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Electrostatic Micro-Actuation System to Evaluate the Elastic Moduli of Metals with the Application of DC Voltage
Elastic modulus is the core of mechanical spectroscopy to study the actuation-based performance, lifetime, reliability, and stability of pure metals as well as alloys. In this investigation, a prototype system...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Residual Stress Analysis in Large Water Quenched Stainless Steels
Age-related degradation mechanisms in nuclear plant crucially rely on weld residual stress. Earlier residual stress measurements in thick section welded components revealed there is sufficient driving force fo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Covering Large Complex Networks by Cliques—A Sparse Matrix Approach
The Edge Clique Cover (ECC) problem is concerned with covering edges of a graph with the minimum number of cliques, which is an NP-hard problem. This problem has many real-life applications, such as, in comput...
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Peroxo Complexes of Th(IV) and Zr(IV) Ions Containing Aspartic Acid and Amine Bases as Potential Biological Agents
Eight new peroxo complexes of the type [MO(O2)(Asp)L] have been synthesized and characterized by conductivity, magnetic moments, UV-Vis, IR, ESI-MS and 1H NMR spectra, TLC, and elemental analyses [M = Th(IV) and ...
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SBDTC Derived Schiff Base Metal Complexation: Synthesis, Physicochemical, and Spectral Studies with Antibacterial Activity
A Schiff base ligand derived from condensation of S-benzyldithiocarbazate (SBDTC) and salicylaldehyde, and its U(VI), Th(IV) and Zr(IV) complexes have been synthesized. The compounds are characterized by eleme...
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A Recyclable Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst Anchored to Modified Metal-Organic Framework for Hydrogenation of Styrene Oxide
A heterogeneous palladium(II) catalyst anchored to modified metal-organic framework has been synthesized and characterized. The performance of the catalyst has been tested for the hydrogenation of styrene oxid...
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Efficient Shrinkage for Generalized Linear Mixed Models Under Linear Restrictions
In this paper, we consider the pretest, shrinkage, and penalty estimation procedures for generalized linear mixed models when it is conjectured that some of the regression parameters are restricted to a linear...
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Open AccessApplication of multiple analysis methods in optimising complex residual stress characterisation
An accurate characterisation of residual stress plays an important role in the structural integrity assessment of an engineering component. Several techniques and tools are available for measuring and predicti...
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Open AccessEffect of boundary conditions on the evolution of lattice strains in a polycrystalline austenitic stainless steel
The effect of boundary conditions (constant load, constant strain and elastic follow-up) on lattice strain evolution during creep in a polycrystalline austenitic stainless steel was studied using in situ neutr...
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Telephone-based management of pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury in low- and middle-income countries: a randomised controlled trial
A multicentre, prospective, assessor-blinded, parallel randomised controlled trial.
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Open AccessShrinkage Estimation of Linear Regression Models with GARCH Errors
This paper introduces shrinkage estimators for the parameter vector of a linear regression model with conditionally heteroscedastic errors such as the class of generalized autoregressive conditional heterosced...
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Mechanical and metallurgical properties of dissimilar AA6061-T6 and AA7277-T6 joint made by FSW technique
Aluminum 6xxx and 7xxx series are among the most commonly used alloys in industrial applications whereas their joining and welding using conventional fusion-based weld processes are very difficult. In this pap...
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Comparison of Levitation Forces of Bulk MgB2 Superconductors Produced by Nano Boron and Carbon-Doped Nano Boron
MgB2 bulk superconductors were prepared by hot press plus furnace heating method. Two types of boron powders were used, one is amorphous nano boron and the other is C-doped boron. Characteristics of superconducto...
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Measurement and Prediction of Residual Stresses in Quenched Stainless Steel Components
Austenitic stainless steel cylinders and rings are spray water quenched to create residual stresses at or greater than the yield strength. The residual stresses are measured using neutron diffraction, and two ...
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Mobility and impact of trace metals in Barapukuria coal mining area, Northwest Bangladesh
Trace metals were analyzed in water and sediment samples from Barapukuria coal mine area of Bangladesh in order to evaluate their mobility and possible environment consequences. Cadmium is the most mobile elem...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a multiplexed bead-based immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of antibodies to 17 pneumococcal proteins
Presently, several pneumococcal proteins are being evaluated as potential vaccine candidates. Here, we gather novel insights in the immunogenicity of PLY, PsaA, PspA, PspC, NanA, Hyl, PpmA, SlrA, Eno, IgA1-pro...
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Measurement of Torsionally Induced Shear Stresses in Shrink-Fit Assemblies
Shear stresses along the shaft/hub interface in shrink-fit components, generated by torsional loads, can drive premature failure through fretting mechanisms. It is difficult to numerically predict these shear ...
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A New Procedure to Measure Near Yield Residual Stresses Using the Deep Hole Drilling Technique
Mechanical strain relief techniques for estimating the magnitude of residual stress work by measuring strains or displacements when part of the component is machined away. The underlying assumption is that suc...
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Potential description of 6Li elastic scattering by 28Si
This work compares the performance of traditional phenomelogical Woods-Saxon (WS) and squared WS (SWS) potentials with that of a non-monotonic (NM) potential, microscopically derived using the energy-density f...
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Interleukin 3 and schizophrenia: the impact of sex and family history
Chromosome 5q21–33 has been implicated in harboring risk genes for schizophrenia. In this paper, we report evidence that multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms in and around interleukin 3 (IL3) are associated w...
