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Investigation OfThe Effect Of Gallium (Ga) On Properties Of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Thin Films Prepared By Spray Pyrolysis Technique
Thin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) and gallium (Ga) doped zinc oxide (GZO) were successfully deposited on a glass substrate using spray pyrolysis technique at a temperature of 350 °C. Surface morphological, struct...
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Effect of Ga do** on structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of CuO thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis technique
Copper oxide (CuO) and gallium (Ga) doped copper oxide thin films were fabricated using spray pyrolysis technique under normal atmosphere. The films were deposited onto a glass substrate at a temperature of 38...
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Open AccessHuman health implications of trace metal contamination in topsoils and brinjal fruits harvested from a famous brinjal-producing area in Bangladesh
A study was undertaken to determine the contents of trace metals in 60 topsoils and 80 brinjal fruits samples from a famous brinjal-producing area of Bangladesh using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The s...
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Application of Numerical Model Coupled with Field Sampling to Investigate Increased Salinity in a Coastal Aquifer at Aveiro, Portugal
A three-dimensional groundwater flow model was developed, and hydrogeochemical field samplings were conducted to investigate the source of increased salinization in the deep coastal aquifer at Aveiro, Portugal...
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Biodegradation of Industrial Materials
Contaminations resulting from various human activities such as the petroleum industry, petrochemical sector, agriculture sector, and nuclear technology have become major problems nowadays. Also, the industrial...
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Effect of Sr do** on structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of spray pyrolized CdO thin films
Cadmium oxide (CdO) and strontium (Sr) doped cadmium oxide (SCO) thin films have been fabricated onto glass substrate by spray pyrolysis technique. The CdO and SCO films have been deposited at 350 °C substrate...
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Investigations on Groundwater Buffering in Khulna-Satkhira Coastal Belt Using Managed Aquifer Recharge
The Khulna-Satkhira coastal belt is one of the most vulnerable areas in Bangladesh in terms of access to safe drinking water, mostly because of salinity problem. In order to cope with the ever-increasing deman...
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Distributed Agent-Based Coordinated Control for Microgrid Management
Due to the ever-growing global concerns of climate changes and environmental issues, renewable energies along with the distributed energy resources (DERs) are becoming popular day by day for the sustainable op...
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Sugarcane and Sugar Industry in Bangladesh: An Overview
The current production of sugar in Bangladesh is only about 5% of total demand. About 20% demand is fulfilled by jaggery production mainly from sugarcane and remaining 75% of total requirement is fulfilled by ...
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Open AccessOptimized reduction conditions for the microfluidic synthesis of 1.3 ± 0.3 nm Pt clusters
Recently, small (<2 nm) and monodispersed Pt clusters has gained much attention due to their high catalytic activity in the aerobic oxidations. However, the chemical synthesis of small Pt clusters is not trivi...
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Edge Detection Features to Evaluate Hardness of Dates Using Monochrome Images
Date is an important fruit in the regular diets of many peoples in the Arab countries and several other parts of the world. Hardness is one of the important attributes in determining the quality of dates. Hard...
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Screening of ten medicinal plants of Bangladesh for analgesic activity on Swiss-albino mice
Bangladesh is a good repository of medicinal plants, which contribute a lot to the healthcare management of the local people. In order to explore the pain-relieving potentiality of some indigenous plants of Ba...
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Consequences of Aestivation in the Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica Bowdich (Gastropoda: Achatinidae)
The consequences of aestivation in the giant African land snails Achatina fulica Bowdich occurring in Calcutta, India have been studied. It was noted that these snails under laboratory conditions, during aestivat...
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Bladder injuries during cesarean section in a University Hospital: a 25-year review
The objective was to determine the prevalence of bladder injury during cesarean section (CS) and identify the risk factors causing these injuries, their management and the outcome.
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Alcohol treatment promotes conversion of testosterone to estradiol-17β in female tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Effect of ethanol treatment on production of sex steroid hormoneswas assessed in the present study. Intraperitoneal administration (1.16 μl/g body weight) of ethanol to mature female tilapia, Oreochromis mossambi...
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Lunar cycle in the reproductive activity in the forktail rabbitfish
Histological observations of the gonads of Siganus argenteus showed that gametes developed toward the last quarter moon from May to July. Weekly changes in plasma steroid hormones were correlated closely with gon...
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Evaluation of the Immuno-Protective Effects of the New-Type of Bags Using ELISA- and FACS-Analysis
This study investigated the usefulness of modified polyurethane (MPU) coating micropore membrane bags for diminishing the immunological responses following organ or tissue transplantation in allogeneic setting...
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A study on the production of PMMA/P(MMA-AAm) composite polymer particles and the effect of acrylamide content on the adsorption behaviors of biomolecules
A series of poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(methyl methacrylate-acrylamide) composite polymer particles was prepared with varying proportions of acrylamide in the copolymer shell layer. Adsorption behaviors of...
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Chlorobiphenyls in sewage sludge; comparison of extraction methods
Six extraction methods for the analysis of PCBs (CB-28, CB-52, CB-101, CB-118, CB-138, CB-153 and CB-180) in sewage sludge were tested. A certified reference material (CRM 392) was used for the evaluation of ...
