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Effects of Burkholderia sp. D54 on growth and cadmium uptake of tomato, ryegrass and soybean plants
Cadmium (Cd) contamination of agricultural soil is a serious global problem. Plant growth-promoting bacteria could modulate growth and Cd uptake of plants. In this study, the effects of rhizobacterium Burkholderi...
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of Triticum aestivum in response to nitrogen stress
Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. Insufficient supply of N leads to extensive physiological and biochemical changes in plant. However, the molecular mechanisms of res...
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Interaction of organic acids and pH on multi-heavy metal extraction from alkaline and acid mine soils
Vegetation at mining sites can produce increased heavy metal leaching by the organic acids and protons originating from root secretion and litter degradation. Batch experiments were conducted to investigate t...
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Enhance the heating rate of the PECS process by inserting a conducting body into BN powder compact
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Amorphization of cristobalite at high temperature in vacuum
Amorphous transition behavior of silica polymorphs under high pressure has been extensively studied by using diamond-anvil cells or shock wave technologies at ambient temperature. Here, we report the amorphiza...
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Multi-phase Materials
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Hot-Pressing Technique : SiC/AlN Composites
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SiC/zirconia-toughened Mullite Nanocomposites Prepared from Mixtures of Mullite Gel, 2Y-TZP, and SiC Nanopowders
SiC/ZTM (zirconia-toughened mullite) nanocomposites were prepared by hot pressing mixtures of mullite gel, 2Y-TZP, and SiC nanopowders. The intimate mixing of Al2O3 and SiO2 components in the starting powder prev...
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Model analysis of boundary residual stress and its effect on toughness in thin boundary layered yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline ceramics
The average thermal residual stress in a continuous boundary phase in polycrystalline ceramic composites was calculated with a simple thin boundary layer model, and a criterion for the self-cracking of the bou...
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Nanocrystalline NiZn ferrite synthesized by high energy ball milling
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Influence of Some Parameters on the Synthesis of ZrO2 Nanoparticles by Heating of Alcohol–aqueous Salt Solutions
Parameters that influence ZrO2 (3-mol% Y2O3 stabilized) nanoparticles prepared by heating of alcohol–aqueous salt solutions were investigated. It revealed that the kind of alcohol used significantly affected the ...
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Toughening mechanisms and properties of mullite matrix composites reinforced by the addition of SiC particles and Y-TZP
Mullite matrix composites reinforced by SiC particles and Y-TZP, were fabricated by hot-pressing. The effects of adding SiC particles and Y-TZP to mullite or mullite-based materials on properties and toughenin...
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Microwave Sintering of Zirconia Toughened Mullite (ZTM)
Microwave sintering of zirconia toughened mullite (ZTM) has been performed in a single mode applicator. In comparison with conventional sintering, microwave processing of ZTM leads to a higher density and fine...
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Measurement of cross sections and leptonic forward-backward asymmetries at theZ pole and determination of electroweak parameters
We report on the measurement of the leptonic and hadronic cross sections and leptonic forward-backward asymmetries at theZ peak with the L3 detector at LEP. The total luminosity of 40.8 pb−1 collected in the year...
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Search for non-minimal Higgs bosons inZ 0 decays
We report on a search for the neutral and charged Higgs bosons predicted by models of spontaneous symmetry breaking with more than one Higgs doublet field. No signals are observed. We set model-independent lim...
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Studies of hadronic event structure and comparisons with QCD models at theZ 0 resonance
The structure of hadronic events fromZ 0 decay is studied by measuring event shape variables, factorial moments, and the energy flow distribution. The distributions, after correction for detector effects and init...
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SiC Particle and Y-TZP Reinforced Mullite Matrix Composites
Mullite(M) matrix composites reinforced by both SiC particles(P) and Y-TZP(yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal) were fabricated by hot-pressing. The relationship between microstructure and proper...
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Measurement of electroweak parameters from hadronic and leptonic decays of theZ 0
We have studied the reactionse + e −→hadrons,e + e −, μ+ μ− and τ+ τ−, in the energy range 88.2 \( \leqq \sqrt s \leqq 94.2\) ...