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Career and family: women’s century-long journey toward equity by Claudia Goldin
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Tributyl phosphate degradation by Sphingobium sp. RSMS in large-scale stirred tank reactors
Use of tributyl phosphate (TBP) in industry leads to generation of large volume of TBP-containing wastes. TBP causes toxicity to marine life in aquatic habitats. Animal studies have shown toxicity in rats and ...
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Electrical conductivity and shear viscosity of a pion gas in a thermo-magnetic medium
We evaluate the electrical conductivity and shear viscosity of a interacting pion gas in a thermo-magnetic medium using the kinetic theory. The collision term of the relativistic Boltzmann transport equation i...
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Stabilization of Red Mud Using Mineral Precursors by Geopolymerization Process
Red mud (RM) is an alkaline industrial waste product generated during the processing of bauxite by Bayer’s process. Red mud is high alkaline, exceedingly caustic and harmful to soil and biological forms posing...
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Investigation on Passive Thermal Management Using Phase Change Materials Encapsulated Over 18,650 Lithium-Ion Battery
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) performance highly depends upon the operating temperature. Thermal management of batteries using phase-changing material (PCM) has drawn attention recently because of zero or negligib...
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Quantum Dot Composites for Solar Cell Application
With the ever-increasing energy demand, solar power as an infinite source of renewable energy without any adverse effects to the environment is a plausible alternative to the conventional energy sources. Solar...
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Ellipticity of dilepton production from a hot and magnetized hadronic medium
We study the azimuthal angle and transverse momentum dependence of dilepton production from hot and magnetized hadronic matter using $$\rho ^0...
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Open AccessA constructive solution to the cosmological bootstrap
In this paper we revisit a generalised crossing equation that follows from harmonic analysis on the conformal group, and is of particular interest for the cosmological bootstrap programme. We present an exact ...
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Revisiting Lateral Earth Pressures for Retaining Wall Backfilled with Unsaturated Soil
The objective of this article is twofold: (a) reformulating the conventional expression of the suction stress and (b) reexamining the earth pressure in unsaturated backfills based on the newly-developed suctio...
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Effect of transient flow and pseudo-static forces on the lateral earth pressures developed in retained unsaturated backfills
This article primarily investigates the effect of transient flow and seismic loadings on the active and passive earth pressures developed in retained unsaturated backfills. The classical Rankine’s earth pressu...
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Automating Fire Detection and Suppression with Computer Vision: A Multi-Layered Filtering Approach to Enhanced Fire Safety and Rapid Response
A computer vision-based integrated fire detection and automated suppression device capable of real-time functioning is proposed to enhance the fire safety. The developed multilayered algorithm considers color ...
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Open AccessComparison of simplicity, convenience, safety, and cost-effectiveness between use of insulin pen devices and disposable plastic syringes by patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study from Bangladesh
Insulin pen devices and disposable plastic insulin syringes are two common tools for insulin administration. This study aims to compare the simplicity, convenience, safety, and cost-effectiveness of insulin pe...
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Silencing of juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase gene in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by oral delivery of double-stranded RNA
Spodoptera litura being polyphagous is the major constraints for the production of many agricultural crops. The extensive use of insecticides for its management leads to development of resistance and environmenta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Heat Loss on Spherically Expanding Laminar Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flame
With rising concern over the effect of harmful combustion products of hydrocarbons on the environment, hydrogen has emerged as a great alternate source of power generation. So, it’s really important to under t...
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Numerical Study on the Effects of Steam and Water Mist Addition on the Laminar Flame Speed of H2/CO Mixtures
This study presents a numerical investigation on the effects of steam and water mist on the laminar flame speed of H2/CO mixtures (H2: CO = 100:0, 50:50). A detailed chemical mechanism that contains 14 species...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Curvature on Heat Transfer Characteristics for Jet Im**ement Cooling of a Moving Surface
This paper presents a three-dimensional numerical study of water jet im**ement cooling on a hot moving/rotating surface. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of surface curvature (convex...
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Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficients for a Jet Im**ement Cooling Scenario Using Inverse Heat Transfer
The material properties of steel strongly depend upon the heat transfer/cooling rate during the hot rolling process. Ascertaining the heat transfer coefficient for im**ement cooling scenario is one of the ch...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Elevator Design on the Risk Associated with COVID Transmission – A Comparative Study between a Sliding Door and a Collapsible Gate Elevator
The ominous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is attributed to the droplets respired during coughing, sneezing or speaking. These droplets undergo evaporation to become aerosols, which, along with the larger dro...
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The effects of steam and water spray addition on NOx emissions from a combustor using simple reactor models
Water or steam addition in gas turbine combustors to control NOx emission is an emerging area of combustion research. Water, due to its high specific heat capacity and latent heat of evaporation absorbs heat from...
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Stability analysis of homogeneous unsaturated soil slopes by using the variational method
The present study aims at addressing the stability of homogenous soil slopes by duly considering the unsaturated properties of the soil above the water table. The variational technique which is developed on th...
