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Use of Natural Fibers for Enhancing Polymeric Materials

28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2020), 2020
In the framework of the AGROinLOG European Project (Grant Agreement No 727961) from Horizon 2020, the potential to produce biomaterials with the fodder surplus during the agroindustry idle periods has been studied. Different value-added bio-composites based on a matrix of polypropylene and reinforced with natural fibers from wheat and corn straw were ...
Marcos González, J., Jarauta Córdoba, C., Gómez Palmero, M., Bartolomé Rubio, C.   +3 more
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications [PDF]

, 2013
Thermal applications are drawing increasing attention in the solar energy research field, due to their high performance in energy storage density and energy conversion efficiency. In these applications, solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems
Zhao, Changying, Tian, Yuan, Tian, Y. (Yuan), Zhao, C.Y.   +3 more
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Impulse Characteristics of Various Soil-Enhancement Material Mixtures

Applied Sciences
Many studies have demonstrated that a reduction in ground impedance value occurs under high-impulse current magnitudes, due to the ionisation process in soil.
Fazlul Aman, Usman Muhammad, Normiza Mohamad Nor, Haziah Abdul Hamid   +3 more
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Suspended 2D Materials: A Short Review

Crystals, 2023
In recent years, there has been a growing fascination with suspended two-dimensional (2D) materials, owing to their excellent mechanical, optical, and electronic characteristics.
Yunyun Dai, Tongtong Xue, Xu Han, Xinyu Huang, Decheng Zhang, Mengting Huang, Jiahao Yan, Jinghan Zhao, Vijay Laxmi, Liwei Liu, Xiaolong Xu, Yeliang Wang, Yuan Huang   +12 more
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Semantic Enhancement of Lecture Material

CoRR, 2014
Today's lectures are often talks following a straight line of slides. In many lectures the process of content teaching is not as efficient as it could be. Technologies, such as smart-phones and wireless communication, enable a new level of interaction between lecturer, content and audience.
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Evaluation of E-vehicle Efficiency Enhancement with Magnetic Materials [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Electric vehicles (EVs) commonly use BLDC (Brushless DC) motors because of their efficiency, reliability, and low maintenance needs. BLDC motors are perfect for vehicle propulsion because they convert a large portion of electrical energy into mechanical ...
Roshini R., Sendil Kumar S., Srimathy G., Muqthiar Ali Shaik   +3 more
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Bismuth sulfide-titania heterostructure used for photothermal amplified sonodynamic therapy against hypoxic tumor

Materials Today Bio
Hypoxia and electron-hole recombination are two obstacles limiting sonodynamic therapeutic efficacy against cancer. Herein, bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3)-titania (TiO2) heterostructure is designed based on the excellent photothermal property of Bi2S3, which ...
Rui Chen, Zhiqi Yang, Yining Chen, Jinjie Wang, Yuhang Wang, Liqi Wei, Pengcheng Yu, Mengyuan Zhang, Yan Yan, Shuo Yang, Lili Wang, Yan Cheng   +11 more
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Nanotechnology and Its Effects on Construction and Building Performance تقنية النانو وتأثيراتها على إنشاء وأداء المباني [PDF]

JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences
: The study addressed the effects of nanotechnology on building construction and performance, aiming to analyze the impacts of nanotechnology on building construction processes and their functional and environmental performance. It employed a theoretical
khaled Zid, Gamal Abdel-Hamid
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Akebia quinata fruit ethanol extract alleviates dextran sulfate sodium–induced ulcerative colitis in mice through gut microbiota–metabolite crosstalk

Journal of Functional Foods
The Akebia quinata fruit (AQF) is known as “wild banana” in China. It has been widely cultivated as a fruit crop in many regions of China and has shown therapeutic effect for the management of ulcerative colitis (UC) in traditional Chinese medicine ...
Baolian Ma, Caixia Wang, Xiqian Niu, Xiaojing Zhang, Xiaoshu Guo, Kaiqiang Wang, Zhe Liu, Mingzhen He, Junmao Li   +8 more
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Accelerate the Electrolyte Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory–Density Functional Theory Calculation With the Chebyshev Pseudo-Spectral Collocation Method. Part II. Spherical Geometry and Anderson Mixing

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022
To improve the efficiency of electrolyte perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory–density functional theory (ePC-SAFT-DFT) calculation of the confined system, in this work, first, the Chebyshev pseudo-spectral collocation method was extended ...
Yunhao Sun, Yunhao Sun, Zhengxing Dai, Gulou Shen, Xiaohua Lu, Xiang Ling, Xiaoyan Ji   +6 more
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