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Volume 3, Issue 4

April 2021

128 articles in this issue

Manufacturing process design of high-pressure graphite-blasting for mechanical production of turbostratic graphene
Kamilia Aokal
Abdul Hai Alami
Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem
Research Article Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 519
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Engineering: Applied Mechanics and Materials Engineering (AMME)

Engineering: Applied Mechanics and Materials Engineering (AMME)
Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem
Bijay-Singh
Eric Craswell
Review Paper Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 518
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
The anti-diabetic activities of natural sweetener plant Stevia: an updated review
Sohail Ahmad Jan
Neeli Habib
Nasir Ali
Review Paper Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 517
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Chemistry: Pharmaceutical, Medical, Medicinal and Clinical Chemistry

Chemistry: Pharmaceutical, Medical, Medicinal and Clinical Chemistry
Fog harvesting: combination and comparison of different methods to maximize the collection efficiency
Seyyedmajid Sharifvaghefi
Hanif Kazerooni
Research Article Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 516
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6. Interdisciplinary (general)

Interdisciplinary (general)
Performance of rainfall–runoff models in reproducing hydrological extremes: a case of the River Malaba sub-catchment
Ambrose Mubialiwo
Adane Abebe
Charles Onyutha
Research Article Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 515
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Optimization of dynamic maceration of Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth. leaves to maximize trans-anethole content
Jirapornchai Suksaeree
Natawat Chankana
Chaowalit Monton
Research Article Open access 31 March 2021 Article: 514
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6. Interdisciplinary (general)

Interdisciplinary (general)
Effect of eccentricity and inner pipe motion on flow instability for flow through annulus
Satish Kumar Dewangan
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 513
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Two novel protocols for optimizing energy consumption in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks using fuzzy logic for monitoring, diagnosis and target tracking
Kambiz Koosheshi
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 512
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Engineering: Communications Systems: Transceivers, Radars, SDR, Networking, Telecommunications, Broadcasting

Engineering: Communications Systems: Transceivers, Radars, SDR, Networking, Telecommunications, Broadcasting
Workspace analysis of 3-DOF U-shape base planar parallel robotic motion stage using shape memory alloy restoration technique (SMART) linear actuators
Deep Singh
Rutupurna Choudhury
Manidipto Mukherjee
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 511
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
One step sonochemical synthesis of single phase Sr-doped ZnO₂ nanorods
Deepesh Bhardwaj
Dixit Prasher
Radha Tomar
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 510
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Chemistry: Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications

Chemistry: Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications
Comparative seasonal assessment of pollution and health risks associated with heavy metals in water, sediment and Fish of Buriganga and Turag River in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
M. N. Hossain
Ashiqur Rahaman
Sayed Md. Shamsuddin
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 509
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Mathematical study on two-fluid model for flow of K–L fluid in a stenosed artery with porous wall
R. Ponalagusamy
Ramakrishna Manchi
Research Article Open access 29 March 2021 Article: 508
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Engineering: Computational Biomechanics

Engineering: Computational Biomechanics
A fresh look: technical analysis and treatment of Picasso's Science and Charity at the Museu Picasso
Reyes Jiménez
Case Study Open access 26 March 2021 Article: 507
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Engineering: Failure Mechanisms in Picasso’s Paintings

Engineering: Failure Mechanisms in Picasso’s Paintings
Potential antifungal effects of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) of different sizes against phytopathogenic Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL) strains
Ilgin Akpinar
Muammer Unal
Taner Sar
Research Article Open access 26 March 2021 Article: 506
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Materials Science: Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications 2020

Materials Science: Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications
Simultaneous phycoremediation of petrochemical wastewater and lipid production by Chlorella vulgaris
Rozita Madadi
Mohammad Ali Zahed
Mohammad Reza Naghavi
Research Article Open access 26 March 2021 Article: 505
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Investigation of non-Pb all-perovskite 4-T mechanically stacked and 2-T monolithic tandem solar devices utilizing SCAPS simulation
Md. Tohidul Islam
Md. Rafsun Jani
Saquib Ahmed
Research Article Open access 25 March 2021 Article: 504
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Materials Science: New Era for Cost-Effective and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Materials Science: New Era for Cost-Effective and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
Classification of lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and neutrophils on white blood cells using hybrid Alexnet-GoogleNet-SVM
Ahmet Çınar
Seda Arslan Tuncer
Research Article Open access 25 March 2021 Article: 503
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Engineering: Digital Image Processing

Engineering: Digital Image Processing
Effectiveness of bagasse ash for performance improvement of asphalt concrete pavements
Asad Zia
Ayaz Ahmad Khan
Research Article Open access 25 March 2021 Article: 502
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Earth and Environmental Sciences: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Utilization for Value Added Products

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Utilization for Value Added Products
Evaluation of the status of land use/land cover change using remote sensing and GIS in Jewha Watershed, Northeastern Ethiopia
Dereje Gebrie Habte
Satishkumar Belliethathan
Tenalem Ayenew
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 501
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Earth and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Change, Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainability in Africa

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Change, Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainability in Africa
Spectroscopic ellipsometry investigation to study the microstructure evolution in boron-doped amorphous silicon films as a result of hydrogen dilution
Venkanna Kanneboina
Pratima Agarwal
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 500
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5. Physics (general)

Physics (general)
Statistical methods for the analysis of thermal images obtained from corn seeds
José Ernesto Rojas-Lima
Arturo Domínguez-Pacheco
Alfredo Cruz-Orea
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 499
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Interdisciplinary: Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena

Interdisciplinary: Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
ID-based key-insulated signcryption with equality test in cloud computing
Seth Alornyo
Kingsford Kissi Mireku
Michael Asante
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 498
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Engineering: Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Resilience

Engineering: Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Resilience
Predicting the effect of the rib pitch on thermal performance factor of small channels plate heat exchangers fitted with Y and C shapes obstacles
Sirine Chtourou
Hassene Djemel
Mounir Baccar
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 497
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Application of Mussell-derived biosorbent to remove NH₄⁺ from aqueous solution: Equilibrium and Kinetics
Van Quang Nguyen
Huu Tap Van
Dac Kien Nguyen
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 496
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Effect of chemical and sanitary intervention on rat sightings in urban communities of New Providence, the Bahamas
Adedayo M. Awoniyi
Andrew Thompson
Federico Costa
Short Communication Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 495
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Geophilosophical realness of risk: a case study in national housing authority resettlement sites in Albay, Philippines
Ana Marie R. Abante
Research Article Open access 24 March 2021 Article: 494
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Design of FOPID controller for higher order continuous interval system using improved approximation ensuring stability
P. D. Dewangan
V. P. Singh
S. L. Sinha
Research Article Open access 23 March 2021 Article: 493
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
A CFD study on hydrocarbon mean residence time in a horizontal oil–water separator
Tathagata Acharya
Terry Potter
Research Article Open access 23 March 2021 Article: 492
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Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications

Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications
Synthesis and characterization of different binary and ternary phase mixtures of mesoporous nanocrystalline titanium dioxide
N. I. Ermokhina
V. V. Shvalagin
A. M. Puziy
Research Article Open access 22 March 2021 Article: 491
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Chemistry: Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications

Chemistry: Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications
Enhancement of machinability of titanium alloy in the Eductor based PMEDM process
S. Jeavudeen
H. Siddhi Jailani
M. Murugan
Research Article Open access 22 March 2021 Article: 490
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Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications

Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications
Numerical simulation and experimental study of blade pitch effect on Darrieus straight-bladed wind turbine with high solidity
Milad Babadi Soultanzadeh
Alireza Moradi
Research Article Open access 22 March 2021 Article: 489
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Optimization studies on turbidity removal from cosmetics wastewater using aluminum sulfate and blends of fishbone
Prosper E. Ovuoraye
Victor I. Ugonabo
Gina F. Nwokocha
Research Article Open access 22 March 2021 Article: 488
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Earth and Environmental Sciences: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Utilization for Value Added Products

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Utilization for Value Added Products
Design of power-efficient CMOS based oscillator circuit with varactor tuning control
Dileep Dwivedi
Manoj Kumar
Vandana Niranjan
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 487
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Engineering: Communications Systems: Transceivers, Radars, SDR, Networking, Telecommunications, Broadcasting

Engineering: Communications Systems: Transceivers, Radars, SDR, Networking, Telecommunications, Broadcasting
Design and performance evaluation of Improved DFACO protocol based on dynamic clustering in VANETs
Sahar Ebadinezhad
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 486
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Antioxidative study of polysaccharides extracted from red (Kappaphycus alvarezii), green (Kappaphycus striatus) and brown (Padina gymnospora) marine macroalgae/seaweed
Prakash Bhuyar
Sathyavathi Sundararaju
Natanamurugaraj Govindan
Short Communication Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 485
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Chemistry: Food Chemistry–Food Technology: Chemistry and Biochemistry of Foods and Food Processing

Chemistry: Food Chemistry–Food Technology: Chemistry and Biochemistry of Foods and Food Processing
Thermal expansion and structural properties of some (PbO)_x(ZnO)_35−x(TeO₂)₆₅ glasses
Jiri Schwarz
Helena Ticha
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 484
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4. Materials (general)

Materials (general)
Metallic oxide–graphene composites as a catalyst for gas-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde
Ruibing Li
Wenjun Cheng
Shuangming Li
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 483
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Chemistry: Bio Catalysis, Catalysis, Heterogeneous/Homogeneous Catalysis: Synthesis, Characterization and Application

Chemistry: Bio Catalysis, Catalysis, Heterogeneous/Homogeneous Catalysis: Synthesis, Characterization and Application
Adjustment of glacier geometries to future equilibrium line altitudes in the Shigar River Basin of Karakoram Range, Pakistan
Siddique Ullah Baig
Fakhra Muneeb
Case Study Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 482
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Earth and Environmental Sciences: Glacier Changes and Associated Impacts

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Glacier Changes and Associated Impacts
Generalized linear models for analyzing count data of rainfall occurrences
Sharmin Nahar Sumi
Narayan Chandra Sinha
M. Ataharul Islam
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 481
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Recent developments in terrain identification, classification, parameter estimation for the navigation of autonomous robots
M. G. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri
B Vinayakumar
Rahul Antony
Review Paper Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 480
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Conversion of geared DC motor into stepper motor using switching delay time signals
Venkatarao Dadi
Swapna Peravali
Rambabu Busi
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 479
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Smart dam** of skew composite plates using Murakami zig-zag function
N. Mehadi Khan
R. Suresh Kumar
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 478
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Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications

Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications
Designing a long short-term network for short-term forecasting of global horizontal irradiance
Sourav Malakar
Saptarsi Goswami
A. G. Rangaraj
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 477
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
Characterization and efficient dye discoloration of Algerian diatomite from Ouled Djilali-Mostaganem
Amal Touina
Safia Chernai
Boualem Hamdi
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 476
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Optimization of a load control system algorithm for electrically propelled ships using data mining
Jong-Hak Lee
Hun-Seok Lee
**-Seok Oh
Research Article Open access 20 March 2021 Article: 475
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)
QRAS: efficient resource allocation for task scheduling in cloud computing
Harvinder Singh
Anshu Bhasin
Parag Ravikant Kaveri
Research Article Open access 19 March 2021 Article: 474
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Engineering: Recent Trends on Edge-Fog Computation Paradigms for Internet of Things

Engineering: Recent Trends on Edge-Fog Computation Paradigms for Internet of Things
Correction to: The utilization of bentonite enhanced termite mound soil mixture as filter for the treatment of paint industrial effluent
Omobolaji Taofeek Opafola
Adekunle Olorunlowo David
Babashola Dapo Odugbose
Correction Open access 19 March 2021 Article: 473
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2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)

Earth and Environmental Sciences (general)
Design of a mono-disperse aerosol generator for efficiency testing of HEPA filter
Guoxiu Qin
Liangliang Pan
Yi Liang
Research Article Open access 19 March 2021 Article: 472
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1. Chemistry (general)

Chemistry (general)
Jet A and Propane gas combustion in a turboshaft engine: performance and emissions reductions
Ali Hasan
Oskar J. Haidn
Research Article Open access 19 March 2021 Article: 471
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Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications

Engineering: Mechanical Engineering: Design, Computational, Applications
Characteristical analysis of MHD heat and mass transfer dissipative and radiating fluid flow with magnetic field induction and suction
Saykat Poddar
Muhammad Minarul Islam
Md. Mahmud Alam
Research Article Open access 18 March 2021 Article: 470
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3. Engineering (general)

Engineering (general)