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Sustainable approach for photocatalytic and sorptive abatement of crystal violet dye using antimony-doped cerium vanadate (Sb-CeVO4)
Herein, antimony-doped cerium vanadate (Sb-CeVO4) has been reported as photocatalyst and active solid-phase adsorbent for the removal of crystal violet (CV) dye from aqueous medium. The synthesized materials were...
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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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Effect of Different Mold Materials on the Solidification Rate and Microstructure of Magnesium Alloy Plate Castings
Although the magnesium sheet shows promising applications in automotive, aerospace, and electronic housing industries, its development is still limited due to the present manufacturing barriers. During the pro...
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Diffraction of EM-Wave by a Finite Symmetric Plate with Dirichlet Conditions in Cold Plasma
In the present article, we have considered the incident wave on a finite symmetric plate under the imposition of Dirichlet boundary conditions in the presence of cold plasma. The boundary value problem is form...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Zinc on Solidification and Aging Behaviour of Magnesium Alloys Containing Rare Earths
continuously creates a great interest with potentials in a wide range of technically advanced applications. The interest was initially driven by a reduction in fuel consumption within transportation sectors...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of Manufacturing Processes for Magnesium Sheet
Although casting is still the dominant manufacturing process of components, to open new application opportunities a quality sheet as a semi-finished product is required. At present, for sheet have been lim...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evolution of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties During Casting and Rolling of the ZEK100 Sheet
The use of magnesium sheet in automotive light-weighting initiatives is low due to its poor formability at room temperature. In this investigation the cast ZEK100 (Mg-1.2Zn-0.35Zr-0.17Nd, in wt%) alloy was sub...
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg-1.7Y-1.2Zn Sheet Processed by Hot Rolling and Friction Stir Processing
The use of lightweight structural materials is an integral part of mass reduction strategy in transportation applications. Magnesium based sheet products have gained significant interest in the automobile indu...
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Solidification Characteristics of Wrought Magnesium Alloys Containing Rare Earth Metals
A significant barrier preventing use of magnesium sheet in automotive light-weighting initiatives is its high manufacturing cost and very limited formability at room temperature. This barrier can be overcome b...
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Twin Roll Casting of Magnesium Strip at Canmet Materials — Modeling and Experiments
At CanmetMATERIALS, a pilot-scale Twin Roll Caster (TRC) facility was used to produce AZ31 magnesium strip and this paper describes the experiments and modeling effort. In the experiments, the effects of cast-...
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Investigating quality routing link metrics in Wireless Multi-hop Networks
In this paper, we propose a new Quality Link Metric (QLM), “Inverse Expected Transmission Count (InvETX),” in Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. Then, we compare performance of three existing QLMs w...
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Microstructure and temperature monitoring during the hot rolling of AZ31
This study details the microstructural evolution during hot rolling of AZ31 alloy sheet using a pilot-scale rolling mill. The aim is to understand the deformation mechanisms leading to grain refinement under i...
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Open AccessEffect of Heat-Sterilization and EM (Effective Microorganisms) Application on Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Grown in Organic-Amended Sandy Loam Soil
Effective microorganisms (EM), a culture of coexisting beneficial microorganisms predominantly consisting of species of photosynthetic and lactic acid bacteria, yeast and actinomycetes, has been developed by J...
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Idiopathic slow transit constipation is rare
We hypothesise that constipated children would be more likely to come from a socially deprived background. We also hypothesise that a percentage of children with resistant constipation would have a congenital ...
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Penetration of Ofloxacin into Bronchial Secretions
The penetration of ofloxacin into bronchial secretions was evaluated in 16 patients after administration of a single oral dose of ofloxacin 400mg. Bronchial secretions were aspirated at bronchoscopy after 1 to...
