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Current status and future research imperatives of self-healing metal matrix composites
Self-healing Metal Matrix Composites (SHMMCs) have emerged as an important field of research in materials engineering. This paper critically examines the current state of the art of SHMMCs, including matrix al...
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Publisher Correction: Gravity and Semisolid Casting of Self-Healing Aluminum Matrix Composites
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Gravity and Semisolid Casting of Self-Healing Aluminum Matrix Composites
This paper focuses on casting self-healing metal matrix composites with aluminum alloy as a matrix, and Nitinol fiber as reinforcement. The shape memory effect of Nitinol fibers can cause them to shrink and na...
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Open AccessCorrection: Plants and endophytes interaction: a “secret wedlock” for sustainable biosynthesis of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites
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Examining Bioactivity of Medicines in Twenty-First Century Smart Society 4.0: An Approach with ML and DS
Humans and all living beings have different combinations of structural and chemical patterns that act for the smooth functioning of the body. When it does not perform naturally, drugs are needed that are combi...
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Belt Brush Type Wet and Dry Surfaces Cleaning Robot with Hot Air Drier System
This paper designs and presents an autonomous floor-cleaning robot comprising a chassis, driving system, belt brush type dry and wet cleaning unit, and a hot air drier unit on the back side of the robot to dry...
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Open AccessPlants and endophytes interaction: a “secret wedlock” for sustainable biosynthesis of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites
Many plants possess immense pharmacological properties because of the presence of various therapeutic bioactive secondary metabolites that are of great importance in many pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, ...
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A Prospective Observational Case-Control Study of Serum HE4 as a Diagnostic Marker of Female Breast Malignancy in a Tertiary Care Center in North India
Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) is a secretory protein encoded by the WFDC2 gene. The potential use of HE4 as a tumor marker has been supported by an increasing number of studies demonstrating an upregulation...
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Understanding the benefits and implications of irrigation water and fertilizer use on plant health
Shrinking agricultural land sizes and multiplied food demand have prompted overuse of fertilizers in agriculture, leading to a series of environmental repercussions worsening day after day. In the contemporary...
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Metalliferous Soil Remediation Through Heavy Metal-Resistant Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Prospects and Paradigms
Heavy metals (HMs) are natural assets on the planet, but they have become a serious threat to environmental pollution due to fast industrial enterprise, metropolitanism, and recent technological breakthroughs....
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Stochastic synchronization in nonlinear network systems driven by intrinsic and coupling noise
In this paper, we consider a noisy network of nonlinear systems in the sense that each system is driven by two sources of state-dependent noise: (1) an intrinsic noise that can be generated by the environment ...
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To Predict Frictional Pressure-Drop of Turbulent Flow of Water Through a Uniform Cross-Section Pipe Using an Artificial Neural Network
The current work uses an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to determine the friction factor for turbulent flows of water in a pipe of uniform circular cross-section. The Colebrook equation which is the ...
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Impact of Post Hardening Mechanism on Self-Healing Assessment of AA2014 Nitinol-Based Smart Composites
Exploring the self-healing capability in a metallic system, an experimental study was carried out for AA2014 and Nitinol-based smart composites material. The damage produced through the flexural test was heale...
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Hair Identification Extension for the Application of Automatic Face Detection Systems
Hair identification can act as an additional functionality of facial identification systems to increase the security factor as well as provide hair-based solutions to various organizations for ease of operatio...
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Parametric Assessments of Self-Healing Characteristics in AA2014–NiTi-Based Metallic Composites through Destructive and Nondestructive Evaluation
In the current scenario, self-healing nature of an aluminium based composites is an important aspect to be explored. Due to the weldability limitations in nonferrous metals, an attempt to explore the self-heal...
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Open AccessSearching for target-specific and multi-targeting organics for Covid-19 in the Drugbank database with a double scoring approach
The current outbreak of Covid-19 infection due to SARS-CoV-2, a virus from the coronavirus family, has become a major threat to human healthcare. The virus has already infected more than 44 M people and the nu...
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Open AccessAnalysis of a cellulose synthase catalytic subunit from the oomycete pathogen of crops Phytophthora capsici
Phytophthora capsici Leonian is an important oomycete pathogen of crop vegetables, causing significant economic losses each year. Its cell wall, rich in cellulose, is vital for cellular integrity and for interact...
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An insight to municipal solid waste management of Varanasi city, India, and appraisal of vermicomposting as its efficient management approach
Varanasi, India’s historic cultural capital, struggles with efficient waste management practices. This impacts environment and human well-being in terms of waste generation that is estimated around 550–650 TPD...
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Open AccessComparison and optimization of protein extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis protocols for liverworts
Liverworts possess historical adaptive strategies for abiotic stresses because they were the first plants that shifted from water to land. Proteomics is a state-of-the-art technique that can capture snapshots ...
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Open AccessBiochemical, physiological, and yield responses of lady’s finger (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) grown on varying ratios of municipal solid waste vermicompost
In the present study, effect of earthworm-processed MSW was seen on biochemical, physiological, and yield responses of Abelmoschus esculentus L.
