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Alginate-cotton blended aerogel fibers: synthesis, characterization, and oil/water separation
The rise in oil spill incidents has led to a surge in environmental and ecological issues, making it crucial to create efficient oil-cleaning materials. Green approaches to address various aquatic pollution no...
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Towards superior structural, optical and magnetic properties, and ligand field effects of \({\text{B}}_{2} {\text{O}}_{3}\) –ZnO–CoO glass doped with alkaline metal earth cations
Herein, the effect of changing the alkaline earth metal cations type on the structure-properties of cobalt zinc borate glass was demonstrated. A series of spectroscopic analyses such as X-ray diffraction (XRD)...
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Towards sustainable agriculture in SAARC countries: exploring the long-run impact of GHG emissions on agricultural productivity
The primary aim of this research is to investigate the long-run impact of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and arable land (ARL) on agricultural productivity (AGP) in SAARC countries from...
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Bioactivity of medicinal plant extracts from Peganum harmala and Cichorium intybus against Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
The increase in grains production would hardly have any significance, unless protected from the post-harvest losses. One of the insect pests that cause severe qualitative and quantitative losses to stored grai...
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Insect-facilitated propagation of mycotoxic fungi in grain storages: association of Sitotroga cerealella Olivier with Aspergillus flavus link
During storage, a significant quantity of wheat is lost due to insect and fungal pest complexes, where insects possibly disseminate the mycotoxic fungal pests. We have studied the role Sitotroga cerealella, Tribo...
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Soil potential in physicochemical properties and its impacts on sustainable land planning, Neelam River Basin, AJK, Pakistan
Soil is the primary foundation of the agroeco-system. Kee** in view such scenario, the soil potential physio-chemical properties and their impacts on sustainable land use planning over the Neelam river basin...
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Recent trends in water purification using electrospun nanofibrous membranes
Water is the most important and limited resource on earth, which has been contaminated by heavy metals, pathogens, dust, dyes, pesticides, organic and inorganic substances. For improvement of water quality and...
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Evaluation of taste active peptides and amino acids from anchovy proteins in fish sauce by in silico approach
Enzymatic activity and microbial fermentation play a prominent role in the bioconversion of complex muscle tissue into smaller units of peptides and amino acids, possibly contribute to sensory properties. Thus...
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Rationale and Design of the TARGET-EFT Trial: Multicomponent Intervention for Frail and Pre-frail Patients Hospitalized with Acute Cardiac Conditions
With the aging population and rising rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are encountering a growing number of frail older patients that have complex cardiac and non-cardia...
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Enhancement of CO2 capture through hydrate formation: the effect of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and tertiary amine solutions
Global climate change and global warming due to elevated CO2 atmospheric concentrations have become a major global concern. For this reason, the separation and capture of CO2 from industrial effluence is an impor...
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Multiple optical features in binary-transition-metal borate glasses
Glasses doped with transition metal (TM) ions exhibit rich optical transitions spanning the entire ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectral regimes. Here we utilize the melt-quenching technique to synthesis...
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Healthy middle-aged Asian and Caucasian populations present with large intra- and inter-individual variations of lower limb torsion
There is a lack of standardization in the measurement of lower limb torsional alignment. Normal values published in the literature are inconsistent. A 3D-CT-scan-based method was used in a healthy population t...
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The effect of radiation on the structure and ligand field of borate glasses containing Cr ions
A glass system of composition [(50-x) B2O3-25ZnO-25Na2O-xCr2O3], where (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 mol.%) was synthesized applying traditional melt quenching technique. The amorphous nature of the samples was proved ...
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Open AccessRegular perturbation solution of Couette flow (non-Newtonian) between two parallel porous plates: a numerical analysis with irreversibility
The unavailability of wasted energy due to the irreversibility in the process is called the entropy generation. An irreversible process is a process in which the entropy of the system is increased. The second ...
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Ligand field and spectroscopic investigations of cobalt doped erbium–zinc borate glasses
The glasses of the composition [xCoO–(29.5 − x)Na2O–55B2O3–15ZnO–0.5Er2O3] (where x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 1 and 3 mol%) have been prepared using melt quenching technique. The recorded UV/VIS/NIR absorption spectra have ...
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Spectroscopic and mechanical studies of lithium aluminoborate glasses doped with chromium ions
Aluminoborate glasses, doped with chromium ions, were prepared using melt quenching technique. Spectroscopic and mechanical tools were utilized to study the impact of B2O3 substitution with Al2O3 on the structure...
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Selective Complexation of Hydrazone Based Ketimine with 3d, 4d, and 5d Metals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity
The hydrazone derived ketimine of dehydroacetic acid and its metal {Cu(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Fe(III), Cd(II), Pd(II), La(III), Nd(III), Ce(III)} complexes are synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H and 13C NMR, a...
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Open AccessRegion-Specific Microstructure in the Neonatal Ventricles of a Porcine Model
The neonate transitions from placenta-derived oxygen, to supply from the pulmonary system, moments after birth. This requires a series of structural developments to divert more blood through the right heart an...
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Open AccessEffect of distillery yeast sludge on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and slaughter parameters in Japanese quails
This study was planned to evaluate the effect of distillery yeast sludge (DYS) as a protein source on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and slaughtering parameters in Japanese quail birds. For this pu...
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Multi-Helical Path Exploitation in Sparsity-Based Guided-Wave Imaging of Defects in Pipes
In this paper, a defect localization scheme for cylindrical pipes is presented which relies on guided-wave scattering by defects. The proposed scheme is predicated on the use of a sparse array of ultrasonic tr...
