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Mathematical modeling and simulations of stress mitigation by coating polycrystalline particles in lithium-ion batteries
A chemo-mechanical model is developed to investigate the effects on the stress development of the coating of polycrystalline Ni-rich LiNixMnyCozO2 (x ⩾ 0.8) (NMC) particles with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (...
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Advanced manufacturing of titanium propellant tanks for space applications part 1: tank design and demonstrator manufacturing
Satellite propellant tanks are mostly built from titanium alloys using expensive forgings, which have a long lead time and require significant amounts of machining. The propellant tank components are then weld...
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How does VAAFT fit into the world of clinical and academic anal fistula?
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Fabrication and Characterisation of Two-Layered Synthetic Titanium-Chitosan Bone Scaffolds
We have developed two-layered osteoconductive and antibacterial scaffolds, which mimic the natural structure of bone. The synthetic cortical were fabricated from embedded with 10% iron-doped brushite miner...
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Open AccessHeterogeneity in outcome selection, definition and measurement in studies assessing the treatment of cryptoglandular anal fistula: findings from a systematic review
Treatment for cryptoglandular anal fistula (AF) is challenging and a lack of uniform outcomes in the literature prevents direct comparison of treatments. This can be addressed by develo** a core outcome set,...
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Dinuclear nickel(II) complexes with ONO-pincer and coordinated aquo ligands as a robust homogeneous water oxidation catalyst
A nickel(II) complex with the newly synthesized dicarboxamide ligand [H2LBZ][(CF3SO3)Cl] was explored as a water oxidation catalysis. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy, t...
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 316L Stainless Steel Fabricated Using Selective Laser Melting
The microstructure homogeneity and variability in mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel components fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) have been investigated. The crack free, 99.9% dense sam...
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Effect of Sn additions on the microstructure, mechanical properties, corrosion and bioactivity behaviour of biomedical Ti–Ta shape memory alloys
Ti–Ta and Ti–Ta–xSn shape memory alloys (SMAs) were produced successfully by microwave sintering. Tin element was added to Ti–Ta SMA with three different atomic percentages (0.37, 0.745 and 2.26 at.%). The influe...
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Progress on the Functionalization of Carbon Nanostructures for Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts
Carbon supports are functionalized with −COOH, −OH, −NH2, surfactants, and polyelectrolytes to efficiently attach and disperse metal nanoparticles on their surface influencing the catalytic activity of fuel cell ...
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Is it time for one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) in colorectal cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is prognostic in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, evaluation by routine haematoxylin and eosin histology (HE) limits nodal examination and is subjective. Missed LNMs from tissue al...
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Prognostic factors affecting survival in metastatic soft tissue sarcoma: an analysis of 110 patients
Data on treatment outcome and prognostic factors in patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) are limited in the literature.
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Quality of life, continence and frequency of pouchitis following laparoscopic versus open colectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: an Irish perspective
This study aims to assess quality of life outcomes, continence, rates of pouchitis and predictors of pouchitis for patients undergoing laparoscopic versus open three-stage ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) s...
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Open AccessChemo-priming with Mannose, Mannitol and H2O2 Mitigate Drought Stress in Wheat
Drought is a worldwide problem, getting more serious with global climate change. Among various strategies, seed priming is the simplest approach for improving drought tolerance in crop plants. Seed priming tre...
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Drought induced programmed cell death and associated changes in antioxidants, proteases, and lipid peroxidation in wheat leaves
Two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes with varying degree of drought tolerance were used to analyze programmed cell death (PCD) and related biochemical changes under drought stress. Drought induced PCD in le...
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Analyzing the significance of defoliation in growth, photosynthetic compensation and source-sink relations
Leaf canopy plays a determining role influencing source-sink relations as any change in source activity (photosynthesis) affects sink metabolism. Defoliation (removal of leaves) influences growth and photosynt...
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VLF signals in summer and winter in the Indian sub-continent using multi-station campaigns
We have carried out 2 week-long campaigns in Indian winter and summer to study VLF signals from the Indian navy transmitter (VTX) operating at 18.2 kHz. We have used more than a dozen of receivers scattered th...
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A Comparison of Residual Stress Development in Inertia Friction Welded Fine Grain and Coarse Grain Nickel-Base Superalloy
The effect of the base material microstructure on the development of residual stresses across the weld line in inertia friction welds (IFWs) of high-strength nickel-base superalloy RR1000 was studied using neu...
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Open AccessEvaluation of seedling survivability and growth response as selection criteria for breeding drought tolerance in wheat
Detection of genotypic variation in response to water stress at seedling stage could help in escalating selection intensity in breeding drought tolerant varities. Nine genotypes were tested for seedling surviv...
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Open AccessDifferences in tolerance to water deficiency at vegetative stage among wild upland rice, lowland rice landrace, their inter-specific hybrids and lowland rice varieties
Rice germplasm comprising wild species, low land and upland genotypes and 7 progenies of their inter-specific hybrids were tested under water levels of field capacity (100% moisture) and 75, 50 and 25% of fiel...
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Differential accumulation of high and low molecular weight heat shock proteins in Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars
The accumulation of various heat shock proteins (HSPs) and their relationship with the inbuilt cold tolerance observed in Kashmir Basmati was studied. Five Basmati rice verities (Oryza sativa), Basmati-370, Basma...
