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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental and Performance Study of Diesel Engine Using Inlet Preheated Air by Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger
The utilization of waste exhaust heat energy into inlet preheated air is investigated using heat pipe heat exchanger. This study focuses on waste heat energy, which comes out as exhaust from standalone diesel ...
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Optimization of Process Parameters in the Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticle Catalyst to Produce Hydrocarbon Oil Using the Catalytic Pyrolysis Process
Plastic wastes such as HDPE, LDPE, PP and PS have a strong potential to produce hydrocarbon oil containing 75–85% carbon and approximately 42 MJ/kg of energy. This oil can be produced by a catalytic pyrolysis ...
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ANFIS Prediction Using Neuro-Fuzzy Model of Experimental Study on Concentric Tube Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger Using Acetone
To safeguard the electronic cooling systems and also to utilize the excess heat in the components, the heat pipe is implemented. The study deals with the design of a concentric tube heat pipe heat exchanger (C...
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Open AccessApplying interprofessional simulation to improve knowledge, attitude and practice in hospital- acquired infection control among health professionals
This study aimed at determining the effectiveness of an innovative approach using interprofessional simulation scenarios (IPSS) in improving knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of hospital-acquired infecti...
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Redox conditions and nature of Pan-African granites from the E–W trending Cauvery Shear Zone, Southern Granulite Terrain of Central Tamil Nadu, India: Constraints from magnetic susceptibility and biotite chemistry
Pan-African (ca. 620–390 Ma) granites (sensu lato) are exposed as small circular to elliptical intrusive bodies (stocks or plutons), viz., Karamadai (Kar), Sirumugai (Sir), Punjaipuliyampatti (Pun), Tiruchengodu ...
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Open AccessSelf-assessment, attitude and perception of interprofessional learning in hospital acquired infection control practices among health professionals in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Interprofessional learning (IPL) is a key challenge in Malaysia in incorporating the current profession-specific medical education into the interprofessional learning curriculum. Safe practices would be enhanc...
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Mineralogical Studies of Kerur Formation Badami Group, Kaladgi Basin, Karnataka
Heavy and clay mineral analysis is a significant tool to interpret the provenance and paleoclimate of sandstone in proterozoic intracratonic Kaladgi-Badami basin, southern India. The distributions of heavy min...
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Provenance and Tectonic Setting of the Proterozoic Clastic Rocks of the Kerur Formation, Badami Group, Mohare Area, Karnataka, India
The clastic rocks of the Kerur Formation Group were analyzed for major, trace and rare earth elements to infer the tectonic settings and provenance signatures. The lithology of the Kerur Formation includes bas...
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Further results on dissipativity analysis for Markovian jump neural networks with randomly occurring uncertainties and leakage delays
This paper is concerned with the mixed \(H_\infty\) ...
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Bioremediation of chromium(VI) by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from tannery effluent
Bioremediation of chromates using bacteria primarily involves the removal/reduction of heavy metals in effluent using indigenous micro-organisms such as chromium reducing bacteria as biosorbents for cleaner an...
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Further Results on Dissipativity Criterion for Markovian Jump Discrete-Time Neural Networks with Two Delay Components Via Discrete Wirtinger Inequality Approach
This paper is concerned with strict \((\mathcal {Q}, \mathcal {S}, \mathcal {R})-\gamma \) ...
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Robust dissipativity and passivity based state estimation for discrete-time stochastic Markov jump neural networks with discrete and distributed time-varying delays
In this paper, the problem of robust state estimation for discrete-time stochastic Markov jump neural networks with discrete and distributed time-varying delays is investigated based on dissipativity and passi...
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Robust dissipativity and passivity analysis for discrete-time stochastic T–S fuzzy Cohen–Grossberg Markovian jump neural networks with mixed time delays
In this paper, we have concerned with the problem of dissipativity and passivity analysis for discrete-time stochastic Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with mixed time delays. The dyna...
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Phosphine resistance in India is characterised by a dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase variant that is otherwise unobserved in eukaryotes
Phosphine (PH3) fumigation is the primary method worldwide for controlling insect pests of stored commodities. Over-reliance on phosphine, however, has led to the emergence of strong resistance. Detailed genetic ...
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Petrography and stable isotopic variations in Dalmiapuram Formation of Cauvery Basin, South India: implication on OAE1d
Petrography, carbon and oxygen isotopic study was carried out to interpret isotopic variations on the predominant carbonate sequence of the Dalmiapuram Formation of the Cauvery Basin, South India. The common p...
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Impact of climate change scenario on rice production in two planting methods: a simulation study
In the present study, attempts have been made to simulate the effect of climate change on rice growth and yield, under both control and water-stressed conditions. Between the two planting methods, the system o...
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Open AccessInfluence of particle size of nano zinc oxide on the controlled delivery of Amoxicillin
A great effort has been exerted to develop drug carriers aiming at satisfying the requirements, such as safety, greater efficiency, predictable therapeutic response, and prolonged release period. The present s...
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In vitro and In vivo anticancer activity of surface modified paclitaxel attached hydroxyapatite and titanium dioxide nanoparticles
Targeted drug delivery using nanocrystalline materials delivers the drug at the deseased site. This increases the efficacy of the drug in killing the cancer cells. Surface modifications were done to target the...
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Effect of applied bias voltage on grain boundary potential barrier height (Φ b ) in semiconductor nanocrystals
Carrier transport through electrically active grain boundaries was studied under biased condition using impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range 1 Hz to 1 MHz for a model system nanocrystalline CuSCN. Sin...
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Effect of DC bias on dielectric properties of nanocrystalline CuAlO2
Grain boundary effect on the room temperature dielectric behavior in mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline CuAlO2 has been investigated using impedance spectroscopy under the applied DC bias voltages 0 V to 4.8 V ...
