relative permeability for capillary-dominated quasi-static displacements require a realistic description of the distribution of the fluids in the pore space. The fluid distributions...
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The electrochemical behavior of X70 pipeline steel as a function of surface characteristics was investigated by potentiodynamic Tafel scan, R p/E c, potentiostatic and electrochemi...
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Three phase flow dynamics in tumor growth
Existing tumor models generally consider only a single pressure for all the cell phases. Here, a three-fluid model originally proposed by the authors is further developed to allow for different pressures in th...
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Reduced intensity conditioning is effective for hematopoietic SCT in dyskeratosis congenita-related BM failure
BM failure (BMF) is a major and frequent complication of dyskeratosis congenita (DKC). Allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (allo-HSCT) represents the only curative treatment for BMF associated with this condition. Tr...
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Performance Analysis of Two Dimensional Spreading for OFCDM Femtocell Users Overlaid with OFDM Macrocell
Femtocells provide indoor coverage for voice and high speed data services and are self-deployed by end-users. Orthogonal frequency code division multiplexing (OFCDM) is a multi-carrier spread spectrum techniqu...
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Diffusion transport of nanoparticles at nanochannel boundaries
The manipulation of matter at the nanoscale has unleashed a great potential for engineering biomedical drug carriers, but the transport of nanoparticles (NPs) under nanoscale confinement is still poorly unders...
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A Semi-Analytical Model for Two Phase Immiscible Flow in Porous Media Honouring Capillary Pressure
This article describes a semi-analytical model for two-phase immiscible flow in porous media. The model incorporates the effect of capillary pressure gradient on fluid displacement. It also includes a correcti...
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Vortex dynamics of turbulence–coherent structure interaction
We study the interaction between a coherent structure (CS) and imposed external turbulence by employing direct numerical simulations (DNS) designed for unbounded flows with compact vorticity distribution. Flow...
