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Effect of Bioslurry on the Yield of Wheat and Rice in the Wheat–Rice Crop** System
The study was conducted to assess the integrated use of chemical fertilizers with organic manure in the wheat–rice crop** systems in Bangladesh. The experiment involved a sole chemical fertilizer treatment, ...
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Self-ion irradiation effects on mechanical properties of nanocrystalline zirconium films
Zirconium thin films were irradiated at room temperature with an 800 keV Zr+ beam using a 6 MV HVE Tandem accelerator to 1.36 displacement per atom damage. Freestanding tensile specimens, 100 nm thick and 10 nm g...
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Food security through increasing technical efficiency and reducing postharvest losses of rice production systems in Bangladesh
Rice accounts for nearly 70 % of calories consumed in Bangladesh. Therefore, any effort to improve food security in the country must find ways to increase availability of rice. This paper investigates two of t...
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Grain size-induced thermo-mechanical coupling in zirconium thin films
At the bulk scale, thermal conductivity of metals is not coupled with mechanical strain. However, this may not be the same for grain sizes below the electron mean free path, for which mechanical deformation me...
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In Situ Microstructural Control and Mechanical Testing Inside the Transmission Electron Microscope at Elevated Temperatures
With atomic-scale imaging and analytical capabilities such as electron diffraction and energy-loss spectroscopy, the transmission electron microscope has allowed access to the internal microstructure of materi...
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Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Low-k Dielectric Films: Effect of Porosity and Density
The thermal conductivity of low-dielectric-constant (low-k) SiOC:H and SiC:H thin films has been measured as a function of porosity using a heat transfer model based on a microfin geometry and infrared thermometr...
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Characterization of very low thermal conductivity thin films
Characterization of thermal transport in nanoscale thin films with very low thermal conductivity (<1 W m−1 K−1) is challenging due to the difficulties in accurately measuring spatial variations in temperature fie...
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Exploring development strategies of agricultural systems of Hill Tracts of Chittagong in Bangladesh
This study presents the determinants and development strategies of agricultural systems of the Hill Tracts of Chittagong in Bangladesh using multivariate analysis. A total of 18 selected variables transformed ...
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Atomic Mobilities in the Ag-Cu-Sn Face-Centered Cubic Lattice
Knowledge of atomic mobilities is necessary to predict the evolution of microstructure. The theoretical description of atomic mobilities is connected to the chemical potentials of the components in a given pha...
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Microsatellite map** of genes for semi-dwarfism and branched spike in Triticum durum Desf. var. ramosoobscurum Jakubz. “Vetvistokoloskaya”
A combination of increased harvest index and increased seed number per plant may improve wheat yield. We found an accession Triticum durum Desf. var. ramosoobscurum Jakubz. “Vetvistokoloskaya” R-107, whose plant ...
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Cytological and genetic map** of the gene for four-awned phenotype in Triticum carthlicum Nevski
A striking feature of Triticum carthlicum Nevski (2n = 4x = 28, AABB genome) is an awn-like appendage on the glume, so all the spikelets appear four-awned. From the word “tetraaristatus” (four-awned), the locus w...
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Open AccessGenetic map** of gibberellic acid-sensitive genes for semi-dwarfism in durum wheat
Semi-dwarf varieties in wheat associated with gibberellic acid (GA3)-insensitive height reducing genes have led to significant increases in yield but often fall below this potential because of poor seedling emerg...
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Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills with Degradation
Bioreactor landfills are operated to enhance refuse decomposition, gas production, and waste stabilization. The major aspect of bioreactor landfill operation is the recirculation of collected leachate back thr...
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MEMS for In Situ Testing—Handling, Actuation, Loading, and Displacement Measurements
Mechanical testing of micro- and nanoscale materials is challenging due to the intricate nature of specimen preparation and handling and the required load and displacement resolution. In addition, in Situ testing...
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In-plane thermal conductance measurement of one-dimensional nanostructures
We present a new analytical model for thermal conductivity measurement of one-dimensional nanostructures on substrates. The model expands the capability of the conventional 3ω technique, to make it versatile w...
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Stability Analyses of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills with Decomposition
A bioreactor landfill is operated to enhance refuse decomposition, gas production, and waste stabilization. Some of the potential advantages of bioreactor include rapid stabilization of waste, increased landfi...
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In situ tensile testing of nanoscale freestanding thin films inside a transmission electron microscope
The unique capability of rendering opaque specimens transparent with atomic resolution makes transmission electron microscopy (TEM) an indispensable tool for microstructural and crystallographic analysis of ma...
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A novel MEMS nano-tribometer for dynamic testing in-situ in SEM and TEM
We present the design and fabrication of a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) tribometer with normal and lateral force resolutions of 100 and 1 nano-Newton, respectively and bandwidth of 50 kHz. The small size of...
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A review of MEMS-based microscale and nanoscale tensile and bending testing
Thin films at the micrometer and submicrometer scales exhibit mechanical properties that are different than those of bulk polycrystals. Industrial application of these materials requires accurate mechanical ch...
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In-situ tensile testing of nano-scale specimens in SEM and TEM
We present a new experimental method for the mechanical characterization of freestanding thin films with thickness on the order of nanometers to micrometers. The method allows, for the first time, in-situ SEM ...
