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Soil and Water Contamination due to Illegal Artisanal Refinery Activities: A Case Study of Okarki Community, Niger Delta Area, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 Using a combination of field visits, laboratory experiments and analyses, this study examined the impacts of illegal artisanal crude oil refineries on the environment. Total Hydrocarbons (THC) and heavy metals in the soil and water bodies as well as pr
Galadima, Muhammed +3 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Microfluidic engineering enables the fabrication of chitosan‐coated, melatonin‐loaded nanoemulsions with controlled release and enhanced physicochemical stability for space pharmaceutics. Interfacial biopolymer coating modulates droplet behavior under accelerated thermal stress and simulated microgravity.
Modupe Adebowale +3 more
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Crude Oil Volatility: Hedgers or Investors [PDF]
We evaluate differential effects of the trading activity of two classes of traders: hedgers and general investors, on the volatility of the NYMEX crude oil futures returns.
George Milunovich, Ronald Ripple
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke +3 more
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Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 2016 The commerce of crude oil depends heavily on its water and salt contents usually referred to as Basic Sediments and Water (BS&W), which is co-produced with the crude oil in the form of emulsion.
C.M. Ojinnaka +4 more
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Assessing the factors behind oil price changes [PDF]
The rapid rise in the price of crude oil between 2004 and the summer of 2006 are the subject of debate. This paper investigates the factors that might have contributed to the oil price increase in addition to demand and supply for crude oil, by expanding
Dées, Stéphane +3 more
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Magnetic Droplet Manipulation on Open Surfaces
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Recent advances in the manipulation of magnetic droplets demonstrate various manipulations on open surfaces, including transport, splitting, merging, and force‐controlled motion, enabled by magnetic particles and external fields. ABSTRACT Manipulation of liquids on a smaller scale enables applications in various fields, particularly diagnostics and ...
Robab Jahangir, Vahid Nasirimarekani
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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The role of CO2 and ion type in the dynamic interfacial tension of acidic crude oil/carbonated brine
Petroleum Science, 2019 The effects of CO2 and salt type on the interfacial tension (IFT) between crude oil and carbonated brine (CB) have not been fully understood. This study focuses on measuring the dynamic IFT between acidic crude oil with a total acid number of 1.5 mg KOH ...
Mostafa Lashkarbolooki +2 more
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Conditional Leptokurtosis in Energy Prices: Multivariate Evidence from Futures Markets [PDF]
We study the joint movements of the returns on futures for crude oil, heating oil and natural gas at a daily frequency. We model the leptokurtic behavior through the multivariate GARCH with dynamic conditional correlations and elliptical distributions ...
Marzo, Massimiliano, Zagaglia, Paolo
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