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Surfactant Electrochemical Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotubes for the Analysis of Fungicides

Today, the world needs the monitoring of fungicides to ensure crop health and food security. To achieve this, surfactant-modified electrochemical sensors based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used to analyse fu...

B. Chethan, A. Sunilkumar, V. Prasad… in Advances in Surfactant Biosensor and Senso… (2024)

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Effects of Soil Moisture on Simulated Methane Flow Under Varying Levels of Soil Compaction

Soil density plays an important role in regulating the migration of greenhouse gases from terrestrial soils to the atmosphere. Soil moisture is one of the main soil physical controls determining the fate and t...

M. M. T. Lakshani, T. K. K. C. Deepagoda… in 12th International Conference on Structura… (2023)

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Natural Degradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates as the Basis for Creation of Prolonged and Targeted Pesticides to Protect Cultivated Plants from Weeds and Pathogens

The present chapter is a synthesis of the authors’ data on the design and use of extended-release formulations of herbicides and fungicides embedded in a degradable matrix of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The s...

T. G. Volova, S. V. Prudnikova, N. O. Zhila, N. G. Menzyanova… in Nanopesticides (2020)

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Strong-Field-Assisted Measurement of Near-Fields and Coherent Control of Photoemission at Nanometric Metal Tips

Metal nanotips are an ideal testbed for ultrafast and strong-field physics at solids due to the superb control they allow over their very apex and the near-field at this apex that enhances an incident laser fi...

M. Förster, T. Paschen, S. Thomas, M. Krüger… in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Scienc… (2017)

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Preparation and Characterization of Corn Starch Nanocrystal Reinforced Natural Rubber Nanocomposites via Co-coagulation Process

Corn starch nanocrystals were found to serve as an effective reinforcing agent for natural rubber (NR). Starch nanocrystals were obtained by the sulfuric acid hydrolysis of starch granules. After mixing the la...

K. R. Rajisha, L. A. Pothan, S. Thomas, Z. Ahmad in InCIEC 2014 (2015)

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Silicon Carbide Materials for Biomedical Applications

There is a growing interest in using technology to provide diagnostics, therapeutics, and measured drug delivery to individuals suffering from a myriad of issues. Many of these biotechnological devices need to...

C. L. Frewin, C. Coletti, J. J. Register, M. Nezafati… in Carbon for Sensing Devices (2015)

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From Above-Threshold Photoemission to Attosecond Physics at Nanometric Tungsten Tips

The interaction of few-cycle laser pulses with a nanometric metal tip is described. We find many effects that the strong-field physics community has discovered with atoms in the last 30 years, and describe the...

M. Krüger, M. Schenk, J. Breuer, M. Förster… in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (2013)

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Natural Fibres: Structure, Properties and Applications

This chapter deals with the structure, properties and applications of natural fibres. Extraction methods of Natural Fibres from different sources have been discussed in detail. Natural fibres have the special ...

S. Thomas, S. A. Paul, L. A. Pothan… in Cellulose Fibers: Bio- and Nano-Polymer Co… (2011)

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Constraining Geohazards to the Past: Impact Assessment of Submarine Mass Movements on Seabed Developments

This paper presents a conceptual review of submarine mass movements and associated hazards such as run-out and turbidity currents, and their implications for the planning of exploration and development activit...

S. Thomas, J. Hooper, M. Clare in Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (2010)

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Wood Gasification in a Lab-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed: Experiment and Simulation

In theory, an integrated biomass gasification and fuel cell system has a higher overall plant efficiency when compared to the efficiency of biomass gasification combined with simple combustion systems and gas ...

L. He, E. Schotte, S. Thomas, A. Schlinkert… in Proceedings of the 20th International Conf… (2010)

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NHG-Standaard Enkeldistorsie

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Tertiary Companions to Close Spectroscopic Binaries

Preliminary results of a survey of nearby solar-type spectroscopic binaries (SB) with orbital periods 1 < P¹< 30 days for tertiary companions are presented. Observations with adaptive optics and data from the 2MA...

A. Tokovinin, S. Thomas, M. Sterzik, S. Udry in Multiple Stars Across the H-R Diagram (2008)

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Oracle Data Mining

Oracle has completed a major research and development effort to add native Data Mining and pattern recognition algorithms to the Oracle RDBMS. As a result, Oracle Data Mining (ODM) provides a comprehensive col...

P. Tamayo, C. Berger, M. Campos, J. Yarmus… in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Handbo… (2005)

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Chromosome 21 KIR channels in brain development

Two KIR (K+ Inwardly Rectifying) channel genes have been identified on chromosome 21, in a region associated with important phenotypic features of trisomy 21, including mental retardation: KIR3.2 (GIRK2) and K...

E. Thiery, S. Thomas, S. Vacher, A.-L. Delezoide… in Advances in Down Syndrome Research (2003)

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Long-Time in-Vivo Metabolic Monitoring Following Experimental Brain Contusion Using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

In a Sham-controlled study we applied proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H-MRS) at 4.7 T to a model of experimental traumatic brain contusion. The time course of cerebral metabolite changes was monitored in...

Dr. med Martin U. Schuhmann, D. Stiller… in Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemica… (2002)

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Determination of Contusion and Oedema Volume by MRI Corresponds to Changes of Brain Water Content Following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury

The time-course of brain contusion/ oedema development as visualised by high-resolution MRI was compared to brain water content following experimental brain contusion. 36 Sprague-Dawley rats underwent Controll...

Dr. med Martin U. Schuhmann, D. Stiller… in Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemica… (2002)

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Cardiac Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase (PDE) Activity in the European Hamster during Hibernation

Being aware that not only the termination but in particular the modulation of the transduced cAMP signals by the PDE is decisive for the extent to which cardiac contractility can be adjusted, led us to determi...

Klaus Pleschka, F. Nürnberger, S. Thomas, T. Podzuweit in Life in the Cold (2000)

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¹H-MR Spectroscopic Monitoring of Posttraumatic Metabolism Following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury: Pilot Study

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H-MRS) has been increasingly utilised in experimental traumatic brain injury for characterisation of posttraumatic metabolic dysfunction. Following human brain injury path...

Martin U. Schuhmann M.D., D. Stiller, S. Thomas, T. Brinker, M. Samii in Brain Edema XI (2000)

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Adolescent smoking cessation: A multi-level approach

To be effective, programmes for smoking cessation in schools should address two key issues. The first is that young smokers vary greatly in their readiness to quit smoking. The second is that schools differ in...

S. Thomas, E. Choi in Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic (2000)

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CSF Dynamics in a Rodent Model of Closed Head Injury

Using ICP measurements and the bolus injection technique dynamic parameters of the cerebrospinal fluid system as there are pressure-volume-index (PVI) and resistance to CSF outflow (Rout) were investigated in ...

M. U. Schuhmann, S. Thomas, V. H. J. Hans… in Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring … (1998)